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A screenshot of mounts featured in the upcoming Yo-kai watch event, with a manjimutt terrifyingly edited into the background.

Final Fantasy 14 is no stranger to crossover events. Most recently, a FF16 crossover where you could wearClive Rosfield’s clothes and steal his doghit the servers. But it’s also had some cultural exchanges with Nier: Automata, GARO, Dragon Quest, and (most relevant to the sinful dog in the header image above) Yo-kai Watch, a Pokémon-adjacent franchise with its own line of RPGs that made its debut back in 2013.

As per the FF14lodestone, the revived event will run from April 24 until Dawntrail’s early access release on June 28. To get the full gamut of rewards, there’s a few layers to the grind.

Unfortunately, that also means doing some events with Manjimutt, which we decreed theugliest MMO pet of all time back in 2020. Usually I’m a big fan of dogs, but even I think this thing has a face only the most dedicated of watch-wielders could love.

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Fortunately, the rest of the event’s rewards look pretty appealing, and there’s even a new set of adventure plate customisations available for MGP. You can view a full list of rewards on theevent’s website. Personally, I’ve got my eyes on theears of the moon rabbit, though I suspect my completionist urges will see me grinding out everything—even if that means I’ll have to tolerate Manjimutt’s accursed presence in my minions page forevermore.

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