Summary
The love and attention that has gone intoFinal Fantasy 7’s remake has had fans of other games in the series hoping the same formula might be applied to other installments. There have been rumblings thatFinal Fantasy 9 will be the next game in the series to get the remake treatment, and even thoughSquare Enixis yet to officially confirm that, a new leak has claimed it and aFinal Fantasy Tacticsremake are still happening.
That’s according to the usually reliableNateThaHate(thanks,VGC). Nate was asked on Twitter if there’s any news on the rumored remakes forFinal Fantasy 9and Final Fantasy Tactics. The leaker replied that both remain in active development, but it’s unlikely we will see either of them released before the end of 2025.
Nate added that “maybe” Final Fantasy 9’s remake will be released in 2026, although even that is far from a concrete answer on when exactly we might actually get to see this project. Just confirmation that it’s real would be nice, although, on the other hand, Square is likely looking around at the likes ofWonder WomanandWolverineand decided against announcing a game years before it’s ready to update people on its progress, let alone release it.
Final Fantasy 9 And Tactics' Remake Still Exist, Apparently
They Remain In “Active Development” At Square According To The Latest Leak
Even though we don’t have a Final Fantasy 9 remake, Square has made sure the original version of the game is available on just about every platform possible. It’s available onPS4, which means it can also be played onPS5, and was released onXboxandNintendo Switchin 2019.
As for official word on a remake, fans started to get their hopes up when Final Fantasy 9 content was added toFinal Fantasy 14last year. Yoshi-P quickly intervened to make it clearthe crossover was not an indicator that a remake is in the works. The Final Fantasy director also noted that similar to Final Fantasy 7, if FF9 were to get the remake treatment,it would be impossible to contain it to a single game.
Yoshi-P did quite the opposite when asked about a new Tactics game.The director said “It’s probably about time we do a new one"when asked about the spinoff series last year. With no new Final Fantasy projects confirmed until the final part of the FF7 Remake trilogy, which is still years away, Square does have some time to fill on its Final Fantasy slate. Even if the FF9 and Tactics remakes aren’t released this year, hopefully, we have at least heard something about them in an official capacity by the end of 2025.
