{"id":46871,"date":"2025-04-09T16:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46871"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:00:16","slug":"square-enix-starts-favorite-chocobo-war-among-fans-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-starts-favorite-chocobo-war-among-fans-on-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix starts favorite Chocobo war among fans on X\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We all have our favorite <strong>Final Fantasy<\/strong> Chocobos, but the official Square Enix X account wants to hear it directly from us. Barring any personal favorites, Square Enix just brought one of the biggest fan arguments to light:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Again *WE* do not play favorites, we just wanna know. \ud83d\udc25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQV4Rg2ne2\">pic.twitter.com\/AQV4Rg2ne2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Square Enix (@SquareEnix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SquareEnix\/status\/1909667634867802396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As expected, the comments section is flooded with different responses. While <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KizaCreates\/status\/1909668335173751127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some prefer the more realistic-looking Chocobos<\/a> of recent Final Fantasy entries like Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, there was no love lost for the pixelated Chocobos of retro games like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/areberus\/status\/1909671489567420656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Fantasy IV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GenesissVII\/status\/1909695232381247720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Fantasy IX<\/a>. Surprisingly, several fans admitted that their favorite Chocobos do not come from a mainline Final Fantasy tiles, but rather from spin-off and subseries games like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ts__villa\/status\/1909713179438965126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chocobo GP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PixelPowerLine\/status\/1909682130596311509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Fantasy Tactics<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3\u30dc\u306e\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EX2wdWNX34w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the Chocobos\u2019 cuteness to a title\u2019s rendition of the Chocobo theme, everyone has their reasons for why they prefer a certain game\u2019s Chocobos over others. Thankfully, no one has yet posted that their reason for picking a Chocobo is because \u201cit tastes better,\u201d otherwise Square Enix will have a real problem on its hands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official Square Enix X account has invited players to pick their favorite Chocobo, reviving one of the Final Fantasy fandom&#8217;s most heated debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":46873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Square Enix starts favorite Chocobo war among fans on X\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The official Square Enix X account has invited players to pick their favorite Chocobo, reviving one of the Final Fantasy fandom&#039;s most heated debates.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enix-starts-favorite-chocobo-war-among-fans-on-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Square Enix starts favorite Chocobo war among fans on X\u00a0 - 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