Naoki Yoshida has mentioned that he has two primary reasons for bringing in guest creators to Final Fantasy XIV: (1) It has a big promotional element that can be used to market new content and (2) to bring in new design ideas outside of the usual development team which would help deliver a new type of experience for players. Judging by development interviews that I've read, it seems like bringing guest creators when possible is something they would like to do looking forward.
Here are some of the guests, both inside and outside of Square Enix, that has developed content for the game:
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Yasumi Matsuno - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII
Role: Scenario Writer
Keita Amemiya - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: GARO, Kamen Rider series
Role: Boss Designer
Tetsuya Nomura - Eden
Notable Works: Final Fantasy VII-VIII, X, XIII, XV, Kingdom Hearts series
Role: Character and Boss Designer
Yoko Taro - YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse
Notable Works: Drakengard series, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Scenario Writer
Yosuke Saito
Notable Works: Dragon Quest X-XI, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Planner
I would personally like to see Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, to be a guest creator to make new original content for the game. It would be interesting to see what kind of content he would make for a modern Final Fantasy game if he was still with Square Enix.
Another guest creator I would like to see is Akitoshi Kawazu, who worked on the first two Final Fantasy games and is also the creator of the SaGa series. A SaGa collaboration would be great and he has a very unique take on what a role-playing game is so I would like to see what kind of role-playing elements he would introduce if he is to create content for the game.
Who would you guys like as a guest creator for the game?
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Here are some of the guests, both inside and outside of Square Enix, that has developed content for the game:
Quote:
Yasumi Matsuno - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII
Role: Scenario Writer
Keita Amemiya - Return to Ivalice
Notable Works: GARO, Kamen Rider series
Role: Boss Designer
Tetsuya Nomura - Eden
Notable Works: Final Fantasy VII-VIII, X, XIII, XV, Kingdom Hearts series
Role: Character and Boss Designer
Yoko Taro - YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse
Notable Works: Drakengard series, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Scenario Writer
Yosuke Saito
Notable Works: Dragon Quest X-XI, NieR, NieR: Automata
Role: Planner
I would personally like to see Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, to be a guest creator to make new original content for the game. It would be interesting to see what kind of content he would make for a modern Final Fantasy game if he was still with Square Enix.
Another guest creator I would like to see is Akitoshi Kawazu, who worked on the first two Final Fantasy games and is also the creator of the SaGa series. A SaGa collaboration would be great and he has a very unique take on what a role-playing game is so I would like to see what kind of role-playing elements he would introduce if he is to create content for the game.
Who would you guys like as a guest creator for the game?
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