FF14 to Bring the Father of Final Fantasy’s Hilarious Costume Request to Life

Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida holds up a picture of the MMO's upcoming kappa suit
(Image credit rating: Square Enix)

Final Fantasy 14 is obtaining a kappa fit at the request of collection papa Hironobu Sakaguchi, as well as while he’s delighted regarding the enhancement to among the best MMORPGs about, he’s still required to Photoshop to make it simply a little cuter.

FF14’s newest online letter program was unique because it was relayed from the Tokyo Game Show, however it still saw manufacturer as well as supervisor Naoki Yoshida disclose the normal overview of brand-new attributes concerning the MMO, consisting of tons of brand-new equipment. Plenty of it took the type of elegant shield you’ll obtain from premium raids, however there was one unique exemption: a large mascot fit in the type of a kappa.

Kappas show up throughout a variety of Japanese media, consisting of games. You can check out Wikipedia if you desire the complete break down of the real mythology, however in other words, they’re little rogues that enjoy cucumbers, have bowls of water on their heads, as well as might sometimes attempt to murder you. ‘Kappa’ is likewise a standing impact in Final Fantasy 6 – equated as ‘rascal’ in the English variation – that transforms you right into the animal, making you practically pointless in fight.

It appears that obtaining the kappa fit right into FF14 was an unique demand from Hironobu Sakaguchi, that led advancement on much of the very early collection as well as supervise the JRPGs for several years ahead. According to one translation of the online letter discussion, Yoshida was a little bit worried regarding whether the outfit would certainly obtain Sakaguchi’s authorization: “Is this okay, Sakaguchi-san? Sorry we didn’t ask you to confirm before we made it though.” 

Sakaguchi himself appears delighted, at the very least evaluating by a Google translation of his tweet on the topic. “Awesome design… I’ve been crying since early morning, lol. Thank you to Yoshi-P and all the developers. I will treasure it for the rest of my life, lol.”

But, well, it appears Sakaguchi has one demand: what happens if it were a little cuter as well as chibi-style, as a Kappa shows up in Final Fantasy 6? Nothing a little Photoshop can not repair, as Sakaguchi has ably demonstrated.

This can all be addressed really just: simply make certain that Lalafell can gear up the kappa fit. Tiny, charming – every person’s satisfied.

You could wish to catch up on the Eden raid series before patch 6.5 hits Final Fantasy 14. 


 

Source: gamesradar.com

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