Tuleva Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII päättää oman tarinansa, mutta Square Enix ei halua jättää tätä viimeiseksi Lightningin paluuksi. Ohjaaja Motomu Toriyaman mukaan häntä voidaan tulevaisuudessa nähdä vierailevana tähtenä joskaan ei pelattavana hahmona, koska Lightning on suosittu hahmo jopa muihinkin FF-hahmoihin verrattuna.
"For Lightning, her story ends here in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13, as this game is meant as a finale to this series. But we know that Lightning is an extremely popular character, even when compared to other Final Fantasy characters."
"So there is a possibility that Lightning would appear in other future Final Fantasy titles, not as a protagonist, but as a guest character."