Gamer Escape's E3 2013 Interview With Naoki Yoshida

For those that have been waiting and refreshing... here it is...

http://gamerescape.com/2013/06/17/e3...naoki-yoshida/

Edit: Misinterpretation on my part.
My apologies.

Thanks

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GE: In Japan, it was recently announced there would be a release of the Before Meteor soundtrack. On Twitter, Soken mentioned that if people imported it, they could use the code for the Dalamud minion regardless of region. Can you confirm that?

Dalamud Minion

Yoshida: I don’t think this was confirmed yet, but we can confirm that the Beyond Meteor soundtrack will be available soon for other regions from the Square Enix store. So there is no reason to get the $100 import to get the Dalamud minion.

We want to get across to players, so they don’t worry, and it is my personal policy, to not have items that are region specific – that you can only get in America, or only get in Japan, or only get if you go to this one event in Switzerland or wherever- we don’t want to do that. We can’t say in the next ten years we will never do that, because we don’t know what will happen, but my personal policy is not to have things like that.

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-94uo6dZ6qB...5Annivbook.jpg
Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box
Item code for in-game "mogu mogu" earrings (in FFXIV) JP ONLY
Good to see he's changed his mind since then

@Solace

You have no idea the context in which he said that. All you heard was the guy relaying that. He could have very well said "Sorry I'm playing" and then the guy jokes around and says he said shut up. And if he did say shut up? I think Yoshi has accumulated enough brownie points to get away with it in my opinion

Regarding the link ah I'm so happy we have official word on that soundtrack and also that they're not planning to do a lot of region specific items. <3

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Originally Posted by elenawing

@Solace

You have no idea the context in which he said that. All you heard was the guy relaying that. He could have very well said "Sorry I'm playing" and then the guy jokes around and says he said shut up. And if he did say shut up? I think Yoshi has accumulated enough brownie points to get away with it in my opinion

Regarding the link ah I'm so happy we have official word on that soundtrack and also that they're not planning to do a lot of region specific items. <3

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Well looks like he was right about people ready to jump to his defense lol. Regardless though it doesn't matter since he's a human you can annoy.

At least people will be happy with region free items, since no one would complain if the item was NA and EU only for example.

EDIT: getting back on topic.

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Originally Posted by Solace

But of course everyone will defend Yoshi their hero..

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This one line alone makes me immediately think you're spiteful towards Yoshi-P for whatever reason anyway. You could have left this line out and your point would have been solid, but just by merely including this, you're condescending everyone who likes the guy.

Guys, stop talking about some lame garbage no one cares about. Yoshi could go home and beat his dog for all I care.

On topic. Thanks for sharing the interview. Was good to hear more about how Summoner will play. I think I am going to enjoy that job. It sounds like RDM mixed with BST.

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Originally Posted by Solace

Tad bit disappointed he told the guy "shut up" who tried to ask him something, while he was playing.
When you work in the industry, you should learn to deal with people asking you questions and not tell them to "shut up".
You say "Please excuse me I am busy".

Yea the guy was dumb for bugging him while he was playing but Yoshi should handle himself better than that.

You will never hear me tell one of my team members to "Shut up".
But I would say "Please be quiet, keeps coms discipline, let's win this"

But of course everyone will defend Yoshi their hero..

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Where did you see this

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What does it have to do with Gamer Escape's interview?

(because it doesn't)

Nice interview! :)

Somewhat off topic... but he did talk a bit about minions and how there will be "so many"... will they take up inventory space? Because I think we're gunna have to catch 'em all!

@ Denmo there is a video linkin there, he is talking about 1:40

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Originally Posted by Solace

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Aww hun, to be honest you are jumping the gun completely.

He could have easily said 'just wait' or 'shh' or 'hang on mate i'm busy' and the good old brash American just got right to the point with the translation. Because that is the hard thing about translation... they all mean the same thing - it is just in your language that the phrase 'shut up' is rude, but context is more important.

Please don't state second hand information as fact though ne?

Really happy to see his personal policy on region locking in game items, that was a worry for me.

Fishing sounds like it will be a great thing to do right before bed, sitting around talking to your LSmates hoping to get lucky with your fish... and able to fish up a treasure map?? That sounds cool ^^

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Originally Posted by Niqote

@ Denmo there is a video linkin there, he is talking about 1:40



Aww hun, to be honest you are jumping the gun completely.

