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[Draugoth]

It's difficult for Square and Sony not to reach an agreement, but at this moment in the generation, it's not necessary for all games to have a contract; right now, there are future-oriented thoughts. FFIX is not a very ambitious project.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

I figured as much. I kind of expect to be more like a remaster of the original game.

 

[Interfectum]

That's fine... just polish it up, add some QOL and I'm good. They don't all need the FF7 Remake treatment.

 

[The artful mincer]

GREAT! I thought we all agreed that 200 million budgets are unsustainable an we need to slow down. Right... Right?

 

[German Hops]

No one asked for this anyway.

We all want Xenogears and Chrono Trigger remakes

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Up res, remaster audio, and a few QOL would be perfect.

 

[Zheph]

Oh yeah I tho it wouldn't be something close to remake in terms of scope which is completely fine imo. I just hope it won't be too chibi

 

[Dazraell]

If I would have to guess it's probably closer to Secret of Mana remake in terms of scope instead of being a reimagining like FFVII

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Are they gonna shit on the legacy of the best FF, aren't they, huh?

 

[squarealex]

The second most expensive Final Fantasy (squaresoft period and behind FF7/FF13) going to be "not very ambitious" ?

K, die Square...

 

[lh032]

SE probably not gonna spend like 10 years for a ff9 REMAKE

 

[SCB3]

Wasn't it already remastered with the PS4/switch releases?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

No one reasonably expects it to be at the scale of the FFVII Remake trilogy project. If they were to ever do that, it wouldn't happen until the team is finished with FFVII Remake Part 3.

 

[Skifi28]

We don't need the ff7 treatment with 3 games over 15 years, but there is already a remastered version of 9 so they have to do a lot more if they are to re-release it.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

I'm fine with it not being ambitious but at the same time if it is just a simple and ugly 3D remake then it's a waste of time and resources.

 

[nowhat]

Up res, remaster audio, and a few QOL would be perfect.

...so basically, emulator with a fan-made (or fan-recreated, rather) soundtrack and a couple of mods? I think the experience is already there if you're so inclined.

 

[squarealex]

I'm fine with it not being ambitious but at the same time if it is just a simple and ugly 3D remake then it's a waste of time and resources.

This...

 

[Puscifer]

Up res, remaster audio, and a few QOL would be perfect.

Seriously, that's all it needs. FF 9 assets in an emulator with higher resolutionz are wildly detailed to say it's on PS1

 

[cash_longfellow]

That’s what some of the earlier rumors said too. I’m happy about it. Not every game needs to go the FF7 Remake route. Also, I like playing a full game right away, not a trilogy that takes 10+ years.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

This was known.

I'm hoping its just a recreation of the original game with something like 4k pre-rendered backgrounds, redone CGI and new music.

It just needs to be artistically beautiful and an evolution of the original.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

As a huge Final Fantasy fan there are numerous Square games from that PS1 golden age I'd take before IX to get the remaster/remake treatment be it Vagrant Story, Xenogears, FF Tactics, FFVIII or Parasite Eve. Either way, this will be a day 1 unless they completely butcher it.

 

[adamsapple]

Yes.

Did anyone really expect them to make another remake with the kind of budget and multiple generation spanning parts like VII-R ?

 

[Porticus]

If they mean redrawing all the background please do it, FFIX needs only a graphic overhaul and that's about it, same for VIII.

 

[Celine]

I hope so.
I prefer for FFIX a remake more in line with Star Ocean 2 R than a complete rewrite like Final Fantasy VII R.
Gemdrops did a splendid job in translating the 2D art of a PS1 RPG into full 3D (sans the characters that like the original are "sprites" however the light lit them thanks to a special shader).

 

[saintjules]

As a huge Final Fantasy fan there are numerous Square games from that PS1 golden age I'd take before IX to get the remaster/remake treatment be it Vagrant Story, Xenogears, FF Tactics, FFVIII or Parasite Eve. Either way, this will be a day 1 unless they completely butcher it.

Agreed. I was never big on FFIX. Felt like a step down from VII and VIII imo.

There are other gems that deserve the treatment more so. I couldn't imagine the scale for something like Xenogears, Parasite Eve, and Legend of Dragoon, but I'd be all for it honestly.

