Final Fantasy XIV’s Yoshi-P Reveals the Anime, Movies, and Games That Have Influenced Him the Most – All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025
period Animation Expo In 2025, Final Fantasy XIV/Final Fantasy xvi Producer Yoshida Niki (referred by fans to Yoshi-P) hosted a group to reveal his greatest influence growth. This includes everything from TV shows and anime to movies and video games. From childhood to today, he has divided the panel into 7 different sections.
Yoshida was born in May 1973 and began his career Hudson Soft In 1993, a studio known for its various titles Bomber man and Challenger. He said his first real experience as a game developer with Eden III’s Far East: Namida. He created all town dialogues and activity scripts.
Unfortunately, it was cancelled for various reasons Hudson Soft It was later released to PS2 in 2005. Yoshida’s first project as a director is Bomber 64: Second Attack. He works in story mode, scripts all events, creates all scenes and designs, and writes all messages from the game. Yoshida also mentioned that he gained 40 pounds due to his involvement in this game.
In 1996, Yoshida discovered Diablo And got hooked on online games. He joked that if he didn’t go to work, he would play Diablo At home. Finally, he found out Ultimate Online In 1997, this replaced Diablo In his game program.
In 2005, Yoshida joined square After that, I made such a game Final Fantasy XIV,,,,, Final Fantasy xvi,,,,, Dragon Quest Buildersand Dragon Quest X.
Yoshida then enters his childhood influence, especially the anime about him growing up. Including them Combattler v,,,,, Vampire Hunter,,,,, Building Space Battleship,,,,, Laputa and Galaxy Express 999. As an adult, he was inspired The Gospel of the Origin of Neon Lights and piece. He also provides how Bell Warrior and Mobile suit Gundam It affected his work, especially Final Fantasy XIV You can see the character pose paying tribute to his influence.
On the side of Tokusa, he mentioned The rider is here,,,,, Gallo and Superman He was also greatly affected. As for the game, he loves Street Fighter II,,,,, Commandoand Gradius. In the movie, Yoshida’s inspiration, he quoted wait,,,,, Rocky 2,,,,, Deadly Weapon 2,,,,, Stupid,,,,, Ramboand Back to the future-also Christopher Nolanmovie.
To end everything, Yoshida ends his group by asking people to book Final Fantasy Tactics: The Chronicle of Eviliswill be released on September 30.