He could have easily said 'just wait' or 'shh' or 'hang on mate i'm busy' and the good old brash American just got right to the point with the translation. Because that is the hard thing about translation... they all mean the same thing - it is just in your language that the phrase 'shut up' is rude, but context is more important.

Please don't state second hand information as fact though ne?

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Completely agree! There is no way he would be that rude. He's a business man and the public face of SE/XIV right now. I'm sure it was not in the worst context that we could expect to hear "shut up". Not leaping to anyone's defense. Just common sense and giving the benefit of the doubt! :rolleyes:

I tell my co-worker I'm going to backhand him daily at work.. and never does he ever think I am being serious. So why would any of you think Yoshida would seriously to Ferne shut up to be rude? You have no idea how their relationship works.

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Originally Posted by Denmo

Where did you see this
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What does it have to do with Gamer Escape's interview?
(because it doesn't)

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I'm guessing it's from this video, and I'm not catching any 'rudeness' Solace tried to point out...

On topic: I'm happy with the answers to the minion-related questions (for obvious reasons >:3). Thanks for the article, GE!

Ah thanks for clarifying.


If anything, Solace, you should be mad at Fernehalwes for putting words in Yoshi's mouth. Because that's pretty much what he did. But even that is taking it way out of context.

Also, one stray joke made in a video and you make a post saying Yoshi's the worst because he's no longer immaculate, he's just like any other. It sounds to me like you're the one putting him up on a pedastal, here.

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Originally Posted by Niqote

@ Denmo there is a video linkin there, he is talking about 1:40



Aww hun, to be honest you are jumping the gun completely.

He could have easily said 'just wait' or 'shh' or 'hang on mate i'm busy' and the good old brash American just got right to the point with the translation. Because that is the hard thing about translation... they all mean the same thing - it is just in your language that the phrase 'shut up' is rude, but context is more important.

Please don't state second hand information as fact though ne?

Really happy to see his personal policy on region locking in game items, that was a worry for me.

Fishing sounds like it will be a great thing to do right before bed, sitting around talking to your LSmates hoping to get lucky with your fish... and able to fish up a treasure map?? That sounds cool ^^

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Uh oh. Sounds like all you're doing is defending Yoshi-P the hero! :O

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Originally Posted by Niqote

Fishing sounds like it will be a great thing to do right before bed, sitting around talking to your LSmates hoping to get lucky with your fish... and able to fish up a treasure map?? That sounds cool ^^

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It's certainly nice it's shaping up to be a relax based thing rather than mini games. I tend to be waiting for my friends to meet up in game a lot so it'll be nice to explore and fish instead of twiddling my thumbs!

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Originally Posted by Kagato

Uh oh. Sounds like all you're doing is defending Yoshi-P the hero! :O

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Nah it sounds like Solace jumped the gun. Ferne was obviously trying to be funny, like he normally does, and Solace took it to heart for some reason.

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Originally Posted by Kagato

Uh oh. Sounds like all you're doing is defending Yoshi-P the hero! :O

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Shh... You'll draw attention to my Fire resistant WHM culottes.

I was cheering for the other team at the end! They made it with less then a minute to go XD

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Originally Posted by Niqote

@ Denmo there is a video linkin there, he is talking about 1:40



Aww hun, to be honest you are jumping the gun completely.

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I found Fernehalwes translation pretty funny. I can't even hear what Yoshida actually even said.

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Originally Posted by Solace

Tad bit disappointed he told the guy "shut up" who tried to ask him something, while he was playing.
When you work in the industry, you should learn to deal with people asking you questions and not tell them to "shut up".
You say "Please excuse me I am busy".

Yea the guy was dumb for bugging him while he was playing but Yoshi should handle himself better than that.

You will never hear me tell one of my team members to "Shut up".
But I would say "Please be quiet, keeps coms discipline, let's win this"

But of course everyone will defend Yoshi their hero..

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Sorry but I'm gonna have to defend Yoshi-P here after going back and watching the video. Please don't just assume it's cause Yoshi-P is MY HERO. I think you've completely misunderstood the context of the video and frankly it's unfair to Yoshi-P.

