Naoki Yoshida has said Monster Hunter Wilds’ upcoming Final Fantasy 14 collaboration will feature Omega because the Monster Hunter team wanted it to happen.
Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida says Omega will appear in the Monster Hunter Wilds crossover because the game’s director wanted it to happen
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According to Final Fantasy 14’s director, Naoki Yoshida, Monster Hunter Wilds’ upcoming collaboration with the MMO will feature Omega because the Monster Hunter team wanted it to happen.
Speaking in an interview with TechRadar Gaming at Gamescom 2025, Yoshida explained in pretty simple terms why the crossover will feature the automaton as opposed to a fantasy creature like Final Fantasy 14’s Shinryu or Nidhogg.
It turns out, Monster Hunter Wilds’ director Yuya Tokuda and executive director Kaname Fujioka wanted Omega to make an appearance because they wanted to explore a new worldview in the game.
« The first and foremost, the people who said that they really want Omega to make an appearance was the Monster Hunter team », Yoshida said.
« So, with regards to the reason why that is, it just so happens that last year at Gamescom, I went out drinking with Mr. Tokuda, who’s the director of Monster Hunter Wilds, and also Mr.
