Naoki Yoshida, 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV 

ever since I saw this man cry 7 years ago, I knew he was the real deal

"Executives nowadays, if someone were to attempt to make an MMORPG, they would probably advise to make something like Fortnite instead." Too sad, too real...

Everytime there is a new piece on XIV i get ready for emotions. The history and people behind XIV is just something I will never forget. What an exceptional game.

Yoshi-P is the man.

Yoshida is like the caring friend/uncle/father we all want. I've never been so sure that a main FF would be amazing until now that he's coordinating XVI's development.

よくプレイヤーからは「吉田ー！」と責められることでお馴染みだが、それは自分が悪者になることも厭わずに表舞台に出て責任を取っていることの裏返しでもある。ここまで真摯にプレイヤーと向き合って応えてくれるクリエイターを他に知らない。

he is correct!! graphics standards are causing games to stagnate devs should focus on other aspects to make evolutions in games... anyways, thank you again archipel wonderful video!!!!!

初めて2週間ですが、FCの仲間に優しくしていただき、このゲームデザインに驚き、友人2人にソフトをプレゼントしました。ストーリーの造詣の深さも面白しですし、この世界に潜る日が続いてます。ありがとうございます！ 実は新生のお使いクエストに疲れ、一年前にトライした時は断念したのですが、 アップデートでやりやすくなりました！

You can tell he loves what he does, it's sad that thats becoming more and more rare here in the west.

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It'd be great to have an interview with Natsuko Ishikawa who worked on the writing in Shadowbringers

When u see the head of the project sheds tears, his team sheds tears about their journey in developing a project that was born dead,, and making into a masterpiece,, and when u see the leader crying for 1 of his dedicated members, u know that this project is a born of passion not money,, ffxiv is the result of passion

Yoshi p is impressive honest and open minded, talk openly about lots of other games from other companies, seems to really like videogames and those kind of experiences. I really like him, his way of working and thinking and, for me, he is the new face of Square Enix (and I'm not even a player of FFXIV)

Perfect interview, loved the sincerity and wholesomeness of Yoshi-P! Wish more people watch this.

取材お疲れ様です。 ff14を建て直し日本屈指のmmorpgにしたのは間違いなく吉田さんの力だと思います。 今後のffブランドをより進化させていくことになると思います。14の進化と16の販売を一ファンとして楽しみにしています。

そこにあるひとつのピースは与えられている場所にハマらなくても別の場所でハマるかもしれない。大事なことは使えそうなピースをどれだけ集められるか。。。そして引き出しにしまっておいたピースをベストなタイミングで適材適所に配れる人がたくさんの人に担がれる世の中になって欲しい。吉田直樹sanの仰るピースを人と捉えることも出来ました。ピース＝人。そして吉田直樹sanは人に担がれるべき人ですね。

このゲームが人生の一部になりました。本当にありがとう。

Thank you for this! This is such a beautiful interview. Yoshida-san is an amazing person, I will always continue supporting FFXIV (and FFXVI)

Yoshi-P Yoshi-P Yoshi-P Yoshi-P Yoshi-P Endless amount of love, respect and gratitude for this humble and passionate man :) Played in 1.0 and enjoyed myself and when i saw their promise to fix things, i wanted to show my support as most developers would just kill off a failed game. FFXIV has given me the best memorable experience in gaming history:)

Man, just watching the opening thinking about how I quit XI for XIV on launch and went through that journey with Yoshi-P. I've stuck with it because of the amazing vision he's had for the game.. I always get teary for the anniversary event cutscene and ima cry some real big tears when he leaves.

Such fascinating interviews. He said the dissapointments and joys are what make you grow in the end 😢❤

such caring person, and FFXIV community too man, this is what we want from a game

What an amazing interview (as always!) Yoshi P. is probably THE game creator out there that I respect the most, and considering how many amazing people we have in the game industry now days, that says a lot. The old press conference where he cried openly still gets me to this day. He's such a sincere and passionate guy who cares immensely for his creations and team, and I love every live letter, every interview and every appearance he does. Thank you so much for the video.

Commenting for algo because your channel needs all the attention it can get.

I can't express how much I love these interviews, along with the superb editing and music. Nothing but love and respect for those who work so hard to make these and the awesome people they feature!

He's like a hero who emerges amidst the chaos to save the day and lead the people to a better future. We love Yoshi-P!

素晴らしいインタビュー映像でした ちゃんと未来を考えつつ信念がぶれてないね吉田さん

Though he would probably think me silly for saying so, I must say Yoshi-P is such a hero to me. His work ethic and story are inspirational.

How has this video remained so hidden away for so long??? I've NEVER seen an FF14 streamer or someone react to this. This is such a good interview/documentary.

Amazing work! Thanks you so much! So much respect for Yoshida!

I always enjoy how genuine and candid Yoshida is in his interviews. It's not something you get from too many developers. Final Fantasy XIV is fantastic, Shadowbringers was everything I wanted out of XIV and I am excited to play XVI. I haven't been in love with a singleplayer Final Fantasy game since FFVIII. But I do love the dark high fantasy vibes of Shadowbringers and XVI.

