Eorzeapedia Exclusive Interview with Naoki Yoshida

Furtively Altruistic Joined : 2008-05-21 Posts : 4384

Quote :: December brought change for Final Fantasy XIV that no one saw coming. Hiromichi Tanaka, the game’s Producer stepped down, taking full responsibility for the poor condition of the game. The development team was reshuffled and former Director Nobuaki Komoto shifted to Lead Game Designer. We were then introduced to Naoki Yoshida, someone who no one had really heard of before. Now known to players as “Yoshi-P”, he took on the role of Producer/Director for Final Fantasy XIV.

Since then, he’s written numerous letters on the Lodestone which outline the changes the team is working on as well as a few personal touches here and there. He’s already had several interviews with Japanese media outlets such as Famitsu and 4Gamer. He has just recently completed a visit to Square Enix’s headquarters in London to talk with a few European fan sites. Now, it’s our turn.

We were invited to Square Enix’s El Segundo offices to sit down and chat with the team behind Final Fantasy XIV including Naoki Yoshida, Sage Sundi, Yasu Kurosawa and Robert Peeler.

Please note that the questions, and more importantly the answers, are not direct quotes from Square Enix. There is a translation process and the answers are always somewhat disjointed for that reason. So with that disclaimer, on to the questions…

Joined : 2010-01-14 Posts : 505

Well that interview Cheered me up. I needed it xDDD