can we get a sao ffxiv crossover event

[Galgarion]

I'm not a huge anime buff, but stuff I have enjoyed are things like Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, and for the slightly sillier side of things, Slayers.

Ahhhh, you like the classic stuff. Good for you, way too many people forget the 90's produced some of the best anime ever. If I might make a suggestion: Watch Martian Successor Nadesco. That is the funniest goddamned show in the universe. (It's got robots in it too, but it's super-self aware about how stupid and impractical it would be to spend money on robots, when you could just hire soldiers and build bombs.) The ancient enemy from the stars turns out to be a bunch of alien anime geeks descended from humanity who liked watching Voltron* (and thought that that was what everyone on earth was like.) They basically saw a video tape and thought it was the bible. Absolute classic. Do watch if you like comedy, the 90's, and parody shows.

*Not literally Voltron, but a generic super-serious 80's robot show. A show-within-the-show.

[Cenerae]

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That does sound pretty rediculous, I may have to look it up just to see.


I don't *only* like the classics, though. I was trying to give an impression of the sort of stuff that I like

Slightly less old examples of stuff I enjoyed would be Soul Eater, Angel Beats! and Fate/Zero

I feel like we are kinda derailing the heck out of the thread now though. <_<

[JunseiKei]

Would much rather see a Seiken Densetsu (Secret of Mana) cross over event, seeing as it was announced as a remake on August 25th.

[Nestama]

i would like some of their outfits as glamour

Wouldn't they only be for Paladins, then? SAO only has one 'Job,' right?

Anyway, I don't really see how anything from a 'trapped in an MMO' anime can even work as a cross-over event in FFXIV. If it's just glamour (in which case .hack// and Log Horizon would be better candidates due to multiple Jobs), then I guess it could work, but characters from the franchise can never appear, as it implies FFXIV is just a game in that franchises world, which is just opening a can of worms Star Ocean 3 has already opened once before.

[Daisy]

I don't think people understand what exactly brings crossovers about.

[Esp]

I don't think people understand what exactly brings crossovers about.

I thought I understood that, then Yo-kai hit...

Now, I don't know what to believe in anymore... >.>

[JunseiKei]

I don't think people understand what exactly brings crossovers about.

Depends on the company and game, often to serve as promotional advertisements? FFXIV has had cross over events with Dragon Quest X (run twice), Lightning (run twice; second one re-run for Lightning Returns), FFXI, Yo-kai, and GARO. I get the Lightning and FFXI events, but the others make no sense to me. Some crossovers/ collaborations are small, like Monster Hunter Generation's Warrior of Light felyne armor, Diablos armor and longsword, basically being cameos. Others are the game itself, like Kingdom Hearts, Marvel VS Capcom or Street Fighter X Tekken. PSO2 has FFXIV weapons; some were hoping to see some PSO2 stuff find its way here. No word on it. I guess the argument so far has been because it's region exclusive to Japan? So is DGX, yet we got that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'd appreciate an elaboration, because I'm just as confused as the above poster....

[LineageRazor]

I used to think that FFXIV's crossovers were solely used to promote Square Enix's other properties, like other Final Fantasy games and Dragon Quest. Then there came Yokai Watch - but that could be given a pass because Yoshi P was best buds with the director of the game. Then came Garo, and I gave up any attempt to rationalize... So, I guess, really anything's possible at this point.

That said, I find the odds of a SAO crossover to be slim. While still popular, SAO is definitely yesterday's news by now. SE is much more likely to try to latch onto the popularity of a hot rising star, rather than a show that's already passed its heyday.

That does sound pretty rediculous, I may have to look it up just to see.

If you're looking for recommendations, I feel like any MMO player who can even remotely stand anime should check out KonoSuba. It's a parody fantasy comedy that skewers so many MMO tropes JUUUUST right, from the mage who refuses to do anything but cast big nukes to the masochist tank who completely neglects her DPS in favor of being hit in the face as hard as possible, to the healer who neglects her healing in favor of neat-looking spells. If you enjoyed Slayers, I'd say this is a decent successor.

[UnstablePersonality]

A dozen decent episodes does not forgive the multiple seasons of derp. Absolutely no.

the SAO bit was fine, as was GGO, I hated everything else personally. That said, I can live without a crossover, doesn't feel needed.

[Sekkei]

GARO is because one of the guys in the FFXIV staff is behind it. Or something. I can't remember. Anyway, they did a Nier collaboration on Final Fantasy Brave Exvius that ended I think last week. Pretty slim chance it may end up on here any time soon.