Thank you for another awesome interview Archipel! This video will have a special place in my heart, Naoki Yoshida words are really inspire!

This video need to have more view, showing the new player how much effort , love and work the devs gives for this great MMO Final Fantasy

Archipel, yall are angels in earth 😌❤ Thanks for bringing all those great people a little closer to us. Its amazing to hear them express themselves and get to know them more. And personally i admire them more and more all the time. The world would be so boring without all of them. ❤

What an interview, as good as the game itself. They have all my respect, and this channel too.

one big reason I love ff14, Yoshi P and the dev team as a whole is they're never afraid to hype something up, but they're also completely aware and take into account if what they're planning is a possibility or a pipe dream, he can recognise that he and his dev team are capable of a lot and will push them to the best of their capabilities for the players sake but they also recognise that over promising on something can completely tarnish a good reputation and destroy a dev teams morale especially in MMO development, I genuinely think it's that philosophy coupled with good ethics and smart people running it's development that it's stayed so strong and only increased in it's quality and appeal. GG Yoshi P

The man 🙌🏻 thank you for all you do Archipel.

Loving the whole caravan so far ❤! Thanks for the amazing videos TT_TT

This was a lovely interview. Fantastic work as always from this channel!

Yet again, Archipel delivers an amazing interview. This is truly a blessing, having such an amazing team dedicated to closing the gap between artists, developers, designers and fans. Thank you!

I can't wait to see where this game will take us in the future. YohiP is truly the man.

Thank you for all the great work, this channel it's a pearl in the youtube's ocean.

Thankyou Archipel for your moving content that still help keep me inspired years later T^T

Naoki Yoshida is one of the wisest and best directors still out there. True to his fans and his game. The complete opposite of todays greedy little minds.

man this video was the real deal... I got shivers down my spine and now I'm all emotional Thinking back on mmo's back in the day and all the experiences I had seeing this man talk about the behind the scenes of everything just made me appreciate all of it so much more god I hope mmo's get the revival they deserve again

Interview with one of my favorite Japanese creators of all?! Now that's a nice birthday gift to wake up to!

This was fantastic work and the questions he had were clearly a cut above the standard fare.

It might be just me but I enjoy Yoshi P's stories about when he games. You rarely hear those kinds of stories from Devs

This is awesome. Really appreciate the english subtitles. Great work. I've only started playing FFXIV for a few months but I could feel the weight on YoshiP's shoulders when he was talking about the work he put into revamping ARR. Thanks for this content!

Such an underrated channel geez!! Loved every second of the video!

Incredible piece you guys truly create the most non intrusive interviews I love the lack of over editing and that you focus more directly on what he’s saying versus trying to make the video just visually pleasing like you see with most docu style content in the west. As an editor I’m in love with the videos this channel generates please never change your style it’s very respective of the artists story and talent and I really appreciate that.

He's so inspiring. In fact, I also dream of creating games, but I'm even ashamed to talk about it. Thank you for this interview. I will try to be more courageous to become the same person as you.

I can't tank you enough for this interview! I love Yoshi-P and all he has done for FFXIV.

Lovely! Hope Akihiko Yoshida will be interviewed soon!

こんなに感動するゲームをありがとうございます。いつも楽しく戦友たちと一緒に旅をしています!吉田さんお体に気をつけてこれからも頑張ってください!

This is a really nice documentary of the man behind FFXIV. He's been through a lot, let's applaud him.

I have so much fun playing FFXIV. All thanks to this man's team. And as always, great documentary!

Thank you, Naoki Yoshida and Square Enix members for saving FFXIV. I played on the first open beta of the first version and i didn't feel it was a nice mmorpg to buy. When it was rebooted and turned on A Realm Reborn, i was amazed and bought the key right after the open beta. Then i paid a half-year subscription on a instant. It is really a such awesome experience! One of the best MMORPGs i played on my life alongside with Ragnarok, WoW (until cataclysm) and Aion (which was awesome until its 1st expansion). Thank you, Archipel for bringing us this awesome documentary with outstanding quality. Greetings from Brazil!

Excelent video and interview as always . I have to say that Yoshida is really honest , like suprisingly honest . I really want to see what else he comes up with in the future.

Such an underrated channel, I hope you will get more attention

nom nom algo loves this, also great video, I'm sharing this to my friends that play the game

De fato o Yoshida é uma mente brilhante, ele com certeza tem bastante conhecimento não só sobre MMORPGS mas da indústria de jogos como um todo, cada vez mais que eu pesquisou sobre sua pessoa, eu fico extremamente admirado com a sua visão sobre o desenvolvimento de jogos.

There are many game creators who have made great works and gained many followers, but not many who are as "loved" as he is.

This channel is a wonderful inspiration for creativity.

I respect so much this man as a Project Manager, what he (and his team) accomplished with A Realm Reborn is unbelievable, Noclip also has a 3 part documentary on the subject i higly recommed.

