Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida wants a Diablo 4 crossover despite how "tricky" it would be to appease fans: "If we could just make it work then I would be so happy"
Final Fantasy 14's director and producer Naoki Yoshida remains keen to team up with Blizzard for a collaboration, and this time, he's got Diablo 4 in his sights.
As part of Final Fantasy 14's European edition of Fan Fest, Yoshida has taken part in a press conference with various journalists. Tackling a question from Akiba Gamers regarding his dream collaboration, Yoshi-P has eyes for only one developer.
"I'm a huge Blizzard fan," he says. "If we could just make it work, then I would be so happy to see some sort of collaboration with Diablo."
While Yoshi-P's inner fan would love to see the collaboration happen, he admits it would be an absolute nightmare to pull together. Diablo and Final Fantasy 14 hit different aesthetics, so finding a middle ground might even please everyone.
"Diablo has quite like a – I would say hardcore graphics outlook in terms of the world. You see spikes here and there; there are lots of spikey things in that. And in terms of the ratings, it might be a bit difficult. And, of course, on the other hand, we don't really want to disappoint fans of the franchise as well. So yeah, it's a tricky one. If we go for a softer version of Diablo in FF14, maybe that's not what people want as well.
"But, of course, as a gamer and as a fan of games from all over the world, it would be great to achieve these kinds of crossovers with other franchises. And to do it in such a way that fans of both franchises would be happy. I think that if we do achieve that, it would generate more hype and more excitement for the overall industry. So definitely, if we could achieve it, I would be happy."
Final Fantasy 14 is no stranger to collaborations. Closer to Square Enix, we've seen raid team-ups with the creatives behind
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