- A Black lead Character

- Openly Gay Character

- Another Male White Mage like Minwu

- A Chocobo in your party, like Final Fantasy XIII-2 expect he has more of a character.

- Somebody who falls in love in the villain and tries to see the villain in a different light without coming off naive and stupid.

- Another old man character and he doesn't die.

- Female character that is the strongest physically

- Another Happy Ending.