Above is the world’s first look at Final Fantasy XIV‘s implementation of the long-awaited Gold Saucer, presented during today’s Letter from the Producer Live in Japan. It’s called Manderville Gold Saucer, and it was founded by one of Eorzea’s primals, Godbert Manderville. More importantly, it’s everything you’ve expected and more.
As with the original Final Fantasy VII Gold Saucer, Manderville Gold Saucer has tons of mini-games available for players to break away from their daily routine. There’s a Super Dunk, Moogle-themed mini-game, a hub for Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad, as well as Active Events similar to those found in the game world.
Chocobo Racing will allow you to feed your Chocobo greens to adjust its stats, and even racing levels for those who want to do it more than once. On the other hand—no pun intended—, Triple Triad is a full-blown card game derived from Final Fantasy VIII. It will launch with 80 cards, and deviates slightly from its heritage by including a new interface and additional rule complexity.
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Manderville Gold Saucer has a remixed version of the Gold Saucer Theme, and it’s true to the spirit of its liveliness and up-beat timbre. Memories may be awakened when you hear the theme in the above video.
Gold Saucer will be added to FFXIV in Patch 2.51 following the arrival of 2.5 Before the Fall. Some are speculating that means it’ll arrive in two to four months.
