Rumors of a Remaining Fantasy IX remake have been echoing round RPG circles for a minimum of yr now, with sequence followers hopeful that they could quickly get to revisit one of the crucial beloved entries within the sequence. But when a Remaining Fantasy IX remake does materialize, it might face some large challenges.
Talking with the web site Video Video games, Remaining Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida talked a bit about what a remake would possibly appear like. He warns that it might not all slot in one recreation.
“After all, I do know there are requests for Remaining Fantasy IX to be made, however when you consider Remaining Fantasy IX, it’s a recreation with enormous quantity,” Yoshida says. “When you consider all of that quantity, I’m wondering if it’s potential to remake that as a single title. It’s a troublesome one. It’s a powerful query.”
Yoshida appears to be suggesting {that a} potential remake may go the path of Remaining Fantasy VII Remake, which is in the course of a deliberate trilogy. Followers have lengthy had blended emotions about splitting it into a number of elements, which affords the chance so as to add loads of new parts, but additionally slows the pacing. Because it stands, the third a part of the trilogy would not determine to be out till 2026 on the earliest.
Yoshida is correct about Remaining Fantasy IX being an enormous recreation. It is completely loaded with sidequests, minigames, and different content material, and it is set in a really massive world. Reproducing all of that materials will not be simple for any growth group that takes on a remake.
As for Yoshida himself, he is fascinated by remaking a special recreation within the sequence. “The one which I wish to make myself could be Remaining Fantasy III, I feel.”
For longtime followers of the sequence, Yoshida is referring to the model launched on the Famicom, not the Americanized Remaining Fantasy VI. It is a deep reduce as Remaining Fantasy releases go, however very a lot in line with Yoshida’s angle as Remaining Fantasy XIV’s producer.
Yoshida touches on a handful of different particulars within the interview, together with his favourite Remaining Fantasy VII minigame (snowboarding), an Xbox launch of Remaining Fantasy XVI (“we do need to launch it on Xbox”), and extra. Within the meantime, the look forward to a Remaining Fantasy IX remake continues.
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