Final Fantasy XVI droppede mange af seriens mest genkendelige aspekter, såsom et party af forskellige spilbare karakterer, og en række RPG-systemer til fordel for en mere action-orienteret tilgang. Men noget kunne tyde på at der skal en endnu mere dramatisk transformation til.
Produceren på XVI, Naoki Yoshida, har sagt i et interview, at han mener at en yngre generation af talentfulde udviklere skal overtage serien, og gøre den til deres egen:
"For the moment, I'll just say that nothing has been decided yet. That said, if I had to say something about that... I've had the chance to work on two of these - Final Fantasy 14 and Final Fantasy 16 - so maybe it's time for someone new, you know. Instead of having the same old guys handle the next one. I think in some ways it would be good to look to the future and bring in a younger generation, with more youthful sensibilities, to make a new Final Fantasy with challenges that suit today's world."
Er du enig i at serien fortsat har brug for at ændre sig?
