Final Fantasy XV is in development and it has everyone attention that the smallest things are getting noticed. For instance the name changes of Cidney/Cidny which was explained at TGS (Tokyo Game Show) and the way Ignis speaks came up in discussion which has Hajime and the others quick to explain the thinking behind these two.
“Your point about Ignis in the English language version is a valid one. Using the intricacies of language to make the experience more fun for players is fine, but if the character’s personality changes across languages and becomes someone else, the original intent is lost.
We’ve put a lot of care into making the unique character that is Ignis, and to ensure the character is communicated as intended, I’ve seated the Localization Lead, Dan Inoue, right by me in the development area.
As to your point about Cidney/Cindy, a minor name change may not have created issues in past FF games, but it does for FF XV. I think it has to do with the fact we are targeting a simultaneous global launch.
Rest assured that we’re discussing these issues internally and working out the best way to improve things, so I hope you can look forward to what you’ll see in the final product.”
Also the FFXV twitter page is shown images of discussion on merchandise for the game to which we saw some at TGS.
“The team are having a surprise merchandise planning meeting! The next designs will feature chocobos, Prompto & more
8:28 AM – 14 Oct 2015
It’s all quite mysterious right now but we’ll probably host a vote here to see which are the most popular designs, so watch out for details”
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