GARO X FINAL FANTASY XIV

[ErikMynhier]

I really hope there is Gold Saucer alternative for the mounts :|

I think they said the mounts will come from PVP achievements.

[Texa]

I don't think they really expected people outside of Japan to be familiar with the show. Tokusatsu is mainly a Japanese thing, and while Tokusatsu has a very dedicated fanbase around the world the majority of western audiences haven't had much exposure to that outside of stuff like Power Rangers. Heck I'd be surprised if people here were familiar with Kamen Rider. This event is supposed to appeal to Japanese players first and foremost.

[The_Shang]

Heck I'd be surprised if people here were familiar with Kamen Rider.

*ahem*

Watched all Heisei era Riders and currently following Ex-Aid. Can't wait for tomorrow's episode!

[Madepossible]

I don't think they really expected people outside of Japan to be familiar with the show. Tokusatsu is mainly a Japanese thing, and while Tokusatsu has a very dedicated fanbase around the world the majority of western audiences haven't had much exposure to that outside of stuff like Power Rangers. Heck I'd be surprised if people here were familiar with Kamen Rider. This event is supposed to appeal to Japanese players first and foremost.

I know Garo, loved the anime and this event is more for promoting the movie. I always like live action movies of anime, like Kenshin: The Legend Ends is so good though you need to watch the first part to understand.

[Grimgrum]

As Ultimatecalibur and others mentioned, another driving idea behind this is that it's a work of Keita Amemiya heralding his contributions to the latest 24-man raid, a veteran artist among many whose work has directly inspired much of Final Fantasy's visuals and most JRPGs for his dark fantasy designs. The Garlean legates for instance (and by extension, all the Darth Vader clones and Judges in the series), as well as many existing PvP sets like the Lionsmane/Liege set, takes direct influence by the Tokusatsu stuff by Amemiya and his contemporaries' designs (the late Yasushi Nirasawa, Tamotsu Shinohara and so on), I can't understate how influential their stuff has been to much of FF's darker visuals.

So it still goes back to this being a pretty Japanese-centric event, but highly relevant in behind the scenes artistry.

[Yasuhiro]

Didn't know about Garo until the announcement so I've been watching most of the live action stuff ever since. I wish I found out about it sooner considering I like things like Kamen Rider and Ultraman :c Haven't read the thread yet but I'll assume there's people saying it doesn't belong when in the grandscheme of things it wont effect Eorzea at all.

[Texa]

*ahem*

Watched all Heisei era Riders and currently following Ex-Aid. Can't wait for tomorrow's episode!

I know there's fans in here, I meant in general.

I'm only familiar with it because I'm really into Pretty Cure. Pretty Cure, Sailor Moon, and magical girl team things in general would have never existed without Kamen Rider and the Tokusatsu shows that came after it.

[AdventZero]

You know what I see? I see a PLD without a shield. Now PLD can't play without a shield, but it would be a real bother if SE ruined the image by forcing people to make do with some random shield that doesn't fit. Oh, I do so wonder what it is they might do about this to make it work...

(wishful thinking, I know. But as someone who already has 20 sets of super ultra bulky armor on standby one more set really doesn't matter to me at all.)

[Eul]

PvP gear?? Hahaha~ (Meanwhile I'm stacking 20k all time)

[ErikMynhier]

You know what I see? I see a PLD without a shield. Now PLD can't play without a shield, but it would be a real bother if SE ruined the image by forcing people to make do with some random shield that doesn't fit. Oh, I do so wonder what it is they might do about this to make it work...

(wishful thinking, I know. But as someone who already has 20 sets of super ultra bulky armor on standby one more set really doesn't matter to me at all.)

I'm hopeful its a hint for Emperor's New Shield finally.