I'm fluent in Japanese and I just want to point out that interpreter is absolutely next level. This is a level of thoroughness and accuracy I expect at the UN.
Yea she totally kills it, class SSS interpreter. Adds a bit of her own personailty but I think she does a good job in giving a flair to the words to make them more enjoyable.
To be honnest my japanese is decent but I know I would probably never be able to interpreted, I wanted to do that few years ago but I figured out it would probably be too hard and seeing how perfectly she did it gave me chill and really make me want to study hard! She really sound like a native and if I had to guess I'll say she was maybe bor in us or english country and then when later in japan and learn the language.
The fact that Yoshi-P opened up by asking how Asmon's mom is doing is just such a massive contrast from the approach Blizzard has taken with him and other streamers and it really makes me happy to have switched.
Seems to be standard in the east to open with discussion about the health and wellbeing of family member and other informal discussion. Used to be similar in the west but maybe not as much and it definitely isn't as standard anymore. We're starved for empathy out here now lol
@@psivampire13 You can see her watch her notes often, so the answer is yes. And frankly she has to, not as a crutch or anything, but due to the way both languages work, since Japanese is literally 'in reverse' compared to English, as a translator you have to write stuff down cause it's being told 'out of order', so to speak, so you can put it back in 'English order' afterwards. She's doing all that on the fly with close to no lag. A true hero.
I'm so glad people have broken whatever spell they were under for Blizzard. They've always been shitty people man. Takes an example of a real, kind, humble human being to show people how they've been treated.
@@user-xk6fs7em4l People who stick to 1 game for so long are doing it because they have a community or friends that play. The game satisfies a social need that they are unable to satisfy in real life. Others, such as me, play on-and-off and we don't pay attention to Twitter drama because Twitter is trash.
I'm so glad Asmon started playing FFXIV 'cause thanks to him, loads of people are discovering just how unbelievably amazing this game and its developers are. Well deserved interview my dude!
100% agree I started a couple days after asmon first streamed FF, and i never watched a single video from asmon before. But because of the attention he brought to FF, ive been playing 3 months now, and have recruited my 3 brothers and a couple mates to play together. Most of them have never played an mmo before - thats how good this game is
Mad respect for Aimi the translator here, she is an absolute master at getting the full message across, including facial expressions and tone of voice.
Even though she sometimes still slips up on harder skill names, I like to believe that she is part of the dev team, gets put in the credits of the game and is even a player with us.
Asmon dedicates his life to WoW: Devs call him an asshole, and talk shit about him. Asmon plays FF14 for a couple months: Devs invite him to a Q&A, and has a genuine discussion despite speaking different languages. Amazing.
@@foxdavion6865 not quite. Blizzard used to be one of those great companies, but the arrogance of a few pushed out all the passionate devs. Bungie was like this too, and that's how 343 got started. But the best games that have come out in the last 5 years were from indie devs mostly. That's where the good devs went
He's SO humble..... This dude is a legend. He's the big fish, and he almost apologizes for "taking their time", and then goes on to ask about Asmon's mom. Wow.
Thats because Japan isnt a shithole like most of the modern west and still have "old school" values. Respect and image dont mean anything in the west anymore while in Japan both are still extremely important.
@@WZRDr maybe but asian strict culture is much better than loose chaotic western culture and im Finnish im western. The lack of respect that people have for their elders here has dropped by a disgusting amount. We used to pray to our ancestors here (very much like some asian cultures) before christianity wiped our culture away I cant stop thinking that maybe things would be different if we would still practice our "religion" and culture.
The fact that the ff14 devs actively watch streamers, made me wonder if Yoshi would give his genuine concern for the stuff happening to asmon since I know he would have seen it and that he did, yoshi is beloved for a reason he sees his fans as friends and family
I still prefer wow and don’t plan on playing ffxiv but I still really respect yoshi for being so involved with the community and being humble. Nice guy for showing empathy for Asmons situation
I sincerely hope that Aimi is very well compensated as her translation skills are absolutely AMAZING!!! Seeing people like her is what makes me happy to human :)
@@jaredkinneyjr She's an official part of the XIV team. Her name is even in the game credits. So safe to say they acknowledge her contributions and take care of her.
Holy crap she’s so good at translating. Not only did she have such good short term memory but using idioms and sayings from both languages so easily and interchangeably is fluency even a native speaker struggles to reach in their own language let alone two separate ones
@@wobblysauce The impressive part was translating idioms as stated before. Writing things down in one language as it’s said usually doesn’t make sense in another language due to the fact that literal translations for idioms don’t work. In one language saying “Your head is in the clouds” makes sense, it’s basically saying you’re distracted. However translated to another language it would sound like “Staircase to the sky” which doesn’t make sense. She’s translating the idioms that don’t sync up between English and Japanese.
I know right !? she has such a firm grasp on idioms and metaphors of Both languages it's impossible to tell which her native language is. Also she never lost the Timing and Delivery of the 'Punchline' of each statement. Japanese translated into English is a lot like Yoda's English so the setup for a punchline is back to front. The interpreter has to have a Huge vocabulary and not get the wires mixed like a lot of bilingual people tend to get. As a Halfie; native in both who's gone and taught English in Japan and is now teaching HSC Japanese back in Australia, occasionally doing medical Interpretation at my local hospital... I can wholeheartedly say that this interpreter is on another level. You don't get interpreters like this often, she's one in ten million.
@@jonathansoko1085 you're a clown lmao the clown deleted his comment, it was "You dont speak japanese so you dont even know fam. Also, watching anime and learning 3 words doesnt mean you know japanese
She's really a great translator, it's crazy how she remembers when to time certain emotions, as if translating wasn't hard enough, but she also do the reactions.
(I'm using a translator. Sorry.) I'm Japanese, and I've been watching your delivery a lot, so I really enjoyed this interview. "Caring" is a fundamental part of Japanese culture, but not many people, even those in great positions, can do it, so I respect Yoshi P. Actually, two of Yoshi P's friends were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. As you know, one of them went into remission over time and returned to work, but the other one passed away. (He was a heavy FF14 player, and his success made many Japanese people aware of FF14. His FF14 blog was made into a drama and a movie in Japan. Both he and Yoshi P liked Gundam, so some players think that Sage's funnel was made as a gift for him :). With that in mind, I think YoshiP's concern for Asmon's mother is genuine.
Hey friend .... I wonder if it is gonna be readable for you but I want to say that I am truly sorry to hear about his other friend. Yoshi-P San, Sakaguchi San and Uematsu San and so many other developers of FF series are my heroes and I will keep respecting them for all the purity they have put in the FF series. Much love to you and your beautiful culture.
Imagine dedicating over a decade to playing and promoting WoW only to have their developers publicly call you an asshole. On the other hand, play FFXIV for 3 months and having the producer/Director pleased to meet you and hopes your mum is doing well.
Tbf he is an asshole per his own words(asmon), but when it comes to WoW I can agree with him, I grew up with Warcraft and it lore and seeing them butcher the game more and more just makes me despise everything about it. Obviously when Asmon is vocal about it a lot of people listen and the devs get their pants in a twist.
I mean, not to say that Yoshi-p is an asshole, but basic interview skill, its imperative to actually read about who will be doing the interview and their expectation and the like. Thats just manners.
Yoshi P. and team are just incredibly nice people to everyone. During Hurricane Maria, the people of Puerto Rico (Myself included) lost power for several months due to the devastation. Thus Yoshi P. and SE froze our accounts so people's sub weren't auto renewing and our in game houses didn't get demolished due to inactivity. During the pandemic he he slow down all hard promos of the game and decided to rerun old events so people had more to do while at home. Furthermore he was constantly publishing personal letters of encouragement and appreciation. If you play on the japanese servers you can play with the guy and he treats you just like another friend or family member. Is quite amazing how much he cares, so I guess in truth caring is the best PR stun.
I’m also from Puerto Rico, it was tough during Maria. I wasn’t playing at that time though I was taking a break at that moment but that’s cool as fuck man.
The fact that Yoshi-P gets so much credit for wishing Asmon’s mother well and congratulating Rich on his achievements, which any other time should just be expected human decency, shows how disconnected game developers in general have gotten from there communities and how much of a difference this guy is making just by being open and honest with his players.
True, he actually somehow paid attention enough (or someone told him about it) so it shows an attention to the community rather than just being "all business" and not caring who is interviewing you.
It's sad how when gaming companies get bigger, it's like they feel more inclined to distance themselves, like putting themselves on a pedestal and can't communicate with players normally cause now it's more a business and they're customers. I don't think it's done purposely in a malevolent way, I just think generally anyone at a large company or higher up at a big company gradually becomes more formal than informal by nature, and that they can't show more of their normal self to their audience lest they get judged for small details in their behavior or afraid to do something wrong by opening up. You see it a lot, not just in gaming companies or even big businesses. People end up taking their profession way too seriously and kinda disconnect their humane side when they go about it, atleast when communicating with people that make use of their business.
Can we talk about how one of the first things Yoshi-P said was "I'm sorry your mom is sick, that must be difficult". What a legend! Just a man full of humanity.
Ye I fully expected Yoshi P would ask Asmong about his mum, and I was not disappointed. In Asia people in business often learn from the book “How to win friends and influence people”. The idea is to understand how other people feel and perceive and use that knowledge to make them satisfied in interacting with you. It may sound like an insidious calculative thing, but the philosophy goes both way, by establishing a good human interaction, you yourself become fulfilled mentally. You can see this in the development mentality of FF14, they embrace a lot of the fan’s feed back of the game, and addressing those feed back, be it quality of life or a La Hee musical by Soken, helps anchoring unwavering support from the player base.
Lots of experience, she's been the interpreter since the beginning and you can see how she has been improving though the years, not that she was bad at the beginning mind you but she has become this amazing via her own hard work
@@Fordicus Interpreters develop their own shorthand system given time, when she's listening she looks off camera to note down whatever they're saying, but not in English or Japanese, but in her own self developed shorthand that's unique to every interpreter. Not diminishing their memory but it's really amazing how they develop their own third language of sorts to help convey the messages accurately
Wow. Never played FF14, but in the first minute alone this man sold me. What a genuine human being. Anyone who has watched Asmon for any amount of time knows how close he is with his mother, and Yoshi immediately takes the first opportunity to offer his condolences for his mothers health.
Yoshi is a guy you'll find in the crowds screaming and enjoying the fan fest concert of their own band. Some people myself included met him at Gamescom and casually talked to him, too. He is a genuine human.
I've played FFXIV since 1.0, honestly Im so glad Yoshi saved the game, the man is one of the best, his team is the best and they genuinly care about the product they're making.
@@photogus It's sadly still an addiction, as Human beings we easily get addicted to allsorts of things and some of those things ultimately destroy us, showing sympathy and emotion for others is what makes us better people.
@@photogus yeah so it’s a tough spot to be in. Like on one hand you feel bad for Asmon because even if you (and he admits it in his worst day of my life video) and he disagree with her decisions regarding her health…it’s still his mother. You can tell how much his Mom means to him just about how he talks about her. Guy will drop and close his stream of 30-40,000 people instantly when he’s worried about her, or run down there if she needs something….when you look at other streamers who won’t leave to even get their own food right? So it’s more feeling empathy in knowing how much Asmons mom means to him, and how hard it probably is for him. He knows that this would be easier on everyone if she focused on taking care of herself more….which makes it harder because he knows she won’t do that. This is not me trying to be a Psychologist Andy, just observations. I have disagreed with my mom about a lot of things in my life, even gone 1-2 year periods of not talking to her…even despite all that I would be an absolute wreck if anything happened to her. She’s still my mom at the end of the day. As I get older I realize that she did the best she could with what she had. Sometimes that is all you can do.
@@photogus you're not wrong but zack has even said it him self he has tried to get his mother to change her habits to do better for her self but in the end that's all a son or daughter can do. If they wont change you cant make them and all you can do is be there for them he loves his mom a lot and I'm sure she knows that as well its a tough spot to be in sadly and i my self and I'm sure a lot of other feel the same that zack has a huge burden to carry but he dose it in stride for the love of his mother for better or worse its his mom and i would do the same
Time Stamps: [Rich] - 02:30 Noticeable Changes to XIV Community [Asmon] - 05:51 Recent MMO Resurgence [Rich] - 10:39 MMO Game Design [Asmon] - 16:04 Balance Content for Solo/Multiple Players [Asmon] - 25:55 Difficult Content for Light Parties or Solo Players [Rich] - 27:56 New Players Impact on Expansion [Rich] - 36:36 Communication Between Devs & Players [Asmon] - 44:15 Communication (Continued) [Rich] - 48:55 Inspiration From Other Games [Both] - 53:59 Compliments to Yoshida [Bonus] 01:09 Rich Double Legend 47:10 Yoshida Referring to "Other" MMOs: "Do these devs even play their own game?"
I'm always bummed a little when they have someone else because she's so good at what she does. She wasn't at Fanfest, and the person who stood in for her was fine but it just was not the same.
HE EVEN WELL WISHED HIS MOM! What a class act Yoshi-P! (Edit) I don't mean to detract from the video. But in light of recent news of Zack's mother passing away and knowing how much she meant to him. As a Son who'd be lost without his own Mother, I wanted to share some words in passing if by chance he sees it that in some way could bring a modicum of comfort, I offer my condolences so I'll leave that here if he could ever be in want of the well wishings and know the kindness of a stranger who has known his share of sorrows. I apologize if this is insensitive of me to detract from the video's contents. To Zack What unimaginable and unfathomable sorrow. Such sadness is beyond the expression of grief. Live on and take cheer hold onto happiness of living for the future though despair has gripped you at present, you are a gift to all who know you, a gift bore of the Mother you loved so much as she loved you, so to will, those close to you love you in return. May she live eternally through your spirit. May you continue on as her living blood the same cheer and love that she shared with you as you can through her example pass on to those you love in her memory. God Bless you Zack. I pray that your Family's hearts may be mended in the passage of time although they may be shattered be strengthened in your Mother's loving memory and that friends can help you through this raise you from sinking in a sea of sorrows, and I pray for your future happiness even though current times would reflect its impossibility may it come to you in time and heal this wounded heart. God bless you.
@@mtygerm It's like right at the start it's literally one of the first things Yoshi-P says. So it was the first thing on his mind to ask. What a nice guy. A real human, instead of a corporate robot.
On today's episode of "yoshi p is an international treasure" This man is seriously the best. A true king. Glad more people are hopping on 14, no matter what, yall are welcome here. Hope any of you that play enjoy your time with the game.
@@Tory-JJ I know, I'm not discounting the dev team or saying they aren't as important or incredible. I'm just pointing out that yoshi p is consistently an incredible person, even under public scrutiny, doing things like showing interest in the players personal lives and actually giving a shit, or listening to them(the thing that comes to mind Here is the quote that he may have Cribbed from asmon saying "do devs even play their games" since he says that a ton on stream)
Aimi is wonderful here, she even mirrors euphemisms, tonality and expression of how the message was intended. This is a very difficult thing to do well, awesome job for everyone involved, this was great.
She has a level I aspire to. Currently N4-N3 and struggling to keep it up. Sometimes I even doubt I'm still interested in the language but I keep trying to learn more of it.
I have so much appreciation for the interpreter lady. I'm graduating from university in next spring as a Japanese interpreter, and she was really impressive, especially how she asked about Origin and Ultima Online issue without panicking, and set herself on the path back again. It was almost like I'm experiencing an interpreting action at an internship program. I know she won't read this message, but thank you for the wonderful experience.
