Final Phantasy Star?

Original source
http://www.g-heaven.net/topics/2013/11/131128a.html

English summary (relevant portion at the bottom)
http://bumped.org/psublog/a-very-mer...mas-from-pso2/

Yoshida and the PSO2 devs discuss a collaboration but its neither yes, no or maybe.

I loved PSO and enjoyed PSU, but I am not fond of PSO2.

What I'd want: Dragon, Dark Falz and De Rol Le FATEs with mag pets or classic PSO weapons as a reward. (The initial quest being given by an Elezen dressed like Jean-Carlo Motague... oh yes :3 )

What would likely happen:

PSO2 thus far disregards the lore of the original PSO and the lore of the franchises they collaborate with so I imagine on their side they'll just throw in an AC gacha with FFXIV themed costumes and mag skins and leave it at that.

For FFXIV, it would probably be similar to the Lightning event with Quna appearing out of the blue to kill darkers and we'd get a tacky default one piece Hunter costume.

If it goes through, it'll be the closest thing to experiencing PSO as I've never played it.
It really looks cute and that emergency quest sounds like fun.

Contemplated making a post about this, as I play PSO2 quite a bit... but if this does happen in the future, I expect PSO2 to get costumes(probably the starting costume for miqote and possibly the warrior set, as they seem to like showing the main character in the trailers using that quite a bit). If they make this a little more elaborate like the Border Break collab, then we might even see a FF boss as part of a city event quest or something, perhaps maybe Garuda or the end boss of the main story since she imitates a lot of the bird darkers from the game, and the end boss is well... I don't need to say more. As for FF? We'll probably see a HUmar and HUnewearl outfit, and at most, we may see a small event with a fate where you fight Falz Hunar(but I sincerely doubt that'll happen).

Would be even better if PSO2 got an NA release.

PS1-4 FTW!

While a cool idea... a better one would indeed be Sega getting over their grudge with US players and releasing PSO2 outside of Japan.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

While a cool idea... a better one would indeed be Sega getting over their grudge with US players and releasing PSO2 outside of Japan.

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I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

I missed the wave on PSO (never had a Dreamcast) but I understand that it's well-loved by many people. Also never played PSO2 (might if it comes out in English on Vita/PS4). That said, I love a good, dumb collabo. This idea gets my thumbs up.

http://epiclyamazing.files.wordpress...nata_izumi.jpg

While the development teams of both games might like a collaboration, until Sega and SE actually agree to this, I'm liable to take this with a grain of salt. Collaborations between different games in a single company is more likely than a crossover between different intellectual properties owned by separate companies.

Still, if something does come of this, I can just hear all the FFVII fans dying inside and whimpering "WHY U NOT DO FFVII CROSSOVER YOSHI?!" ;)

I Loved PSO Dreamcast, with my experience with the phantasy star online/universe franchise I honesty hope it don't happen. My wife and I love FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by ForteXX

Would be even better if PSO2 got an NA release.

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Not so sure about that one, because except for having Miku singing in the game the rest got old extremely fast for me. orz

So in this case I have to say having vanity costumes and weapons from PSO2 would be the best deal.

PS>
I'd rather SEGA went bonkers and made a Ryu ga Gotoku x XIV collaboration instead. Bonus points if we got to play a FATE quest chain with Kiryu and Majima no niisan. :P

CROSSOVERS ARE BAD! (Sarcasm) :D

2.1 should be fun

@DarkStaoneDragon

Its just rumor and wishful thinking at this point.

I know how you feel, I'm still bitter myself at how non-JP players got shafted. But even with the hackers and the shoddy treatment Sega gave NA/EU I have fond memories of PSO/U and I made some of my dearest friends through those games, something Sega can't take away from me.

I wouldn't worry about SE pulling a Sega when it comes to their handling of the game, we all get the same content at the same time regardless of region and though there's much room for improvement they still do it better than Sega.

As someone who's played pso2 for over a year, you don't want that turd fanservice simulator touching this game.

If we're talking the original pso from sonic team though, that's a completely different story. Most of the main characters died in pso so your typical dark falz attack fate would probably work, Flowen & Rico outfit, classic pso weapons etc.

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Originally Posted by ForteXX

Would be even better if PSO2 got an NA release.

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I'd leave this game in a heartbeat.
I played the JP ver. for a bit.
God, it was SO fun! Too bad I can't read JP for crap.
-Sigh;

PSU was my first real MMO. I had hundreds of hours of fun in that game, but then I went on to other games and found out how truly utterly bland the game was.

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Originally Posted by Velveteer

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

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It's from the bygone days of Dreamcast with the original PSO. In the States it's online component was free. This was not Sega's idea, it was Sega of America's idea. In Japan players had to pay $9 to play online. This, by itself, wasn't appreciated but also wasn't punished (much). No, the straw as it were, was what US players did with their games. Cheat disks were plentiful at the time and many players found ways to alter the game with them. US players, though, took it to levels of low I've not seen since. That is what pissed off Sega. Ever since then US players have been getting the shaft on the series, from higher fees on Ver.2 to releases often a year after the Japanese. Now with PSO2... we don't even have a rough estimate of a release date. Sega's grudge runs deep.

