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Naoki Yoshida is a Japanese video game producer, director and designer working for Square Enix. He is best known for his work on Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that he revived from a critically panned project.
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Naoki Yoshida (吉田 直樹, Yoshida Naoki?), known also by the moniker Yoshi-P, is a game developer and director who joined Square Enix in 2005, working mostly with the Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road games. He is best known for his involvement in the successful relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV.
After the poor reception of the original version of Final Fantasy XIV, he was appointed as the new producer and director for the game, due to his track record as a talented game designer and hardcore MMO player.
Final Fantasy XIV
Main article: Wandering Minstrel Three characters modeled after Naoki Yoshida have appeared in Final Fantasy XIV. The Wandering Minstrel was introduced on the original version of the game after Yoshida's announcement as the new director. In A Realm Reborn, the relaunched version of the game, players can talk to this character to unlock high difficulty content, such as Extreme trials and Savage or Ultimate raids. In Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, this role is covered by the Minstreling Wanderer, unlocking some of the new high difficulty content introduced in the 5.X revisions. Along with the Wandering Minstrel, Naoki Yoshida himself makes special appearances during The Rising events since the 2015's edition. Here, Yoshida greets the player in dream visions.
Naoki Yoshida is a game developer and director who led the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV. Learn about his works, in-game appearances, and New Year artworks on this wiki page.
May 24, 2021 · Naoki Yoshida is known as the man who saved Final Fantasy 14. As producer and director of Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, Yoshida oversaw the complete transformation of a game...
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Jun 21, 2022 · Learn about the development, themes, and challenges of Final Fantasy XVI from the producer himself. Naoki Yoshida shares his vision, inspiration, and insights on the latest mainline entry in the iconic RPG series.
May 31, 2023 · Learn how Naoki Yoshida and his team created FINAL FANTASY XVI, a real-time action RPG with a mature story and Eikon battles. Find out about the challenges, features and inspirations behind the game's concept, design and localization.
Jun 23, 2022 · Naoki Yoshida, the director of Final Fantasy XVI, talks about his vision for the game, featuring epic summon versus summon fights. He also compares and contrasts his work on FFXIV and FFXVI, and reveals the challenges of composing a single-player soundtrack.
Oct 8, 2024 · Naoki Yoshida’s advice for emerging game developers. Within Yoshida’s talk, he described both Mario Bros. and Tactics Ogre as transformational games for him, with these inspiring his career in different ways. They both figured into his closing advice for developers seeking to create their own pathways into the games industry, as he believes ...
