![]() That’s our priority, and we wanted our players to experience everything that makes FFXI so great.įFXI: Does that mean that you wanted current FFXI players, former FFXI players, and players who have never touched FFXI before to know what makes the game good? KMR: All of GBF‘s collabs are made with the intent to make as faithful an experience as possible. What aspects of the FFXI experience did you focus on for this collab? They did their due diligence, and we got the OK very quickly.įFXI: GBF has had collab events with many different franchises, and is known for the high quality of its collabs and its loyalty to the many famed franchises it brings in. I’m one of them, but there are many people on the development team who played FFXI at one point.įFXI: So did the proposal go over smoothly? On top of that, GBF and FFXI have a lot in common as fantasy RPGs, and as GBF‘s producer I thought that the two games would fit together very well.įFXI: There are definitely a lot of FFXI veterans in the GBF player base. My love for FFXI was one factor, and I wanted to promote the game however I could. We said “Please, let us run this event alongside your celebration.”įFXI: Were you the one who proposed the idea? Could we time a collab with the occasion?” A 20th anniversary is a momentous occasion, and the timing of a collab is key. KMR: Around the autumn of 2020, we approached Square Enix with the pitch “In two years, FFXI will celebrate its 20th anniversary. First, we talked about the 20th anniversary of FFXI and the landmark collab event.įFXI: To kick things off, could you talk about how the GBF-FFXI collab came to fruition? ![]() To commemorate the occasion, we interviewed the producer of GBF, Kimura Yuito (KMR), the man behind this collab and a dedicated player of FFXI. In March 2022, Granblue Fantasy (GBF) celebrated its 8th anniversary and started a collab event on May 9th. ![]() All mistakes are vibratingsheep’s unless noted otherwise) “A collab that shows off FFXI as it is today” ![]()
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