Final Fantasy 9 Remake & Kingdom Hearts 4 Just Got GREAT News 

Its been a while so I forgot a key detail that it was Nomura that was the hold up with Sora’s inclusion in smash. My mistake. However, According to YoshiP, Disney IS the hold up with the inclusion of the game in XIV as he has stated the licensing is too complicated.

Nomura was the reason Sora took so long to come to Smash, not Disney surprisingly

Yay! Final Fantasy IX is finally getting the love it deserves!

I'm heartbroken if they keep remaking games but skip over 8 The story of 8 would be perfect for the kind of writing Square likes to do now, with the timetravel elements

FF9 remake would be a dream come true! My absolutely my favorite FF!

I know it’s virtually impossible, but I’d really love a Final Fantasy VIII remake.

Final Fantasy 9 was absolutely legendary. My jaw was dropped the entire playthrough. The perfect combination of the old and the new and it was the original creator of Final Fantasy games last game. He wanted to go out with a bang by bringing back the old Final Fantasy and combining it with the new. It was a masterpiece and we can learn a lot from it.

Poor FFVIII. If any title needs a remake, it's that.

Where is FF8 remake. It shouldn't be skipped

FF9 is fine but i need FFT

I hope Square Enix makes sure we aren't alone. 😉

Im excited for Kingdom Hearts 4

Makes sense the focus is shifting from FFVII to FFIX, even the upcoming expansion for FFXIV is gonna focus on FFIX stuff, they're even introducing a new class called Viper who uses a double bladed staff that can separate into 2 daggers which is basically both of Zidane main weapon types

FF9 will forever be my favorite along with FFX

In an Interview Nomura stated that Disney was all too happy to bring sora into smash, but it was Nomura himself who didnt want to do it for quite a while.

I’m really happy to see FFIX finally receive some much-deserved love but ngl I’m wary of a remake. There’s plenty of things that could be improved through a remake but I’m worried about what could be compromised in that process, most especially for me its distinctive and endearing art style

Melody of Memory is missing from the Steam line-up, sadly :(

I'm legit seething that they won't do 8

Not the biggest FFX fan but FF9 is one of my favorites. So I hope the remake is good

Ok, Square, take my money and give me this FF9 remake, please!!!

Ff9? Omg I am in tears! F gta6 I can't wait for ff9 remake! 😭

Would rather FF8 remake more than 9 but whatevs

I hope that the FF 9 are its animated project are awesome!

FF10 is the closest to my heart but I loved FF9 so much and it makes a lot of sense for them to remake it in conjunction with releasing the new animated series. I just hope that someday in the nearish future there will be a full-on proper remake of FF10 like FF7 is getting as well as a X-3 sequel.

FFIX without slow-as-molasses combat is an amazing proposition.

for those looking to replay FFX, there is a FANTASTIC mod for the international PS2 release, the PBIRDMAN mod. Its insanely in depth and heavily tested and debugged, been having a blast on a 100% run.

ff9 is my favorite FF. it has so much heart.

and FFX:R hopefuls just got DEVASTATING news...

I really hope Square starts putting more effort into advertising their games because both FF16 and Rebirth were incredible experiences to me (i have both platinumed!) but all this talk of sales has me nervous dksndos

I hope FF9 anime gets an English dub that would be sooooo exciting to me!

This info made my morning, I’m ready for square to drop official info. 05:33 it also means 4 in Spanish. It’s spelled different but it’s 4.

Awesome info. Thank you.

Fix the trance and reference Necron during the story and we're good to go on FF9 remake

If FF9 does come to swtich 2, im all for it, its my favorit FF game of them all. Tho i still want a remake of Chrono Trigger.

I am so juiced. FF9 is my fav and last one i got to play with my older brother before they stopped playing games as much.

so close to being first :(, but seriously can't wait for FF9 remake

6 and Tactics seem like the next best bets to me. 10 doesn’t need it. Hoping they don’t cut 7-3 too much.

FFX is happening just pushed down sadly, maybe 28/29 rather than 26.

If FF9 remake turns out to be good, Square had better fucking remake FF6 in a similar way!! Also, I love FF9, but I need my FF Tactics remaster. At least the original FF9 is easily available on modern consoles. And finally, please let there be a Vagrant Story remaster alongside FFT -- make it a full Ivalice HD collection!

FFIX deserves more love indeed! I hope this means they're expanding more and moving from VII-centric releases. The other entries deserves as much love too

Final Fantay 9 remake was on the nvidia leak. Most other games in that leak have already come out. However that was before Square announced they were pruning a lot of their projects.

