Coast Guide and square Collaboration has been carried out in a collaboration that felt like a world conflict. long time Magic: Party and Final Fantasy Fans have a new topic to connect MTGone of the largest tabletop games in the world, integrates Final Fantasy Enter the amazing card. Talk to Zakeel Gordon Magic: Party and product architect Magic: Party–Final Fantasyhe explained how the mutual fanaticism between the two sides made this partnership possible.
Trying to boil for nearly forty years Franchise It’s a feat, but luckily the development team is full of Final Fantasy Fans who hit the ball represent the fan’s favorite character. Although some non-MAINLINE games like Final Fantasy Strategywithout entering the scene, the team is sure to include important plot points, even secondary, but beloved characters.
An: How was this cooperation achieved?
Zakeel Gordon: The collaboration began at the end of 2020. We have been doing this for nearly five years, which is very early in our universe. At the time, we made some early secret nests to bring the concept to life and declared existence Lord of the Rings. One of our internal list of IPSs, our many design teams and the entire studio are excited Final Fantasy. Our team and square And ask if they are interested in cooperation. They were excited about the idea.
An: Who is the one you work with square? Obviously, Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshitaka Amano With their contribution to card art, but Minakawashima and other large Final Fantasy name?
Zakeel Gordon: Amano made two new works of art for our scene. We work with it Tetsuya Nomura Very regularly. Our daily work is hosted by producer Shoichi Ichikawa, who also runs it Final Fantasy VII: The Crisis Once Mobile games. He is Final Fantasy 7 Expanding the team is also a lifetime magic fan. One cool thing in the whole development process is how many I discovered Final Fantasy Fans are magic one side magic Fans Final Fantasy side.
We had the opportunity to travel to Japan five times and did everything from world building to early testing through our prototype design. We have interviews and meetings with artists for people like this Yoshitaka Amanothis is an explosion. square Each piece of art was reviewed throughout the collection. One of the critics is Tetsuya Nomurahe is an explosion that can definitely cooperate. He also did the unique Sefiros art for us on the host.
ANN: All of these cards are considered Canon – their description, their abilities – Final Fantasy series?
Zakeel Gordon: From magic On the side, we are very strict with the original material. All the flavor text you see at the bottom of each card is taken from the game. It may be a reference for a dialog box or game. All of this is made from Canon original materials to bring it to life. The whole cooperation surpassed the first Final Fantasy game Final Fantasy 16, has a long history of 37 years and 16 AAA games.
Overall, we could have communicated a set around Final Fantasy 7 or Final Fantasy 14but we took the approach to celebrating the whole approach Franchisethis is what Magic: Party–Final Fantasy become.
An: What are the limitations of this cooperation? Have you not done anything you want to do yet?
Zakeel Gordon: No restrictions square side. The restrictions we set for ourselves limit ourselves to these 16 main games. We have co-created about 1000 cards and the scope of the project – trying to play all 16 games and making sure all characters are exciting, all monsters and story moments are coming to life – is already a huge task. We ended up neglecting a lot of spin-off games, we know people like Final Fantasy Strategybut this is a design limitation.
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An: I saw a few Sephiroth cards.
Zakeel Gordon: He also has three different feature cards and three or four different spells.
Ann: Why so much focus on Sefiros? Does he have the most cards in all other characters?
Zakeel Gordon: I think Sephiroth is towards the top of the representative.
An: He has both the legendary soldiers and the angel with wings, right?
Zakeel Gordon: He is also involved in Nibelheim and Sephiroth’s intervention. Speaking for yourself at these moments is crucial to the culture of the game. Sephiroth’s intervention was the most iconic and critical moment in video game history. We want to make sure, too Final Fantasy 3 and Final Fantasy 2 Being represented, because many modern players may not have touched anyone, as they were initially released in the West until recently.
It’s diving deep in the midst of interesting moments. There is a card called Commune with the flavor text “Guy says Beaver” Final Fantasy 2. It’s a tiny niche moment, but it’s for these two super fans Final Fantasy It’s someone’s favorite.
An: Turn to Sephiroth and Cloud, their cards are evenly balanced. How did the team incorporate their relationships and story progress into the cards and decks?
Zakeel Gordon: In the starter kit itself, it is mechanically balanced, so a deck should be equal when you fight each other. However, since there are several different cards, there are snapshots of each character throughout the entire process in these games. Sephiroth is the heir to Planet’s Searcher Kit, with his ability to descend and brings two to everything below zero. As you can imagine, this is a big swipe on the battlefield. Another card for him is that he becomes a one-winged angel, which is a very iconic moment for him.
Each character appears multiple times, even in Final Fantasy 6 Commander’s deck. This deck is based on the ruins world, this is the second half of the year Final Fantasy 6. Don’t go into the legend too much, but Terra gathers to tell a bigger plot story. Another representative of Terra at home is becoming Esper Terra. We want to show off their different forms and show off a lot of deep knowledge that we know people are happy to see.
ANN: How do you balance showing story breakers in cards?
Zakeel Gordon: It’s a tough balance because we don’t want to show the exact plot spoiler. If you look at Sephiroth’s intervention, it’s the scene where he comes down, but we won’t tell you what’s going down there. You can put two and two together. for Final Fantasy 10Tidus’s commander deck, in a very critical plot moment, he and Yuna hugged each other.
There are some smaller plot points. in the case of Final Fantasy 14Emet-Selch’s revelation with Hades’ revelation, but the details about why this happens may depend on your imagination or your experience playing the game.
An: Say Final Fantasy 14which can be difficult to shrink to deck or a given number of cards.
Zakeel Gordon: About the first thing FF14 This was great for us, in the studio, there were 20 employees who were dissatisfied with the staff, just played regularly FF14. Execution overlay MMO, especially ongoing MMO, will be different from a sure or encapsulated console gaming experience. Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail We’ve finished the entire set and come out. FF14 It means starting from scratch and going dawn. It covers Terminator,,,,, Shadow flesh handETC.
We can tell infinite stories in it FF14and some people’s favorite characters, people fight for the inside, such as Hildibrand. He is not part of the main story, but he is a fan favorite character. Here’s the real depth cut we know FF14 Fans will enjoy it. As you continue on that path, the twelve zodiac signs and a handful of other boss monsters are in the suit. FF14 It’s an unlimited content that we can’t cover all, but we’re trying to cover iconic character progress and fans love moments.
