Lightning Returns Will Be the Last Final Fantasy XIII

[Ceris]

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be the last game set in the Final Fantasy XIII universe. While the game’s announcement during PAX noted that the game would wrap up the story of Lightning, it wasn’t clear what that meant for the future of other characters. Could there still be a Final Fantasy XIII-4 telling the story of Snow or Noel? In an interview with IGN, Lightning Returns director Motomu Toriyama has now confirmed that this will not be the case, and Lightning Returns will indeed see the end of XIII’s entire story.
“The ‘Lightning Saga’ that began with Final Fantasy XIII -- in other words, the characters and universe that revolve around Lightning -- will come to an end with this installment,” Toriyama told IGN via translator. “I’m sure that Lightning and the people around her will all have a happy ending. Please look forward to the final episode worthy to be called the denouement of the ‘Lightning Saga.’”

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I'm not liking the idea of a solo-character gameplay ending the series. After two cliffhanger endings in the series, I'm glad to hear they will get a happy ending though.

Also, and interesting read here with more info for LR:FFXIII

Why Lightning Returns Isn't Called Final Fantasy XIII-3

[Orange Man]

Excellent question, and the answer is, the Crackdown 2 naming crew got ahold of the game

[Jaws as Crowns]

i hope its the last.

[l Yakuza l]

looking forward to this game but im happy its the last one didn't like the battle system at all and the leveling system was boring! an i want limit breaks back i miss the old Final Fantasy

[AscendingSnow]

I'm STILL getting over that cliffhanger ending.

Made the 40+ hours of story leading up to that point very unrewarding

[Metabolic x360a]

Not really a fan of the one playable character direction either, it's going to feel even less like a true FF game than the other 2 did.

I'll still play it to finish out the story though probably.

[xCURSEDxBULLETx]

best to wrap the FFXIII saga cos FFvs13 needs to come forward soon, but looking forward to LR:FF13

[Ceris]

Originally Posted by xCURSEDxBULLETx

best to wrap the FFXIII saga cos FFvs13 needs to come forward soon, but looking forward to LR:FF13

They could release FFXIII and FFvsXIII at the same time if they wanted to because vsXIII is made by a different team within Square Enix. Iirc, vsXIII is being made by the team that made KH1 and KH2]

(going off what a friend told me)