GameRaven.com writes:
''Let’s be honest, Final Fantasy IX is stupid. Like really, stupid. While the two prior games are guilty of the same thing, IX thrives upon it. All of the stupid dialogue, trips and fall, make it possibly the silliest entry into the franchise. But that’s why the game is so good.''
The tracklist for the Midnight Jazz: FINAL FANTASY IX album and more merchandise have been revealed as part of the FFIX 25th anniversary.
The FFIX 25th anniversary celebrations continue with the announcement of the Midnight Jazz: Final Fantasy IX CD, releasing in early 2026.
I quite honestly have grown bored with this particular "anniversary". It's pretty clear we're not getting a remake and yet this one has been especially drawn out compared to other anniversaries. We've had new key visual art for the famitsu cover, interviews, exhibition, picture book, new figurines (in which they've gone out of their way to give a slightly more refined look and change), jazz arrangement, a bunch of merchandising. They've given you every way of experiencing this anniversary through seeing, listening and even touching excepting for playing.
The Final Fantasy IX 25th anniversary celebrations continue, with a second round of merchandise revealed for the upcoming exhibition.
Where is the remake ? And please do also FF8 remake too... Those two are desevers it..
Man, they could at least tell us if they cancelled it. I know there would be fallout from that, but maybe they could leak it to Jason Schreier or something like that. At this point all of this extra merch and attention just stings.
to be fair, they never confirmed that the 9 remake was an actual thing.
there was a leak and thats how people knew.
But they say everyone screaming for it and dragging an anniversary for months is taking the piss when VIIIs was ignored completely. It screams the remake is real and if it isnt. Its wrong as hell on SEs part milking this
This editor's clickbait game is on-point.
I hope they give FFIX the love it deserves someday and give it a nice simple remake. I don't want them to "remake" it, but I want them to Crash Bandicoot remake it.
yeah i kinda agree with the article. The art style, and the every so often comic remark gave this game unique charm about it. If this game was changed in any way i would feel it wouldn't be the same. Like mentioned in the article, i originally did not care for the game. the story, the settings, the art direction was a departure compared to the previous two mainline PS1 titles. But as i grew older and came back to the game I have developed quite a fondness for it. I would even venture to say I liked it as much as FFVIII (my personal favorite entry).
The story did have a unique charm about it that was somewhat cartoonish. However, it got pretty dark towards the end. Really wish more people checked this game out, or give it another go.
Edit: yeah the title is clickbait xD
i really liked FF9 although i only went a few hours into the game. reminded me most of the old FFs (6 and earlier). played a lot of 8 and 10, but 9 is my favourite. really liked the theme song 'melodies of life' as well
The title cracked me up. I had to read more. Click bait, or not... That's funny.
"Final Fantasy IX was a far more light-hearted affair."
"The explosion of Western interest came with VII, leading to another ‘mature’ entry with VIII. Both games are grand features dripping with serious drama. Switching back to a more traditional style as they did with IX would no doubt be jarring. Cutesy designs, whimsical themes and far more comedy is a big departure after all."
Despite the art style, colourful settings and generally whimsical first disc, this game is rife with dark themes that make it a top contender for most depressing game in the series. The villains commit genocide with varying levels of success (the lowest level being "about half"), almost every kingdom you go to is either invaded, destroyed, or both, an entire planet is destroyed (and the other was pretty much its life support), the woobie-riffic characters experience existential angst that makes Cloud Strife look absolutely normal in comparison, no less than three existential crises occur, and the party actually dies at the end.