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Originally Posted by joshsecret

PS1-4 FTW!

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I loved Phantasy Star IV a LOT...

I also enjoyed Phantasy Star Portable, Portable 2, Universe, 0...

If there was a Collaboration, I would truly hope they work on some cross-game lore...

I was slightly upset when I read the articles and found no mention of the old Phantasy Stars on the Sega. :(

Well, except for III. That one sucked. :p

I enjoyed Phantasy Star III for what it was, but I agree that it just didn't quite fit in with the series (even though PSIV retroactively tried to make the connection somewhat).

I'd take a XIV-PSO2 collabo in a second if it were a sign that PSO2 is finally coming stateside. So many people at Sega are fumbling away so many chances to gain back a fan base that was truly loyal to them over the years. Having played PSO on Dreamcast and Gamecube, I really anticipated playing PSO2 before XIV was released and was quite disappointed when the release dates kept getting pushed back.

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Originally Posted by Raminax

I was slightly upset when I read the articles and found no mention of the old Phantasy Stars on the Sega. :(

Well, except for III. That one sucked. :p

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i love episode III :P i was kinda unique. but i/ii/iv are better nonetheless.

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Originally Posted by Velveteer

I've heard about it, but I'd like some more details on it.
Why so JP only?

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Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

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Originally Posted by Steeled

PSU was my first real MMO. I had hundreds of hours of fun in that game, but then I went on to other games and found out how truly utterly bland the game was.

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You and me are on the same boat there haha (hince my character name)

Oh god. I hope PSO2 doesn't come anywhere near this game. I'm quite sure nothing good would come from it. Shame though, the series used to be great until that crap universe came out. Phantasy Star hasn't been right ever since.

WTB rappy minion

DF arm minion

THE THINGS THAT PSO2 NEVER GAVE ME IN MAG FORM

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Originally Posted by Tupsi

Have you seen the western MMO market..? Or Western gaming in general? lol. Fyi a lot of Western stuff stays NA/EU (AU) only.

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Yeah, I know since I've played a couple of chinese mmos where they'd block out Asian players since they hve their own version.
But in the case of PSO2 I thought it was more like what we have where it was accessed worldwide. But I got my answer:

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

It's from the bygone days of Dreamcast with the original PSO. In the States it's online component was free. This was not Sega's idea, it was Sega of America's idea. In Japan players had to pay $9 to play online. This, by itself, wasn't appreciated but also wasn't punished (much). No, the straw as it were, was what US players did with their games. Cheat disks were plentiful at the time and many players found ways to alter the game with them. US players, though, took it to levels of low I've not seen since. That is what pissed off Sega. Ever since then US players have been getting the shaft on the series, from higher fees on Ver.2 to releases often a year after the Japanese. Now with PSO2... we don't even have a rough estimate of a release date. Sega's grudge runs deep.

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Wow... that's really messed up.

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Originally Posted by Arriverderci

I'd leave this game in a heartbeat.
I played the JP ver. for a bit.
God, it was SO fun! Too bad I can't read JP for crap.
-Sigh;

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http://kotaku.com/5928484/cant-wait-...panese-version

english fans have created patches to make most of the game in english, there is still some stuff that you have to ctrl+c/ctrl+v into google translate, but for the most part there is patches for all the story, items, an some other basic stuff, there is alot of english speaking players on ship2/block20 if i remember correctly

o ya an my opinion on the OP, i love both games so i think it would be pretty sweet to get some vanity items from pso2

it doesnt make sens for me. dont get me wrong because i love phantasy star as much as i love FF series.i played it since the begining and PSO on dreamcast was my first experience of RPG online(yeah i know its action RPG) why would SE or Sega risk the lost of subscriber for one and another? They both have nothing in comon. I dont think that neither one have buisness doing some appearance in the other game. i would like to have a mini-jaggos minions in FFXIV but nope. just no. In the same time now that you talk about it i feel like redownload my PSO2 ^^

Me relaxing before another Dark Falz Attack ^^
http://assets.enjin.com/wall_embed_i...023015_012.jpg

Would actually love to see this happen. Love PSO and play PSO2 currently as well. I just don't want to see it end up all FATEs and feel kinda meh like the Lightning event did.

No. Keep FATE's AWAY from these epic bosses. Put them in Guildhests or Duty Finder instead, otherwise it'll boil down to whether or not you can see the boss to play against it accordingly.

I have no problems with fluff, but I'd rather this stayed in the rumor and speculation pile. Innercompany crossovers do not bother me. PSO is a fun game in it's own right, but it's all over the place. I really wouldn't like a precedent like that in XIV. It's like mixing Mortal Kombat and Darkstalkers.