Regardless of Sq. Enix nonetheless within the trenches with growth on Final Fantasy VII Revelation, rumours have continued {that a} remake of Final Fantasy IX is not too far behind.
Sadly, in accordance with a remark from Alex Donaldson (Editor, RPG Site) over on Reset Era, growth on the remake is “now not shifting ahead”. He says that the sport would have been a single entry fairly than cut up throughout a number of releases, and that growth was “very far alongside”.
“IE, there was an FF9 remake, and it was a single sport, and it was very far alongside. Yoshida even made some obscure feedback like these hinting on the reality across the final enlargement’s FF9 tribute content material. So, it’s doable, with the correct scope, which to be clear is clearly a smaller scope than FF7R. Nevertheless for varied causes – certainly a narrative for one more day – that mission stalled out, and it is now not shifting ahead. And Yoshida makes feedback like this to handle fan expectations.
“And naturally, the factor is, the trail can all the time change once more. This new cell Dissidia sport spent the higher a part of a yr successfully cancelled earlier than being revived, for example. So nothing is concrete and within the case of 9 that work continues to be there ready to be revisited, although I did really feel the sport was really lifeless when illustrations created as potential field artwork and as key artwork have been simply tweeted out for the anniversary.”
So whereas it is doable that work on the remake could recommence sooner or later, it does not sound promising when key artwork made for the mission was as an alternative supposedly repurposed for the anniversary.
Sq. Enix, in the meantime, just lately posted some fairly robust monetary outcomes from Q1 of FY2027, citing the “robust efficiency” of titles like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. Its working revenue rose a staggering 88.6% year-on-year.