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There are few games as deserving of a proper anime intro as Final Fantasy XIV - the long-running plot, rotating cast of characters, and multiverse-spanning adventure make it perfect for the format. Now a group of fans and musicians have made just such an intro, and it's the best fake anime OP you're ever likely to see.

I can continue hurling superlatives at it, but you're better off just watching the video below. The project took a few months to complete. It's a collaborative effort between Husky the Geek, Alex Moukala, Studio Nicktendo, and Denmo McStrongHuge, featuring an original arrangement of various FFXIV songs put to new lyrics, layered over top of some impressive machinima animations.

The final product was impressive enough to get a retweet from the official FFXIV account, and attention from the game's sound director, Masayoshi Soken. "What the heeeeeeeeeeeeell!! This is our Eorzea?! What a passionate song! We've been in a really cool world," Soken says in a tweet.

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Final Fantasy XIV's Endwalker expansion is nearly here, and that means we've got a hearty batch of preliminary patch notes to mull over while we wait. While you've likely seen the big stuff before - such as new locations and jobs - there are plenty of smaller things here that are pretty neat.

One of the main changes to catch my eye is that oodles of old clothing will be equippable regardless of your Warrior of Light's gender. There are 31 clothing items on the list, including spring, Thavnairian, and butler clothing items. It didn't take FFXIV fans long, though, to notice that normal and loyal housemaid items are also included on the list, which means that the upcoming male Viera race can be dressed up as a maid. Essentially, expect maid bunny boys in Limsa Lominsa.

FFXIV's patch notes also contain some other titbits of information, such as more information on role quests. This time around, melee and ranged DPS will get separate adventures. Tanks will be off to Gridania, Melee DPS players are headed to Limsa Lominsa, physical ranged DPS folk will go to Doma, magical ranged DPS players will be summoned to Ishgard, and healers are tootling off to Ala Mhigo. It looks like the quests are themed around the alliance, so expect to meet a few leaders along the way like Hien or Merlwyb.

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This Final Fantasy XIV anime intro is the best fake anime OP I've ever seen

While some Final Fantasy XIV mounts show off a particular feat you've accomplished, easier to obtain mounts can be just as popular due to how over the top they are. Take the Fat Cat mount, for example - it's fat, and it's a cat. That's excellent. So tremendous is this mount that Square Enix sells a chonking big plushie version of it on the store, which one fan has now decided to turn into a controller, bringing us full circle.

YouTuber Louis 'Super Louis 64' Hamilton explains that the way it all works is pretty simple - his Warrior of Light hops on their mount when he sits on the plushie and then hops off if Hamilton gets off his Fat Cat. If you want to get technical, Hamilton has woven some sensors into a blanket that triggers a macro in the game when he sits on the plushie or gets off of it.

"That's pretty much it!" he explains on Twitter. "The board is completely open to add joysticks, buttons, and what not if I want it to take it one step further for a Fat Cat battle controller, but we'll see!"

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