The announcer (NA SE community manager, forget his exact title) asked Fernhawles (SE Localization team/translator and forum rep) to get Yoshi-P to give a comment while he was fighting Ifrit. Yoshi-P responded by saying "Shut up, I'm playing the game." I believe he said it as a joke between co-workers, not as a rude f u to a random guy for bothering him. Yeah, Fernhawles could've easily translated it as "Please excuse me, I'm busy" but he chose to translate as "Shut up" for comical effect. Notice how the announcers laughed? This is TOTALLY different than what I thought happened based on reading your post, in which I imagined a reporter or fan trying to ask him something and Yoshi-P rudely blowing him off by telling him to shut up.

I understand that when taken out of context, someone saying "Shut up, I'm busy playing" can be seen as incredibly rude. But please try to look at the context of the comment.

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Originally Posted by KaMuiSouZou

Sorry but I'm gonna have to defend Yoshi-P here after going back and watching the video. Please don't just assume it's cause Yoshi-P is MY HERO. I think you've completely misunderstood the context of the video and frankly it's unfair to Yoshi-P.

The announcer (NA SE community manager, forget his exact title) asked Fernhawles (SE Localization team/translator and forum rep) to get Yoshi-P to give a comment while he was fighting Ifrit. Yoshi-P responded by saying "Shut up, I'm playing the game." I believe he said it as a joke between co-workers, not as a rude f u to a random guy for bothering him. Yeah, Fernhawles could've easily translated it as "Please excuse me, I'm busy" but he chose to translate as "Shut up" for comical effect. Notice how the announcers laughed? This is TOTALLY different than what I thought happened based on reading your post, in which I imagined a reporter or fan trying to ask him something and Yoshi-P rudely blowing him off by telling him to shut up.

I understand that when taken out of context, someone saying "Shut up, I'm busy playing" can be seen as incredibly rude. But please try to look at the context of the comment.

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At first I was like "That's effed up!" until I saw it was Ferne and then I was like "Oh.."

And this folks is how misunderstandings on the internet happen.

Hmm... bringing in enemies from FFXII.

I'd like to see these wandering about :D

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Originally Posted by Preypacer

Hmm... bringing in enemies from FFXII.

I'd like to see these wandering about :D

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... Giza Rabbit Minion (Can I have it)

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Originally Posted by Niqote

... Giza Rabbit Minion (Can I have it)

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Yes! That too :)

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Originally Posted by KaMuiSouZou

Sorry but I'm gonna have to defend Yoshi-P here after going back and watching the video. Please don't just assume it's cause Yoshi-P is MY HERO. I think you've completely misunderstood the context of the video and frankly it's unfair to Yoshi-P.

The announcer (NA SE community manager, forget his exact title) asked Fernhawles (SE Localization team/translator and forum rep) to get Yoshi-P to give a comment while he was fighting Ifrit. Yoshi-P responded by saying "Shut up, I'm playing the game." I believe he said it as a joke between co-workers, not as a rude f u to a random guy for bothering him. Yeah, Fernhawles could've easily translated it as "Please excuse me, I'm busy" but he chose to translate as "Shut up" for comical effect. Notice how the announcers laughed? This is TOTALLY different than what I thought happened based on reading your post, in which I imagined a reporter or fan trying to ask him something and Yoshi-P rudely blowing him off by telling him to shut up.

I understand that when taken out of context, someone saying "Shut up, I'm busy playing" can be seen as incredibly rude. But please try to look at the context of the comment.

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Yeah, after watching it and seeing it all in context, it was all in jest. They're asking him to give commentary as in "Hey... while you're busy trying to not die... want to give some commentary on the fight?"

They continued joking about it after that.

I joke around with co-workers, including my bosses (and they with me) like that all the time. My boss will need to get past me and be like "Get the hell out of my way...". All in fun.

And that's not me "defending Yoshi". To "defend" someone implies they've done something wrong that needs defending. I don't believe that's the case here. It was friendly banter/joking around with co-workers and all in fun.

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Originally Posted by Denmo

Ah thanks for clarifying.


If anything, Solace, you should be mad at Fernehalwes for putting words in Yoshi's mouth. Because that's pretty much what he did. But even that is taking it way out of context.

Also, one stray joke made in a video and you make a post saying Yoshi's the worst because he's no longer immaculate, he's just like any other. It sounds to me like you're the one putting him up on a pedastal, here.

