- Final Fantasy 14 Director Naoki Yoshida says that Omega will appear in the Monster Hunter Wilds crossing because the director of the game wanted it to happen
- Yoshida also says that there are many Final Fantasy 14 players on Monster hunter team
- The next Omega Planettes boss has been designed for occasional players and hardcore players
According to Final Fantasy 14Director, Naoki Yoshida, Monster Hunter Wilds“The collaboration to come with the MMO will feature Omega because the Monster hunter The team wanted it to happen.
Speaking in an interview with Techradar Gaming in Gamescom 2025, Yoshida explained in fairly simple terms why the crossover will include the automaton as opposed to a fantastic creature like Final Fantasy 14‘S Shinryu or Nidhogg.
It turns out, Monster Hunter Wilds“Director Yuya Tokuda and Executive Director Kaname Fujioka wanted Omega to make an appearance because they wanted to explore a new vision of the world in the game.
“The first and above all, the people who said they really wanted Omega to make an appearance was the Monster hunter Team, “said Yoshida.
“So, as regards the reason why it is, it turns out that last year in Gamescom, I went out 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 they wanted to obtain a kind of vision of the world which behind him is an unknown civilization and it is a little different from Monster hunterwhat you could see in Monster hunter Before, and for this reason, they wanted Omega to appear because it would extend this vision of the world they have in the game and this battle experience. “”
Yoshida added: “And also at the same time in the Monster hunter Team, there are also a lot of light warriors, similar to all players, and they remember the experiences in which they had fought against Omega Final Fantasy. “”
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If you know Final Fantasy 14The Omega Raid series, you will know that the Omega background frame and its quest line is considered quite sad. For this reason, certain modifications have been made when the PLC makes an appearance in Monster Hunter WildsAlthough some mechanics will remain familiar.
“In a way, they wanted to reproduce this kind of experience in the game, so of course, there are certain mechanisms, for example, and they wanted to see how they could create this kind of experience in the game,” said Yoshida.
“As Final Fantasy 14 The players, when we think of what happened with the battle with Omega, we think that the warrior of light had the battle with Omega, then we remember that there was this little omega that we have now, who has, we could think of what he has a heart and that he moves with Alphabo, and therefore from the Final Fantasy 14 The player’s point of view, if they were to fight Omega, they might not be able to attack Omega because they would feel bad and they would feel sorry for having attacked the Omega they know.
“And this is why we have 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 a different AI so to speak, and that is the reason why the Omega monster Monster Hunter Wilds is called Omega Planettes, and in terms of history, in the content of the collaboration on Monster Hunter Wilds On the side, the alpha and the omega will make an appearance, and they will join the hunter while they will face the Omega planets, and you can expect the reason why this happens in history. “”
In addition, Yoshida said that the Final Fantasy 14 The development team has been in charge of supervising history and thinks that it will be a pleasant experience for the two communities.
The director also confirmed that when he comes down to combat mechanics, the fight against Omega planets was designed for occasional players and hardcore players.
The collaboration was announced as part of Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live. More details, including an release date for the crossover, should be announced on a later date as well as information on the update of the free title 3.
