There's really nowhere left to go with a sequel. All the character's story is basically complete. Shadow and Gogo die in the tower (if I recall right). Espers and magic are gone. Kefka is dead and has almost no chance of returning. Terra's even lost her esper side. There's no threat left, no plot left, really. The game is self-contained (even if I would have wished some backstory on Gogo).

Though I'd play it regardless. =P

A sequel to VI? What would it be about? The story was over with the original game so I could not see how a sequel could possibly work. There is nothing more to tell of the story. And considering that their entire world is in ruin, I don't think the six characters or NPC's need anymore crisises.

And sequels are never as good as the original. Just look at X2 and Dirge of Cerebus.

Yeah, most of the above posters are right. As much as I loved Final Fantasy VI, its plot was just too self-contained and didn't really leave any loose ends that needed to tie up or even be expanded on. Most everything was addressed and resolved in the original game itself, so there aren't a whole lot of places you could take the plot from here. Any attempts they make to do so would either come across as forced or just plain lame. I suppose, if they really wanted to, they could potentially come up with a way for Kefka to come back or just say "ZOMG THE EMPEROR LIVED!" but...erm...nevermind, strike that. Yeah, that game would suck major ass, considering I just now remembered that the Emperor was pushed off of a floating...thing.

Anyway, I suppose it all comes down to closure. A game/movie/anime/what-have-you whose ending gives the audience sufficient closure does not and will never need a sequel. However, if it were to have an ambiguous ending that leaves the audience dissatisfied and asking questions that they really shouldn't be asking come the end of the series ("What exactly happened to the human race, anyway?" or "So...did the good guys win the final battle, or...?"), then I could see you justifying a sequel. For example, as much as I despise Advent Children, I have to admit that Final Fantasy VII's ending was in need of some sort of continuation or retcon. Granted, it could've and should've been handled much better, but the fact remains that we don't even know whether or not humanity was wiped out in FFVII. All we knew was that, somewhere between the present day and 500 years AFTER the present day, Midgar is destroyed.

However, FFVI didn't have this. Its ending was satisfying and tied up all of the plot's loose ends. Kefka was killed and the characters returned to their everyday lives or something close to it. The world was saved, the bad guy died, the main characters were (for the most part) returning from their journey to live out the rest of their lives in peace...a satisfying conclusion, no? To restate the thesis, FFVI's ending just doesn't need a sequel. There's nothing to pick up or expand on, nothing that would require a close inspection...Hell, even saying that it has the potential for prequels is a bit of a stretch (though admittedly, not nearly as much as a sequel would be). The fact of the matter is that FFVI is entirely self-contained.

...And besides, would you really want to risk Nomura being put in-charge of the whole thing?

I'm not saying that Nomura would definitely end up working on it, but I'm just saying that there's always the chance that he does end up at the helm. If that happens, all hope is lost, for another wonderful RPG will have suffered the fate of Final Fantasy 7, sacrificing incredible storytelling for indescribably obvious fanservice. I mean, really, sequels tend to suck a lot more when the original game had nothing to pick up/expand on. Imagine Tetsuya Nomura being forced to randomly stringing together some of the terrible Final Fantasy VI-related ideas floating around in his head, slapping the name "Final Fantasy VI-2" on them, and making a game out of them. Is that a risk you're willing to take?

...Besides, it's not like any good director could come up with a solid storyline for a Final Fantasy VI sequel, either. Like I said, there's just nothing to worth with. Everything was resolved. Whoever tries to make an FFVI sequel will undoubtedly end up grasping at straws in hopes of making the lightning strike twice. Unfortunately, this will inevitably fail, leading to a cheap, poorly thought-out sequel. It's not neccessarily the fault of the director, but rather, of the fact that there's just not a whole lot of room for expansion when it comes to the self-contained plot of Final Fantasy VI.

This thread made me have a very strange dream last night. I dreampt that they did make a VI-2 but it was like a sims game. You basically had to build the world back up. Though you didn't get to be one of the characters, but you got to interact with them.

In my dream the game was fun to play but I would think that it would be a bit cheesy XD.

Awww, Rydia has such cute dreams ^^

While there are a few little things that could probably be explored, I think it would just take away from the original story.

Like, you could do a game on the Empire and The Returners fight against them up until Terra joins in, but really, would it really have a interesting storyline like FFVI?

Since you know what's gonna happen and there's wasn't really any one special character to base a game around before the FFVI timeline, you'd get bored of any made up character.

Look at FFVII Crisis Core; I haven't played it, but even I know that since Zack got enough recognition in FFVII and other FFVII installments, a game from his POV would be interesting.

And that's just prequel ideas; like already mentioned, FFVI doesn't really have any lose ends to continue AFTER the end of the game.