{"rewrite":{"id":"r_24165d6d880d9e11b87abd93","clusterId":"c_372089099a4f46b944adc4a8","slug":"square-enix-pop-up-store-revives-final-fantasy-xiv-s-vanished-mu","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Square Enix Pop Up Store Revives Final Fantasy XIV's Vanished Mu","summary":"Square Enix will run the Yokohama Minato Mirai Winter Holiday 2026 SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE from November 11 to January 11, 2027, at MARK IS Minato Mirai, tied to the city's Dragon Quest x Final Fantasy holiday event. Among the early goods are a heat-sensitive mug and a T-shirt printed with the Lv1 antelope that appeared in Coerthas Western Highlands in Final Fantasy XIV patch 7.4, nicknamed Mu.","whyItMatters":"Square Enix is selling merchandise of a bug it already patched out, which turns a removed glitch into a product line while the character is still fresh in players' memory.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe mug and shirt both print the antelope with only its Lv1 label, the way the NPC appeared in Coerthas Western Highlands after patch 7.4 on December 16, 2025. The mug changes when hot water is poured in. The antelope in the foreground disappears, and the T-shirt repeats the trick on the back, with only the antelope gone. Both items sell early at the shop, alongside the wider holiday event that pairs Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy across Yokohama Minato Mirai.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mu was a one-off glitch that appeared in one Coerthas map, and Square Enix is now selling it as merch. The bug outlived the patch that created it.","twitterPost":"Mu was a patch glitch in one zone. Square Enix turned it into a mug and a shirt.","threadsPost":"Mu existed as a bug in a single Final Fantasy XIV zone, a Lv1 antelope in Coerthas Western Highlands. Square Enix is now printing it on shirts and a heat-sensitive mug at its Yokohama pop-up store. Players remember glitches; Square Enix found one worth selling.","newsletterBlurb":"Square Enix opens a pop-up store at MARK IS Minato Mirai from November 11 to January 11, 2027, inside the city's Dragon Quest x Final Fantasy winter event. Early goods include a heat-sensitive mug and a T-shirt printed with Mu, the Lv1 antelope that appeared in Coerthas Western Highlands in patch 7.4 and was removed in a December 25 HotFix.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2155276.html\",\"title\":\"Final Fantasy XIV Bug Character \\\"Mu\\\" Goods Appear at Yokohama Minato Mirai \\\"SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE\\\"!?\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5601,"outputTokens":780,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794305893,"createdAt":"2026-11-10T10:12:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-10T10:17:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T10:17:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_372089099a4f46b944adc4a8","canonicalTitle":"横浜・みなとみらい「SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE」に「FFXIV」のバグキャラ「無」のグッズが登場!?","representativeArticleId":"a_11bb87d6f884570a3cceb4f3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Final Fantasy XIV\"],\"studios\":[\"Square Enix\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-10T09:31:15.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-10T09:31:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-10T10:17:09.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GAME Watch (Impress)","url":"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2155276.html","title":"横浜・みなとみらい「SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE」に「FFXIV」のバグキャラ「無」のグッズが登場!?"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Final Fantasy XIV"],"studios":["Square Enix"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The SQUARE ENIX POP UP STORE runs November 11, 2026 to January 11, 2027 at MARK IS Minato Mirai.","The store is tied to the Yokohama Minato Mirai Winter Holiday 2026 Dragon Quest x Final Fantasy event.","The Lv1 antelope appeared in Coerthas Western Highlands in Final Fantasy XIV patch 7.4 on December 16, 2025.","The NPC was nicknamed Mu and was removed in a December 25 HotFix.","Goods include a heat-sensitive mug and a T-shirt in M, L, and XL."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["final-fantasy-xiv","square-enix"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"final-fantasy-xiv","supported":16,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":56,"overall":"green","story_count":41,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"square-enix","supported":26,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":95,"overall":"green","story_count":152,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}