JPN Fanfest Details Thread!

[Magic-Mal]

The Fanfest is right around the corner! Or closer xD. Info on what's going on can be posted here. I'm pretty excited! Hoping to see a 3.5 trailer. Good luck and have fun all!

A repeat of the statement above, info/reveals during the fest can be posted here, to avoid 20 threads(hopefully)

[Alanto]

I have a question- will they sell tickets before opening in Tokyo? Like they did it last year ? Or it's just virtual tickets only now?
Thank you!

[EdwinLi]

Maybe it is time for the WoL to become more edgy and be pushed to the edge where he finally kill someone in a very bloody way.

[FinalWolf]

This would be the perfect time to fully reveal Red mage and Samurai.

[Yasuhiro]

Has there been any speculation on why they chose FFX minions? Yoshida said to wait until fanfest to find out and there wasn't really anything said last fanfest so maybe this one?

GE: During the E3 Live Letter you talked about Fan Fest. We were wondering how you decided on FFX minions to be given away?
Yoshida: You’ll have to wait until Fan Fest to see!
GE: I have my theories!
Yoshida: Yes, please speculate!

http://gamerescape.com/2016/06/17/e3...naoki-yoshida/

[Khalithar]

Has there been any speculation on why they chose FFX minions?

The main theory I have is that it is because Yoshida said he wanted to add swimming to FFXIV and a while ago there was talk of adding blitzball to the gold saucer because apparently people liked that terrible minigame for some reason. Swimming, water, and Blitzball were pretty major themes in the world of FFX. That's the connection I'm speculating on.

[Rita1989]

Auron is a Samourai

[Texa]

The main theory I have is that it is because Yoshida said he wanted to add swimming to FFXIV and a while ago there was talk of adding blitzball to the gold saucer because apparently people liked that terrible minigame for some reason. Swimming, water, and Blitzball were pretty major themes in the world of FFX. That's the connection I'm speculating on.

Blitzball was really fun in X once you could recruit your own players. Going around and finding my own players without a guide was one of my favorite parts of X because if gave an appreciation for the NPCs too. Though I'm not entirely sure how the same sport would work in FF XIV since the people in Spira could only stay underwater for a long time because water is a magnet for pyreflies and they basically keep people from drowning (this was in the JP only Ultimania guide. it's related to why Yuna could walk on water too). I'm not sure if aether could work the same way but idk might be overthinking it.

[Celef]

This would be the perfect time to fully reveal Red mage and Samurai.

Yes please ! But with no new race and maybe only 2 new jobs as speculated on the forum they might keep that for the last one :/

the people in Spira could only stay underwater for a long time because water is a magnet for pyreflies and they basically keep people from drowning (this was in the JP only Ultimania guide. it's related to why Yuna could walk on water too). I'm not sure if aether could work the same way but idk might be overthinking it.

You've just solved one of the biggest question i've asked myself those past 10 years ! oO

[Texa]

You've just solved one of the biggest question i've asked myself those past 10 years ! oO

The straight translations from the guide are from an old gamefaqs thread that is a huge pain to go through, but all of the relevant stuff to pyreflies and how they interact with water are on the pyrefly page of the FF wiki now if you want to read more into it http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Pyrefly .