Best of luck in your future career! Interpreters are so important for allowing people from different cultures to converse and to build understanding and friendships!
She was truly incredible to watch. She was so attentive and wanted to make sure she conveyed not only the words but the tone and emotions as well. Best I've ever seen
She actually started as a gamer and cosplayer who kinda fell into her dream job working with developers she admires. She still actively does cosplay and plays the games so she puts a lot of passion into her job. Quite cool they got her on the FFXIV team, she's been with SE a long time and is one of their main interpreters so she was quite busy before she more or less became Yoshi P's personal translator for events and interviews. She's clearly lived in both Japan and English speaking countries so has a deep knowledge of slang and cultural terms. It's not an easy thing to convey these quirks between Japanese and English. Some people are just very gifted in conveying language without a huge formal education in it, some of us need to learn these skills lol. She's just a natural who has been doing it a long time.
Everyone else is saying it, but I'll say it too: What a great guy for taking an interest in the lives of people who play his games. It doesn't seem fake or phony. He doesn't seem like he has any kind of a superiority complex. He simply seems like he's a guy talking to someone else that's just like him, and he gets that. I am new to FFXIV. I haven't watched a lot of Yoshi, but I know he does these interviews with creators a lot and that's cool to see.
It’s because he’s a gamer first. He understands that the most important part of a game that gamers need to feel is that it’s fun. Honestly, all game developers need a Yoshi P in their company as a producer.
If you want to really get to the heart of Yoshi P you should go back and watch the launch interview from ARR. It was the first time that I know of where he cried on stage while thanking the players. It was in a really raw way since he wasn't as polished as he is now. The same energy and concern for the players has been there the entire time even as he has become more experienced and polished over time.
The fact that this man agreed to do this and actually answered the questions at the interviews just shows why FFXIV is such a better game than most, both customer support wise and everything else. They connect with their fans, even fans on the other side of the world who speak an entire different language than them. These are the types of devs us as a gaming community NEED more of, and I mean NEED.
Honestly I couldnt tell you how good the customer service team for FFXIV is... The game is so well done that i have never once had to think about contacting them.
@Jay Bee This. They also invite quite a lot of small streamers to have a part in media tour. It's really a good move Btw, it is said that Yoshi was interviewed for about 30 fuckin interviews in just one day
the true best thing about Yoshi-P is that he actually listen and noted the feedback in interview to bring it back to the dev team, I can't remember how many QoL and minor changes happened just a few weeks later thanks to interviews, even niche things like housing guest book were actually originated from an interview
This... This really puts in perspective how incredibly short-sighted Blizzard is, to the point of being absolutely blind. While they only looked down on Asmon considering the worst of the worst from WoW's community just because they can't take honest criticism about their terribly flawed game and practices, there is this man right here acting like an actual decent human being, taking his time to personally talk to his community and even showing concern for Asmongold's mother's health. It is simply amazing.
If you don't have a leader with a passion for a product, it'll lose its soul and become a cow to be milked. Steve Jobs pointed out that after founders leave, direction is likely to become dominated by Sales and money people. Unfortunately sales people are incentivized by short term rewards. They'd never opt out of a cash shop simply because it violated some ethical standard.
@@TheSadLittlePanda remminds me of the steve hughes joke about the media where you watch the news and ur like this is shit and the medias response is yes, now eat ur shit
2 words sums up WoW. American Capitalism. From the short sightedness, to the playerbase laying down so blizzard can better put their boot to their throat.
The fault is not Blizzard, its Activision Blizzard. Even during the new age of Blizzard, the Blizzard side still wants to spend time to develop and polish the game as they've always done. Now Activision Satan-lords pressure Blizzard to pump out content, make quick-cash every expansion and just survive the decline of mmos. Passion for games and the spirit is there, but we're suffocated and fucked by Fucktivision
YoshiP showed Zach better communication, empathy, and passion in a single hour despite a language barrier than all of Blizzard has done in the past 10 years or more.
Remember when Asmon was starting to play FF, and a toxic ff player tweeted about organizing a trolling campaign against him, and a Blizz dev tweeted that Asmon was an asshole? Compare that to the response from Square, and that tells you all you need to know.
If Asmon didn't have respect for Yoshi-P yet, he certainly does now. Wishes him and his mother well during the rough time they are having almost IMMEDIATELY into the interview. The difference is night and day, dude. It's not even a WoW vs FFXIV thing. Asmongold has been playing WoW for ages and the devs call him an asshole in plain view. Asmon has played FFXIV for like 3 months and the lead dev straight up wishes Asmon's mother well. It's insane.
@@GamingDualities well, good thing that Yoshi appeals to actual gamers and sane people, whereas Ian and his crew of dimwits are renaming NPCs and changing in-game paintings, in order to appeal to some Twitter abominations.
Notice how all of these press tour interviews start with Yoshi P hinting that he wants to chat about video games, not necessarily FFXIV. But everyone does anyway. This man just wants to tell everyone his favorite Pokemon but no one will let him.
He sees the players as his friends and want to talk about whatever, getting to know them. I would love to be able to talk to Yoshi-P about anything. 🥺🥺❤️❤️
He listen, he watches, he so energetic towards his customers,fans and players. Just that he knows whats going on with asmons Mom and everything shows that he really spends time on his community. Of Course he has no time for every little bit, but this passion gives us so much respect. And it is very heartwarming to see that happening.
Wow, this guy is so wholesome, down-to-earth, and passionate about making his game the best it can be. Wishing Asmon’s mom well at the beginning was so heartfelt. If more lead game devs were like YoshiP, the gaming industry would be in a great place.
Yoshi-P looks a lot more rested lately, bless his heart. He puts so much into the game. Also, phenomenal interpreting by Aimi! She is so relaxed and fluid, just perfect.
And not just that, he's also on the board of one of the oldest and most respected gaming companies in the world. It's awesome that in spite of all that he's so down to earth
Is it me or was Asmon kinda starstruck here? It's like he saw the rarest mount in existence drop right in front of him... but man the fact that Yoshi asked about Asmon's mom was really wholesome.
@@GamingDualities generally curious about what update you even mean? Class balance or rework? I personally think PvP could use some major updates, specifically with server delay, but I doubt that's the kind of updates you're talking about lmao.
As someone who has done some trans laying it’s a software that turns speech into text in both Japanese and English but she is def a pro her mannerism and accent is amazing she nailed it
Her translation is not only conveying his message accurately (I can understand most of what Yoshi-P says), but she also does it in a way that is familiar and colloquial, something a computer wouldn't be able to.
She was taking notes (as all interpreters do), so it was a bit easier than just remembering it all, but that in no way takes away from her masterfulness and professionalism. She also related all the emotions very well too, which can be very difficult when interpreting. Overall an amazing job.
@@JiltedValkyrie I speak Japanese and English the machine measures stops pauses and laughs it’s like reading music it’ll help but th person says it at the end of the day it’s why she keeps looking to her right it was very well done
The fact that this starts with Yoshi P showing sympathy for Asmons mum is amazing. I love this dude. That minute hit me in the feels more than FFXIV itself (lol) and I really enjoy the game.
I think the emotional connection the player develops with the FF14 story and characters must be the result of Yoshi P's emotional connection with himself, his team and us the players. It speaks volumes that Yoshi P wanted to start with an emotional connection with Zack.
I just smiled and had to pause to show my girlfriend the intro, what a humble legend this man is. I don't even play FF14, but am enthralled with this whole Asmon timeline here. (Unfortunately too busy to get back into MMOs but was very tempted to jump into FF14).
@@HauntingSpectre can't pass up the opportunity here lol. FF14 is THE game to play if you've just got an hour or two here or there. my best friend is a single dad and nurse and he's been going through it 30-60 minutes at a time after the kid goes to bed. the game really respects your time and doesn't waste it on endless RNG grinds and dailies. give a shot :) free trial up to level 60!
@@mjs3188 Oh I've heard. The issue is I am a Single income Family and I work 12-16 hours a day, to support the wife and kids staying home. Even when I'm on here, it's mostly headphones listening to the news while I do chores, or get ready for work. The other issue that I get exceptionally sucked into video games, almost to an addictive level at the expense of my other duties. Perhaps I'll show the kids though, the wife would play, but she's a little too anxious about MMOs (too much on the spot decision making. She prefers laid back)
@@HauntingSpectre Asmon mentioned this but FF doesn't demand your time like other games. You get to set your pace so your wife could log on and basically play as a single player game whenever she wants. I did that for half a year. Beyond that it's completely up to you how involved you get or how much time you wast... spend (cough cough) in gold saucer lol
If I had a chance to meet Yoshi-P or a movie star it would be Naoki Yoshida hands down. I am 60+ years old player of FFXIV and totally caught up in this game. I love the different ability content and the story captured me. There always seem to be another goal to reach for. One of the biggest thing I love about playing is the way it is handled/made so that it creates a community where the majority players are there to play and enjoy rather than grief other players. My daughter grew up playing FF. She help get me started in this one online and I am so glad she did. This game is currently keeping her spirits up through her MS issues and inability to work and do things physically. I would love for my comment to reach the creators and producers of this game so that they can be aware of how great this game is for not just any one group of players. I hope they keep doing what they do. Thank you, to them all. 🤗💗
Loved your story, I hope you keep playing for years to come, and wish your daughter all the best with her MS. I only just started playing a couple months ago, and I am in love with this game too. I have been playing since the very first FF, and I love all the callbacks and easter eggs in this game. Simply phenomenal!
This is why Yoshi P is a fucking treasure. He is not corporate and fake like Ian, this is a man who has true passion for not only his game, but gaming in general. He loves the people who love his game and loves people who don't, but find enjoyment in other titles. Truly the love the FFXIV Dev team have for their game shines through like a beacon calling all lost gamers to it with it's brilliance.
Is that why the game is outdated, lack any community or PVP updates and lacks innovations? I think they sleep on the shoulders of the work of previous generations like most MMORPG MOBA studios. from playstation 1 2 era. like FF x-2. the game lack social and PVP updates. doesn't have chat bubbles (you only look at chat box whole day which sux), no smaller nameplates aka text font size option, voice chat, good 4v4 Arena style map like Heavens Arena from the King's Avatar animation, no frontline popout sound notification, outdated combat and subscription model, convoluted login/register system (cant even use afna at launcher reset password confirm email box), no blue mage in PVP, lack of innovations such combining already good PvE elements with PVP such as open-world raid bosses where players and guild fight to contest said bosses? compete for the boss. they could drop epic mounts o exp/gear tokens which could be a great alternative to story leveling. new players cannot share their content on ffxiv reddit... the comments are disabled in their youtube update videos... watch the Kings Avatar so u can learn how to actually make complete game doesn't change the fac the game has 500 ms animation lock + 2.5s global cd tab targeting combat. 20 years behind. they thought they will fix the combat by adding crazy animations, but that also just cluttered the game. mybe they could lower global cd to 2 second but anything lower hard because crazy animations. but the core problem si still there. tab targeting combat. not even hybrid action combat with skillshots and dodges. elt alone true action combat like Smite, Vindictus r the Kings Avatar animation. WoW TBC, for example, ahs bunch of instant casts too but only 1 second global cd. also wow tbc has chat bubbles and voice chat... ffxiv only has emotes and chat box. and it sux watching into chat bo whole day that get spammed. it is not socially itneractive. or actually good 4v4 map like heavens Arena from the Kings Avatar or open-world raid bosses where players and guild could fight to contest them....or ability to tame open world monsters as your mount....innovate....more PVP events/rewards/mounts, combine PvE and PVP elements... and ffxiv community often mix competitive spirit and rivallry with toxicity
You know he logs in and plays sometimes, right? Yoshi saved ffxiv, and he wants to keep it in good shape. He's been spotted on JP servers, but he tends to disappear if a crowd gathers.
I can't stop laughing at how Asmon was about to fall out of the back of his chair when Yoshida said, "it makes you wonder if these devs even play their game". Lmao
I believe she also do more works on other Final Fantasy project these past years. I remember watching her on FFVII Remake E3 conference too and some of their other presentations.
It's so funny as well when Yoshi or another dev forget to give her a reasonable break point, and just keep talking and talking. There's been so many times that's happened at fan fests and such over the years, but she just handles it like a champ.
@@luxoriaa I can imagine she also get's summoned for the really important business meetings the CEO's have with other (non japanese) companies, etc...So translating something more casual like this is a probably piece of cake for her.
See Blizz? This, a simple "we wish you well" is all it fucking takes to have the whole MMO community think better of you. Man, I'm already sold and playing FFXIV, but even if I wasn't, I'd just go and buy the game right now. Yoshi is just a good human being and it shows. We support good people.
Dear spykp , let's not talk about blizard activison* here... FFXIV is too good to be spoiled by US problems IMO. (and I know I do add some spoiler too, but one can still try, you know). *this might be spelled wrong on purpose.
Anyways dear spykp. I didn't mean to sh_t anyone up, it's all fair to say, blizzs cradual lying on the com, cash shops (token) just being a question of time for classic (WOTlK) etc (see madseasonshow latest videos, no king rules forever..., balad of the levelboost...) (or some of asmong) ultimately over time bringing the game's integrity to an end, all that due to activision - as it was similar with war3R (confirmed by wc3s former lead dev that was temporarily working on the R).. etc. So that it feels more like Activision milking Blizzard atm. Anyways... So keep it in mind. I just say a video with this great developers over there (like I could watch this video 2x or 3x), is just too much of a treasure. Okay sorry and take care.
Fucking insane, cannot believe this even happened. Even crazier that YoshiP knows about Asmon's mom's situation. Really shows that he has a good connection with his community and the people that plays his game.
@@MaakaSakuranbo Could be. Regardless if it is him directly or a team he has which briefs him, it shows they actually keep up on things, at lot more than you can say for other companies and developers.
Im so used to being shit on that since I started playng ff xiv 4 months ago I still cannot comprehend there exist dev team like this. Im actually crying and laughing why did I waste so much time on wow. Literally even my health improved after those 4 months lmao.
The fact that yoshi p took time to learn a little bit about both rich and asmon, and offer that information to them on the first minute of conversation is so humbling. Yoshi P is an inspiration to all
Jesus man. Yoshi P just becomes more and more incredible the more I learn about him. Asking about Asmon's mom and giving well wishes at the beginning of the interview was the absolute definition of classy. Such a stark contrast compared to the outright contempt Asmon's been shown by *other* game studios. You can just sense the passion of Yoshi P without even understanding what he's saying. I hope he knows how much of an amazingly graceful role model he is to so many people.
It's the embodiment of Iwata's great quote of "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer."
@@Kinross07 true, corporation that make money from game should always be aware to put game first before the money. when the developer lose their passion for making game, we player gonna feel it too. even without putting predatory live services and pay to win cash shop
He's part of a select breed of developpers. Hopefully more young gamers become devs in the future and produce high quality content as well ! Also as a Japanese he will make a game that feels a bit more different than what a western dev would create. Like it or hate it, it makes the game rather unique and different from a lot of what's out there. I may not be a hc player of FF14, but I liked what I saw. Ultimately I prefer "pre-abyssea" FF11 tho ;-)
This is why i firmly believe that game developers should be playing their own game cause it brings a new aspect to understanding games and balance Yoshi is a freaking legend brought ff14 from 1.0 to where it is now i struggle to think of a game developer who could do that
I would like to point out that YoshiP's team has a different work ethos than most other game devs. YoshiP gives his team a lot of free time, and sometimes he has to *force* some of them to take their breaks. He doesn't believe in the crunch, and it has the nice side effect of giving the devs time to play their own game
Because he is. And I don't mean this in calling him a kid. Honestly we're all kids, as we grow older a lot of us just learned how to act like adults. But in the end, deep down, we're all still kids. I'd be choking up for words if I were talking to Yoshi-P lol.
