FF9 for PC to be released anytime!!!!

Takmadeus · July 12th, 2004

from ffonline:

Quote:

It's just surprise after surprise. First a partnership with
Nintendo, now a return to the PC market. Squaresoft announces
Final Fantasy IX: Special Edition coming to the PC.

After blunders in the PC ports of Final Fantasy VII and VIII, Squaresoft tries again by releasing a special edition PC version of Final Fantasy IX.

We didn't think Squaresoft would bother trying again, but they did. After keeping completely quiet about a PC release of Final Fantasy IX for quite some time, even after releasing their Playstation 2 hit Final Fantasy X, Squaresoft recently released new screenshots and disc packaging images of a "special edition" PC port.

While we're not exactly sure what aspects of the game entitle it a special edition, Final Fantasy IX PC comes with 4 CG-character decorated discs and the screenshots emulate the graphic features of previous PC releases: sharp, smooth 3D polygons over pixeled backgrounds and text. FMV movies are incredibly sharp and appear in a letterbox format, somewhat similar to the impressive video sequences from Final Fantasy VIII. However, Squaresoft says this particular PC release is far superior from its past counterparts, featuring better support for video cards and has enhanced digitally tracked music, leaving the previously used and unimpressive midi soundtrack behind.

Source: Final Fantasy Online

are these old news?... because it apeared in the latest features section

grahf · July 12th, 2004

Update (04.02.02): April Fools.

**hushypushy** · July 12th, 2004

and didnt you notice that the shots look lifted exactly out of ePSXe?

**Razor Blade** · July 12th, 2004

LOL. Aw thats funny.

Takmadeus · July 13th, 2004

hehe I was hopping more people would fall for it

happy fools joke!

cloudvii · July 13th, 2004

i was about to make plans of saving money to buy the game

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So do u think Square will return to pc development again ? I mean ff11 is doing good .

July 13th, 2004

not likely.

**I-Chan** · July 13th, 2004

Not likely or you hope not?

Vanit · July 13th, 2004

Dammit ><

Aww I would have loved a PC port of FF9...

shadow89 · July 13th, 2004

eehhe what a rip off, I really want it thoug..

l3illyl3ob · July 13th, 2004

Well, square never developed for the pc to begin with, they let eidos do the porting. Now that they have experience, it might be more feasible, but i dunno about porting future FF games... then again, previous FF games are even more unlikely, and original square titles are out of the question. Which just leaves a slim chance for square pc games in the future

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makotech222 · July 13th, 2004

Pwned!!!

**hushypushy** · July 13th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takmadeus

hehe I was hopping more people would fall for it

happy fools joke!

....yeah, from 2 years ago

Takmadeus · July 13th, 2004

it is kind of old, but hey, it allows some discussion :P

anyway, it is highly unlikely that Square releases any more ff games for PC, taking in account how bad were the sales with ff7 and ff8..... I would like to see ffx oe ff9 one day though

Cid Highwind · July 16th, 2004

FF7 pc works great for me, the graphics are way better than the PSX ones, you only need the right graphics card

But it should've been done way better, especially the movies, they don't even run at 30 fps

But the game is okay, and the music, well it depends on what hardware or software you use for it.

FF8 pc has great movies, the best there was back at that time. Not one pc game could touch it!

Exodus · July 17th, 2004

even if it were true, epsxe emulates it perfectly, so you can spend 1/3 of the cost, buy the psx version and play it on PC anyways. you KNOW they wouldn't actually make it look better during the port, because that would actually cost money.

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l3illyl3ob Link to the Underworld Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,147	Well, square never developed for the pc to begin with, they let eidos do the porting. Now that they have experience, it might be more feasible, but i dunno about porting future FF games... then again, previous FF games are even more unlikely, and original square titles are out of the question. Which just leaves a slim chance for square pc games in the future .

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Takmadeus The Legendary Journey Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In real life Posts: 4,040	it is kind of old, but hey, it allows some discussion :P anyway, it is highly unlikely that Square releases any more ff games for PC, taking in account how bad were the sales with ff7 and ff8..... I would like to see ffx oe ff9 one day though __________________ Made with the GIMP

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Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,675	FF7 pc works great for me, the graphics are way better than the PSX ones, you only need the right graphics card But it should've been done way better, especially the movies, they don't even run at 30 fps But the game is okay, and the music, well it depends on what hardware or software you use for it. FF8 pc has great movies, the best there was back at that time. Not one pc game could touch it! __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

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