Last year, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator ofFinal Fantasy, became a hardcoreFinal Fantasy 14player. This year, he has taken on a brand-new challenge inFinal Fantasy 14: crafting.Sakaguchi beganFinal Fantasy 14at the end of Septemberlast year. He blazed a trail through the critically-acclaimed MMORPG in 35 days, completing the Main Scenario quests with plenty of time to spend on side quests beforeEndwalker’srelease in December.RELATED:Final Fantasy 14 Sales Will Resume SoonWith over a month since its launch, Sakaguchi has already completedEndwalker, and has begun diving deep intoFinal Fantasy 14to complete its other challenges. Having completed old Savage raids, new Extreme trials, and collected rare mounts and gear, the father ofFinal Fantasyhas turned his attention tocrafting and gathering inFinal Fantasy 14to replenish his dwindling gil funds. In a recent tweet, Sakaguchi revealed his Weaver was already at level 90, and comedically announced his new brand, “Saka Gucci.”
Sakaguchi andFinal Fantasywere nearly inseparable for most of the franchise’s life. He was a part of the development of everyFinal Fantasytitle from the first title from 1987 all the way through Final Fantasy 10-2in 2003. Though he left to start Mistwalker and pursue other avenues of game design after,Final Fantasywill always be a part of the game developer’s life. With so manyreferences to olderFinal Fantasytitles, fans of the franchise have loved watching Sakaguchi discover the many homages to his own work within the game.
Players were thrilled to see Sakaguchi had gotten into the crafting business. His followers and fans laughed at the punderful brand name, and celebrated his first–likely of many–max-level crafter. With a robust crafting and gathering mechanics,Final Fantasy 14crafters can’t wait to see what Sakaguchi will level next.
When an item is created by a player inFinal Fantasy 14, the item bears that player’s name on it, meaning players who buy an item from Sakaguchi would have his character’s name on it as a badge of honor. Players immediately began pledging millions of gil towards “Saka Gucci,” hoping to get aFinal Fantasy 14item created by the creator ofFinal Fantasy. While only players on Sakaguchi’s data center can get their hands on a “Saka Gucci” original right now, with theData Center Travel system coming in one of the 6.1x seriesFinal Fantasy 14patches, players on any of the Japanese data centers will soon be able to visit and support Sakaguchi’s crafting ventures.
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalkeris currently live on PC, PS4, and PS5, and will be available for purchase on January 25.
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