FFIX HD Remaster?

[Sora96]

As Alex has said in the past, early in development they considered porting FFIX to PlayStation 2 and as a result high res assets exist. Would you like to see a studio remaster IX in HD for PS4 & PC?

 

[LeonBlade]

I'll let you know when I finally get around to finishing it on the PS3... I started a save for it but haven't played it much. Either way, I think it would be interesting to see, so I'm all for it.

 

[Lulcielid]

I'm all for the remasters, if that means making the games available for the future generations and not being lost in time.

 

[Mistwalker]

Who wouldn't want? But the chances of SE doing this are so slim I can not even dream it u.u

 

[APZonerunner]

As Alex has said in the past, early in development they considered porting FFIX to PlayStation 2 and as a result high res assets exist. Would you like to see a studio remaster IX in HD for PS4 & PC?

I don't wanna cause a misunderstanding here, though - the story of FF9 is that for a time (like with 13 later on) they weren't sure if they were going to do it on current or next-gen machines. (Early PS2-based FF13 screens tests are out there, testing the HUD, combat etc using FF10-2 assets, for instance!) In 9's case they decided relatively early on to go for PS1. So a very small number of assets existed in a high quality, not all. It's not like this could be a flicked switch.

Also - older SE games (pre, say, FF12) have pretty bad code rot where builds weren't stored properly and things - that's why KH1.5 took a while, for instance, as all the old assets weren't stored at their base quality and as such, lots had to be rebuilt.

Long story short - I'd love to see FF9 rebuilt with a slightly faster battle speed, higher resolution assets but no other changes - but frankly it's not an easy task at all.

 

[Franbell]

I'd settle for a slightly updated re-release like FF7 & 8 for PC.

Don't see it happening, though.

 

[Sora96]

I don't wanna cause a misunderstanding here, though - the story of FF9 is that for a time (like with 13 later on) they weren't sure if they were going to do it on current or next-gen machines. (Early PS2-based FF13 screens tests are out there, testing the HUD, combat etc using FF10-2 assets, for instance!) In 9's case they decided relatively early on to go for PS1. So a very small number of assets existed in a high quality, not all. It's not like this could be a flicked switch.

Also - older SE games (pre, say, FF12) have pretty bad code rot where builds weren't stored properly and things - that's why KH1.5 took a while, for instance, as all the old assets weren't stored at their base quality and as such, lots had to be rebuilt.

Long story short - I'd love to see FF9 rebuilt with a slightly faster battle speed, higher resolution assets but no other changes - but frankly it's not an easy task at all.

Yeah, I've read all about XIII's situation.

You have a good point, but I'm sure they're working on something to make it "port-friendly" like they've done with III-VIII and X/X-2.