FFXIV director Yoshida would “love to see a collaboration with Diablo”

At FFXIV Fanfest London, sport director and producer Naoki Yoshida reveals the collaboration he’s all the time needed to do – though he worries that the 2 video games wouldn’t be suitable. A famous Blizzard fan, Yoshida, finest often known as Yoshi-P, says that working with Diablo could be a dream come true, however that its “hardcore” design may make it powerful to mesh with the world of Remaining Fantasy 14.

Talking at a press occasion attended by PCGamesN, Yoshida is requested what his dream FFXIV collaboration could be. The MMORPG has already had quite a few crossovers over time, together with ones with Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, and Yo-kai Watch, in addition to a number of with different Remaining Fantasy video games – with FF16 and FF11 collabs introduced on the FFXIV Fanfest London keynote.

“I discussed this up to now, however I’m an enormous Blizzard fan – so, if we may simply make it work, I might be so completely satisfied to see some type of collaboration with Diablo.” He admits, nonetheless, that their divergent types may not be a superb match. “As you all know, Diablo has fairly a ‘hardcore’ graphics outlook by way of the world. When it comes to the scores it could be a bit troublesome.”

“In fact, then again we don’t actually need to disappoint followers of the [Diablo] franchise as effectively – if we go for a softer model of Diablo in FFXIV, possibly that’s not what individuals need.” He emphasizes that he needs any collaborations to occur “in a manner that followers of each franchises could be completely satisfied.”

Yoshida additionally lifts the lid on a few of his previous collaborations, saying that with the Monster Hunter crossover, which noticed FFXIV gamers tackle that collection’ iconic pink dragon Rathalos whereas Remaining Fantasy’s Behemoth turned a combat in Monster Hunter World, Yoshida himself had deliberate it in his head “for a very long time” and mentioned the concept with MH producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and franchise creator Kaname Fujioka.

Conversely, with the upcoming Fall Guys collaboration, set to reach in FFXIV patch 6.51 on Tuesday October 31, it was the Fall Guys group that spoke to Sq. Enix Europe about the potential for a collab. “In these circumstances, we additionally make our personal proposal and ship it to the opposite firm, and usually they get fairly shocked. They’re like, ‘What, you don’t need to do exactly costumes?’”

“It’s extra our coverage to create it as a crossover” he explains, saying he likes to generate hype all through the broader trade, “and if it’s one thing that may make FFXIV gamers completely satisfied, then we positively need to undergo with it.”

It could be some time till the FFXIV Dawntrail launch date, however we’ll be maintaining you up to the mark on all the most recent particulars, together with the reveal of the FFXIV Viper, the brand new melee DPS job revealed on the London Fanfest occasion.