Quote Originally Posted by Ichimonji
Each Final Fantasy to come out has evolved from its predecessor (With the exception of IX for obvious reasons)
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with that quote. You act like IX didn't innovate the series at all. It had:

- The Ability Equipping System
- Trance (similar to Limit Break, sure, but executed differently)
- Spells being learned from equipment
- Friendly monsters
- Chocographs
- Synthesising

The list goes on. Saying that Final Fantasy IX didn't evolve from its predecessors is like saying cheese tastes like pie.