Yoshida-san at Japan Expo (France)

Greetings Adventurers

I have some great news for players in Europe! Yoshida-san will be attending this year’s Japan Expo in Paris to give a presentation on FFXIV: ARR and hold an autograph-signing session.

He will be around for one day only, so make sure you mark the following schedule in your calendars:

Date: Thursday 4th July 2013

15:00 CET
FINAL FANTASY conference on the video game stage
Yoshida-san will be presenting FFXIV: ARR on stage.

17:15 CET
Signing session with Yoshida-san
The session will operate in a “first come, first served” manner.
The first 100 attendees who show up at the signing session reception on Thursday 4th July will receive a ticket to participate in this session.

You can find more details on Japan Expo on the official site: http://www.japan-expo.com/

We hope to see you there!

http://www.japan-expo.com/en/menu_in...stream_427.htm

Live Stream. SE's on now, my Japanese is bad my french is NIL... So no translations sorry.

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Big screen

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/cheer
go japan :D

I super secretly saw a ff14 bard AF lady in the back stage.
:/ and we need Evil Siren's dragoon there...

ah
/scream like little girl
"Yoshi~~~~~~~~~"

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wahhh cutie Roe with earth elemental? /nod titan eggi the green robe smn AF robe has tiny wing set in the back XD /roll need! /do quests .\"/.
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I wanna watch tour of Eorzea part 3 10 times now! >"<


btw duty finder video is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIBPqZ0rNQ8

A Tour of Eorzea, part 3: press refresh every 1 min really works :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--a6__DnOdc

They just showed off Lightning costumes for female characters, and Snow costume for males. Plus weapons from XIII.

i want the Snow's ice specter for Black mage!

Can't speak French, but it appears that they're talking about making an instanced battle with Lightning (as your ally?) and the rewards are a Lightning costume for females, a snow costume for males, and some FFXIII themed weapons.

I have mixed feelings...

note it's just a special event (same as how we got our yukata) so she's not there forever ;)

Pretty cool nod to FFXIII!

Hmmm interesting....

but lighting will be midlander or highlader?

The Lightning Returns video before showed how the story was going to revolve around Lightning visiting different worlds under threat and saving them.

If she comes to Eorzea for a limited-time event in February next year to save Hydaelyn (again), that sits easy with me from a lore standpoint.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

The Lightning Returns video before showed how the story was going to revolve around Lightning visiting different worlds under threat and saving them.

If she comes to Eorzea for a limited-time event in February next year to save Hydaelyn (again), that sits easy with me from a lore standpoint.

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Should have made her wearing the Lightning Returns costume though. Apparently she's wearing her original costume in FFXIV which seems a bit out of place since she didn't gain any special powers until the original XIII was over.

I get this is just a fan-service thing, but still.

I think i just saw Sleipnir chocobo barding?

TITAN-EGI! <3

Showing Coerthas and Mordhona :)

Carby is so cute! i can't wait anymore!

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

Carby is so cute! i can't wait anymore!

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lol indeed and I loved Arcanist's battle stance!

I had to pick up the phone at the end of Yoshi-P's presentation and wasn't able to pay attention. Did I see the EU version of the Before Meteor soundtrack being talked about, or was it wishful thinking and just the CEs?

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

i want the Snow's ice specter for Black mage!

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I think that's Snow's Axe http://gematsu.com/wp-content/upload...-Cross_005.jpg

judging from these pics there are 2 wands to the right of the bow.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

The Lightning Returns video before showed how the story was going to revolve around Lightning visiting different worlds under threat and saving them.

If she comes to Eorzea for a limited-time event in February next year to save Hydaelyn (again), that sits easy with me from a lore standpoint.

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I didn't get that impression at all. From what I understand, the world is ending over and over and Lightning is in a loop until she can save it. She isn't wandering between dimensions like Gilgamesh, so I'm not too pleased with having her show up completely.