Dang, the fact that he immediately gave his regards and kind words to Asmon about his mom is lovely. This enormously successful video game director from a foreign country, taking the moment to acknowledge Asmon's personal struggle and wish him well is true respect. Yoshi is a true Chad.
I know everyone is talking about the start of the interview which was very heartwarming but I got to say at the ending of the interview when Yoshi.P offer's that when this pandemic is over they should grab a few drinks was very touching , I have never seen any other dev be this awesome! Like you can feel the connection in this interview and it's so heartwarming
I chucle every time they call Asmongold "Asmon-san". This interview was so wholesome hahah. I have so much respect for Yoshi-P. The first thing he did, was wishing Asmon and his mom well.
The translator did very well! The humbleness of a passionate creator and the respect of adoring fans. This is an hour video of pure excellence from all ends.
in a old mogtalk episode sindalf a world first raider asked 'do they even play their own game' in reference to a comment they made about acceptable ping. amazingly yoshi later came on mogtalk and gave a pretty emotional response to sindalfs comment i'm sure this comment was said quite flippantly by sindalf but it shows how serious yoshi takes that sentiment.
This interview was so refreshing. They’ve all been interesting, but mostly your standard fare. Asking about job changes and system updates and what not. It was really cool to just see Yoshi-P having a casual conversation with you guys about general gaming things. Not even really about Endwalker at all. Not many devs would use what is essentially their marketing time to just shoot the breeze with players.
That in itself is marketing though. That human side is specifically what asmon and rich have been saying was missing and a detriment to the other place. They both will have considered this interview a success and sung the praises of SE off the back of it
Exactly. Compare this to Blizzard lmao and its not even comparable. Its as of Blizzard, the greed corporation, doesnt care about its consumers, and I mean, dont wven view them as humans. I say that with confidence because in comparison, this guy really treats asmon and rich as humans in this interview. He's not worrying about maximizing the "advertisement" in what he says. He even ends up saying He wants to go for drinks at the end lmao. Cant even be compared to the joke that is Blizzard. Blizzard is truely a big Corp. That doesnt fucking care and noone cares. But here is first proof that all it takes, is the lead developer in such a big Corp, to view his consumers as people... and just treat them normally and not as walking "soon to be revenue", Yoshi evwn goes SO FAR as to urge people not to only play HIS game! Like, how good hearted is this guy? He wants people to actually have fun, because he knows he is bringing us entertainment. Compare that to Blizzard where even mentioning another game is out of the question. And im beating the dead horse here but im just so happy to see how a powerful guy at a Corp like this actually dont have to be a soulles, greedy, heartless, money-siphoning, twat. Yoshi P is a guy that you would easily befriend, if he went to the same school as you as a kid. And he's not afraid to show it either and this has seeped into the game itself, which is a good thing and that is why I think the game has become so popular.
@@MikeRees yes it is, BUT! if they market their product by so good heartrdly, OPENLY admitting to not ONLY stick to their product but enjoy the product of the competition too, then have my money. You sold me at showing you had core principals. Because principals in a human, will go anywhere he goes. In his product aswell and that is exactly what has happend here. I dont even play the game and I was happy hearing this interview.
It's pretty amazing what having an actual, honest to god gamer in charge of the game will do, as opposed to leads that hardly ever play ANY game, let alone their own game. Like hearing him talk about how he played all those old MMORPGs was just such a thrill, because I played a good chunk of them myself growing up (though granted I'm a bit younger). I remember playing UO back in, I think it was middle school, back on my old dial-up modem, so hearing that he had at least some of those same experiences as me really proves how much he just loves playing games.
I agree, in fact this works out very well for Asmon and Rich as they have not completed FFXIV they leave questions about game changes to the veterans and focus their questions on MMOs in general and their time in FFXIV instead.
It doesn't even matter that he has a team of people briefs him on many of the streamers' content. The fact that he HAS such a team to help him follow the game's content creator is already huge
Whether he genuinely follows all these things or if the PR team is just so competent that it makes it appear that he does, either way, it’s something for other developers to emulate
On top of that, asking after Asmons mom is something really extra, too. Even if you have a PR team briefing you, taking the time to acknowledge that is meaningful. Especially considering that the last year has been especially rough on YoshiP by way of several people close to him going through medical struggles. You can tell it's genuine. This whole media tour has blown me away coming from Blizzard attacking their community on Twitter.
I love how he isn't afraid to admit he and his team is also excited to try New World. It's the right mindset for a developer to have to make a better FFXIV.
Okay, who else would love to just have a stream of Yoshida nerding out about games he has played in the past? I personally would love to see where he comes from as a gamer more.
I'm actually impressed that Yoshi-P actually met multiple people and answer them personally, instead of asking, say, Koji to handle one party and Soken to handle the other, Oda another and Ishikawa another. The fact that that he himself decided to do so alone is impressive. Can't say for any other MMORPG cos I only pay attention to FFXIV but if the other games also did it like this, then that is also amazing.
To be fair, right now I think that Yoshi-p has to do the effort when it comes to PR because HE is the face of FFXIV and because he is the only one "available". Right now the studio Yoshi-p is directing has to finish Endwalker and work on FFXVI. Souken is most likely the main composer for FFXVI soundtrack and Koji may also have his hands tied to localise FFXVI outside of Japan. While most of the heavy work has been done, the whole team needs to polish the finer details for Endwalker as the Devteam chose to end the whole Zodiark Vs Hydaelyn thing in 6.0 and having 6.1 begin a new whole saga within the FFXIV world.
@@randomstreamer2868 pretty sure this isn't the first time he has done this kind of thing. People have talked highly of this guy for years. Not just recently but years.
@@randomstreamer2868 this is nothing new dude prev media tour they even inv face to face and have one big dinner..this year cuz of covid that why they have to do remotely
I love how Yoshi-P is looking at them so intensly at times, trying to grasp every facial expression they have. So invested in this conversation, i love it
I love how he thanks the invitees for taking time out of *their* busy schedules when the man's literally leading the development on multiple games for one of the biggest game companies in the world. Side note: Prayers up for Asmon and the family.
Blizzard: Other MMOs? Do whatever we can to bury info about them under interest and hype for our own releases Yoshi-P: Other MMOs? Fantastic, competition to keep pushing us to be the best we both can be and make the genre grow and evolve
thats just respect and clean competiton, i think that this dev is like the peak of honor, the honor that wow used to make me feel, and that blizzard lost long ago. or pheraps never had...
Wow, Yoshi is a true game developer. 100% genuine. This guy cares about his players to go out of his way to do this interview and ask about Asmon's mom. Blizz, I'm sorry, but you better be taking notes in that conference room you are in watching this video.
Someone who loves to play MMOs made a good MMO. Who would have thought, huh? This is what the gaming industry has forgotten. If you don't have love for the product you are only going to put in half the effort for it.
Jesus Christ, I know so many people praised Yoshi-P and I didn't really, fully understand why.. The man is a game developer, but he acts more human than just about anyone I've ever seen. Humble, kind, and about a million other things. I'm actually pretty stunned and understand where the FF community comes from when reveering this man.
Perchance, jave you seen the clip from Fanfest when they talked about Soken's cancer battle? Yoshida really poured his heart out there. Hell, even back in the ARR launch there are clips of him getting very publicly emotional.
@@JackgarPrime Recalling the noclip documentary about ARR, it was very clear that Soken was one of the very first people who was onboard with Yoship about remaking the game. It’s very understandable that they would feel very close to each other, and I’m sure the whole dev team probably feels very close-knit without the whole “this workplace is a family” bs in other teams.
He is one of the few instances where you put someone in charge of a game that actually cares about the game, plays the game, and cares about the playerbase. He "cooks" the game with love and it shows.
Blizzard leaders: *silence* Random Blizzard dev: Asmon is an asshole. Yoshi-P: Thank you for taking time to attend our event. Our thoughts and prayers go out to your mother. What an AMAZING, almost shocking, difference in attitude.
1) Nice name I love it!! 2) Yes, even when they were revamping FFXIV to ARR they kept giving us content and showing us they genuinly cared, This is my last mmo I can freely take breaks from FFXIV to play oither games because of my life schedule but FFXIV is always subbed too.
Edit: The person who I was replying to deleted their own reply... They basically were just claiming that Yoshi-P was doing it all for the PR, and made a tangent/generalization about JP people and their politeness being two-faced. And here we have the person who's overly conscious about the actions of another human being. Btw if you couldn't tell, I just made an assumption (not even close to being a good one) about you, who I can't possibly know what goes on in your head. This, funnily enough, is what you're doing: Making an assumption & generalization about someone you barely even know about. While we're at assumptions I'll make another one! You're probably the type who thinks any interaction someone does has some sort of hidden agenda behind it (I'm probably wrong, but I'm just poking silly fun). For all we know, yeah he could be doing a PR stunt, or he could just be a developer who likes getting in touch with community, or it could be a bit of both (and imo, the last one isn't really a bad thing). I really question the point of your comment (I mean, I'm also kinda wasting my time but I have nothing to do atm), you're not really going to change many people's perspectives. I mean if you want to cause a tiny bit of discord well... good for you I guess. But seriously, comments like these won't do anything on a video that already has an overwhelmingly good response to Yoshi-P, you should probably go make your own forum post somewhere else... Which, tbh, probably won't do much either. Why are you so concerned about our views and trust on Yoshi-P as a developer, it's not like we're really doing anything to affect you in particular. Hell why are you even here to begin with again? Congrats, you've shown your ability to overthink and your great awareness shows no bounds. p.s. I wasn't commenting on your take on Japanese culture, generally speaking that could be true, but that's still a generalization. Not every Japanese person acts like that to a T.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet Yoshi P in person a few times during finding my love for FFXIV over the last 7 years that I’ve played. He always makes time for the players, even if it’s saying hello at a fanfest, popping in to a final fantasy 14 organised event as a complete surprise as he just so happened to be in London at the time, sneaking in to give out raffle prizes or giving people the chance to be heard. He has also been known to sing in a rock band, cosplay, and keep us entertained for hours with Koji Fox, Soken, Aimi and the gang all for the fun of it or entertainment for the players and passion he has got what he does 💜
How cool is it that Yoshida-san ended the interview with, "See you next time!" instead of just the kind of dismissal you'd typically see from a corporate executive? Yoshi-P really loves the game and the people who choose to spend their time there, and it shows! Looking forward to that next time that "Asmon-san" and "Rich-san" get to speak again with Yoshi-P! ^_^
@@johnlicht6532 Not at all, if anything it's the opposite, Japanese people are very careful to not step out of line, they're very respectful but never so open and "casual" in their conversations with people they aren't really close with. Yoshi-P is absolutely an exception to this, for example in Japan crying in public is seen as being "weak", but he's cried already more than once, you would NEVER see most Japanese game directors/producers showing emotions like that.
@@Ew-wth There is SOME difference in eastern and western in that eastern isn't generally interested in alienating their audience in order to push politics
He’s so attentive, positive, and down to earth. I’m so happy to be part of this community. My heart swelled when he asked about the well being of Asmon’s mom. This man deserves a crown. Thank you Yoshi-P, for everything.
Yoshi-P is such a wholesome man. The way he started mention asmon mom, and rich with his doble legend before any question, plus all the time he put for question with content creators before a release is something that, a lot of current or ex WoW players that follow asmon, we have never saw and probably never will. Also very nuts you guys got the legend itself for an interview
Blizzard: Calls their #1 content creator an asshole and barely acknowledges him. Yoshi P: Has only had Asmon's attention for a matter of months, not only takes an interview but checks in on his mother.
@@trignite This argument is so stupid. Yoshi-P is well known for being down to earth, and he has proven that a LOT of times, so it's already hard that it is all marketing since its hard to keep up with a lie for so long, but even if it was all marketing, that's already better than basically 99% of companies out there. It's like saying companies donating to cancer is just a marketing move, well no shit, but it's still better than not doing it right? Having a company invest time doing good things just to look good for branding is way better than just ignoring your public altogether like blizzard does.
Well this just bring the dev's job to another level, being a player of many games, having the player mentality so he knows how players feel and also getting a taste of other games, this guy is fully commited being both dev and player, also the idea of open communication is a healthy position to keep on making good content, in the end devs make content for players so having the right idea of what content to deliver is a huge plus since if something is not good its gonna take devs' time for something that players won't appreciate since its out of their taste (looking to deliver both for casual and hardcore/challenge-heavy players is smart) Also i think that any kind of repetitive or farm heavy content that requires you to play the same thing over and over on a daily basis just to get on a higher level of gear is not a healthy mechanic for mmos, kinda like forcing your players to get tired of playing the same thing over and over (wow reference) to the point your players fuming with negativity and then you have the gap between devs and players, the devs don't know whats wrong and they think its the players' fault whereas in reality this system leads to the players' dissatisfaction. P.s. the idea of a head-dev having a lot of control on what the game leads to in the future instead of executives is a very good thing, the first party is specializing on the game in depth and the second party has interest and knowledge on corporate development, but the game is played by people who like games so a person that is close to that will deliver better than someone who has nothing to do with that, to sum it up the head dev has more freedom to do his thing to get the game higher with less restrictions from the higher ups, the higher ups are happy the game is going in a good/upwards direction so they are happy with that.
Being protective and being assholes while shiting on other games are 2 different things. There is a line that most people that claim to be protective usually cross just to get an ego boost ( "my game is better than yours now so fuck you" ) . Its OK being a bit protective, but hiding behind that to get your hate fix or to harass streamers and players is not fine and people should fuckin acknowledge that more often, as its the first step to having a more healthy community.
full of sheet and oudated is what I see. always preaching how good u are blablabla when ur game is 20 year behind at this point. they never listen to the community. new players cant post on reddit, comments disabled on yt videos, no chat bubbles ro voice chat ingame... 0 community or pvp updates 0 innovations... time to ge real. always talking sheet about blizzard just because content creators love drama and are full of sheet. booth games are oudated. an I still haven't seen a single prooff of everything people cause blizzard of. nd these devs arent gods. they are humans btw. I think u alll should actually start working on your own game before u try to preach to everybody else because ur game is oudated. belive or not. fk me
that moment when you realize that this is the closest to an Allcraft that they can possibly get with YoshiP. Glad that they were able to have this opportunity to talk to the man himself.
I am seriously impressed with the interpreter being able to translate the genuineness of what they are saying without losing any of it. She made the conversation seem like it flowed super well. Also props to the editor for keeping some stuff in and cutting out others during translation. I liked watching this video a LOT. All around amazing.
49:00 When Aimi knows the gaming community, so well she corrects Rich saying "NoPixel" (the GTA RP server) into "NoClip" (the documentary channel) in her translation to Yoshi P
I didn't even notice that when I heard that moment. I was listening for her to say NoPixel, even though I watched the NoClip documentary years ago. I just forgot their name
yo nice catch! she also had a ton of MMO lingo down. i mean, obviously she works at squenix so she knows her shyt, but i remember having to do translations for my company, and we hired another translator but he didnt know the game genre terminology. so i was backup translation for the particularly technical jargon.
@@Supersonic some people want a 1 for 1 translation, but sometimes sentence structures do not work that way and you do need the flexibility to insert/remove a word or two.
I was in the camp of “I’ve poured so much into wow, I can’t leave”, and the recent lawsuit pushed me over the edge. Grabbed my friends and we cancelled our subs and joined FFXIV. It was pretty amazing to realize that the game we had been poking fun at for so long is actually superior and just MORE FUN in so many ways. You can tell how much love is put into this, and how much they care about the community. So happy.
