An interesting thought.

[Kim]

The problem with the idea of an 8-Bit sequel is that there's really no solid justification for one. 8-Bit was never about the adventure. It was about four terrible, terrible people who were utterly incapable of going on an adventure without making the world a far worse place as a consequence, more or less. Notice how I said, "An adventure." In this case, it was FF1, but it could have been FF2 or FF3 or what-have-you. I'd say certain elements of FF1 lend themselves to such a narrative, but that's a different discussion.

Basically, the fact that 8-Bit could be set in any old school adventure story is why a sequel doesn't work. It's sending these characters on another adventure when the adventure itself never mattered.

That said, I could probably support a spiritual successor with new, slightly less exaggerated characters done in anything-but-sprite art. Mostly because I'm just curious how Brian would do a light-hearted fantasy adventure story that was actually an adventure story.