A potential Final Fantasy 9 remake could span more than one title, Square Enix’s Naoki Yoshida has suggested.
In an interview withVideo Games, the Final Fantasy 14 director andFinal Fantasy 16producer was asked which series entry he’d like to remake given the chance.
“Oh man, that’s a super tough question,” he said. “The one that I would like to make myself would be Final Fantasy 3, I think.
“Of course, I do know there are requests for Final Fantasy 9 to be made, but when you think about Final Fantasy 9, it’s a game with huge volume. When you think about all of that volume, I wonder if it’s possible to remake that as a single title. It’s a difficult one. It is a tough question.”
Final Fantasy 9 was originally released in 2000 for thePlayStation. It was directed by Hiroyuki Ito who would later direct Final Fantasy 12.
The game was re-released in 2010 as a PS1 Classic forPS3andPSP, withVitasupport arriving in 2012.
In 2016, the game was released for mobile andPC. It then came toPS4in 2017, and toXbox OneandNintendo Switchin 2019.
In 2021, aFinal Fantasy 9 remakewas one of many unannounced titles listed in aGeForce Now database leak.
These included severalSquare Enixgames that would later be officially confirmed such as the PC version ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, a Chrono Cross remaster andKingdom Hearts 4.
Further reading
While a Final Fantasy 9 remake has yet to be announced, it’s been claimed by multiple sourcesthat one is in development.
Square Enix has confirmed thatFinal Fantasy 14’s next big updatewill kick off a Final Fantasy 11 crossover Alliance Raid series.