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I just hope it’s a whole and complete game and not broken up like 7.

Hopefully Final Fantasy IX Remake gets the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth treatment and be multi platform from the start as to get more sales. However keep true to the original story with no plot ghost things that alter it. I'm also hoping they use Unreal Engine 5 for it's development.

I never got to play IX, but I saw the story and liked it. I even like Zidane and Kuja in the Dissidia story, so I really would love the chance to play IX at long last. I hope that they do fix certain issues like how the final boss was handled.

I love FF9 but the final fantasy I think they need to remake is FF6.

Seeing as next year is FFIX's 25th anniversary, I can see the Remake being announced for a summer 2025 release. Just hope SE doesn't format the story in the same vein as FFVII Remake. The anime might be released either late this year or early next year tho.

0:09 wasn't it announced FF 9 Remake (in unreal 5) to be in development, and a trailer was shown to give or take a year back now. Edit - this might have been a Fan Made concept.

Wow these were pretty exciting things to hear! Thanks for covering all these rumors that were mentioned NSP!❤🤩 Square didn't waste any time at all with their new restructuring program. The imcoming release of the whole KH series so far on Steam proves it! I know all the other things mentioned are rumors, but if you think about it, SE really has alot planned with FF9 Remake, KH and the collaborations, as well as the development of the FF 7R part 3. Assuming all of the rumors turns out to be true, it would show that SE is going all out on their IPs and game releases! Which would also fall in line with the new changes they've decided to make!😊 I can't wait to see how all this unfolds! Thanks again NSP!🤩✨️🙌🏽

I can't wait for Final Fantasy 9 Remake.

Yea I’d rather have an FF8 remake, we need that “Garden Invasion” segment redone ASAP!

I somehow missed the kingdom hearts games. Every time I thought about playing them something else came out and I missed that whole story. Is it worth it to go back and try them? Or just do whatever new game is gonna come out

So what kind of Remake do you think it'll be? I mean in terms of scope and gameplay etc. Will it just be FF7R with the action ATB system and open world design? Or something else?

My first Final Fantasy was Final Fantasy 9 so I can't wait for the remake! I just hope they keep the cartoony aesthetic the same.

Anything regarding tactics?

Can't wait for a remake of ff9, one of the best 😊. Let's hope for ff8 as well in the future, always in my heart as my first ff.

I want to see a remake on FF6! I'm also looking forward to seeing the update on ff9 as well. But I was first introduced to Final Fantasy world through 6 and really enjoyed the story.

I just finished ff8 a few months back. I really enjoyed compared to when i played it earlier. Im hoping they remake 8. They can even add more background story to the villian.

4:59 I got the feeling the Nintendo ports will come after the successor to the Switch drops. Same as Persona 3 Reload’s port likely being held back on Nintendo for the new system. Just my personal thoughts on it.

Does any of this really matter, now that we know Square-Enix is in financial crisis mode? If any of these were actually in development, it was recently announced that they decided to cancel some games due to their recent focus of "quality over quantity" according to various news sources. The fact that they decided to port Kingdom Hearts to Steam as well as stopping their Sony Playstation exclusivity in general is proof that the company is facing financial issues.

For FF nine I think you did a video earlier but what kind of art style are we all hoping for? Dragon Ball Z? Wind Waker ninja scroll? Sprites? Or something like a Disney princess movie lol?

I still wish that Tactics line gets a proper remake and port. It seems like it wpuld be fun to bring back and do some character enhancement and growth

Ah goody ol' Midori.

I was trying to play FF9 on switch as I never got to play it, stopped at ice cave smh but the remake will be welcomed once it's modernized & do way with this grinding hell.

When we gettin the 1st 2 Dissidia on Nintendo switch

I really hope they just keep FF9 to a single game, if the remake is actually true

Will it have plot ghosts and multiverse tho?

Hey where is that FF9 footage from that you use? The models look like he improved crisp iOS models but the backgrounds actually look up-res and crisp too, which is not the case in the official re-release of the game in the PSN store and so forth.

I’m excited for an FF9 remake, but I think FF6 would be even better, it stands more to gain from a graphics boost. 9’s cinematics still holds up, and 10’s remaster makes a remake just unnecessary.

