Rumors of a Final Fantasy IX remake have been echoing round RPG circles for a minimum of 12 months now, with sequence followers hopeful that they might quickly get to revisit one of the crucial beloved entries within the sequence. But when a Final Fantasy IX remake does materialize, it could face some large challenges.
Talking with the web site Video Games, Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida talked a bit about what a remake may appear to be. He warns that it could not all slot in one recreation.
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“In fact, I do know there are requests for Final Fantasy IX to be made, however when you concentrate on Final Fantasy IX, it’s a recreation with enormous quantity,” Yoshida says. “When you concentrate on all of that quantity, I’m wondering if it’s doable to remake that as a single title. It’s a troublesome one. It’s a robust query.”
Yoshida appears to be suggesting that a potential remake might go the course of Final Fantasy VII Remake, which is in the course of a deliberate trilogy. Followers have lengthy had combined emotions about splitting it into a number of elements, which provides the chance so as to add loads of new components, but additionally slows the pacing. Because it stands, the third a part of the trilogy does not determine to be out till 2026 on the earliest.
Yoshida is true about Final Fantasy IX being a large recreation. It is completely loaded with sidequests, minigames, and different content material, and it is set in a very giant world. Reproducing all of that materials will not be straightforward for any improvement crew that takes on a remake.
As for Yoshida himself, he is excited by remaking a totally different recreation within the sequence. “The one which I wish to make myself can be Final Fantasy III, I feel.”
For longtime followers of the sequence, Yoshida is referring to the model launched on the Famicom, not the Americanized Final Fantasy VI. It is a deep minimize as Final Fantasy releases go, however very a lot in step with Yoshida’s perspective as Final Fantasy XIV’s producer.
Yoshida touches on a handful of different particulars within the interview, together with his favourite Final Fantasy VII minigame (snowboarding), an Xbox launch of Final Fantasy XVI (“we do need to launch it on Xbox”), and extra. Within the meantime, the look forward to a Final Fantasy IX remake continues.
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