@@jamesregan7398 a lot of assumptions about it just being weird anime without any structure, and too many sparkles. Turns out it’s just such a solidly made game, and there’s something for everyone without anything feeling like a chore. Only thing wow does better IMO is the transmog collection system.
@@nmgagnon that's pretty much the general basis people assume then throw out the word weeb as well, but I'll say this you are right about the transmog collection it is a better system that and blizz does have a more efficient way for players to pay for their game.
@Jay Bee You COULD say that but there is a problem... There is a very terrible track record and trail of destruction laying behind Blizzard. They have so much damning past behind them that when they do something "good" it will always appear to be a stunt. However, Yoshi-P has a track record for kindness, caring, knowledge and professionalism, so when he does something "good" it isnt seen as out of place or a stunt... its simply seen as who he is.
The fact that he took the time to look into each person and even gave his condolences on asmonds mom is outstanding, more gamedevs need to act like ff14
At the end Yoshi P says he would love to go out drinking with them to talk shop and meet face to face. That's next level kindness and consideration and not something you ever hear about devs doing. Hopefully this man inspires our children so compassion will rule the gaming industry instead of profits. When you work from compassion the profits come naturally. Just look at the comments on this video and you will see people are starving for compassion from their favorite development companies.
You hit the nail on its head. I just compared some of the things he said in this interview with any and every blizzard interviews Ive ever heard. Its not even comparable. The guy is literally so good hearted that he's talking about other brands, nay, the brand of the direct competition of his own product and says "dont only consume my product. Consume theirs too!" He unironically wants people to have fun. Like... wow. Its insane how this is the only guy as a lead dev. At such a big Corp who is so kind. And I bet I havent even seen a fraction of it yet. I dont even play the damn game! LOL Im just laughing thinking about a Blizzard interview where they mentioned another brand by name. Hahahahha its like imagining the unreal being real. Cant compute in my brain. Let alone just telling everyone, in the free marketing time, to go play other games and not only his one. Hahahha its so far away from the greedy blizzard mindset that I dont even know anymore. I feel like its good in a way thoigh, that wow us dying. It was a thing of the past. Let the new game with people who make it that actually want their consumers to have fun and not viewing them (like blizzard) as walking dollar bills and revenue. And yes this is the best way to garner revenue, which all companies care about in the end cos they are bussinisses afterall, because if you have trust with your consumers, then they will stay your consumers. If you have to re-sell your product every month to someone who already bought your product (like blizz) then its a loss long term, because obv. The back bone ans structure of the whole product was a quick money scheme and not a love and passion for the product itself, like final fantasy 14. I could go on but you get the point. This guy knows how to run a company as the lead game dev! All it took was compassion, good heartedness and actual passion for the product itself!!!
@@boccobadz I'm not bashing Witcher at all but they had several hardcore problems during development of that game as well. I remember seeing an article about a 3D model animator working insane overtime hours and being paid next to nothing for it. Gamedev in general is not the best profession in that regard sadly
I didn’t understand the praise for Yoshi P. “Hello Asmon, I hope your mom is well” Now I understand. Edit: holy shit guys, thanks for the love. Yoshi P was great through the whole interview. Really enjoying the game too. Lvl 80 War, Drk, white mage Lvl 50 black mage
It's such a common sense thing you do for other people yet we praise Yoshi P because we know a modern blizzard rep would probably not have said the same in the same situation.
I was SOO sure back then that , just like many other games he tried, he will stop a few days in. I thought he would take his promise to reach max level back
@@Magerquark Haha yeah I didn't think he'd actually make it to the content parts that he would really enjoy. Although I had the suspicion that he'd really, really like the game if he'd stick around long enough.
I’ve never watched any 14 content or played the game for that matter… but this video caught my attention as I’m always interested in how developers approach their games and the community behind them. This dude seemed so genuine you can’t help but like him. I don’t see myself playing the game as it’s not up my alley, but man…. I have nothing but respect for this guy.
In one of the other interviews Yoshi was asked to confirm or deny the fan theory that he's a Primal who has tempered the player base. He claims it's not true.
That is Blizzard in a nut shell. Hence why I do not blame any streamer or gamer for not playing a game where devs hate the player base and only want them to spend money on that 6 month mount~ XD.
At last this is the Legendary Interview we were waiting for, but honestly the best part was Yoshi-P being considerate about Asmon's mom health issue, a legendary game developer, gamer and human being indeed.
You know what? I think Mister Yoshi-sama shows exactly what it is that made people so easily lose interest in something like WoW. Community interaction. The way he keeps himself connected to the gamers so much is such a significant feeling, showing he's not some corporate idiot. My time of gaming lately has been so dully, but like I said... it is alive again.
I played it and I enjoyed it. Going to sub again after I get stable internet. I liked the outfits the most and jobs being role-locked the least. I'm not quite 30 yet, but I can definitely see the appeal.
I actually met him at a gamescom. He congratulated me for beating a boss i haven't killed up until that point and we took a picture together. He's such a chad. My buddy even got the chance to play a savage fight with yoshi P. He was also in the jury for a cosplay competition. I put the pic as my profile now in case theres doubt.
This felt more like an All"craft" Episode, sureal how different everything is today compared to a few months ago. Thanks to all of you guys. Amazing work.
Wow I never really noticed how the translators have to mimic mannerisms and laugh when they laughed big props this woman is a pro I speak Japanese and English and it’s very well done 👏
This man is a fucking gem of a human being. You can tell he oozes passion for his game. No stuffy corporate lawyer answers like Ion always gives. Granted, he is speaking Japanese, but still. You can tell even through translation.
@@deast1827 Because the WoW gamers are biased against the WoW devs due to years of being mistreated and talked down to by the dev team. Thus, Ion would be harangued for the slightest thing, because the expectation was already implied due to whom he is at Blizzard. Squeenix prevented that by doing the opposite, by being humble and caring and staying connected to their players. Thus, Yoshi P is beloved and the ground he walks on is worshipped (/good_natured_sarcasm).
@Jay Bee Bullshit. The reason Ion acts the way he does is because he is forced to by owners of their corporation. If this wasn't about enforcing "modern western culture" which is only about destruction and pitting everyone at each other like some dogs in a ring, all one would have to do is just start doing the right thing. PR BS once, but the next time one does something genuinely again, you would have to start appreciating it. For obvious reasons this will never happen but my point stands.
@@XBullitt16X Amazing considering he isn't some random developer. He leads one of SE division making games such as FF14 or FF16. he still is very grounded and talks to random fans like myself at fan fest or Gamescom. He sometimes is in the crowd listening to concert of their FF14 band, too.
Wow so nice of Yoshi to ask about Asmon’s mom. It’s the little things like that make fans appreciate the devs so much. I was waiting for this interview!
PROTECT YOSHI-P AT ALL COSTS. I am not an FF fan by any means, I tried it and really couldn't get along with the art style and UI. However that's a purely subjective thing, and I completely appreciate the game as a whole, maybe I'll give it another go after seeing this. This interview was incredible, Yoshi-P is exactly what the MMO community has been needing, how he is genuinely excited about the New World release because it excites the gaming community is so refreshing, this guy is a gem.
Yeah man give it another try sometime. I actually bounced off FFXIV two times before, but at the third time I went a bit deeper into the game and rn I'm having a blast even tho I'm barely finishing RR as level 58 dragoon. It's so refreshing after wow, just need some time to adjust the "cultural shock" I'd call it. Highly recommend :D
If the UI bugs you, if its a layout issue, there is a whole thing built in that you can completely rearrange it so it is more comfortable for you. Like.. everything. Every single aspect of the UI can be moved to where you want it. I would suggest looking into it, cause the game is SO worth the effort
I'm fluent in Japanese and I just want to point out that interpreter is absolutely next level. This is a level of thoroughness and accuracy I expect at the UN.
She is fantastic
Yea she totally kills it, class SSS interpreter. Adds a bit of her own personailty but I think she does a good job in giving a flair to the words to make them more enjoyable.
To be honnest my japanese is decent but I know I would probably never be able to interpreted, I wanted to do that few years ago but I figured out it would probably be too hard and seeing how perfectly she did it gave me chill and really make me want to study hard!
She really sound like a native and if I had to guess I'll say she was maybe bor in us or english country and then when later in japan and learn the language.
if there's ever life on other planets, I won't accept any other translator but her xD
@@tylerblue9691 same here. i struggle with writing a sentence down or 6 numbers when someone asks me to xD
The fact that Yoshi-P opened up by asking how Asmon's mom is doing is just such a massive contrast from the approach Blizzard has taken with him and other streamers and it really makes me happy to have switched.
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@@ynwaynwa5629 it's right at the start shortly after he's introduced
Seems to be standard in the east to open with discussion about the health and wellbeing of family member and other informal discussion. Used to be similar in the west but maybe not as much and it definitely isn't as standard anymore. We're starved for empathy out here now lol
@@Wand422 Just overall seems to be more care put into everything
Attention to detail.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Aimi's absolute badass translation skills.
God this; Yoshi-P talked for like 5 minutes and Aimi said "I got this."
I wonder if she types down what he says when he is saying it. If so, that is also an amazing skill.
@@frostmourne1986 Oh but what is also very impressive, are sign language translators in theatre. They sign the whole show without stop. It is amazing.
@@psivampire13 You can see her watch her notes often, so the answer is yes. And frankly she has to, not as a crutch or anything, but due to the way both languages work, since Japanese is literally 'in reverse' compared to English, as a translator you have to write stuff down cause it's being told 'out of order', so to speak, so you can put it back in 'English order' afterwards. She's doing all that on the fly with close to no lag. A true hero.
Yoshi talked for so long I thought man, she's going to have to interrupt here and there. Nope.
Blizzard: That guy is an asshole.
Yoshi P: I was very sorry to hear about your mother not doing very well, Asmon-san.
I'm so glad people have broken whatever spell they were under for Blizzard. They've always been shitty people man. Takes an example of a real, kind, humble human being to show people how they've been treated.
@@user-xk6fs7em4l People who stick to 1 game for so long are doing it because they have a community or friends that play. The game satisfies a social need that they are unable to satisfy in real life. Others, such as me, play on-and-off and we don't pay attention to Twitter drama because Twitter is trash.
fuck blizzard. I thought I would never say those words.
we need more humans like that
japanese people are just like that lol i swear they are actually the nicest loving people who are super big on respect
I'm so glad Asmon started playing FFXIV 'cause thanks to him, loads of people are discovering just how unbelievably amazing this game and its developers are.
Well deserved interview my dude!
AYO, IS IT THE LEGEND?! THE ALEX MOUKALA?!
Mr FFF himself, Funky Final Fantasy!
Love your content too bro, waiting for some new music from ffxiv and your next videos.
100% agree
I started a couple days after asmon first streamed FF, and i never watched a single video from asmon before. But because of the attention he brought to FF, ive been playing 3 months now, and have recruited my 3 brothers and a couple mates to play together. Most of them have never played an mmo before - thats how good this game is
funky fresh ALEX MOUKALA YOWWWW
Mad respect for Aimi the translator here, she is an absolute master at getting the full message across, including facial expressions and tone of voice.
always has been, always will be
Even though she sometimes still slips up on harder skill names, I like to believe that she is part of the dev team, gets put in the credits of the game and is even a player with us.
She is an insane translator
Aimi has been the absolute GOAT in all these interviews.
Yoshi is the japanese translator for her japanese audience 😂
Asmon dedicates his life to WoW:
Devs call him an asshole, and talk shit about him.
Asmon plays FF14 for a couple months:
Devs invite him to a Q&A, and has a genuine discussion despite speaking different languages.
Amazing.
@@peppermint3808 no we have devs and companies who care, blizzard just fucking sucks
@@peppermint3808 lol
@@foxdavion6865 not quite. Blizzard used to be one of those great companies, but the arrogance of a few pushed out all the passionate devs. Bungie was like this too, and that's how 343 got started. But the best games that have come out in the last 5 years were from indie devs mostly. That's where the good devs went
pretty incredible, the difference in response is night and day
Couldn't have said this better myself.
He's SO humble..... This dude is a legend.
He's the big fish, and he almost apologizes for "taking their time", and then goes on to ask about Asmon's mom.
Wow.
ikr
Cultural upbringing matters
Thats because Japan isnt a shithole like most of the modern west and still have "old school" values. Respect and image dont mean anything in the west anymore while in Japan both are still extremely important.
@@MV-ri7zu im asian myself but pls, no culture is superior. There r drawbacks in every culture.
@@WZRDr maybe but asian strict culture is much better than loose chaotic western culture and im Finnish im western. The lack of respect that people have for their elders here has dropped by a disgusting amount. We used to pray to our ancestors here (very much like some asian cultures) before christianity wiped our culture away I cant stop thinking that maybe things would be different if we would still practice our "religion" and culture.
That’s so incredible, he was so nice and actually cared about Asmon. What a change from blizzard devs who once called Asmon “the bad one”. Surreal
Was going to say this, but i knew it would be said, this is awesome.
not only "the bad one", he was called an idiot by a blizz dev on twitter too
Imagine, he's a human :O woooow
Bro the video has been up for 9 minutes
The fact that the ff14 devs actively watch streamers, made me wonder if Yoshi would give his genuine concern for the stuff happening to asmon since I know he would have seen it and that he did, yoshi is beloved for a reason he sees his fans as friends and family
This makes me feel more love for FFXIV, Yoshi actually asking about ASmon's mom was so sweet. I love this.
I still prefer wow and don’t plan on playing ffxiv but I still really respect yoshi for being so involved with the community and being humble. Nice guy for showing empathy for Asmons situation
Yes, that was beautiful. Made me cry. My mom is not on this earth anymore. Take care everyone, life is not endless.
Yoshi isn't FFXIV tho? He's an actual person lol.
Also happy that asmon had this experience to distract him for a bit I’m sure such a cool experience like this would have brightened his day
@@slayerc3355 very true, I think we in the west forget that for all things
Really impressed with the interpreter. She doesn't just translate the language, but communicates his tone and humor. That's an incredible skill.
Shes amazing =)
I sincerely hope that Aimi is very well compensated as her translation skills are absolutely AMAZING!!! Seeing people like her is what makes me happy to human :)
@@jaredkinneyjr She's an official part of the XIV team. Her name is even in the game credits. So safe to say they acknowledge her contributions and take care of her.
I was literally thinking the exact same thing
This!!
Holy crap she’s so good at translating. Not only did she have such good short term memory but using idioms and sayings from both languages so easily and interchangeably is fluency even a native speaker struggles to reach in their own language let alone two separate ones
She is writing down the conversations both ways.
i love how she did the translation greatly and also conveyed the tones and emotions of speakers fairly well! Very inspiring for bilingual learners :D
Aimi is a badass!
@@wobblysauce The impressive part was translating idioms as stated before. Writing things down in one language as it’s said usually doesn’t make sense in another language due to the fact that literal translations for idioms don’t work.
In one language saying “Your head is in the clouds” makes sense, it’s basically saying you’re distracted. However translated to another language it would sound like “Staircase to the sky” which doesn’t make sense. She’s translating the idioms that don’t sync up between English and Japanese.
I know right !?
she has such a firm grasp on idioms and metaphors of Both languages it's impossible to tell which her native language is.
Also she never lost the Timing and Delivery of the 'Punchline' of each statement. Japanese translated into English is a lot like Yoda's English so the setup for a punchline is back to front. The interpreter has to have a Huge vocabulary and not get the wires mixed like a lot of bilingual people tend to get.
