The rumored Final Fantasy 9 remake is said to have stalled despite once being very far along. Originally released in 2000, Final Fantasy 9 marked a return to the franchise's traditional fantasy roots after the futuristic settings of Final Fantasy 7 and 8. Related Final Fantasy Game is Permanently Shutting Down on September 30 Square Enix and its development partner announce the upcoming shutdown of a beloved Final Fantasy game. Final Fantasy 9 Remake Reportedly No Longer Moving ForwardCloseRPG Site founder Alex Donaldson recently claimed that Square Enix had a remake of Final Fantasy 9 in development, but work eventually stopped for reasons that remain unclear. Yoshida recently suggested that recreating legacy Final Fantasy titles like Final Fantasy 6, 8, or 9 at the scale of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy could require multiple installments, but Donaldson says the FF9 project was not being developed with that approach.