Final Fantasy 9
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To celebrate Final Fantasy 9's 25th anniversary, Nier producer remembers how he thought "they should have made the loading faster"
By Scott McCrae published
News Yosuke Saito was working on rival RPG Dragon Quest 7, which would release just over a month later

Square Enix would rather ask all its legendary JRPG devs the meaning of life than announce an FF9 remaster, and Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida says he's found no meaning "at all"
By Kaan Serin published
News Yoshi-P is still looking

Final Fantasy 9 translator admits some references to older games "slipped by us completely," and he'd love to see "a new team" tackle the JRPG: "I wish we'd been sharper about the nostalgia"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News "Localization's come a long way in the last 25 years"

Final Fantasy 9 director goes full ape, says the JRPG's iconic Trance mechanic channels a Space Odyssey scene where apes use tools not as a new skill, "but rather a depiction of an ability they had always possessed being awakened"
By Iain Harris published
News Absolute cinema

25 years later, Final Fantasy 9's stylized visuals have ensured it's aged brilliantly without a remake
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Opinion Opinion | Thanks to its gorgeous presentation, Final Fantasy 9 feels as great to play today as it did back in the day – does it really need a remake?

Final Fantasy 9 celebrates 25th anniversary with a short video, not news of the long-awaited JRPG remake fans wanted: "Do the remake already or leave me alone, Square Enix"
By Iain Harris published
News Maybe next year?

Final Fantasy 9 fans have long thought Vivi's name came from his tragic background, but a new prequel book has a much sillier explanation
By Kaan Serin published
News Call him SixSix from now on

A Final Fantasy Tactics remaster appeared in the Nvidia giga-leak nearly 4 years ago, so with The Ivalice Chronicles announced I'm staring extra hard at the Final Fantasy 9 Remake that was also mentioned
By Austin Wood published
News Am I just fooling myself?
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