Long-rumored Final Fantasy 9 remake is apparently on ice with “no new movement” on Square Enix’s JRPG classic, according to reliable insider

    Posted by Gorotheninja

    14 Comments

    1. They didn’t move like they were walking on ice before, so that sounds like new movement. Glad thry are making changes, but this sounds questionable.

    2. I was shocked it existed at all. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake games are only selling okay, so what chance did a largely overlooked entry like 9 have to be financially successful?

    3. Never played this one but I’m a fan of the FF series in general so was hoping to try this out with more modern controls. I’m not too surprised though, the Nvidia leak was so long ago and having not heard anything official since, it seemed odd it hadn’t been revealed yet.

    4. czarchasm4532 on

      Probably meant to release alongside the anime, but with that having to be rebooted, they decided to pause the remake for now.

    5. Takoyaki_Dice on

      It sounds like its been picked up and dropped a couple times now. I wonder what the problem is? I imagine they cant agree on scale. It should be almost a 1 to 1 remake with a movable 3d camera and voice acting. That’s really all it needs.

    6. Pure speculation from me but I wouldn’t be surprised is the pressure puts them off. I love the Remake series but there are SO many haters that I wouldn’t blame Square for just going ‘we’re good’.

    7. CutProfessional6609 on

      How is it possible for a company to keep on fumbling easy opportunities ? smaller scale Dragon quest remakes have been coming at a reasonable pace with 7 reimagined just released this feb so why can’t they do the same thing for older mainline final fantasy titles.

    8. Minenotyours86 on

      I don’t think there is much interest in a chopped up upgraded action rpg like they did with 7. 9 also does not suit this style of play.

      The original holds up fine imo. Played it first time about 6 years ago and I liked it a lot.

    9. The540Incident on

      Only Square can fumble their series. Unless it’s FF7 remake or dragon quest, KH and the other FF games are left in the dust. It truly amazes me how incompetent square has been the past like 20 years.

    10. Good. Leave the thing alone. The game is amazing as is. Port it to newer systems is all we need.

    11. NatetheHate gave too much cool news yesterday that he had to balance it out with disappointment