As a Halfie; native in both who's gone and taught English in Japan and is now teaching HSC Japanese back in Australia, occasionally doing medical Interpretation at my local hospital... I can wholeheartedly say that this interpreter is on another level. You don't get interpreters like this often, she's one in ten million.
shout out to the translator, she conveyed Yoshida's tone and emotion pretty well.
That is one of the hardest parts of translating. She did excellent
She legit did such an incredible job. I'm floored.
@@jonathansoko1085 do you even know the guy? How can you claim that some person over the internet that you know nothing about doesn't know "x" thing?
@@jonathansoko1085 you're a clown lmao
the clown deleted his comment, it was "You dont speak japanese so you dont even know fam. Also, watching anime and learning 3 words doesnt mean you know japanese
She's really a great translator, it's crazy how she remembers when to time certain emotions, as if translating wasn't hard enough, but she also do the reactions.
(I'm using a translator. Sorry.)
I'm Japanese, and I've been watching your delivery a lot, so I really enjoyed this interview.
"Caring" is a fundamental part of Japanese culture, but not many people, even those in great positions, can do it, so I respect Yoshi P.
Actually, two of Yoshi P's friends were diagnosed with cancer at the same time. As you know, one of them went into remission over time and returned to work, but the other one passed away. (He was a heavy FF14 player, and his success made many Japanese people aware of FF14. His FF14 blog was made into a drama and a movie in Japan. Both he and Yoshi P liked Gundam, so some players think that Sage's funnel was made as a gift for him :).
With that in mind, I think YoshiP's concern for Asmon's mother is genuine.
Hey friend .... I wonder if it is gonna be readable for you but I want to say that I am truly sorry to hear about his other friend.
Yoshi-P San, Sakaguchi San and Uematsu San and so many other developers of FF series are my heroes and I will keep respecting them for all the purity they have put in the FF series.
Much love to you and your beautiful culture.
Thank you for the sharing, really appreciate it!
Is this about "Final Fantasy XIV Dad of Light (Live Action)" ? I feel perhaps it is and now it hurts even more. ; v;
Imagine dedicating over a decade to playing and promoting WoW only to have their developers publicly call you an asshole. On the other hand, play FFXIV for 3 months and having the producer/Director pleased to meet you and hopes your mum is doing well.
this so true xDD
I know! Such a wholesome moment when they asked about his mom 🥺
this hit my feels
Tbf he is an asshole per his own words(asmon), but when it comes to WoW I can agree with him, I grew up with Warcraft and it lore and seeing them butcher the game more and more just makes me despise everything about it. Obviously when Asmon is vocal about it a lot of people listen and the devs get their pants in a twist.
I mean, not to say that Yoshi-p is an asshole, but basic interview skill, its imperative to actually read about who will be doing the interview and their expectation and the like. Thats just manners.
Yoshi P. and team are just incredibly nice people to everyone. During Hurricane Maria, the people of Puerto Rico (Myself included) lost power for several months due to the devastation. Thus Yoshi P. and SE froze our accounts so people's sub weren't auto renewing and our in game houses didn't get demolished due to inactivity. During the pandemic he he slow down all hard promos of the game and decided to rerun old events so people had more to do while at home. Furthermore he was constantly publishing personal letters of encouragement and appreciation. If you play on the japanese servers you can play with the guy and he treats you just like another friend or family member. Is quite amazing how much he cares, so I guess in truth caring is the best PR stun.
I’m also from Puerto Rico, it was tough during Maria. I wasn’t playing at that time though I was taking a break at that moment but that’s cool as fuck man.
Oh god, I’m also from PR. Didn’t know this since I bought the game after my electricity came back.
Let's not forget housing demo was frozen for the better part of an entire year because the pandemic!
Wow, if it was ActivBlizz they wouldnt have given a fuck and just freed the housing and charged subs
Dude that’s amazing I had no idea they did that! The ffxiv team never ceases to impress me.
The fact that Yoshi-P gets so much credit for wishing Asmon’s mother well and congratulating Rich on his achievements, which any other time should just be expected human decency, shows how disconnected game developers in general have gotten from there communities and how much of a difference this guy is making just by being open and honest with his players.
This. Right here.
It is almost like you broke free from an abusive relationship and met a genuine, nice, humane person for the first time
True, he actually somehow paid attention enough (or someone told him about it) so it shows an attention to the community rather than just being "all business" and not caring who is interviewing you.
It's sad how when gaming companies get bigger, it's like they feel more inclined to distance themselves, like putting themselves on a pedestal and can't communicate with players normally cause now it's more a business and they're customers.
I don't think it's done purposely in a malevolent way, I just think generally anyone at a large company or higher up at a big company gradually becomes more formal than informal by nature, and that they can't show more of their normal self to their audience lest they get judged for small details in their behavior or afraid to do something wrong by opening up.
You see it a lot, not just in gaming companies or even big businesses. People end up taking their profession way too seriously and kinda disconnect their humane side when they go about it, atleast when communicating with people that make use of their business.
It’s more than just game devs though, you really don’t see this level of compassion as much in any industry, or to go even further politics.
Can we talk about how one of the first things Yoshi-P said was "I'm sorry your mom is sick, that must be difficult". What a legend! Just a man full of humanity.
oh god I'm reading these comments lol. I'm already getting too emotional, will I even survive watching the video!?
Agreed. All the WOW devs think to say is how he's such an asshole and a toxic piece of shit but here's Yoshi-P being a genuinely great human being.
Forreal. Just basic humanity at play.
Ye I fully expected Yoshi P would ask Asmong about his mum, and I was not disappointed. In Asia people in business often learn from the book “How to win friends and influence people”. The idea is to understand how other people feel and perceive and use that knowledge to make them satisfied in interacting with you. It may sound like an insidious calculative thing, but the philosophy goes both way, by establishing a good human interaction, you yourself become fulfilled mentally. You can see this in the development mentality of FF14, they embrace a lot of the fan’s feed back of the game, and addressing those feed back, be it quality of life or a La Hee musical by Soken, helps anchoring unwavering support from the player base.
what timestamp was that at
Can we just take a moment to respect the mad skills of the Interpreter? She is doing her job so well!
Lots of experience, she's been the interpreter since the beginning and you can see how she has been improving though the years, not that she was bad at the beginning mind you but she has become this amazing via her own hard work
@@Fordicus Interpreters develop their own shorthand system given time, when she's listening she looks off camera to note down whatever they're saying, but not in English or Japanese, but in her own self developed shorthand that's unique to every interpreter. Not diminishing their memory but it's really amazing how they develop their own third language of sorts to help convey the messages accurately
Fr she's the best interpreter I've ever seen
How would I know, I can't speak Japanese.
The way she translates from Japanese to english into sweaty nerd is nothing short of amazing.
Wow. Never played FF14, but in the first minute alone this man sold me. What a genuine human being. Anyone who has watched Asmon for any amount of time knows how close he is with his mother, and Yoshi immediately takes the first opportunity to offer his condolences for his mothers health.
Yoshi is a guy you'll find in the crowds screaming and enjoying the fan fest concert of their own band. Some people myself included met him at Gamescom and casually talked to him, too. He is a genuine human.
I've played FFXIV since 1.0, honestly Im so glad Yoshi saved the game, the man is one of the best, his team is the best and they genuinly care about the product they're making.
@@photogus It's sadly still an addiction, as Human beings we easily get addicted to allsorts of things and some of those things ultimately destroy us, showing sympathy and emotion for others is what makes us better people.
@@photogus yeah so it’s a tough spot to be in. Like on one hand you feel bad for Asmon because even if you (and he admits it in his worst day of my life video) and he disagree with her decisions regarding her health…it’s still his mother. You can tell how much his Mom means to him just about how he talks about her. Guy will drop and close his stream of 30-40,000 people instantly when he’s worried about her, or run down there if she needs something….when you look at other streamers who won’t leave to even get their own food right? So it’s more feeling empathy in knowing how much Asmons mom means to him, and how hard it probably is for him. He knows that this would be easier on everyone if she focused on taking care of herself more….which makes it harder because he knows she won’t do that. This is not me trying to be a Psychologist Andy, just observations. I have disagreed with my mom about a lot of things in my life, even gone 1-2 year periods of not talking to her…even despite all that I would be an absolute wreck if anything happened to her. She’s still my mom at the end of the day. As I get older I realize that she did the best she could with what she had. Sometimes that is all you can do.
@@photogus you're not wrong but zack has even said it him self he has tried to get his mother to change her habits to do better for her self but in the end that's all a son or daughter can do. If they wont change you cant make them and all you can do is be there for them he loves his mom a lot and I'm sure she knows that as well its a tough spot to be in sadly and i my self and I'm sure a lot of other feel the same that zack has a huge burden to carry but he dose it in stride for the love of his mother for better or worse its his mom and i would do the same
There's something so satisfying about hearing "Asmon-san".
He’s gone. We lost him.
Only thing funnier would be "Asmon-Kun"
His in boys! EZ CLAP
Bald-san~ or Bald-kun~
I thought the exact same thing.
Time Stamps:
[Rich] - 02:30 Noticeable Changes to XIV Community
[Asmon] - 05:51 Recent MMO Resurgence
[Rich] - 10:39 MMO Game Design
[Asmon] - 16:04 Balance Content for Solo/Multiple Players
[Asmon] - 25:55 Difficult Content for Light Parties or Solo Players
[Rich] - 27:56 New Players Impact on Expansion
[Rich] - 36:36 Communication Between Devs & Players
[Asmon] - 44:15 Communication (Continued)
[Rich] - 48:55 Inspiration From Other Games
[Both] - 53:59 Compliments to Yoshida
[Bonus]
01:09 Rich Double Legend
47:10 Yoshida Referring to "Other" MMOs: "Do these devs even play their own game?"
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thank you for this!!
Hero of the day.
Thank you!
Thanks much.
This translator is incredible. Aimi if you're reading this, your talents shine through
skills*
I'm always bummed a little when they have someone else because she's so good at what she does. She wasn't at Fanfest, and the person who stood in for her was fine but it just was not the same.
not so amazing
Came here to say the same thing, because I felt like she made the conversation feel natural.
@@icetech2432 - well someone gets it
HE EVEN WELL WISHED HIS MOM! What a class act Yoshi-P!
(Edit) I don't mean to detract from the video. But in light of recent news of Zack's mother passing away and knowing how much she meant to him. As a Son who'd be lost without his own Mother, I wanted to share some words in passing if by chance he sees it that in some way could bring a modicum of comfort, I offer my condolences so I'll leave that here if he could ever be in want of the well wishings and know the kindness of a stranger who has known his share of sorrows. I apologize if this is insensitive of me to detract from the video's contents.
To Zack
What unimaginable and unfathomable sorrow. Such sadness is beyond the expression of grief. Live on and take cheer hold onto happiness of living for the future though despair has gripped you at present, you are a gift to all who know you, a gift bore of the Mother you loved so much as she loved you, so to will, those close to you love you in return. May she live eternally through your spirit. May you continue on as her living blood the same cheer and love that she shared with you as you can through her example pass on to those you love in her memory.
God Bless you Zack. I pray that your Family's hearts may be mended in the passage of time although they may be shattered be strengthened in your Mother's loving memory and that friends can help you through this raise you from sinking in a sea of sorrows, and I pray for your future happiness even though current times would reflect its impossibility may it come to you in time and heal this wounded heart. God bless you.
The real Quadruple legend
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@@mtygerm 1m in
Yoshi p asmon fan confirmed
@@mtygerm It's like right at the start it's literally one of the first things Yoshi-P says. So it was the first thing on his mind to ask. What a nice guy. A real human, instead of a corporate robot.
On today's episode of "yoshi p is an international treasure"
This man is seriously the best. A true king. Glad more people are hopping on 14, no matter what, yall are welcome here. Hope any of you that play enjoy your time with the game.
Long live the king.
He’s such a good guy . It’s clear he genuinely care about the community
@@Tory-JJ I know, I'm not discounting the dev team or saying they aren't as important or incredible. I'm just pointing out that yoshi p is consistently an incredible person, even under public scrutiny, doing things like showing interest in the players personal lives and actually giving a shit, or listening to them(the thing that comes to mind Here is the quote that he may have Cribbed from asmon saying "do devs even play their games" since he says that a ton on stream)
Yoshida is arguably among the greatest game devs in history, though who is the OTK of game developers is still up for debate
Aimi is wonderful here, she even mirrors euphemisms, tonality and expression of how the message was intended. This is a very difficult thing to do well, awesome job for everyone involved, this was great.
Translators always have galaxy brain
This
I just started watching it and it stood out to so much
She is such a phenomenal translator! I shouldn't be surprised by it anymore but she really amazes me each and every time.
She does an awesome job. Normally its Koji during presentations and things, but she also knocks it out of the park.
She has a level I aspire to. Currently N4-N3 and struggling to keep it up. Sometimes I even doubt I'm still interested in the language but I keep trying to learn more of it.
I have so much appreciation for the interpreter lady.
I'm graduating from university in next spring as a Japanese interpreter, and she was really impressive, especially how she asked about Origin and Ultima Online issue without panicking, and set herself on the path back again.
It was almost like I'm experiencing an interpreting action at an internship program.
I know she won't read this message, but thank you for the wonderful experience.
Best of luck in your future career! Interpreters are so important for allowing people from different cultures to converse and to build understanding and friendships!
@@Leroset Thank you very much, I'm trying my best XD
She was truly incredible to watch. She was so attentive and wanted to make sure she conveyed not only the words but the tone and emotions as well. Best I've ever seen
She actually started as a gamer and cosplayer who kinda fell into her dream job working with developers she admires. She still actively does cosplay and plays the games so she puts a lot of passion into her job. Quite cool they got her on the FFXIV team, she's been with SE a long time and is one of their main interpreters so she was quite busy before she more or less became Yoshi P's personal translator for events and interviews. She's clearly lived in both Japan and English speaking countries so has a deep knowledge of slang and cultural terms. It's not an easy thing to convey these quirks between Japanese and English.
Some people are just very gifted in conveying language without a huge formal education in it, some of us need to learn these skills lol. She's just a natural who has been doing it a long time.
Everyone else is saying it, but I'll say it too: What a great guy for taking an interest in the lives of people who play his games. It doesn't seem fake or phony. He doesn't seem like he has any kind of a superiority complex. He simply seems like he's a guy talking to someone else that's just like him, and he gets that. I am new to FFXIV. I haven't watched a lot of Yoshi, but I know he does these interviews with creators a lot and that's cool to see.
It’s because he’s a gamer first. He understands that the most important part of a game that gamers need to feel is that it’s fun. Honestly, all game developers need a Yoshi P in their company as a producer.
Welcome to Eorzea! I hope you will have a great experience! ❤️
He doesn't need a superiority complex, he is superior.
If you want to really get to the heart of Yoshi P you should go back and watch the launch interview from ARR. It was the first time that I know of where he cried on stage while thanking the players. It was in a really raw way since he wasn't as polished as he is now. The same energy and concern for the players has been there the entire time even as he has become more experienced and polished over time.
I think, if asmon lived in japan, yoshi-p would go visit his mom and build gundam plamo with them...
The fact that this man agreed to do this and actually answered the questions at the interviews just shows why FFXIV is such a better game than most, both customer support wise and everything else. They connect with their fans, even fans on the other side of the world who speak an entire different language than them. These are the types of devs us as a gaming community NEED more of, and I mean NEED.
