Despite Square Enix still in the trenches with development on Final Fantasy VII Revelation, rumours have persisted that a remake of Final Fantasy IX isn’t too far behind.

Unfortunately, according to a comment from Alex Donaldson (Editor, RPG Site) over on Reset Era, development on the remake is “no longer moving forward”. He says that the game would have been a single entry rather than split across multiple releases, and that development was “very far along”.

“IE, there was an FF9 remake, and it was a single game, and it was very far along. Yoshida even made some vague comments like these hinting at the fact around the last expansion’s FF9 tribute content. So, it is possible, with the right scope, which to be clear is obviously a smaller scope than FF7R. However for various reasons – surely a story for another day – that project stalled out, and it’s no longer moving forward. And Yoshida makes comments like this to manage fan expectations.

“And of course, the thing is, the path can always change again. This new mobile Dissidia game spent the better part of a year effectively cancelled before being revived, for instance. So nothing is concrete and in the case of 9 that work is still there waiting to be revisited, though I did feel the game was truly dead when illustrations created as potential box art and as key art were just tweeted out for the anniversary.”

So while it’s possible that work on the remake may recommence at some point, it doesn’t sound promising when key art made for the project was instead supposedly repurposed for the anniversary.

Square Enix, meanwhile, recently posted some pretty strong financial results from Q1 of FY2027, citing the “strong performance” of titles like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. Its operating profit rose a staggering 88.6% year-on-year.