Blitzball, the underwater sport made famous by Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 may one day make an appearance in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

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That's according to game director Naoki Yoshida, who revealed to IGN he's had conversations with Yoshinori Kitase about possibly including the sport in a future update, in a similar manner to how Final Fantasy VIII's Triple Triad is. He also teased something may be coming to Eorzea to celebrate Final Fantasy XV's launch, too."We can’t say it’s been decided yet, this may be just half-joking so don’t write it down as confirmed," he said. "But there was a meeting about two months ago where I had a chance to speak with Kitase-San, and I mentioned there seemed to be a big demand for implementing a Blitzball element in Final Fantasy XIV, and Kitase-San was just like, 'Oh wow, I never knew that? That could be cool to consider!' So let’s just say… that conversation happened."I’m also friends with Mr. Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy XV, so we’ve chatted because we’ve done the Lightning collaboration for Final Fantasy XIII and we’d like to do something to celebrate the release of XV. Perhaps we might be able to see four guys riding in a black car? Although, as it’s Final Fantasy XIV, we need to decide if it should be a flying mount instead!"And of course, we’d love to explore opportunities within other Square Enix titles so we can explore their worlds, but it's important not to deviate from what we’ve established as Eorzea. So we'll always keep both titles involved intact, but it’d be cool to explore."We recently got a chance to go hands-on with the MMO's impending expansion and found it's shaping up pretty nicely . For the full interview with Yoshida, where he talks about the state of the Final Fantasy brand and his future plans for the MMO, check back to IGN very soon.

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