Honestly I couldnt tell you how good the customer service team for FFXIV is... The game is so well done that i have never once had to think about contacting them.
@Jay Bee This. They also invite quite a lot of small streamers to have a part in media tour. It's really a good move
Btw, it is said that Yoshi was interviewed for about 30 fuckin interviews in just one day
35:00 I want this in any game Dev.
Prioritizing the word FUN, because game is an entertainment
the true best thing about Yoshi-P is that he actually listen and noted the feedback in interview to bring it back to the dev team, I can't remember how many QoL and minor changes happened just a few weeks later thanks to interviews, even niche things like housing guest book were actually originated from an interview
Hard to find devs like Yoshi P. nowadays.
This... This really puts in perspective how incredibly short-sighted Blizzard is, to the point of being absolutely blind.
While they only looked down on Asmon considering the worst of the worst from WoW's community just because they can't take honest criticism about their terribly flawed game and practices, there is this man right here acting like an actual decent human being, taking his time to personally talk to his community and even showing concern for Asmongold's mother's health.
It is simply amazing.
If you don't have a leader with a passion for a product, it'll lose its soul and become a cow to be milked. Steve Jobs pointed out that after founders leave, direction is likely to become dominated by Sales and money people. Unfortunately sales people are incentivized by short term rewards. They'd never opt out of a cash shop simply because it violated some ethical standard.
@@TheSadLittlePanda remminds me of the steve hughes joke about the media where you watch the news and ur like this is shit and the medias response is yes, now eat ur shit
2 words sums up WoW. American Capitalism. From the short sightedness, to the playerbase laying down so blizzard can better put their boot to their throat.
The fault is not Blizzard, its Activision Blizzard. Even during the new age of Blizzard, the Blizzard side still wants to spend time to develop and polish the game as they've always done. Now Activision Satan-lords pressure Blizzard to pump out content, make quick-cash every expansion and just survive the decline of mmos. Passion for games and the spirit is there, but we're suffocated and fucked by Fucktivision
really makes you think at just how far away blizzard is from that....from been human :(
Hearing "Asmon-san" and "Rich-san" somehow makes me smile
Asmongold with Rich anime when?
dude i recognized things like "sugoi" and "nani" and "netorare" become of anime/jav
@@jazz_musician netorare what?
@@jazz_musician wha-
Yeah
The translator KILLED this!! She’s amazing!!
Yeah I thought the same. She even seemed to convey Yoshi P's emotion and tone very well sometimes.
That's Aimi. She's been interpreting for yoshi-p and the other devs since ARR. So she's very good at conveying the meaning of what he says.
Yeah, she's amazing. I love her
She only had to double check twice during an 1-Hour Interview. Literal 5Head.
YoshiP showed Zach better communication, empathy, and passion in a single hour despite a language barrier than all of Blizzard has done in the past 10 years or more.
@@Syllaren Remember, you're part of the problem. (sarcasm)
Remember when Asmon was starting to play FF, and a toxic ff player tweeted about organizing a trolling campaign against him, and a Blizz dev tweeted that Asmon was an asshole?
Compare that to the response from Square, and that tells you all you need to know.
17+ years u mean
If Asmon didn't have respect for Yoshi-P yet, he certainly does now. Wishes him and his mother well during the rough time they are having almost IMMEDIATELY into the interview. The difference is night and day, dude. It's not even a WoW vs FFXIV thing. Asmongold has been playing WoW for ages and the devs call him an asshole in plain view. Asmon has played FFXIV for like 3 months and the lead dev straight up wishes Asmon's mother well. It's insane.
It is youtube content farming game. "look how much we care about the game" when the game itself is totally oudated lmao
@@GamingDualities PogO take
@@GamingDualities Pepega Clap
@@GamingDualities just say it... who hurt you?
@@GamingDualities well, good thing that Yoshi appeals to actual gamers and sane people, whereas Ian and his crew of dimwits are renaming NPCs and changing in-game paintings, in order to appeal to some Twitter abominations.
Telling streamers at the end of the interview to play other games too shows how noble and fair-play leader Yoshi-P is. Respect
Notice how all of these press tour interviews start with Yoshi P hinting that he wants to chat about video games, not necessarily FFXIV. But everyone does anyway. This man just wants to tell everyone his favorite Pokemon but no one will let him.
Someone should ask his favourite class in Diablo 2.
He sees the players as his friends and want to talk about whatever, getting to know them. I would love to be able to talk to Yoshi-P about anything. 🥺🥺❤️❤️
I'd have to ask him what is the beat Dragon Quest and why is it DQ Monster Joker
He listen, he watches, he so energetic towards his customers,fans and players. Just that he knows whats going on with asmons Mom and everything shows that he really spends time on his community. Of Course he has no time for every little bit, but this passion gives us so much respect.
And it is very heartwarming to see that happening.
Wow, this guy is so wholesome, down-to-earth, and passionate about making his game the best it can be. Wishing Asmon’s mom well at the beginning was so heartfelt. If more lead game devs were like YoshiP, the gaming industry would be in a great place.
I got teary eyed when he opened with talking about Zach's mom lol. It was just very sweet and genuine.
Yoshi-P looks a lot more rested lately, bless his heart. He puts so much into the game. Also, phenomenal interpreting by Aimi! She is so relaxed and fluid, just perfect.
And not just that, he's also on the board of one of the oldest and most respected gaming companies in the world. It's awesome that in spite of all that he's so down to earth
Is it me or was Asmon kinda starstruck here? It's like he saw the rarest mount in existence drop right in front of him... but man the fact that Yoshi asked about Asmon's mom was really wholesome.
Naoki Yoshida is an impressive and respected man . I would react like that myself loll
I mean he just checked out his newest content... if only they would put so much care into actually updating the game right
@@GamingDualities 🤡
@@GamingDualities bro it's been a while! God damn you are still riding the hater train hard huh?
@@GamingDualities generally curious about what update you even mean? Class balance or rework? I personally think PvP could use some major updates, specifically with server delay, but I doubt that's the kind of updates you're talking about lmao.
The Translator is the real MVP here , to be able to actually memorize a very long answer POgchamp
It seems shes been typing as well. She is really proficient at her work.
As someone who has done some trans laying it’s a software that turns speech into text in both Japanese and English but she is def a pro her mannerism and accent is amazing she nailed it
Her translation is not only conveying his message accurately (I can understand most of what Yoshi-P says), but she also does it in a way that is familiar and colloquial, something a computer wouldn't be able to.
She was taking notes (as all interpreters do), so it was a bit easier than just remembering it all, but that in no way takes away from her masterfulness and professionalism. She also related all the emotions very well too, which can be very difficult when interpreting. Overall an amazing job.
@@JiltedValkyrie I speak Japanese and English the machine measures stops pauses and laughs it’s like reading music it’ll help but th person says it at the end of the day it’s why she keeps looking to her right it was very well done
The fact that this starts with Yoshi P showing sympathy for Asmons mum is amazing. I love this dude. That minute hit me in the feels more than FFXIV itself (lol) and I really enjoy the game.
I think the emotional connection the player develops with the FF14 story and characters must be the result of Yoshi P's emotional connection with himself, his team and us the players. It speaks volumes that Yoshi P wanted to start with an emotional connection with Zack.
I just smiled and had to pause to show my girlfriend the intro, what a humble legend this man is. I don't even play FF14, but am enthralled with this whole Asmon timeline here. (Unfortunately too busy to get back into MMOs but was very tempted to jump into FF14).
@@HauntingSpectre can't pass up the opportunity here lol. FF14 is THE game to play if you've just got an hour or two here or there. my best friend is a single dad and nurse and he's been going through it 30-60 minutes at a time after the kid goes to bed.
the game really respects your time and doesn't waste it on endless RNG grinds and dailies.
give a shot :) free trial up to level 60!
@@mjs3188 Oh I've heard. The issue is I am a Single income Family and I work 12-16 hours a day, to support the wife and kids staying home. Even when I'm on here, it's mostly headphones listening to the news while I do chores, or get ready for work.
The other issue that I get exceptionally sucked into video games, almost to an addictive level at the expense of my other duties.
Perhaps I'll show the kids though, the wife would play, but she's a little too anxious about MMOs (too much on the spot decision making. She prefers laid back)
@@HauntingSpectre Asmon mentioned this but FF doesn't demand your time like other games. You get to set your pace so your wife could log on and basically play as a single player game whenever she wants. I did that for half a year. Beyond that it's completely up to you how involved you get or how much time you wast... spend (cough cough) in gold saucer lol
If I had a chance to meet Yoshi-P or a movie star it would be Naoki Yoshida hands down.
I am 60+ years old player of FFXIV and totally caught up in this game. I love the different ability content and the story captured me. There always seem to be another goal to reach for.
One of the biggest thing I love about playing is the way it is handled/made so that it creates a community where the majority players are there to play and enjoy rather than grief other players.
My daughter grew up playing FF. She help get me started in this one online and I am so glad she did. This game is currently keeping her spirits up through her MS issues and inability to work and do things physically.
I would love for my comment to reach the creators and producers of this game so that they can be aware of how great this game is for not just any one group of players.
I hope they keep doing what they do.
Thank you, to them all. 🤗💗
Loved your story, I hope you keep playing for years to come, and wish your daughter all the best with her MS. I only just started playing a couple months ago, and I am in love with this game too.
I have been playing since the very first FF, and I love all the callbacks and easter eggs in this game. Simply phenomenal!
This is why Yoshi P is a fucking treasure. He is not corporate and fake like Ian, this is a man who has true passion for not only his game, but gaming in general. He loves the people who love his game and loves people who don't, but find enjoyment in other titles.
Truly the love the FFXIV Dev team have for their game shines through like a beacon calling all lost gamers to it with it's brilliance.
@@one_eyeddd473 I mean, keep in mind that Ion was also a lawyer before becoming a game dev, so it's no wonder he comes off as fake and corporate
Is that why the game is outdated, lack any community or PVP updates and lacks innovations? I think they sleep on the shoulders of the work of previous generations like most MMORPG MOBA studios. from playstation 1 2 era. like FF x-2. the game lack social and PVP updates. doesn't have chat bubbles (you only look at chat box whole day which sux), no smaller nameplates aka text font size option, voice chat, good 4v4 Arena style map like Heavens Arena from the King's Avatar animation, no frontline popout sound notification, outdated combat and subscription model, convoluted login/register system (cant even use afna at launcher reset password confirm email box), no blue mage in PVP, lack of innovations such combining already good PvE elements with PVP such as open-world raid bosses where players and guild fight to contest said bosses? compete for the boss. they could drop epic mounts o exp/gear tokens which could be a great alternative to story leveling. new players cannot share their content on ffxiv reddit... the comments are disabled in their youtube update videos...
watch the Kings Avatar so u can learn how to actually make complete game
doesn't change the fac the game has 500 ms animation lock + 2.5s global cd tab targeting combat. 20 years behind. they thought they will fix the combat by adding crazy animations, but that also just cluttered the game. mybe they could lower global cd to 2 second but anything lower hard because crazy animations. but the core problem si still there. tab targeting combat. not even hybrid action combat with skillshots and dodges. elt alone true action combat like Smite, Vindictus r the Kings Avatar animation. WoW TBC, for example, ahs bunch of instant casts too but only 1 second global cd. also wow tbc has chat bubbles and voice chat... ffxiv only has emotes and chat box. and it sux watching into chat bo whole day that get spammed. it is not socially itneractive. or actually good 4v4 map like heavens Arena from the Kings Avatar or open-world raid bosses where players and guild could fight to contest them....or ability to tame open world monsters as your mount....innovate....more PVP events/rewards/mounts, combine PvE and PVP elements... and ffxiv community often mix competitive spirit and rivallry with toxicity
@@GamingDualities lmao imagine writing all that you 🤡
You know he logs in and plays sometimes, right? Yoshi saved ffxiv, and he wants to keep it in good shape. He's been spotted on JP servers, but he tends to disappear if a crowd gathers.
@@GamingDualities A new copypasta is born, thank you.
I can't stop laughing at how Asmon was about to fall out of the back of his chair when Yoshida said, "it makes you wonder if these devs even play their game". Lmao
What? Timestamp?
What timestamp
47:22
The english translation of that comment comes around 47：22
47:14
My non-existant hat off to Aimi Tokutake.
She's been the MVP for the international side of FFXIV's press- and (social-)media-coverage.
do follow her on twitter she a great person
I believe she also do more works on other Final Fantasy project these past years. I remember watching her on FFVII Remake E3 conference too and some of their other presentations.
She’s awesome
It's so funny as well when Yoshi or another dev forget to give her a reasonable break point, and just keep talking and talking. There's been so many times that's happened at fan fests and such over the years, but she just handles it like a champ.
@@luxoriaa I can imagine she also get's summoned for the really important business meetings the CEO's have with other (non japanese) companies, etc...So translating something more casual like this is a probably piece of cake for her.
See Blizz? This, a simple "we wish you well" is all it fucking takes to have the whole MMO community think better of you. Man, I'm already sold and playing FFXIV, but even if I wasn't, I'd just go and buy the game right now. Yoshi is just a good human being and it shows. We support good people.
I actually went and downloaded the game after seeing this interview. I want to see what sort of game a person as great as this can make.
@@amped333 I hope you have fun. Welcome brotha
@@amped333 welcome to Eorzea fren
Dear spykp , let's not talk about blizard activison* here... FFXIV is too good to be spoiled by US problems IMO. (and I know I do add some spoiler too, but one can still try, you know).
*this might be spelled wrong on purpose.
Anyways dear spykp. I didn't mean to sh_t anyone up, it's all fair to say, blizzs cradual lying on the com, cash shops (token) just being a question of time for classic (WOTlK) etc (see madseasonshow latest videos, no king rules forever..., balad of the levelboost...) (or some of asmong) ultimately over time bringing the game's integrity to an end, all that due to activision - as it was similar with war3R (confirmed by wc3s former lead dev that was temporarily working on the R).. etc. So that it feels more like Activision milking Blizzard atm. Anyways...
So keep it in mind. I just say a video with this great developers over there (like I could watch this video 2x or 3x), is just too much of a treasure.
Okay sorry and take care.
Such a nice guy, gravity is doing well keeping this legend down to earth.
this is so well said, agree completely!
He’s always been a great guy, very hard working, humble and kind
Well said my guy
I wholeheartedly agree!!!
Earth used gravitiza on Yoshi
He mains BLM though not AST
Fucking insane, cannot believe this even happened. Even crazier that YoshiP knows about Asmon's mom's situation. Really shows that he has a good connection with his community and the people that plays his game.
I suspect whoever sets up the interviews does a lot of background checking on who they're chatting with, but still impressive regardless.
@@Derekloffin In Jesse's interview he said that he watched Jesse play the end of 5.0 MSQ and such, so maybe he just researches the community too
@@MaakaSakuranbo Could be. Regardless if it is him directly or a team he has which briefs him, it shows they actually keep up on things, at lot more than you can say for other companies and developers.
@@Derekloffin he may also be working while watching some video/streams. I know I do, sometimes.
@@Derekloffin they do their homework. Nevertheless, that’s a very good thing. I don’t even know if Blizzard Devs do any work anymore
This is the absolute opposite of wow developers. I'm impressed and humbled.
Im so used to being shit on that since I started playng ff xiv 4 months ago I still cannot comprehend there exist dev team like this. Im actually crying and laughing why did I waste so much time on wow. Literally even my health improved after those 4 months lmao.
The fact that yoshi p took time to learn a little bit about both rich and asmon, and offer that information to them on the first minute of conversation is so humbling. Yoshi P is an inspiration to all
@@vanyel_etc8695 Dude, asmon has probably brought milions of revenue for him. It would be insane if he didn't do that.
