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[Rajack]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201603/21101846.html

Just announced in Japan. Odin will be a boss enemy in PSO2. Other details are scant. as a translation has yet to come through. Seriously though, what the hell is this insanity?

UPDATE: Trailer

recorded trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucQC7USvfM

 

[KZXcellent]

I want to fight De'Rol'Le in FFXIV.

Especially for a Soken remix of the original theme.

 

[Trojita]

Didn't expect this.

FFXIV getting a MAG minion?

 

[kuroneko0509]

recorded trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucQC7USvfM

 

[Valkerionseven]

Odin in PSO2 cool. Wonder what FFXIV will do for their event.

 

[ZombieFred]

What's the chances of this bonus content (if coming to 14) coming to the west?

 

[Rajack]

What's the chances of this bonus content (if coming to 14) coming to the west?

Don't get your hopes up, remember that this is partly Sega America we're dealing with.

 

[ZombieFred]

Don't get your hopes up, remember that this is partly Sega America we're dealing with.

I am feeling trigged, Sega hates the West

 

[Hasemo]

That Odin PSO2 fight looks cool, but I don't think FF14 will get anything aside from maybe a minion/outfit/jewlery because of how different the two settings are.

 

[Aters]

Japanese game companies often collaborate with each other. Why don't western studios do something similar?

 

[Ferr986]

That Odin PSO2 fight looks cool, but I don't think FF14 will get anything aside from maybe a minion/outfit/jewlery because of how different the two settings are.

A reskinned Leviathan fight with De Rol Le model.

 

[Hasemo]

A reskinned Leviathan fight with De Rol Le model.

Only if they can make it less ugly than in PSO2.

 

[Guess Who]

Didn't someone datamine PSO2 and find some FFXIV stuff recently? If I recall they found models for the FFXIV relic weapons in there.

 

[Famassu]

Japanese game companies often collaborate with each other. Why don't western studios do something similar?

1) They do. 2) it's perhaps a bit rarer overall because Japan = 1 country, whereas west = not just 1 country, so collaborating between dev studios that are potentially thousands of kilometers apart is perhaps a bit unlikelier.

 

[Wonko_C]

Looks like it has real effort put in it and not just a reskin of an existing boss and called it a day. I like how the boss mechanics are the same, it even uses danger zones to telegraph attacks like in FFXIV and wipes the party if they don't DPS it fast enough.

There will probably be FFXIV clothes and parts too.

Hopefully FFXIV gets PSO2 armor sets and weapons, I would glamour the shit out of them.

 

[Azure Phoenix]

A bunch of FFXIV weapons were also found in the game files a few months ago, so we know they're coming too.

 

[Vashetti]

I read 'FFXIV' in the title as 'FFXI' and had to do a double-take, "thought they were winding down content for that?!"

 

[Orakio Rob]

13 year-old me would go crazy over the news of a Phantasy Star x Final Fantasy crossover. 36 year-old me... not so much.

 

[Frumix]

Well at least there'll be SOME game in which Urth's Fount is a fight people still do [/salt]

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

I don't know much about FF14 at all, but I hope FF14 gets a Psycho Wand through this!

 

[Zipzo]

*sigh...it's a shame however that Phantasy Star is such a force fed cash cow now a days. What was once a deliberate, sci-fi fantasy world brought to life in each iteration is now subject to collab after collab, in a giant milkshake of all the worst things nobody wants in an MMO...I mean collabs are fun once in a whole but I'm just sad what phantasy star has become...it's basically a F2P marketing platform now.

 

[TalonJH]

For some reason, I though we already knew that this was coming. Video of their Odin fight is really cool. We need more crossover events in XIV. Not a huge fan of Lightning but I enjoyed her event as well as the DQ and XI event.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Can't wait until PSO2 comes out to the west. It got a bit of a delay, but I'm sure it's releasing soon.

 

[PandaShake]

I'll take a mag minion. I'm still sad I missed out on the slime hats from the DQ event.

 

[Kintaro]

Odin looks a hell of a lot more fun in PSO2 than he was in XIV. =/

 

[Bilix]

Can't wait until PSO2 comes out to the west. It got a bit of a delay, but I'm sure it's releasing soon.

Hah!

Thanks for the morning laugh.

 

[jiggle]

Where are the rotations!

Already looks more fun

 

[OmegaDL50]

*sigh...it's a shame however that Phantasy Star is such a force fed cash cow now a days. What was once a deliberate, sci-fi fantasy world brought to life in each iteration is now subject to collab after collab, in a giant milkshake of all the worst things nobody wants in an MMO...I mean collabs are fun once in a whole but I'm just sad what phantasy star has become...it's basically a F2P marketing platform now.

While that is bad. The Shining Force series hasn't been the same since Shining Force Neo came out and perpetually turned the series into some mediocre diablo clone instead of the awesome Tactical Strategy RPG origins it had, of course I should probably give credit to Shining in the Darkness as well which was a cool First Person RPG.

I don't even want to get started on Streets of Rage either, at least the fan made Streets of Rage Remake was awesome.

It's tough being a Sega fan though.

Looking at the silver lining though, at least things are sorta turning around for the Yakuza series.

