Rumor: Final Fantasy IX Remake Development is 'Very Far Along' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2024 / 10,793 Views
A remake of Final Fantasy IX is reportedly "very far along," according to leaker Midori.
The leaker says the game was not cancelled following the the recent restructuring at Square Enix and having talked with sources claims it was originally being developed by an outside developer. However, Square Enix was unhappy and shifted development.
Midori doesn't know the scope of the remake or a release window. However, the leaker did tease Square Enix will have some games at the Xbox Games Showcase this Sunday. Though, they don't know if the Final Fantasy IX remake will be announced at the showcase.
"The Final Fantasy IX remake is still in development, "said the leaker. "It is a title that was not cancelled in the restructure of SQEX during this fiscal year. According to conversations, the title was originally outsourced to another developer. But SQEX was not satisfied and development shifted.
"Development of this title is now very far along. But I do not have any firm information on the scope of this title or a firm release period right now. This title could release before the end of this fiscal year, but I am not certain right now.
"There are plans for new information on some SQEX titles at the Xbox Showcase. I don’t know if this title will be at the showcase. So it is good to keep expectations low right now. And this is a title that is currently planned for release on multiple platforms."
This should be treated as a rumor until an official announcement is made.
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Hopefully they keep it turn based.
i would rather have 8 but without that draw system
They going to ruin this too by adding terrible new plot, split it into 3+ games and changing the gameplay? Or are they actually just remaking it? Because I'm likely to buy the latter.
Would still prefer they just make new FF games.
I would imagine this will be of significantly lower fidelity and cost than FF7 Remake, so they can keep it as one game. But it used most of FF7's shortcuts to expand the scope (pre-rendered backgrounds, buildings having 2 walls and no cieling from the inside, no moving camera to show the rest of the city, etc) so even if the budget and fidelity is something closer to Visions of Mana, they may need to cut some content anyway to make it work as one game.
What example would that be? The originals couldn't without a ton of shortcuts that are not acceptable today. Probably can't have no moving camera now to hide the fact that the 'implied' surrounding buildings and NPC's in the rest of the city are actually not there. Saving a ton of dev time and processing power. Buildings missing walls/ceilings, and pre rendered backgrounds, saving a ton of dev time and processing power. Cities in the overworld being the size of postage stamps, saving a ton of dev time and processing power. Etc, etc.
When people ask to have the original game 'just remade', they're actually asking for a lot more than that, which isn't reasonable under one gaming budget, especially in high fidelity.
They used a lot shortcuts to massively inflate the scope of the originals, not worrying about how they would have to actually create all the things they didn't before, if they remade the games generations later.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point. You are mentioning technical issues of FF7Remake to justify why they added a new story, content, split it into 3 games and added numerous minigames that all add nothing to the overall narrative or gameplay?
All I see is people tell us they made this game 25 years ago and now can't but when we got a "remake" of FF7 it has so much extra fluff and content, it feels like they could have easily made it in one game but are using excuses to why they didn't.
I really hope they don't add 1000 mini games to this.
I don't understand why this game is getting a remake. FF7 is the top FF game in the series but after that one I would consider, and also deserving of a remake, to be Ff3/6. But go figure....
Well, that's just your opinion, man. Now guess what, here's my opinion.
IX is slow. Like, super hyper slow. Painful to watch slow. Loading times before and after each single battle. Every animation feels like it's underwater. That alone makes it far inferior to a LOT of FF games, but that's far from the only issue, it has many more problems.
Verdict: XII is the best.
Dude my favorite ff please keep it 100 faithful I want them to stand in line it’s okay if u fuck this ups square I’m done playing ur bullshit
I will just play the originals, we need to stop accepting remakes. VIII is literally the only one that needs tweaks.
I didn't expect this one to be outsourced, even if Square Enix were really busy at the time.
Midori is very accurate.
On one hand I'm very intrigued by this, more attention on my favourite game ever is never a bad thing, but I'd really have to see what "remake" actually means in this situation before making any kind of judgements.
All I want is a facelift and fix the card game. Let inactive party members gain exp. Other than that. Keep it as it was.
Zidane is coming back y'all after 20 years haha
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