"developers" 😂
@@Sh-kx2rp I mean he knows more then blizzard devs
Jesus man. Yoshi P just becomes more and more incredible the more I learn about him. Asking about Asmon's mom and giving well wishes at the beginning of the interview was the absolute definition of classy. Such a stark contrast compared to the outright contempt Asmon's been shown by *other* game studios. You can just sense the passion of Yoshi P without even understanding what he's saying. I hope he knows how much of an amazingly graceful role model he is to so many people.
Yoshi-P is a gamer who happens to make games. That's why he's so relatable.
It's the embodiment of Iwata's great quote of "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer."
@@Kinross07 true, corporation that make money from game should always be aware to put game first before the money. when the developer lose their passion for making game, we player gonna feel it too. even without putting predatory live services and pay to win cash shop
that used to be true to Blizzard until Activision
He's part of a select breed of developpers. Hopefully more young gamers become devs in the future and produce high quality content as well !
Also as a Japanese he will make a game that feels a bit more different than what a western dev would create. Like it or hate it, it makes the game rather unique and different from a lot of what's out there. I may not be a hc player of FF14, but I liked what I saw. Ultimately I prefer "pre-abyssea" FF11 tho ;-)
This guy isn't just a brilliant game dev he's a pumper, he does ultimate and parses high too. He's a gamer.
This is why i firmly believe that game developers should be playing their own game cause it brings a new aspect to understanding games and balance Yoshi is a freaking legend brought ff14 from 1.0 to where it is now i struggle to think of a game developer who could do that
He’s a BLM main too which is even more awesome
@@zbeater4656 especially a live service game
@@dragondaddykushala7133 the companies should require their people to play the game. it would make a difference
I would like to point out that YoshiP's team has a different work ethos than most other game devs. YoshiP gives his team a lot of free time, and sometimes he has to *force* some of them to take their breaks. He doesn't believe in the crunch, and it has the nice side effect of giving the devs time to play their own game
Rich Honestly looks like a kid talking to his hero. It's adorable.
Because he is. And I don't mean this in calling him a kid. Honestly we're all kids, as we grow older a lot of us just learned how to act like adults. But in the end, deep down, we're all still kids.
I'd be choking up for words if I were talking to Yoshi-P lol.
Nothing wrong with being a kid, as long as you're responsible and serious when it's important
Im such a fan and also I'm new to the MMO world. Love the community btw.
@@airborn9156 I hope you enjoy your stay brotha
Dang, the fact that he immediately gave his regards and kind words to Asmon about his mom is lovely. This enormously successful video game director from a foreign country, taking the moment to acknowledge Asmon's personal struggle and wish him well is true respect. Yoshi is a true Chad.
I know everyone is talking about the start of the interview which was very heartwarming but I got to say at the ending of the interview when Yoshi.P offer's that when this pandemic is over they should grab a few drinks was very touching , I have never seen any other dev be this awesome! Like you can feel the connection in this interview and it's so heartwarming
Dude LOVES hanging out with fans, judging by all the stories I've heard from various Fanfests!
I chucle every time they call Asmongold "Asmon-san".
This interview was so wholesome hahah.
I have so much respect for Yoshi-P. The first thing he did, was wishing Asmon and his mom well.
Asmon-san and Rich-sama.
The translator did very well! The humbleness of a passionate creator and the respect of adoring fans. This is an hour video of pure excellence from all ends.
I think Yoshi-P is the first developer I've ever considered becoming a fan of. Great to see an excellent human being in the developer field.
@@boartank for the sake of this commen section i will not name the company
But i will do say that you are.
Based af
"Do these developers even play their own game?"
Oof, that's some heavy hardhitting-quality check over there
Even Asmon feels it
Timestamp 47:10 Yoshida Referring to "Other" MMOs: "Do these devs even play their own game?"
@@ArcaneFlowandFire Thank you kind internet stranger!
He's not shy about why certain games have started to fail. He's a smart dude.
Dark Knights would like to ask Yoshi P the same question.
in a old mogtalk episode sindalf a world first raider asked 'do they even play their own game' in reference to a comment they made about acceptable ping.
amazingly yoshi later came on mogtalk and gave a pretty emotional response to sindalfs comment
i'm sure this comment was said quite flippantly by sindalf but it shows how serious yoshi takes that sentiment.
This interview was so refreshing. They’ve all been interesting, but mostly your standard fare. Asking about job changes and system updates and what not. It was really cool to just see Yoshi-P having a casual conversation with you guys about general gaming things. Not even really about Endwalker at all. Not many devs would use what is essentially their marketing time to just shoot the breeze with players.
That in itself is marketing though. That human side is specifically what asmon and rich have been saying was missing and a detriment to the other place. They both will have considered this interview a success and sung the praises of SE off the back of it
Exactly. Compare this to Blizzard lmao and its not even comparable. Its as of Blizzard, the greed corporation, doesnt care about its consumers, and I mean, dont wven view them as humans.
I say that with confidence because in comparison, this guy really treats asmon and rich as humans in this interview.
He's not worrying about maximizing the "advertisement" in what he says. He even ends up saying He wants to go for drinks at the end lmao.
Cant even be compared to the joke that is Blizzard. Blizzard is truely a big Corp. That doesnt fucking care and noone cares.
But here is first proof that all it takes, is the lead developer in such a big Corp, to view his consumers as people... and just treat them normally and not as walking "soon to be revenue", Yoshi evwn goes SO FAR as to urge people not to only play HIS game!
Like, how good hearted is this guy? He wants people to actually have fun, because he knows he is bringing us entertainment.
Compare that to Blizzard where even mentioning another game is out of the question. And im beating the dead horse here but im just so happy to see how a powerful guy at a Corp like this actually dont have to be a soulles, greedy, heartless, money-siphoning, twat.
Yoshi P is a guy that you would easily befriend, if he went to the same school as you as a kid. And he's not afraid to show it either and this has seeped into the game itself, which is a good thing and that is why I think the game has become so popular.
@@MikeRees yes it is, BUT! if they market their product by so good heartrdly, OPENLY admitting to not ONLY stick to their product but enjoy the product of the competition too, then have my money. You sold me at showing you had core principals. Because principals in a human, will go anywhere he goes. In his product aswell and that is exactly what has happend here. I dont even play the game and I was happy hearing this interview.
It's pretty amazing what having an actual, honest to god gamer in charge of the game will do, as opposed to leads that hardly ever play ANY game, let alone their own game. Like hearing him talk about how he played all those old MMORPGs was just such a thrill, because I played a good chunk of them myself growing up (though granted I'm a bit younger). I remember playing UO back in, I think it was middle school, back on my old dial-up modem, so hearing that he had at least some of those same experiences as me really proves how much he just loves playing games.
I agree, in fact this works out very well for Asmon and Rich as they have not completed FFXIV they leave questions about game changes to the veterans and focus their questions on MMOs in general and their time in FFXIV instead.
It doesn't even matter that he has a team of people briefs him on many of the streamers' content. The fact that he HAS such a team to help him follow the game's content creator is already huge
He actually watches a lot of these streamers omelet. Everyone on the dev team does.
Whether he genuinely follows all these things or if the PR team is just so competent that it makes it appear that he does, either way, it’s something for other developers to emulate
On top of that, asking after Asmons mom is something really extra, too. Even if you have a PR team briefing you, taking the time to acknowledge that is meaningful. Especially considering that the last year has been especially rough on YoshiP by way of several people close to him going through medical struggles. You can tell it's genuine.
This whole media tour has blown me away coming from Blizzard attacking their community on Twitter.
A certain other company also has a media team, but look how far that got them
@@yuuschzhie8822 you mean the multi dollar company?
I love how he isn't afraid to admit he and his team is also excited to try New World.
It's the right mindset for a developer to have to make a better FFXIV.
Okay, who else would love to just have a stream of Yoshida nerding out about games he has played in the past?
I personally would love to see where he comes from as a gamer more.
I'd love to hear him just talking about Dragon Quest for hours.
He probably likes to hide in other games and play as a random so he plays as everyone else and not swamped like streamers
He's actually a HUGE fan of Diablo 2. There's. A picture floating around of him at blizzcon YEARS ago, you know before...everything happened
I'm actually impressed that Yoshi-P actually met multiple people and answer them personally, instead of asking, say, Koji to handle one party and Soken to handle the other, Oda another and Ishikawa another. The fact that that he himself decided to do so alone is impressive. Can't say for any other MMORPG cos I only pay attention to FFXIV but if the other games also did it like this, then that is also amazing.
To be fair, right now I think that Yoshi-p has to do the effort when it comes to PR because HE is the face of FFXIV and because he is the only one "available". Right now the studio Yoshi-p is directing has to finish Endwalker and work on FFXVI. Souken is most likely the main composer for FFXVI soundtrack and Koji may also have his hands tied to localise FFXVI outside of Japan. While most of the heavy work has been done, the whole team needs to polish the finer details for Endwalker as the Devteam chose to end the whole Zodiark Vs Hydaelyn thing in 6.0 and having 6.1 begin a new whole saga within the FFXIV world.
@@randomstreamer2868 Fair
@@randomstreamer2868 pretty sure this isn't the first time he has done this kind of thing. People have talked highly of this guy for years. Not just recently but years.
@@randomstreamer2868 this is nothing new dude prev media tour they even inv face to face and have one big dinner..this year cuz of covid that why they have to do remotely
That’s what leaders do
I love how Yoshi-P is looking at them so intensly at times, trying to grasp every facial expression they have. So invested in this conversation, i love it
He speaks some english, so he might be trying to understand verbally as well
I love how he thanks the invitees for taking time out of *their* busy schedules when the man's literally leading the development on multiple games for one of the biggest game companies in the world.
Side note: Prayers up for Asmon and the family.
Blizzard: Other MMOs? Do whatever we can to bury info about them under interest and hype for our own releases
Yoshi-P: Other MMOs? Fantastic, competition to keep pushing us to be the best we both can be and make the genre grow and evolve
thats just respect and clean competiton, i think that this dev is like the peak of honor, the honor that wow used to make me feel, and that blizzard lost long ago. or pheraps never had...
Wow, Yoshi is a true game developer. 100% genuine. This guy cares about his players to go out of his way to do this interview and ask about Asmon's mom. Blizz, I'm sorry, but you better be taking notes in that conference room you are in watching this video.
Someone who loves to play MMOs made a good MMO. Who would have thought, huh? This is what the gaming industry has forgotten. If you don't have love for the product you are only going to put in half the effort for it.
@@sik3xploit He did not once ask Asmongold or Rich if they had a phone ! :)
Money can't buy good moral character. Blizz won't learn from that
@@FreeMenDieFree Correct!
Utter class.
Jesus Christ, I know so many people praised Yoshi-P and I didn't really, fully understand why.. The man is a game developer, but he acts more human than just about anyone I've ever seen. Humble, kind, and about a million other things. I'm actually pretty stunned and understand where the FF community comes from when reveering this man.
There's a reason the community comes together every year to make birthday presents for this man lmao
Perchance, jave you seen the clip from Fanfest when they talked about Soken's cancer battle? Yoshida really poured his heart out there. Hell, even back in the ARR launch there are clips of him getting very publicly emotional.
@@JackgarPrime Recalling the noclip documentary about ARR, it was very clear that Soken was one of the very first people who was onboard with Yoship about remaking the game. It’s very understandable that they would feel very close to each other, and I’m sure the whole dev team probably feels very close-knit without the whole “this workplace is a family” bs in other teams.
@@NaohMkS with the amount of evangelists for FFXIV it pretty much already is lol
He is one of the few instances where you put someone in charge of a game that actually cares about the game, plays the game, and cares about the playerbase. He "cooks" the game with love and it shows.
Blizzard leaders: *silence*
Random Blizzard dev: Asmon is an asshole.
Yoshi-P: Thank you for taking time to attend our event. Our thoughts and prayers go out to your mother.
What an AMAZING, almost shocking, difference in attitude.
Also Yoshi-P: Please play other games aswell
LOL
1) Nice name I love it!! 2) Yes, even when they were revamping FFXIV to ARR they kept giving us content and showing us they genuinly cared, This is my last mmo I can freely take breaks from FFXIV to play oither games because of my life schedule but FFXIV is always subbed too.
Being humble wins in the long run,
Edit: The person who I was replying to deleted their own reply... They basically were just claiming that Yoshi-P was doing it all for the PR, and made a tangent/generalization about JP people and their politeness being two-faced.
And here we have the person who's overly conscious about the actions of another human being.
Btw if you couldn't tell, I just made an assumption (not even close to being a good one) about you, who I can't possibly know what goes on in your head. This, funnily enough, is what you're doing: Making an assumption & generalization about someone you barely even know about. While we're at assumptions I'll make another one! You're probably the type who thinks any interaction someone does has some sort of hidden agenda behind it (I'm probably wrong, but I'm just poking silly fun).
For all we know, yeah he could be doing a PR stunt, or he could just be a developer who likes getting in touch with community, or it could be a bit of both (and imo, the last one isn't really a bad thing).
I really question the point of your comment (I mean, I'm also kinda wasting my time but I have nothing to do atm), you're not really going to change many people's perspectives. I mean if you want to cause a tiny bit of discord well... good for you I guess. But seriously, comments like these won't do anything on a video that already has an overwhelmingly good response to Yoshi-P, you should probably go make your own forum post somewhere else... Which, tbh, probably won't do much either.
Why are you so concerned about our views and trust on Yoshi-P as a developer, it's not like we're really doing anything to affect you in particular. Hell why are you even here to begin with again? Congrats, you've shown your ability to overthink and your great awareness shows no bounds.
p.s. I wasn't commenting on your take on Japanese culture, generally speaking that could be true, but that's still a generalization. Not every Japanese person acts like that to a T.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet Yoshi P in person a few times during finding my love for FFXIV over the last 7 years that I’ve played. He always makes time for the players, even if it’s saying hello at a fanfest, popping in to a final fantasy 14 organised event as a complete surprise as he just so happened to be in London at the time, sneaking in to give out raffle prizes or giving people the chance to be heard. He has also been known to sing in a rock band, cosplay, and keep us entertained for hours with Koji Fox, Soken, Aimi and the gang all for the fun of it or entertainment for the players and passion he has got what he does 💜
How cool is it that Yoshida-san ended the interview with, "See you next time!" instead of just the kind of dismissal you'd typically see from a corporate executive? Yoshi-P really loves the game and the people who choose to spend their time there, and it shows! Looking forward to that next time that "Asmon-san" and "Rich-san" get to speak again with Yoshi-P! ^_^
That’s what all Japanese do, it’s not just him.
@@johnlicht6532 Not at all, if anything it's the opposite, Japanese people are very careful to not step out of line, they're very respectful but never so open and "casual" in their conversations with people they aren't really close with. Yoshi-P is absolutely an exception to this, for example in Japan crying in public is seen as being "weak", but he's cried already more than once, you would NEVER see most Japanese game directors/producers showing emotions like that.
@@Ew-wth There is SOME difference in eastern and western in that eastern isn't generally interested in alienating their audience in order to push politics
@@Ew-wth Nope it's not a nonsense. Politeness cultures in western vs eastern are VERY different.
@@Ew-wth Am I though?
He’s so attentive, positive, and down to earth. I’m so happy to be part of this community. My heart swelled when he asked about the well being of Asmon’s mom. This man deserves a crown. Thank you Yoshi-P, for everything.
