Yoshida FFIX references!! nice work... now try it with Chrono Trigger

[Khalithar]

The anniversary event where we got to meet the devs in the special room was (to me) a reference to Chrono Trigger's Dream Team ending where you meet in-game representations of the staff that worked on the game.

That being said however, Chrono Trigger is my personal favorite game of all time and in my opinion, the greatest RPG ever made. I'd love any possible reference to that game thrown in to this one.

[ChiiSoSeriouz]

The anniversary event where we got to meet the devs in the special room was (to me) a reference to Chrono Trigger's Dream Team ending where you meet in-game representations of the staff that worked on the game.

If anything it was a reference to ffiv, in which there was a secret dev office similar to the 18th floor.

[Welsper59]

If anything it was a reference to ffiv, in which there was a secret dev office similar to the 18th floor.

In reality, it's both. Such things were sort of a running theme for many outlets, occasionally. Before we had the internet, creators left little easter eggs or secrets that revealed the behind-the-scenes sort of magic to show their hard work and appreciation for the players, since there wasn't much of a way to do it otherwise. It's sort of like when comics/manga creators either preface or end their work with little factoids during the time of that issue/volume. XIV's use was essentially an homage to that process, albeit one that also tied itself to Yoshi-P's in-game NPC.