A scooper claims that Square Enix has completed a remake for Final Fantasy IX after it was originally developed by Xeen.
A screenshot from Final Fantasy IX (2000), Square Enix
X user RyanFromBronx claims, “The developer for FF9R was originally Xeen. The project moved in-house at Square Enix earlier this year for graphical refinement purposes, and the title looks similar to Memoria Project. Development is complete.”
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Earlier this month, the scooper claimed that both a Final Fantasy IX Remake and Final Fantasy Tactics Remake would be out by next year.
He claimed that an unannounced project that Creative Studio 3 is working on is Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered. Yoshi-P, the head of Creative Studio 3 told Famitsu via a translation from Deepl, “We are also working on a smaller, but still unannounced project.”
Yoshi-P added, “Some people may think that we are going to be on the defensive, focusing mainly on our mainstay “FFXIV,” but Creative Studio 3 will continue to take on challenges.”
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Yoshi-P did indicate it was time to make another Final Fantasy Tactics game back in April. In an interview with The Gamer, Yoshi-P first discussed how the Final Fantasy XVI team was inspired by Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, “We have a lot of our staff who worked on previous games like Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy 12, so you’re going to have a lot of that [Tactics] feel because a lot of the same people are on the team.”
Next, he hinted that a Final Fantasy Tactics game might be on the horizon, “We love Tactics as well. It’s probably about time that we do a new one.”
Screenshot of Final Fantasy Tactics (1997), Square
Returning to Final Fantasy IX Remake, this is not the first time rumors have surfaced regarding a Final Fantasy 9 Remake, as reported by GameRant, scooper Midori claimed the game was in development.
Another individual, Silknigth also claimed in March in a now-deleted post that Square Enix was developing a remake and shared “the main idea is a remake as faithful as possible to the original, and definitely much more modest than FF7 in terms of budget.”
A screenshot from Final Fantasy IX (2000), Square Enix
Final Fantasy IX was released back in 2000 and allowed players to follow the story of Zidane Tribal as he, Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, Adelbert Steiner, Vivi Ornitier, Freya Crescent, Quina Quen, Eiko Carol, and Amarant Coral as the find themselves involved in a martial conflict with Garnet’s step mother Brahne, the power-hungry Queen of Alexandria.
Square Enix reported that the game has sold over 5 million copies since its release. It is believed that the game has sold between 480,200 units and 1.13 million units on Steam since 2016 according to estimates from Gamalytic and PlayTracker.
The game still has a sizeable player base with the 434 players playing the game concurrently in the last 24 hours on Steam.
SteamDB concurrent player data for Final Fantasy IX (2000), Square Enix
What do you make of this rumor? Are you interested in playing Final Fantasy IX Remake?