If there is one person to trust in terms of game development, it's Yoshi P, no questions asked. I am grateful he is in charge of ff16

These videos will be really lovely to revisit 5-10yrs from now. Makes one wish more of this was being done in the 80s/90s. Love these interviews!

The content....just gets better and better. Top tier and a perfect segue to an interview with Yasumi Matsuno (my personal GOD of video games). 😅

Love these videos. I hope you'll get the chance to make a Caravan about Matsuno someday.

Amazing work, thank you so much! :)

Came here to watch this after Yoshida announced that they'd be delaying FFXVI. I have complete faith in him and the team at SE to deliver us one of the greatest, if not the greatest FF game in the series history. My most favorite game in the series is FFIX for the record :D

Just commenting for algo purposes. I love this man and am so excited for the new final fantasy!

Thank you Archipel for this wonderful video !

Slowly but surely, my adoration for Naoki Yoshida is building.

I just want to say this channel literally is doing gods work! We need these interviews in America. The insight into these amazing Japanese creators would be lost if it wasn’t for channels such as this with excellent quality. It’s poetic.

Of all the Squeenix execs I trust the most, Naoki Yoshida is the one I have the utmost confidence in with the games he's in charge of and/or overlooking in a producing role. We can rest easy knowing that XVI is definitely in good hands and will meet expectations.

I bought Yakuza Kiwami, Achipel interviewed Toshihiro Nagoshi... I'm finishing Heavensward, Archipel talks to Naoki Yoshida... If I boot Final Fantasy Tactics, will you guys release a Yasumi Matsuno dedicated video? :v Jokes aside, I have to say to it: this recent batch of videos is really taking the channel to the next level. I'm just trying to get everything together this month to finally throw some money at your Patreon, you guys deserve it. Abraços from Brazil!

This was such a nice video. Quality is top tier! Subbed to the channel right after !

This channel should be bigger with quality content like this

This is my favorite for art style. Hope 16 extends that more

Super underrated channel. I dont even play this game and you can feel the enthusiasm

Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview 🙏🏽. Yoshi-P is the best 💪🏽👍🏽 !

He's the reason I'm even remotely excited about FFXVI at this point ! Let's make Final Fantasy Great Again YoshiP ♥

Another exceptional documentary! Would love to see if there's anything coming up with either Yasumi Matsuno or Hiroshi Minagawa. Keep up the wonderful work you're doing.

God dam, Archipel droping the mic once again. Omigoto !

best channel on youtube and the people who give's interviews are very interesting

Seeing this shit after Endwalker expansion trailer, you really feel how far this man has come.

Excellent interview with an amazing man. Also absolutely beautiful editing for this video thank you so much for sharing it with us! I'm grateful for what he's done to bring FFXIV where it is today. I remember when I first logged in to FFXIV, going on 8 years ago now during the phase 3 beta. A friend gave me a key and I figured I'd try it out for a few days and then move on. I didn't have much experience with MMOs at the time and preferred single player games. I wasn't a fan of online gamers, so many online communities were so toxic it seemed, and I'd also not been a fan of Final Fantasy XIII. After hearing about how much of a failure XIV had been at launch I wasn't getting my hopes up. However, I fell in love with the game from the moment I logged in. When I later saw stories of where the game had been and where it ended up, and when I saw how Yoshida-san and his team had not only remade the game, but incorporated the destruction of the old game into the plot, it just amazed me. Now I look back and remember how frustrating the ARR launch was. I forget sometimes that we had such a hard time back then, and that we were often seeing emergency maintenance every two weeks, or even every week. This game has come a long way even since ARR launched.

Yo, they used my video at 8:04 ! Happy to have recorded all of that back in 1.0 to save a piece of a special time.

Yoshida-san is my absolute idol. This man made an epic tale out of a failure...

I would love if these guys did a documentary with Nomura!

fantastic video, loved it

This channel needs millions more subbers!! Also could you please list up the background music you use in your videos, I'd love to have them on background while I work as well.

The music you pick for this series is to say the least astonishing and wonderful

This resonated alot with me as a player who was part of the FFXIV community long before 1.0 release. We saw YoshiP coming in but still we didnt get our hopes up as we had been given to many false promises about the game at this point. It wasn't until that famous Press announcement that player opinions changed and we could see just how sorry they were and hope serious they were about making things right. As the weeks and months went by that excitement only grew as the interactions between the players and SE was finally at the place it needed to be as they finally listened to what we had to say, and we in turn listened carefully to them on their new direction for FFXIV.

I love the story behind FFXIV and how naoki yoshida kind of save it. If you don’t have already see them, I advise you to watch the noclip documentaries on the subject, they are very cool too. Thanks for your work Archipel, always a pleasure to find some peace in your videos.

So glad this man is the producer of FFXVI. I'm so excited!

Hope to see Matsuno's games again one day

Met him at TGS 2013, got his autograph.. In my opinion ffxiv is the best gameplay in FF series ever made. What an amazing guy🙏🙏❤️❤️👍👍

Damn last time I was this early, it was still 1.x. Fantastic interview.