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I may very well be in that case.
I trust the words of the translator. He speaks very fluent English.
He said "shut up".
He should of chosen his words more wisely if he was not in fact told to "shut up".

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Originally Posted by Solace

I may very well be in that case.
I trust the words of the translator. He speaks very fluent English.
He said "shut up".
He should of chosen his words more wisely if he was not in fact told to "shut up".

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Even though translation takes a lot of thinking about context, localisation etc. and this was spoken quickly in what seems as a joke

FOR EXAMPLE:

Urusai in Japanese basically means the equivalent of 'noisy' but is often translated to 'shut up' as it would be weird in an English context to yell the word noisy at people.

Language is a wonderfully fluid thing. Don't trust everything you read and don't trust a translators words implicitly, ESPECIALLY when you know nothing of the context of the situation

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Originally Posted by Solace

I may very well be in that case.
I trust the words of the translator. He speaks very fluent English.
He said "shut up".
He should of chosen his words more wisely if he was not in fact told to "shut up".

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You're continuing to assume it was said in a serious manner, while ignoring the setting and context it happened in.

Consider this...
If the statement was intended specifically for the translator - whom asked Yoshi-P the question in the first place - and was said in a scornful or disrespectful way, why would he then turn around and repeat it to the other guys, while laughing/joking about it? When he tells the other guys, one says, jokingly "Sounds about right".

I watched the same video as you, I saw the same part as you and even watched it a few times just to make sure I caught everything that happened. There was nothing wrong with that exchange. It was all in fun.

You're projecting your own standards/sensitivities on to others, and then judging them accordingly. Not exactly reasonable.

EDIT: should get back on topic

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Originally Posted by Solace

I may very well be in that case.
I trust the words of the translator. He speaks very fluent English.
He said "shut up".
He should of chosen his words more wisely if he was not in fact told to "shut up".

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The translator or YoshiP? Because the translator said "shut up", Yoshi P said words that may be construed in different ways, including "be quiet" "can it" or <in 80s Megatron impression> "SILENCE!"

I think you're making mountains out of molehills here. When was the last time you cared this much about two words spoken in the heat of gameplay? You must be a treat with gamer hate mail.

/Yawn, editing is fun.

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Originally Posted by Solace

If he didn't insult him then great..
I really don't even care anymore.
Blown totally out of proportion at this point.

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Yes, by you. /thread.

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Originally Posted by Solace

I sincerely love how aggressive almost every tone in here has been in response to my comment.
Come to down right insults even.
But it seems that is ok.

Maybe you should read my second post, before you jump onto your high horses of morality and superior judgement.

For you to assume half the world knows who works with Yoshi, is more than ridiculous btw.
Most people do not care. I have no idea who he works with or who his friends are.
Just like he doesn't know mine.

His announcer should learn how to put things into proper context.
It looked like he got insulted to me.
The look I saw while he was smiling was "my hero just shit on me".
A smile maybe, but a broken smile from what I saw..

You can't expect people to just know what everyones relationship is.
He should of chosen his words better.
If you work in the PR department of all places, you should understand the nuance of the English language and understand that words have weight.
Shut up is not = to, be quite or hush or shush...

If he didn't insult him then great..
I really don't even care anymore.
Blown totally out of proportion at this point.

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You seriously need to grow up.

Oh, geez. Could we not let this topic get locked, please?

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Originally Posted by Kagato

You seriously need to grow up.

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No, you need to at this point..
Did you even read a single word?
No, you just want to be on the band wagon. Have fun..

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Originally Posted by Kallera

Yes, by you. /thread.

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This is the kind of people we have on these forums..lol..
There is never a conversation here.
Just a series of attacks that progressively get more and more immature..
Whats the point even coming here..
Can you get back on topic or do we really have to get the thread locked now?

Solace, take a chill pill and stop filling our thread about something that wasn't even in the interview.
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Vergil_Renata

Oh, geez. Could we not let this topic get locked, please?

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This^^ Especially when this whole topic has nothing to do with the interview at all.

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Originally Posted by Fusionx

Solace, take a chill pill and stop filling our thread about something that wasn't even in the interview.
Thanks.

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Please get back on topic and stop trying to instigate.

I said I misinterpreted it.
Let it go..
ugh..

Interview yea great interview, epic Ifrit fight..
See great.
Back on topic..

HEY, GUYS!
Anyone else happy with the answer to the RMT question?! :D