Gold saucer mini games.

[Enkidoh]

This is really what im hoping for as well, though i dont think it would work as a solo player or else all the content would be too eazy, but i bet they could use the same battle Colosseum fights but have it be 4 man or maybe even 8 man content, with the handicap roulette still there.

But that's what the handicaps would be for, just like FFVII - each 'round' you advance triggers a random dice roll that will then place a debuff on your character, with the higher rounds having far harsher debuffs (like, 'broken weapon' where your weapon's condition would immediately drop to 0% and thus be completely useless (but only for the battle arena - it would revert to it's previous condition after leaving the arena), 'broken Soul Crystal', where it de-equips your Job crystal and locks it, thus forcing you to only use Class abilities, 'Level 10 Down' where your class level drops ten levels like lvl sync, or 'Item Level 100 Down' where your average item level would drop 100 levels!), but the upside would be the harsher the penalty, the greater the reward.

So it would be perfect for all those players complaining the game is 'too easy' - eight rounds in Gold Saucer's Battle Arena might make them think otherwise. And it should go without saying that for extra spice, the enemies would not have scripted attacks, but attacks that have a degree of random chance, making it even more challenging. Of course it would require a lot of tweaking to get just the right balance between challenge and fun, but I can really see this being a popular part of the game. Please Yoshi! Please make this a reality!