So we all know that Xenoblade on Wii had a number of great tweaks to the conventional JRPG concept; obviously it owes alot to the older JRPGs and actually shares some of its human parents with the classic Final Fantasy games, which is why I find this idea amusing.

What influences from Xenoblade do you think would do well for the next Final Fantasy? Have you noticed any influences already?

I really like the idea of the Xeno 'faux-franchise' and Final Fantasy achieving a form of cross-pollination with each getting better with every installment of the other. - We've all seen how well rivalries can push forward series, Xenoblade and Final Fantasy really look well positioned to benefit each other. Final Fantasy could benefit from a rival in terms of restoring its quality and Xenoblade in terms of gaining publicity.

Saying "one should have this" or "one should have that" is fine, but both games can improve and be even more awesome than they already are if they do this.

OP edited by request - Conegamer

... umm yeah gonna have to agree with you here. Nothing comes to mind at all.

a good story
good characters

so basically Xeno is about quality and fai fan about marketing, right? thats cute

the whole game would be a start.

The feature I would like to see FF borrow that Xenoblade got right is that whole good game feature.

What could Xenoblade possibly teach Final Fantasy? It was FF 12 that taught Xenoblade in the first place.

The character models

FAI? I immediately thought "DAI"...

But my meaning is not so blunt; Xeno merely did quality better last time around but seems to be getting more hype out of being compared to FF than most lesser-known IPs for Nintendo tend to get these days, despite their regular and immense quality. 

Rivalry between franchises often helps games do better.

there is no rivalry between these franchises is just the old "games on nintendo consoles are better" argument swarming 

 in every Fain Fan XV's threads cuz.. reasons