I disagree that it's "for the best" - Just because some older fans have grown up doesn't mean newer fans should be ignored, and from a chat with a fellow older FF fan I had yesterday that inspired this thread, we both want romance back in our Final Fantasy. And I mean more than Snow/Serah, too - I mean romance that blossoms within the game. With Fang/Vanille and Balthier/Fran, both cases are unproven to my knowledge that there was even any romantic relationship whatsoever.