 

[Alucrid]

PSO2 coming to the West

in Final Fantasy XIV

 

[gwiz210]

If I can dress in female Force clothing in FFXIV or as a Mi'Quote in PSO2 I will seriously freak out in happiness.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Hah!

Thanks for the morning laugh.

Hey, it's never been canceled, it's just been delayed. So I'm sure it's releasing

Spoiler

never

!

 

[Theanine3D]

This is the last thing I expected for PSO2. Not that I mind

It'd be neat if holiday rappies started showing up in FFXIV.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star joining forces?

1994 console warriors are rolling in their graves!!!!!!!!




But seriously, this could be cool.

 

[Wilsongt]

But will they be able to reach the DPS check?

What am I saying, of course they will. They're Japanese gamers and know how to play their jobs.

 

[AgeEighty]

I hope we get some PSO2 items as well.

Glamour: The True Endgame.

 

[lame gag]

Unless PSO2 is coming to the west, we don't want to know!

at least the fan made Streets of Rage Remake was awesome.

Their content that they added pretty much blew for the most part, especially Rudra. What a shite character. Nice game otherwise.

 

[Gnomist]

I would be totally satisfied if they simply gave me a Rag Rappy or a MAG minion in FFXIV.

 

[studyguy]

Unless PSO2 is coming to the west, we don't want to know!

Yeah but some of us are playing XIV and are hoping on some reciprocation. Of which there will probably be none, but PSO has enough weapons to fit each respective class so it could work.


Make this shit happen YoshiP.
At worst I expect a minion based on PSO to shatter the dream.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

The fight looks surprisingly similar to the FF XIV one, at least from what I remember.

 

[studyguy]

The fight looks surprisingly similar to the FF XIV one, at least from what I remember.

It's a pretty faithful adaptation of the EX version I think. Almost 1:1 down to indicators.
There was no PSO stuff datamined last patch though, so chances are good we'll get nothing out of this. Shame.

 

[Stormhammer]

Ok, so on the FFXIV side.. what I would like to see:

Burning Rangers music scroll for the jukebox.

That's all I'd ever need.

 

[batfax]

If I can dress in female Force clothing in FFXIV or as a Mi'Quote in PSO2 I will seriously freak out in happiness.

Mi'Quote clothes already confirmed it seems.

Unless PSO2 is coming to the west, we don't want to know!

Just play on the JP servers. There's a decently sized English community and regular fan patches to story, items, and NPC chatter. It ain't perfect, but it gets the job done.

Now... if only classic Phantasy Star could find a way to collab with PSO2...

 

[CertifiedFP]

Just play on the JP servers. There's a decently sized English community and regular fan patches to story, items, and NPC chatter. It ain't perfect, but it gets the job done.

Now... if only classic Phantasy Star could find a way to collab with PSO2...

And last I heard, "Gaijin-Hunter" mobs that mass-report anyone speaking English.

 

[Nikkuthulu]

Didn't someone datamine PSO2 and find some FFXIV stuff recently? If I recall they found models for the FFXIV relic weapons in there.

Indeed they did. This was suspected for quite some time not only due to the interview between the directors and the mentioned data mined stuff.

And last I heard, "Gaijin-Hunter" mobs that mass-report anyone speaking English.

Eh. Not entirely true per say. English isn't against TOS (if that was the case, B1 and B20 would have been long gone.) however what the people who say they got banned for speaking english neglect the following things: Spamming memes / inappropriate symbol arts, announcing publicly you're using the patch and violating TOS or they got caught being a total leech in multi-party play. They never mention the full story and the english community is spread all about across multiple servers. There's always more to those "I got banned." stories then there is.

*sigh...it's a shame however that Phantasy Star is such a force fed cash cow now a days. What was once a deliberate, sci-fi fantasy world brought to life in each iteration is now subject to collab after collab, in a giant milkshake of all the worst things nobody wants in an MMO...I mean collabs are fun once in a whole but I'm just sad what phantasy star has become...it's basically a F2P marketing platform now.

Kinda comes with the territory of being an unexpected hit that just a company latches onto as per usual with Japanese media. Let alone companies experiencing a level of success that's incredibly rare. Atlus fans had to deal with it recently with Persona 3 and 4 being so popular so now it's attack of spin-offs and the insertion of Persona systems into other SMT games such as Social Links into Devil Survivor. I am very curious though what the direction the game would have been and how different it may have been if it wasn't exploding to what it is now.

 

[Ranmo]

I'm so hyped. Sadly I stopped playing XIV about 5 months ago so I will more than likely not experience this collaboration on XIV's side. But PSO 2 is life and I cannot wait!

 

[batfax]

And last I heard, "Gaijin-Hunter" mobs that mass-report anyone speaking English.

I've never seen or even heard of these people and I play regularly and talk openly.

 

[ViciousDS]

Now give us PSO2 in the West damn it!!!

 

[Rajack]

I've never seen or even heard of these people and I play regularly and talk openly.

Yeah, this is pretty much BS. There are plenty of English speakers in Japan who would play PSO2 so it would be pure folly for Sega to ban on the basis of spoken or written language.