 

[Fbh]

Depends what not ambitious means.
If it's largely the same game with some Qol improvements, redone HD backgrounds, new 3D models , etc I'd be totally fine with that.

As someone else said, if it's just an ugly 3D remake I'm out

 

[Chuck Berry]

No one asked for this anyway.

We all want Xenogears and Chrono Trigger remakes

Hell no we dont

 

[Monokrom]

No one asked for this anyway.

We all want Xenogears and Chrono Trigger remakes

And more than anything, Parasite Eve.

 

[rkofan87]

good

 

[TGO]

It's got it's loyal fanbase but it's not of the same calibre of VII, VIII or X despite it's fans believing it the best one.
And the FFVIII team haven't brought it up once unlike VIII that they have mentioned several times.

 

[hinch7]

I'm fine with a lofi remaster/remake with some enhancements and redone OST. Put the main bodies on Part 3 and FFXVII.

 

[FingerBang]

If I would have to guess it's probably closer to Secret of Mana remake in terms of scope instead of being a reimagining like FFVII

It's exactly that. And it doesn't need to be anything more.

 

[Chuck Berry]

And more than anything, Parasite Eve.

That just needs to be dropped onto the PS Classics catalogue but itll never happen because that collection is relegated to shit titles only.

 

[mortal]

That's fine with me, so long as they don't end up butchering the art design.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

All i want is the game with remade full 4k backgrounds, remastered soundtrack, upscalled FMV's, and some changes to the combat system and it's GOTY for me whenever it releases.

 

[AngelMuffin]

Good.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

The last rule I saw was it was being co developed by Mistwalker and animation looks like Links Awakening on Switch. Top down claymation style. Which could be good, actually.

 

[lh032]

No one asked for this anyway.

We all want Xenogears and Chrono Trigger remakes

 

[Exede]

Don't care, gimme Final Fantasy 8 remake! It needs it more.

 

[OGM_Madness]

Everyone that wants just the same game but higher res… you guys DO know that already exist? Right? Meaning, this “remake” needs to be something more than just same assets with higher res, 60fps and widescreen, otherwise this will be worst than the GTA Trilogy fiasco.

 

[Zheph]

That's fine with me, so long as they don't end up butchering the art design.

yeah they did Secret of Mana so dirty but I think there will be much more respect for a FF mainline (hopefully)

 

[Celine]

No one asked for this anyway.

We all want Xenogears and Chrono Trigger remakes

I'd ask for all of them:
Terranigma, Parasite Eve, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger and ,why not, Final Fantasy IX.

 

[Pallas]

Give us a FFVI remake you cowards.

Spoiler

I can wait 20 years damnit.

 

[UltimaKilo]

The second most expensive Final Fantasy (squaresoft period and behind FF7/FF13) going to be "not very ambitious" ?

K, die Square...

Square’s soul died a long time ago.

 

[Zheph]

Square’s soul died a long time ago.

They just realised one of their best games which is an ode to their biggest game but yeah square is dead

 

[tamago84]

I remember seeing those equipment icons like fft..was amazing

 

[BaldingAshCrimson]

Final Fantasy 9 aged incredibly well, beautiful art direction to this day... It doesn't need the FF 7 Remake treatment.

They only really need to fix the gameplay. It's really slow, and the Trance thing... A lot of the times it gets wasted on random encounters, where it triggers when the battle is like one hit away from ending.

I think it should be a thing you trigger yourself.

 

[DonF]

I want every 2d final fantasy on the octopath traveller engine, some QoL like faster speed on walking and battles and we are good. No need for a ffvii treatment for every game

 

[GymWolf]

If not very ambitious means the opposite of what they did with ff7, i'm all for it.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

The second most expensive Final Fantasy (squaresoft period and behind FF7/FF13) going to be "not very ambitious" ?

K, die Square...

Uh, what? Pretty sure FF VIII was more expensive than IX. Heck VIII was probably more expensive than VII back in the day and if not, only because it didn't have a PC/Windows port like VII did.

Also realistically, they can't give every FF game the VII Remake treatment. Just too much money each time and time will still have to tell if the VII Remake trilogy (the way SE have been going about it) will be considered financially successful or not.