During Lucca games and comics, Shinji Hashimoto-executive producer for basically every FF title and head of Business Division 3 spoke about the FF series-including FF12 Zodiac Age, FF7R, FF13-4 and FFX-3.

 

Moving on to the future, Hashimoto says each Final Fantasy series title is reassessed from scratch so it’s currently unknown if Final Fantasy XVI will share a modern aesthetic like Final Fantasy XV does. Sometimes the direction is changed intentionally based on the director, such as the jump from from Final Fantasy VIII to Final Fantasy IX. Since it’s based on the director’s own personal preferences, it doesn’t necessarily mean it will always be an action RPG.

 

Source

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2016/11/shinji-hashimoto-possible-final-fantasy-x-3/

 

 

Just like I've been telling people who think turn based FF is dead. FFXV was only an ARPG because Nomura directed it originally and since Tabata had been involved in action games like Crisis Core and Type 0 he was the second in command. No one else in SE has had experience with ARPGS like those two have so unless the next title gets handed to them I doubt it will be an ARPG. It all depends on the director  

Well tbh, the turn based FF couldn't be dead either way, most of their other games are turn based, like the recently released WoFF.

FFXIII-4? That's now getting a little overboard. Well, I am sure we will hear more about FFXVI in the near future. Thank you Deus Ex because they confirmed in that title there eventually will be a FFXXVII.

FFXIII-4? That's now getting a little overboard. Well, I am sure we will hear more about FFXVI in the near future. Thank you Deus Ex because they confirmed in that title there eventually will be a FFXXVII.

Yeah 13-4 is pointless but they may end up making it or even some prequel or alternate universe type of deal. Maybe even bring Lightning to smartphones

Hey, as long as whatever gameplay style it's given is very well-developed and the characters and story are just as good, then I honestly don't care what kind of RPG it is.

Hey, as long as whatever gameplay style it's given is very well-developed and the characters and story are just as good, then I honestly don't care what kind of RPG it is.

Same here but it all depends on the director at the end of the day, and we have no clue who he/she is yet! .

Same here but it all depends on the director at the end of the day, and we have no clue who he/she is yet! .

I'd imagine a trusted tried and true director like Nomura or Kitase, or maybe an even newer promising individual that we don't know about yet.

 

Also, did I read that right? FFXIII-4? Are they seriously considering more 13s? Lol, Lightning ain't never gonna catch a break.

Hmm, it'd be nice if the next Final Fantasy has a medieval setting!  Theses humans seem to have a pattern going on here when it comes to their numbered games, though sometimes the patterns differ! It could very well be that we get a medieval Final Fantasy next time, or maybe a more futuristic one, for all we know! But honestly, for my tastes, and Transcendent's tastes for that matter, a medieval one for the next time would be nice! 

 

But we won't know until further ahead into the future, so that's that! 

 

Also, Mr. Bacon, you seem to be the next Sora96! He was a member here...did you happen to possess his body? I can totally understand if that's the case! I've done corporeal possession before! It's great!

I've lost interest in any new FF releases aside from XIV and a couple spin-offs (really just Dissidia) anyway, but if XVI went back to the series' roots, I might end up being interested. I doubt it'd happen though.

Ugh really, FF13-4?  Can't they just let Lightning die already?

 

Well anyway, if FFXVI goes back to its medieval roots, then I'd definitely be interested in it!  Lately I just haven't been caring for the newer FF series (minus Dissidia).  So here's hopin' it will!