- Final Fantasy 14 Director Naoki Yoshida says that Omega will appear in the Monster Hunter Wilds crossover because the game director wanted it to happen
- Yoshida also says that there are many Final Fantasy 14 players in him Monster hunter equipment
- The next Omega Planets chief was designed for casual players and hardcore players
According Final Fantasy 14Naoki Yoshida director, Monster Hunter Wilds‘The next collaboration with the MMO will have Omega because the Monster hunter The team wanted it to happen.
Speaking in an interview with Techradar Gaming at Gamescom 2025, Yoshida explained in quite simple terms why the crossover will feature the automaton instead of a fantasy creature as Final Fantasy 14S Shinryu or Nidhogg.
It turns out that Monster Hunter Wilds‘The director Yuya Tokuda and the executive director Kaname Fujioka wanted Omega to appear because they wanted to explore a new worldview in the game.
“The first and main, the people who said they really want Omega to appear Monster hunter Team, “said Yoshida.
“Then, regarding the reason why it is so, it happens that last year in Gamescom, I went out to drink with Mr. Tokuda, who is the director of Monster Hunter Wildsand also Mr. Fujioka, who is the executive director of the game platform. They told me that in which they wanted to achieve a kind of vision of the world that behind it is an unknown civilization and that is a bit different from Monster hunterWhat you could see in Monster hunter Before, and that’s why they wanted Omega to appear because he would expand that vision of the world they have in the game and that battle experience. “
Yoshida added, “and also at the same time in the Monster hunter team, there are also many light warriors, similar to all players, and remember the experiences they had fighting Omega in Final Fantasy“
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If you are familiar with Final Fantasy 14The S Series Omega Raid, you will know that Omega’s background history and its search line is considered quite sad. For this reason, some changes have been made for when the automaton appears in Monster Hunter Wildsalthough some mechanics will remain familiar.
“They wanted to replicate that kind of experience in the game, so, of course, there are certain mechanics, for example, for example, and wanted to see how they could create that kind of experience within the game,” Yoshida explained.
“As Final Fantasy 14 The players, when we thought about what happened with the battle with Omega, we think of the warrior of the light that had the battle with Omega, and then we remember that there was that little omega that we have now, that we have, we could think that he has a heart and travel with alpha El Chocobo, and so from the Final Fantasy 14 The player’s perspective, if they fight with Omega, could not attack Omega because they would feel bad and feel sorry for attacking the omega they know.
“And it is for this reason that we decide that in the content it will be implemented in Monster Hunter WildsIt would be the same body of Omega, but inside it would be a different AI so to speak, and that is why the Omega monster in Monster Hunter Wilds It is called Omega Planets, and in terms of history, in the collaboration content in Monster Hunter Wilds Next, the Alfa and Omega will appear, and will join the hunter as they face Omega Planets, and you can expect the reason why that happens in history. “
In addition, Yoshida said that the Final Fantasy 14 The development team has been in charge of supervising the story and believes that it will be a pleasant experience for both communities.
The director also confirmed that when it comes to battle mechanics, the fight against Omega Planets was designed for casual players and Hardcore players in mind.
The collaboration was announced as part of the Opening Night of Gamescom 2025. More details are expected, including a release date for the crossover, it will be announced on a later date together with information on the free title update 3.
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