Seriously... If JRPGs are stagnating, WTF are doing all the western FPSs???... All look same, play same, most of the time, they have even same shallow story behind, and you finish them bored after 6 hours of gaming...
The guy is whining, that Square should make games with already known characters... How the **** is this supporting innovation he wants to bring back into JRPGs??? Or does he want to see new Crisis Core released every year, just because it has Cloud in it? I personally do not want to see that happen, and I must say, I pretty much liked Crisis Core the first time I played it but I would say it was a little bit more than mediocre game... And I do personaly think that FFVII remake would be the worst idea ever, because after 15 years in development and millions of dollars spent, everyone would be complaining about it, that it does not play the same as original...
Games like Dissidia are fine, because they bring you the know characters once in a year or two, but the new stories have to be told... With the exception of Final Fantasy IX-2... If nothing else, THIS is the THING Square-Enix have to make before the end of the World as we know it
EDIT: And about FFXIII-2... Can please anybody enlighten me, what is wrong with making a sequel for a game which "As of May 2010, the game shipped 5.5 million copies worldwide, becoming the fastest-selling title in the history of the series."?