- Final Fantasy 14 Director Naoki Yoshida says omega will appear in Monster Hunter Wilds Crossover because the game’s director wanted it to happen
- Yoshida also says there are many Final Fantasy 14 Players on Monster Hunter team
- The upcoming Omega Planetes boss was designed for both casual players and hardcore players
According to Final Fantasy 14‘s director, Naoki Yoshida, Monster Hunter Wilds‘Upcoming collaboration with MMO will contain omega because Monster Hunter The team wanted it to happen.
Yoshida talking in an interview with Techradar Gaming on Gamescom 2025 Final Fantasy 14‘s shinryu or nidhogg.
It turns out, Monster Hunter Wilds‘Director Yuya Tokuda and CEO Kaname Fujioka wanted Omega to perform because they wanted to explore a new worldview in the game.
“The first and foremost, the people who said they really want omega to act was Monster Hunter Hold, “Yoshida said.
“So with regard to the reason why it is, it just happens last year at Gamescom, I went out and drank with Mr. Tokuda, who is the director of Monster Hunter WildsAnd also Mr. Fujioka, CEO of the Game Platform. They told me that in they would achieve a kind of worldview that behind it lies an unknown civilization and it is slightly different than Monster Hunterwhat you could see in Monster Hunter before, and for the reason that they wanted Omega to perform because it would expand the worldview they have in the game and that fighting experience. “
Yoshida added, “and also at the same time in Monster Hunter Teams, there are also a lot of brightnessers that look like all the players and they remember the experiences they had fought for omega in Final Fantasy“
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If you are familiar with Final Fantasy 14‘s omega raid series, you know that Omega’s back story and its questline are considered to be pretty sad. For this reason some changes have been made when the vending machine appears in Monster Hunter WildsAlthough some mechanics remain well known.
“They wanted to repair that kind of experience in the game, so of course there are certain mechanics, for example, and so they would see how they could create that kind of experience in the game,” Yoshida explained.
“Seam Final Fantasy 14 Players, when we think about what happened to the fight with Omega, we think of the light warrior had the fight with Omega, and then we remember that there was the little omega that we have now that has, we could think of it, that it has a heart and it is traveling around with Alpha the Chocobo and then from Final Fantasy 14 The player’s perspective, if they were to fight for omega, they might not be able to attack Omega because they would feel bad, and they would seem a shame to attack Omega as they know.
“And that is for this reason why we decided that in the content that will be implemented in Monster Hunter WildsIt would be the same body of omega but inside it would be another ai as it was and that is the reason why omega monster in Monster Hunter Wilds is called omega planetes and with regard to the story in the collaborative content of Monster Hunter Wilds Side, Alpha and Omega will appear, and they will join the hunter as they go up against Omega Planetes, and you can look forward to the reason why it happens in history. “
In addition, Yoshida said that Final Fantasy 14 Development teams have been responsible for overseeing history and believes it will be an enjoyable experience for both communities.
The director also confirmed that when it comes to combat mechanics, the match against Omega Planetes was designed for both relaxed players and hardcore players in mind.
The collaboration was announced as part of Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live. More details, including a publishing date for crossover, are expected to be announced at a later date along with information about the free title update 3.
