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This Japanese Ad Featuring Live Action Tataru & Hancock From Final Fantasy XIV Is Cursed

Final Fantasy XIV players are familiar with the interaction between Tataru and Hancock and yesterday a... different version was showcased.

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Final Fantasy XIV players are certainly familiar with the interaction between Tataru and Hancock in Kugane, and yesterday a slightly… different version was showcased.

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During the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival livestream aired yesterday night electronics manufacturer I-O Data showcased an ad for its CigaCrysta monitors and it featured the two characters in live-action form.

You can watch it below. I don’t think you need to understand Japanese to have a giggle… or cringe.

Incidentally, the new Final Fantasy XIV expansion Endwalker will release on November 23, 2021 for PS5, PS4, and PC.

If you want to see more about it, you can check out the reveal of the extended trailer and the reaper job, and that of the male viera, locations, and release date. You can also take a look at plenty of brand-new official screenshots and art.

You can also take a look at the original announcementtons of initial details, and the first official screenshots and art.

If you’re unfamiliar with Final Fantasy XIV, it’s currently available for PlayStation 4, PS5, and PC. The upgrade to PS5 is offered free of charge to those who own the PS4 version.

You can also read our latest interview with producer and director Naoki Yoshida, another with composer Masayoshi Soken, and our review of Shadowbringers.

We recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the advent of Yoshida-san as director and producer.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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