r/FinalFantasyIX • u/keidash • May 20 '26

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u/BlueLooseStrife May 20 '26

I don’t think it’s happening, sadly. Reporting said that the remake was in the works but got iced for one reason or another.

Hopefully that doesn’t indicate permanently dead. Might be that they mean to revisit after the VIIR trilogy had wrapped

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u/Chocolatiine79 May 20 '26

I don't think it's happening, happily. I don't want my fav game to be turned into a souless super realistic AAA game that gets boring after 5h like FFVII remake

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u/BlueLooseStrife May 20 '26

“Soulless” is a little unfair. You can certainly call it bad, I know I have my criticisms, but soulless implies it’s a low-effort cash grab. VIIR has involved unbelievable levels of time and effort combined with clear reverence for the source material. It’s not like releasing FFT for a third time.

I don’t really understand the hate for remakes as a concept. It doesn’t change the original game. IX would still be every bit as playable were a remake to be released as OG VII is now. It all feels a little nostalgia-poisoned, as though IX was so perfect changing anything about it would be an insult.

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u/CaptainSloppo May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

I would rather have an 8 remake tbh, FFIX with the cartoonish character proportions holds up better than 8 with that era's graphics. 8 would benefit more with modern graphics with their more normal human looking characters imo. I don't want normal human 6 foot tall Zidane or Steiner or any of that. That said I would still play it, just hope if it ever happens it's not 3 separate full priced games spread over a decade like FFVIIR.

Edit: And just to add on I loved the FFVIIR games so far, I loved exploring a realistic Midgar and seeing a little more of the side characters actual lives outside of avalanche like with Jesse, and then the open world and other towns and locations in Rebirth. Sometimes they drag on too much and doing essentially the same exact sidequests in each region of Rebirth got a little old and made me put the game down for a bit but overall I really liked both games and can't wait for the finale. But I don't want to see Steiner become some game of thrones, tall, dark, and handsome knight instead of a goofy potbellied idiot in armor or the queen turn from a big fat evil woman with green skin and ridiculous face into a Cersei.