Dependable insider, NateTheHate, has shared that he believes the rumored remake of the 2000 recreation, Ultimate Fantasy IX, was in improvement in some unspecified time in the future however has since been placed on the shelf at Sq. Enix.
The insider shared on his podcast that the remake is now “on ice” (through GameRanx) and the dev has stopped engaged on it as of proper now, however he believes there’s an opportunity the builders at Sq. Enix could revisit the challenge in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
The concept of a remake to Ultimate Fantasy IX was first noticed within the notorious Nvidia leak a number of years in the past, and lots of anticipated this remake to occur based mostly on not solely what number of remasters and remakes are made as we speak usually, however the identical builders themselves, Sq. Enix, have already efficiently began remaking the older recreation in the identical collection, Ultimate Fantasy VII, so one might think about a remake to this one can be an actual chance at Sq. Enix.
The remakes Sq. Enix has labored on to this point within the Ultimate Fantasy collection has been a large hit and it’s set to conclude a three-part remake saga based mostly on the seventh recreation from 1997 someday subsequent yr, so a remake for the ninth recreation appeared inevitable. Many players will definitely hope the builders choose this challenge again up and proceed their profitable run of remakes.
Sq. Enix at the moment shelving the Ultimate Fantasy IX remake at the very least means the builders will take a look at one other challenge not together with the finale to the Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake collection or the seventeenth mainline title. There may be actually potential for one more traditional to get the remake remedy, however at the very least for now, Ultimate Fantasy IX must wait.
