Interviewee(s): Yoshinori Kitase, Takeshi Arakawa
Interviewer(s): IGN.com
Date: 2009 during Dissidia promotion in London (published May 7, 2009)

Key Information: By May 2009, according to Yoshinori Kitase, there was no way for Square Enix to predict what XIV and XV might bring, because all the numbered titles are very different to each other.

Notes: Answers translated from Japanese

Due to the length and focus of this interview, only questions relevant to Final Fantasy XV are shown.

IGN: Will we ever see a return to old-school Final Fantasy?

Yoshinori Kitase: When it comes to the Final Fantasy series, all the numbered titles are very different to each other. So FFXIII has no black warriors and mages – it's quite a sci-fi universe – in that sense there's quite a drastic change between XII and XIII. There's absolutely no way we can predict what XIV and XV might bring.

IGN: Final Fantasy XI is getting on now – is there a possibility of another online game soon?

Yoshinori Kitase: We can't release any comments at this stage.