There have been rumors going around that it’s in pre-production (or pre-pre-production) and the director will be Hiroyuki Ito. Another rumor is that the Agni’s Philosophy demo is being tailored as Final Fantasy XVI. I’d like to see a traditional high fantasy medieval setting again. It would be nice to bring back the series to the traditional settings of Final Fantasy I-V. Would also like for the battle system to be turn-based and the Active Time Battle system.
What would you like to see out of Final Fantasy XVI?
Medieval setting, an interesting combat system and plenty of sidequests and exploration. I would prefer if each character was different/unique which means it can’t have the traditional FF job system.
It would be a dream come true if they were able contract Hironobu Sakaguchi as a FFXVI co-director, and the other co-director could be Hiroyuki Ito. That would be one magnificent FF game. You’d have Sakaguchi - who had created/designed FFI and directed FFII-V - and Ito directed FFIX, in addition to designing the ATB system. Barring that, I’d settle for either Ito being the sole director, or a Ito/Kitase team.
I would really like to see the XIV aesthetic to make a comeback. Also maybe an X like combat system? I wish they’d do more with it. It was really cool.