I'm curious if NA being kinda scuffed and JP being so good was because they simply learned from the mistakes of the NA event and didn't repeat them on the third attempt, or if it was legit just Square doing right by their JP homies and not caring as much about the international audience. I'd hope it's the former and not the latter, but yeah. JP got a huge stadium that comfortably seated everyone, insane decorations, protection from the elements (SO many complaints about thirst and the heat from the vegas event; i dont recall seeing anyone freezing their ass off at the tokyo event though) and just, yeah. If I had to pick an event I'd want to attend, it'd definitely be the JP one. And you're not even the only person who picked up on this. After they erected that statue of the watcher into the stands, a lot of people I was watching with began asking why so much more love was poured into that event while NA was stuck buying from scalpers, burning under the vegas sun, and dehydrating in a packed convention center.

Frankly, I'm amazed NA sold tickets at all. I guess if you were a scalper selling them, I could understand buying tickets. But the fact that anyone bought tickets to NA fanfest for personal use just blows me away. I couldn't imagine dropping dosh to basically burn in Vegas and watch loads of ads that I could watch at home for free, followed by, I guess, a concert??? And then more waiting in line to buy stuff. You'd unironically have to pay me to attend, because 90% of that event is just me giving them money and watching ads about their products. But that's just me.