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In the new main story quests for Final Fantasy 14's Patch 7.3, fans are noticing and praising some new elements that are ...
As the director and/or producer of multiple Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Bomberman games, Naoki Yoshida has repeatedly proven himself to be one of the most influential video game creators in the ...
Game director Naoki Yoshida confirms the FF14 7.3 release date and shows the new alliance raid, deep dungeon, and more in ...
For some long-time fans, one of the takeaways has been that the Japanese series should return to its roots as a turn-based game. Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida was asked about that at Anime ...
The game's new deep dungeon, Pilgrim's Traverse, was announced—with the bold statement that it's a "deep dungeon for everyone ...
Final Fantasy 14 players should circle the first Tuesday of August on their calendars, as the Dawntrail expansion reaches its ...
Square Enix toyed with the idea of making FFXIV Mobile for years, producer Naoki Yoshida said, but the hurdle of adapting its combat seemed insurmountable – at least, until Lightspeed came along.
An easy example: Naoki Yoshida, while on the media tour for Final Fantasy XVI, talked about why Final Fantasy and RPGs have taken on more action-based mechanics over the years.
In an interview with The Gamer, producer Naoki Yoshida discussed the idea of spinoffs, specifically, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Yoshida said it’s about time that spinoff made a comeback.
Square Enix is gearing up to launch FF16 on PC, and producer Naoki Yoshida has a request for you: Don’t make any naughty FF16 mods. Yoshida made the comments to PC Gamer, after PCG’s Mollie ...
At Gamescom 2024, I sat down with game director Naoki Yoshida to ask about his plans for the upcoming patches, which include the FF11-adjacent alliance raid and new 24-player savage content.
With the game's director Naoki Yoshida also being an active raider (on a black mage—one of the hardest jobs in the game to optimise), it follows that they'd want to play together some.