FF9 was my first ever Final Fantasy but I could not complete it back then since both, the Game and the PlayStation just were borrowed and I had to give it back as I was on Disc 3 of 4 or something like that. It's too damn long ago but I remember Zidane and Garnet and that little Wizard-Guy who wanted not to stop and reminded me of Orko from He-Man. ^^

FFIX was an amazing game! But if they give it the same treatment as FF7 remake then no thanks. I'd rather just get a remaster with updated graphics and flesh out some more of the story and side characters. The OG story is already amazing and the pacing of the game is great

KH to Switch 2 makes total sense following the announcement that Square is done with the Sony exclusivity stuff finally

does this mean Switch 2 is gonna be more powerful than we think if KH4 is possibly being planned for its release?

Why IX before VIII?

We have enough FF X remakes lol. It looks beautiful on PS5 and I'm happy with that. I was happy with the PS3 remake lol 🤷 they need to bring back the old character models and make them HD. I liked the original PS2 version better but i cant play FF X for the PS2 lol its too old. We need to combine the best parts of both together into one perfect FF X PS5 Remaster with the original character models remade into HD but without losing the nostalgia this time around 👍

I think your mixing something up about Sora being in Smash. Dinsey was ok with collab, and told Nomura it's a good opportunity, but he was hesitant because how it will clash with lore of Sora going to Disney worlds. He said so himself. I don't remember Sakurai saying it's been a nightmare either. That's just what people (Including me) were saying.

FF9 needs a remake, its one of the best!

Can we test my source? FFIX will be a one and done, faithful remake. How well it does will set the future of all remake projects.

To me, it makes sense to remake FF9 first. Then like 10 years from now get a FF8 remake that looks absolutely insane.

9 is my second favorite Final Fantasy game with 7 only slightly beating it out and it just says to me how fantastic both games are. So if it's getting a remake I'm there, especially if it retcon's Vivi's death because I've always hated that. Every one else get's their happy ending but Vivi it's a minor annoyance on an other wise awesome finale for me. It just feels tacked on rather than built up naturally so yes I do want that part changed.

After all this time, Squarenix complaining they're not making money, when all they had to do was... release KH on a platform I use! I'll be buying it now. I already own physical copies of a lot of KH games, so I just could not bring myself to buy it on a platform I did not want to use (EGS) when I'm not exactly desperate to own it again. Convenience became key. Having it on steam just hit the spot.

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IX was great, but man I would love love love a VIII remake.

I just played the FFX remaster recently. It feels pretty modern, the ideas of remaking me seems off to me, so not surprised that is not true.

Oh Tidus, wearing 3 different styles of shorts in one pair of shorts lol

I’m hoping for an 8 and 9 remake. 10, 12, and 13 should not be too priority.

its crazy to think 90% of game news is re-releases of games that i can play literally right now

I will wait for kh4

Quattro also means four (Cuatro)

Wonder what censorships would be done to these remakes... Considering Squarenix seems still have am Ethics Department

8:42 it's worth noting that Disney was completely on board for Smash. Nomura was the one that needed convincing

This just makes me wonder, how tf did they kept silent on FF7 Remake for so long and they surprised the whole industry (following very good announcement compilations) Nevertheless, good news for us!

6:50 "Porting to unreal engine 5... look even better... this is only going to be good i believe" _[Cries in poor performance/optimization]_

im not Worried About FFIX Remake it will Come when it wants to Come Considering Midori´s Rumors and Yoshi-P´s So Called FF9 Related "Cant Reveal Anything"Huge Secret so if you combine Those 2 information Tidbits its Pretty much a Done Deal now its just to wait for it

I honestly believe SE is just waiting on Nintendo to reveal the Switch 2 and that's where they'll announce FFIX remake

Im really hoping that KH4 gets something at SGF. Also, FF9 remake? Im interested.

Still feels strange for me to think of Sora and KH as Disney properties. Sure, KH featured Disney characters, but looking back, it feels more like KH was doing Disney a favor by bringing their characters back to life. I can by no means say that any Kingdom Hearts game would be any worse off without the Disney characters. In fact, in my opinion, KH games and stories would have been much more enjoyable with newly created characters and worlds that didn't just rehash the story of old Disney movies, but in a worse way. Could have actually told an interesting story in each world instead of just half-assed attempting to retell the story of Disney movies.

So we're thinking that "Square Enix creating an XR game" meant "Xtended Reality" and not "X (10) Remake", that makes sense it would be confusing to some. Agreed and I think most others would also agree that X doesn't need a remake. The graphics are pretty good, voice acting is fine and would much rather see older FF games that never had voice acting be remade.