They could have pulled a Dissidia and copy/pasted her existence into Eorzea and it would have felt a little better. They did the same thing with the Colosseum in XIII-2 by having a copy of her XIII self appear as a competitor. It'd be easier to make that idea canon for both games. Possibly some mishap when she returned from Dissidia... (I'll have to look at that story again to make sure she actually did return).

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Originally Posted by Yrusama

I didn't get that impression at all. From what I understand, the world is ending over and over and Lightning is in a loop until she can save it. She isn't wandering between dimensions like Gilgamesh, so I'm not too pleased with having her show up completely.

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Bah, that's a shame. I took "you must rescue as many people as you can from this world and lead them to the next" to mean she'd be travelling through worlds, but I guess it could just be time-travel again.

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Originally Posted by Fantasia

I have mixed feelings...

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Agreed. But, I also found it funny people are ok with this but against the Omnislash limit break having a buster sword animation. silly FF fans

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i want the Snow's ice specter for Black mage!

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I think that's an ice Axe? I believe Mages get the wand.

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Agreed. But, I also found it funny people are ok with this but against the Omnislash limit break having a buster sword animation. silly FF fans

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Hahaha! Totally agree!

Apparently the subtle nods to other FFs are completely outrageous, but if we're being slapped in the face with references everything is fine and dandy =/

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Originally Posted by Peachy

Agreed. But, I also found it funny people are ok with this but against the Omnislash limit break having a buster sword animation. silly FF fans

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The reason a few people were upset about Omnislash (myself included) was that we were under the mistaken impression that limit breaks were job-specific, not role specific. That would have meant that Omnislash was a DRG limit break (as opposed to something that makes more sense for spear wielders). Once we all figured out that all (melee) DD will have the same limit breaks a lot of the anger simmered down. Others were mad specifically because it's from FF7 of course, but I'm guessing they're the minority.

As for the FF13 gear; I don't like it, but I see why they are doing it. They are desperate to get people to buy both of the "we're fixing poorly recieved" games. So we get a Lightning event in ARR and Miqo'te RSE in 13-3. As long as it's a limited time "holiday" event it won't bug me too much.

She's not either. She not even from the this country , world , or even universe*. Thus she's Plusanian :P

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Originally Posted by Peachy

Agreed. But, I also found it funny people are ok with this but against the Omnislash limit break having a buster sword animation. silly FF fans

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This comes from the false notion that the forums are collectively one person complaining about everything, even if the complaints conflict with each other.

Buster sword is a little uncomfortable, but Lightning is outrageously so. This is my stance, and I'm sticking to it until I can reevaluate it upon witnessing Lightning in context.

Hey all,

The EU team are back from Japan Expo! We had a cracking time at the expo with not only the presentations, but also meeting the community and some dedicated fans. Here are some picks of what Yoshi-P and the gang got up to during some community interviews:


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Yoshi-P was presented some cards with questions on them.

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Yoshi-P was kindly given some Red Bull to get him through the interviews.

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More Red Bull! Cheers :D

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Here is a French Linkshell that we ran into - nice T-shirts!

/cheer
you guys are the best.
/offer cookies

I can't stop thinking that stuffed chocobo had some kind of hidden message. I mean, it seems like it's been modeled after the main character in Chocobo Dungeon- and/or Chocobo racing-titles. Kinda makes me think back, when Yoshi said that...

*gasp*

...my food is still in the oven! *flee*

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Hey all,

The EU team are back from Japan Expo! We had a cracking time at the expo with not only the presentations, but also meeting the community and some dedicated fans. Here are some picks of what Yoshi-P and the gang got up to during some community interviews:


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Yoshi-P was presented some cards with questions on them.

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Yoshi-P was kindly given some Red Bull to get him through the interviews.

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More Red Bull! Cheers :D

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Here is a French Linkshell that we ran into - nice T-shirts!

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The chocobo must be melded into his hands for +50 overseas illness resistance lol