I couldn't have said it better myself. 🥺🥺❤️❤️
Yoshi-P is such a wholesome man. The way he started mention asmon mom, and rich with his doble legend before any question, plus all the time he put for question with content creators before a release is something that, a lot of current or ex WoW players that follow asmon, we have never saw and probably never will.
Also very nuts you guys got the legend itself for an interview
Blizzard: Calls their #1 content creator an asshole and barely acknowledges him.
Yoshi P: Has only had Asmon's attention for a matter of months, not only takes an interview but checks in on his mother.
Pikabad
@@trignite But a great move indeed
@@trignite This argument is so stupid. Yoshi-P is well known for being down to earth, and he has proven that a LOT of times, so it's already hard that it is all marketing since its hard to keep up with a lie for so long, but even if it was all marketing, that's already better than basically 99% of companies out there. It's like saying companies donating to cancer is just a marketing move, well no shit, but it's still better than not doing it right? Having a company invest time doing good things just to look good for branding is way better than just ignoring your public altogether like blizzard does.
I swear ffxiv's PR team needs one hell of a raise not only because of this particular interview
or maybe they get paid properly already and because of that they're doing such a great job :P
Well this just bring the dev's job to another level, being a player of many games, having the player mentality so he knows how players feel and also getting a taste of other games, this guy is fully commited being both dev and player, also the idea of open communication is a healthy position to keep on making good content, in the end devs make content for players so having the right idea of what content to deliver is a huge plus since if something is not good its gonna take devs' time for something that players won't appreciate since its out of their taste (looking to deliver both for casual and hardcore/challenge-heavy players is smart)
Also i think that any kind of repetitive or farm heavy content that requires you to play the same thing over and over on a daily basis just to get on a higher level of gear is not a healthy mechanic for mmos, kinda like forcing your players to get tired of playing the same thing over and over (wow reference) to the point your players fuming with negativity and then you have the gap between devs and players, the devs don't know whats wrong and they think its the players' fault whereas in reality this system leads to the players' dissatisfaction.
P.s. the idea of a head-dev having a lot of control on what the game leads to in the future instead of executives is a very good thing, the first party is specializing on the game in depth and the second party has interest and knowledge on corporate development, but the game is played by people who like games so a person that is close to that will deliver better than someone who has nothing to do with that, to sum it up the head dev has more freedom to do his thing to get the game higher with less restrictions from the higher ups, the higher ups are happy the game is going in a good/upwards direction so they are happy with that.
And this is why FF14 fans are so protective of the game. The director himself feels like part of the community instead of a face used to milk money.
He plays with community, I think its every month. But yeah it's super awesome.
Being protective and being assholes while shiting on other games are 2 different things. There is a line that most people that claim to be protective usually cross just to get an ego boost ( "my game is better than yours now so fuck you" ) . Its OK being a bit protective, but hiding behind that to get your hate fix or to harass streamers and players is not fine and people should fuckin acknowledge that more often, as its the first step to having a more healthy community.
@@anonnobody3901 yeah I managed to spy him once on a JP datacenter, unfortunately didnt get to get into the 24m he had organized.
@@Shiirow he comes to NA data centers to. Thing is as soon as word gets out which takes like 2 minutes the whole sever he is on will lock out.
full of sheet and oudated is what I see. always preaching how good u are blablabla when ur game is 20 year behind at this point. they never listen to the community. new players cant post on reddit, comments disabled on yt videos, no chat bubbles ro voice chat ingame... 0 community or pvp updates 0 innovations... time to ge real. always talking sheet about blizzard just because content creators love drama and are full of sheet. booth games are oudated. an I still haven't seen a single prooff of everything people cause blizzard of. nd these devs arent gods. they are humans btw. I think u alll should actually start working on your own game before u try to preach to everybody else because ur game is oudated. belive or not. fk me
that moment when you realize that this is the closest to an Allcraft that they can possibly get with YoshiP. Glad that they were able to have this opportunity to talk to the man himself.
I am seriously impressed with the interpreter being able to translate the genuineness of what they are saying without losing any of it. She made the conversation seem like it flowed super well. Also props to the editor for keeping some stuff in and cutting out others during translation. I liked watching this video a LOT. All around amazing.
49:00 When Aimi knows the gaming community, so well she corrects Rich saying "NoPixel" (the GTA RP server) into "NoClip" (the documentary channel) in her translation to Yoshi P
I didn't even notice that when I heard that moment. I was listening for her to say NoPixel, even though I watched the NoClip documentary years ago. I just forgot their name
yo nice catch! she also had a ton of MMO lingo down. i mean, obviously she works at squenix so she knows her shyt, but i remember having to do translations for my company, and we hired another translator but he didnt know the game genre terminology. so i was backup translation for the particularly technical jargon.
@@Supersonic some people want a 1 for 1 translation, but sometimes sentence structures do not work that way and you do need the flexibility to insert/remove a word or two.
I was in the camp of “I’ve poured so much into wow, I can’t leave”, and the recent lawsuit pushed me over the edge. Grabbed my friends and we cancelled our subs and joined FFXIV. It was pretty amazing to realize that the game we had been poking fun at for so long is actually superior and just MORE FUN in so many ways. You can tell how much love is put into this, and how much they care about the community. So happy.
Let me guess the word weeb game came up more than once?
Regardless glad you and your friends enjoy the game.
Welcome to you and your friends! Glad you’re enjoying it too!!
@@jamesregan7398 a lot of assumptions about it just being weird anime without any structure, and too many sparkles. Turns out it’s just such a solidly made game, and there’s something for everyone without anything feeling like a chore. Only thing wow does better IMO is the transmog collection system.
@@nmgagnon that's pretty much the general basis people assume then throw out the word weeb as well, but I'll say this you are right about the transmog collection it is a better system that and blizz does have a more efficient way for players to pay for their game.
Blizz Dev: "this guy is an a-hole."
FF Dev: "thank you for your time, I hope your mom is going to be fine."
This really encapsulates Blizzard vs good studios like the one working on FFXIV quite well.
The virgin bliz dev vs the chad square dev
This times a million. Hit the nail on the head so hard, it actually got driven into another dimension.
@Jay Bee You COULD say that but there is a problem... There is a very terrible track record and trail of destruction laying behind Blizzard. They have so much damning past behind them that when they do something "good" it will always appear to be a stunt. However, Yoshi-P has a track record for kindness, caring, knowledge and professionalism, so when he does something "good" it isnt seen as out of place or a stunt... its simply seen as who he is.
This needs to be a meme so blizzard can see themselves for what they are. Even tho they won't learn nothing from it.
The fact that he took the time to look into each person and even gave his condolences on asmonds mom is outstanding, more gamedevs need to act like ff14
At the end Yoshi P says he would love to go out drinking with them to talk shop and meet face to face. That's next level kindness and consideration and not something you ever hear about devs doing. Hopefully this man inspires our children so compassion will rule the gaming industry instead of profits. When you work from compassion the profits come naturally. Just look at the comments on this video and you will see people are starving for compassion from their favorite development companies.
You hit the nail on its head. I just compared some of the things he said in this interview with any and every blizzard interviews Ive ever heard.
Its not even comparable. The guy is literally so good hearted that he's talking about other brands, nay, the brand of the direct competition of his own product and says "dont only consume my product. Consume theirs too!"
He unironically wants people to have fun. Like... wow. Its insane how this is the only guy as a lead dev. At such a big Corp who is so kind. And I bet I havent even seen a fraction of it yet. I dont even play the damn game!
LOL Im just laughing thinking about a Blizzard interview where they mentioned another brand by name. Hahahahha its like imagining the unreal being real. Cant compute in my brain.
Let alone just telling everyone, in the free marketing time, to go play other games and not only his one. Hahahha its so far away from the greedy blizzard mindset that I dont even know anymore.
I feel like its good in a way thoigh, that wow us dying. It was a thing of the past. Let the new game with people who make it that actually want their consumers to have fun and not viewing them (like blizzard) as walking dollar bills and revenue.
And yes this is the best way to garner revenue, which all companies care about in the end cos they are bussinisses afterall, because if you have trust with your consumers, then they will stay your consumers.
If you have to re-sell your product every month to someone who already bought your product (like blizz) then its a loss long term, because obv. The back bone ans structure of the whole product was a quick money scheme and not a love and passion for the product itself, like final fantasy 14. I could go on but you get the point.
This guy knows how to run a company as the lead game dev! All it took was compassion, good heartedness and actual passion for the product itself!!!
Only dev I could think of that has a similar approach is CD Projekt Red
preach
@@zulawoo They run their devs into the ground and lied about state of Cyberpunk. They're not what they used to be during Witcher times anymore.
@@boccobadz I'm not bashing Witcher at all but they had several hardcore problems during development of that game as well. I remember seeing an article about a 3D model animator working insane overtime hours and being paid next to nothing for it. Gamedev in general is not the best profession in that regard sadly
I didn’t understand the praise for Yoshi P.
“Hello Asmon, I hope your mom is well”
Now I understand.
Edit: holy shit guys, thanks for the love.
Yoshi P was great through the whole interview.
Really enjoying the game too.
Lvl 80 War, Drk, white mage
Lvl 50 black mage
It's such a common sense thing you do for other people yet we praise Yoshi P because we know a modern blizzard rep would probably not have said the same in the same situation.
I know right!!! OMG! That's so moving to me!!
Its the simple things
@@mann0311 I agree
Back when Asmon was still aversive towards FF, he said; "but what if I play it, and it's actually good?". Look at us now.
I was SOO sure back then that , just like many other games he tried, he will stop a few days in.
I thought he would take his promise to reach max level back
It is what it is 👀
@@Magerquark Haha yeah I didn't think he'd actually make it to the content parts that he would really enjoy. Although I had the suspicion that he'd really, really like the game if he'd stick around long enough.
I’ve never watched any 14 content or played the game for that matter… but this video caught my attention as I’m always interested in how developers approach their games and the community behind them. This dude seemed so genuine you can’t help but like him. I don’t see myself playing the game as it’s not up my alley, but man…. I have nothing but respect for this guy.
He's also working on Final Fantasy 16. You should play that when it comes out
HOW MANY CRYSTALS WERE USED FOR THE SUMMONING?!
In all seriousness though this is incredible that they actually got to interview Yoshi P.
In one of the other interviews Yoshi was asked to confirm or deny the fan theory that he's a Primal who has tempered the player base. He claims it's not true.
I wondered myself! Im like he JUST got here! xD
about ten times the amount Blizzard pays back to its old employees
@@shimasclan that's what a primal would say 🤔
FF14 Director: Hi Asmon, I hope your mom is okay
Wow Devs: Asmongold is an asshole
😂
XD
100%
Choose your friends wisely, bliz only make more enemies.
That is Blizzard in a nut shell. Hence why I do not blame any streamer or gamer for not playing a game where devs hate the player base and only want them to spend money on that 6 month mount~ XD.
At last this is the Legendary Interview we were waiting for, but honestly the best part was Yoshi-P being considerate about Asmon's mom health issue, a legendary game developer, gamer and human being indeed.
Today was the first day I played FFXIV. My gaming spirit feels so alive again.
Welcome to Eorzea. Please don't be afraid to talk to other players. The community has plenty of kind hearted persons willing to help sprouts.
Enjoy your adventure :)
Very welcoming people I met, for sure.
You know what? I think Mister Yoshi-sama shows exactly what it is that made people so easily lose interest in something like WoW. Community interaction. The way he keeps himself connected to the gamers so much is such a significant feeling, showing he's not some corporate idiot.
My time of gaming lately has been so dully, but like I said... it is alive again.
Welcome :D
Holy shit I think I will try FF also, Yoshi-P is so motivated and positive about his work, man this is really great !
I hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to Eorzea!
If you try it I hope you will enjoy it! ❤️
I played it and I enjoyed it. Going to sub again after I get stable internet. I liked the outfits the most and jobs being role-locked the least.
I'm not quite 30 yet, but I can definitely see the appeal.
One little tip the hardcore raiding feels so good if you know the story.
I actually met him at a gamescom. He congratulated me for beating a boss i haven't killed up until that point and we took a picture together. He's such a chad. My buddy even got the chance to play a savage fight with yoshi P. He was also in the jury for a cosplay competition. I put the pic as my profile now in case theres doubt.
What a mega chad.
@@spacejunk2186 based and lalapilled
That's amazing! So happy for you! ❤️ What a moment. 😄
@@8bitchiptune420 have put in the pic as my profile in case you doubt it
@@nordiclania the pic is now my profile pic in case theres doubt
This felt more like an All"craft" Episode, sureal how different everything is today compared to a few months ago. Thanks to all of you guys. Amazing work.
Yoshi did 30 interviews, all lasting around an hour....what a guy!
Oh it gets worse/better there was over 40 Japanese interviews
Wow I never really noticed how the translators have to mimic mannerisms and laugh when they laughed big props this woman is a pro I speak Japanese and English and it’s very well done 👏
This man is a fucking gem of a human being. You can tell he oozes passion for his game. No stuffy corporate lawyer answers like Ion always gives. Granted, he is speaking Japanese, but still. You can tell even through translation.
@Jay Bee why do you think he has to?
@@deast1827 Because the WoW gamers are biased against the WoW devs due to years of being mistreated and talked down to by the dev team. Thus, Ion would be harangued for the slightest thing, because the expectation was already implied due to whom he is at Blizzard.
Squeenix prevented that by doing the opposite, by being humble and caring and staying connected to their players. Thus, Yoshi P is beloved and the ground he walks on is worshipped (/good_natured_sarcasm).
@Jay Bee Bullshit. The reason Ion acts the way he does is because he is forced to by owners of their corporation. If this wasn't about enforcing "modern western culture" which is only about destruction and pitting everyone at each other like some dogs in a ring, all one would have to do is just start doing the right thing. PR BS once, but the next time one does something genuinely again, you would have to start appreciating it. For obvious reasons this will never happen but my point stands.
@Jay Bee "The wow community would say it was fake PR BS" ... like you're doing right now? mmk
@@XBullitt16X Amazing considering he isn't some random developer. He leads one of SE division making games such as FF14 or FF16. he still is very grounded and talks to random fans like myself at fan fest or Gamescom. He sometimes is in the crowd listening to concert of their FF14 band, too.
Wow so nice of Yoshi to ask about Asmon’s mom. It’s the little things like that make fans appreciate the devs so much. I was waiting for this interview!
PROTECT YOSHI-P AT ALL COSTS.
I am not an FF fan by any means, I tried it and really couldn't get along with the art style and UI. However that's a purely subjective thing, and I completely appreciate the game as a whole, maybe I'll give it another go after seeing this. This interview was incredible, Yoshi-P is exactly what the MMO community has been needing, how he is genuinely excited about the New World release because it excites the gaming community is so refreshing, this guy is a gem.
Yeah completely agree, I also tried and it wasn't for me. You can tell he genuinely cares, a stark difference from Ion.
You can customize the ui to your liking if you ever decide to come back 😁
Yeah man give it another try sometime. I actually bounced off FFXIV two times before, but at the third time I went a bit deeper into the game and rn I'm having a blast even tho I'm barely finishing RR as level 58 dragoon. It's so refreshing after wow, just need some time to adjust the "cultural shock" I'd call it. Highly recommend :D
If the UI bugs you, if its a layout issue, there is a whole thing built in that you can completely rearrange it so it is more comfortable for you. Like.. everything. Every single aspect of the UI can be moved to where you want it. I would suggest looking into it, cause the game is SO worth the effort
It's brand new so I'm giving it some benefit of the doubt, but New World is dry as fuck in content so they better have big plans.