Regardless of Sq. Enix nonetheless within the trenches with improvement on Ultimate Fantasy VII Revelation, rumours have continued {that a} remake of Ultimate Fantasy IX is not too far behind.
Sadly, in line with a remark from Alex Donaldson (Editor, RPG Website) over on Reset Period, improvement on the remake is “now not shifting ahead”. He says that the sport would have been a single entry reasonably than cut up throughout a number of releases, and that improvement 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 truth across the final enlargement’s FF9 tribute content material. So, it’s doable, with the best scope, which to be clear is clearly a smaller scope than FF7R. Nonetheless for varied causes – certainly a narrative for an additional day – that venture 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 at all times change once more. This new cellular 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 actually 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 venture was as a substitute supposedly repurposed for the anniversary.
Sq. Enix, in the meantime, not too long ago posted some fairly robust monetary outcomes from Q1 of FY2027, citing the “robust efficiency” of titles like Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth and The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. Its working revenue rose a staggering 88.6% year-on-year.
