I kinda hope IX never gets a remake

[8ther]

I love FFIX and as much as i want to see it remade for modern systems like FF7R, but i just don't trust modern day SE to do it justice, especially since the people helming the project would likely be ether Kitase or Nomura, both of whom had little-to-no involvement with the original FFIX.:ohdear:

[Wolf Kanno]

I wouldn't worry about Kitase and Nomura working on a remake for this game, as you said neither had much involvement and my understanding is that SE tends to bring in as many original staff members as they can on these types of projects. Kitase would probably still be involved, but mostly as an executive producer who made sure the team was reaching their milestones in production as opposed to creative input. Nomura has his hands full (as always) with three high profile titles at the moment, so I doubt they would bother with him and considering he doesn't feel comfortable working on games he didn't originally work on, he would likely turn down an offer to work on it anyway.

Hiroyuki Ito the director of the game still works at SE, but considering he stayed in a producer role for the Zodiac Age version of XII, I imagine directing/producer role would either got to Kouichiro Sakamoto who worked on the mobile/steam version, or more likely it would fall to Hideo Minaba the Art Director for the game originally who is also one of the developers who is most vocal within SE about doing a remake/sequel for the title.

[Del Murder]

FFIX was a fantastic game but not nearly as iconic or popular as FFVII (especially in SE's mind) so it's a safe bet they won't try to remake it any time soon.

[Fox]

I also don't think IX or VIII are anything like as well suited for a remake. First of all the leap in visual fidelity from VII to VIII was huge, so while remakes of anything after VII would still of course be a huge improvement, it wouldn't have the same kind of stunning impact tat VIIR has. IX is severely lacking in iconic locations and cool set pieces compared to VII, and overall has a much slower pace. IX already has deeper character interactions and a much better translation than VII.

And finally, mods are already making vast improvements to the remastered version of IX that are really able to bring out the beauty of the original art style. They're even upscaling the FMV sequences to 1080p, 30fps.

So it's not that "I hope IX never gets a remake." If they did one and put the kind of effort into it that they are into VII, I'd be interested as hell. But I don't think it needs one. It still stands up on its own today.

[Shiva95]

I think only the remaster we got recently is fine. FFIX has such a particularly esthetic, and I'm not sure a remake could keep that, so it would ferel weird.

[Cell]

I'd much rather have a IX remake than VIII. I'd possibly even prefer IX over VII.

[maybee]

Even if they DID remake Final Fantasy IX it wouldn't be at least till 2050 so I wouldn't worry about it.

[Lord Golbez]

No other FF is ever going to get remade with the same level of devotion as this FF7 remake. This is it. This is their response to decades of fans clamoring for an FFVII remake that they kept putting off because they only wanted to do it if they felt they could do it right. Those set of circumstances are never going to repeat quite the same. Any remakes they do of other games will be more direct upgrades of the originals because they're not going to put this much energy into another remake.

TL;DR: Don't worry about it.

[Fox]

*Unless FFVIIR makes truly insane $$$$. Then maybe they'd look to VI, VIII and IX.

And IX would be far and away at the bottom of that list IMO

[Wolf Kanno]

Unless they hired Sakaguchi to help work on it for PR. That alone and the possible speculation would probably generate interest and it is his favorite entry.

I'm sure most of the FFs will get some good quality remakes, but as others have said, I doubt the money and effort put into VIIR would ever be given to the other entries. The only exception would possibly be FFX since that game is huge in Japan and consistently fights VII for the top spot in fan polls.

[Freya]

*Unless FFVIIR makes truly insane $$$$. Then maybe they'd look to VI, VIII and IX.

And IX would be far and away at the bottom of that list IMO

Honestly this is what I see happening more. Not VIII or IX or anything else above but theyll remake the ones below. Theyd have so much more wiggle room. With VII, I feel it was the last one that was still kind of loose in story/translation. After its success, they tightened a lot for the following games. So a remake fits more cause they CAN change it without it being huge dramatic changes.

A fully done remake of like VI or IV would be dope

[Lord Golbez]

FFIV Part I: Baron in 2030.

[maybee]

FFIV Part I: Baron in 2030.


"We have lengthened out Baron to 2 full Blu Ray Discs !"

[fat_moogle]

FFIX Remake - it'll never happen. If ever it did then oh gosh, I'd be all over it. What I'd like to see is a much darker game. Don't get me wrong, I love the charm of the original, but a more realistic approach with the main cast of characters based on Amano's artwork featured on the PS1 discs would be great.

