Final Fantasy XVI on aikeissa tulla ulos jossain vaiheessa vuotta 2023. Yleensä peliä koetetaan myydä jo ennakkoon hypeä kasvattamalla, mutta tuottaja Naoki Yoshida on toista maata. Japanilaisen Comic Daysin haastattelussa selvisi, ettei taistelumekaniikka tule miellyttämään kaikkia. Näin ollen osa pelaajista tulee pettymään.
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"We want the world, especially the younger generation, to play the game. Also, the mainstream games nowadays are intuitive games where you press a button and the character shoots a gun or wields a sword, and the traditional RPG style of turn-based command fighting is no longer familiar to them. It is also a fact that people are becoming less familiar with the old-fashioned style of RPGs, where you fight by selecting turn commands. That's why the battles in Final Fantasy 16 are very action-based. We want to make people all over the world think that Final Fantasy is a great game. Of course, I don't think we'll be able to satisfy everyone's demands, so I've told everyone on the team that the first thing we need to do is to make something we think is fun, and make sure it reaches the people who like it."
