Last Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida introduced a crossover with Last Fantasy XVI yesterday, however one thing even larger might come sooner or later.
Throughout a press convention at Last Fantasy XIV Fan Pageant in London, which TechRaptor attended, we requested whether or not we might get outfits past simply Clive’s as a part of the collaboration.
For context, under you possibly can learn the query in full.
Thanks for taking the time in your busy schedule to ask Last Fantasy XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida concerning the collaboration. With all of the touring, it will need to have been tough to coordinate.
We noticed the Torgals they usually’re very cute, and Clive’s outfit additionally appears nice, however will we’ve any probability to get outfits portraying different characters like Jill, Benedikta, or Cid as properly? As it’s possible you’ll know, glamours are the true endgame.
Yoshida-san’s reply was maybe surprising however positively fascinating. And sure, when you’re questioning, there is a working joke occurring since PAX East in March.
Sure. The producer of Last Fantasy XVI is a really busy particular person, however I managed to get a while to speak to him and I used to be in a position to get his approval for this collaboration.
By way of whether or not you possibly can anticipate gear from characters aside from Clive, properly, we’re nonetheless engaged on the PC model, and I feel there are fairly a couple of individuals who perhaps simply purchased a PS5 and have not performed XVI but, so for any parts which can be additional within the sport or such, we do not have plans on introducing it but.
For now, I hope you may make do with Torgal and Clive’s outfit, and if I handle to get a while to speak to the Last Fantasy XVI producer once more, then I can pitch the thought of doing a bit extra of a grander crossover.
Talking of collaborations, throughout the identical press convention, Yoshida-san talked about that he would like a Diablo crossover, since he is a giant Blizzard fan, albeit he is undecided it might be simple to do justice to the franchise attributable to Last Fantasy XIV‘s T score.
He would not wish to disappoint the followers and if he portrayed some type of “softer Diablo” it in all probability would not be what folks need. But, if it was potential to make it work, he can be “so joyful” to see it occur.
Whereas it is not formally introduced but, Sq. Enix has been in talks with Degree-5 to convey again the Yo-Kai Watch collaboration.
However, if there’s a demand for the return of the Last Fantasy XV crossover, so long as gamers let Sq. Enix know, they’d see what sort of timing would work and would positively contemplate it. The identical goes for any time-limited content material from the previous.
Yoshida-san believes that this type of collaboration generates hype and advantages the entire gaming business.
At Last Fantasy XIV‘s fanfest in London, Sq. Enix revealed extra details about the enlargement Dawntrail, together with the brand new “Viper” job, and showcased the upcoming graphical overhaul.
We additionally obtained the timing of the Xbox beta and at last obtained a quite ultimate reply on whether or not Hironobu Sakaguchi want to work on the sport as a visitor creator.
