Final Fantasy XV åbnede mere op for serien end nogensinde før, og handlede lige så meget om at spilleren skulle skabe sine egne historier i den gigantiske verden som at opleve den præfabrikerede historie. Den ultimative udgave af denne narrative strategi er The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, og i fremtiden kunne kommende Final Fantasy-spil drage megen inspiration fra Nintendos succesfulde spil.
I et stort interview med Gamespot fortæller instruktør Hajime Tabata, at de anser The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild som et nær perfekt spil, og at de vil bruge det i fremtidig udvikling:
"It's very polished, almost a perfect game in that regard. And our goals are probably to take that experience that players felt with Breath of the Wild, but with our own technology and our own know-how...We have in our disposal to create a very, very high-quality game with a strong visual element to it, while creating a world that's really immersive and really beautiful. That's probably our goals in terms of what we want to be with our next project."
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