[Moogles-Are-Awesome]

I think it's fine the way it is, to be honest.

[8ther]

After seeing the ending to FF7R, i'm glad this game has a slim to none chance of being ever being remade.

[maybee]

After seeing the ending to FF7R, i'm glad this game has a slim to none chance of being ever being remade.

Same here. I can trust SE remaking the retro ones, FFI- FFV, but anything above that, they have lost my trust.



edit: just realized that FFVI- FFX problery count as retro now, ooofs.

[DMKA]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. For some reason FFIX has never received the same sort of attention as VII from SE. VII got all those spinoffs, it's characters constantly shoehorned into other games, a PC port, etc. FFIX existed for sixteen years before it got ported to any other platforms and outside of the Dissidia games its characters/world elements have never really reappeared anywhere.

That, and at the rate things are going there's not really any Final Fantasy development happening in the foreseeable future that isn't FFVIIR, FFXIV, or mobile FF stuff. Although I suppose SE has enough resources these days to go the Ubisoft/EA route and higher obscenely large teams of people to churn out multiple huge projects at once if they really wanted to.

[Depression Moon]

I don't think it's something we'll ever see considering it's not among the most popular games. The only other two games in the series I see getting remade are X and the first.

[JJ Strife]

Yeah I don't think it really needs a remake.

FF9 was supposed to be about celebrating the classic style of JRPGs. I think trying to update it for modern sensibilities would ruin that. It's also aged better than any of the older games. Especially if you play the cellphone/PC/Switch version with the updated character models, it still looks great.

Literally all they need to do for this game is somehow remake the prerendered backgrounds in HD. Maybe using some of those AI upscaling algorithms, which can produce good results, but are a bit inconsistent.

[OglopMayor]

:)

[TheDay2DayGamer]

I think it's okay for games to get remade, but in the case of many of them (including Final Fantasy IX), there has to be an understanding from fans and people buying it that it's nearly impossible to recapture what makes the original special. So much of why Final Fantasy IX is so important to me also has to do with what was going on in my life at the time, who I was playing it with, how it influenced events in my life, and lots of other personal nostalgic reasons. Even a perfect remake can't recapture any of that. That's why remakes, I think, are so difficult when it comes to reception from the mass market, even when they're done well.

[Cell]

I'm replaying this now (currently wasting hours trying to get Madain's Ring in Fossil Roo) and I don't think this needs a remake- at least yet.

It still looks perfectly fine, the art style hasn't aged as badly as VII or VIII to me.

[Example]

You know I'd actually like a FFIX remake developed by Mistwalker, using Lost Odyssey's gameplay. I'm sure Sakaguchi would be keen to remake his favourite game in the series. I'm not holding my breath on that ever happening though.

[8ther]

SE may be gearing up to milk IX as a brand, with both merchandise and an animated series in the works, considering the original devs expressed last year that they would like to may a follow-up or remake to this game, the chance of a IX remake happening with the next decade may have just shot up.

[cheesesteak]

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[Depression Moon]

I really don't believe the remake is going to happen.

[Quindiana Jones]

There is a FFIX remake and it's called Moguri Mod and it's perfect.

[Depression Moon]

Moguri Mod is a HD remaster not a remake. A remake is like FFIII DS and VII Remake where they remade all the assets from scratch and changing parts of the gameplay.

[Quindiana Jones]

I know, I was just being facetious. ;)

[cheesesteak]

I really don't believe the remake is going to happen.
Tbh, I was surprised to hear it as "remake", as I'd easily believe a remaster instead.

But as 8ther said, it makes sense to maybe push the FF9 world/Gaia into the list of "expanded FF worlds" status after the long success of FF7 and partial success of FF15 (and somewhat "failed" attempts of FF12 and 13? Altho FF15 is kinda related to FF13...?). The Netflix show does seem to be a signal that S-E wants to make money from FF9. A new, actual remake would fit that plan perfectly.

[8ther]

So a sequel/spiritual successor to Chocobo Racing was announced yesterday, and the first FF characters revealed for it are Vivi and Steiner..

77595775967759777598

[Mr Gashtacular]

i want an oglop car irl

[Dr. Acula]

I don't have faith in a remake, but this admittedly looks kinda cool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LOmTwY3P9Q

[Quindiana Jones]

*heavy breathing intensifies*

[Christmas]

Remake pls, I need a HD Quina.