Classic PlayStation RPG Final Fantasy IX is getting an animated TV series, it seems. Planned to enter production either later in 2021 or in early 2022, the show will cater to a younger audience — namely 8-13 year-olds. It's being created by Paris-based company Cyber Group Studios, in conjunction with Square Enix.
"The games have a strong co-viewing potential. For those who do know Final Fantasy IX, this will be an [introduction],” Cyber Group Studios CEO Pierre Sissmann tells Kidscreen. Aside from that one quote, we don't have any real details to go on.
There is potential in this, though. Final Fantasy IX is a wondrous adventure, and its world is packed with all kinds of stuff that could work well in an animated series. We imagine that it'll be quite some time until we get to see it, however.
What do you make of this? Join Tantalus in the comments section below.
[source kidscreen.com]
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This sounds like something that will never see the light of day due to "creative issues".
That’s… odd! Didn’t see this coming at all, I mean it’s been quite a while since it came out.
I'd rather have another season for FFXV Brotherhood. The episode on how Prompto and Noctis became friends was really good.
The real star of the show will of course be Quina with those pearls of wisdom.
"World only have two things: Things you can eat and things you no can eat"
It's been a very long time since I have been that much disappointed with a subtitle after an incredibly thrilling title.
Well-done I guess...
@LieutenantFatman We need a Quina themed ‘You can pet the dog’-alike. You can eat banana. You no can eat human suffering caused by the Capitalist state.
I know that the game has a lot of fans, but as someone who started playing Final Fantasy with the very first one on the NES, 9 is the clearly the VERY worst one, IMO.
I would be absolutely interested in a show about almost any other game in the series. Even 13. But the characters in 9 just suck so badly. Its a childish joke.
I'll judge it when I see footage. Although, the game did have some dark themes, be interesting to see how they are adapted.
NOOOOOOOOOOO This is my favourite game of all time and when my directing career finally kicks off I want to adapt it into a film, and certainly not aim it at 8-13 year olds. Plans ruined.
As Long As They Don't Turn This Into a Comedy With Bad Jokes Like They Seem To Do For All Kids Shows Nowadays.
This is my favourite game of all time so i hope this is good. Not all things made for kids are necessarily bad. Lets see how it goes
@Unlucky13 In the same boat. 9 is the only mainline Final Fantasy game I was ever actively disappointed in at release. I might get say it beats the original three games now, objectively speaking. But, subjectively speaking, I don’t really want to be objective.
Wait............WHAAAAT!? I mean, WHAAAT!? This is my favorite game of ALL time but I didn't think it was super popular overall. This seems so freaking random but I will definitely be standing by for more news! I can't wrap my brain around this!
@Unlucky13 last time i checked nearly all top/best final fantasy games of all time in gaming sites, ff9 always ranked either in the top 3 or top 5, even the defunct psm place ff9 above 7 in the top ps1 games 😅
@Unlucky13 Whoa you crazy! Haha. To each his own I guess. 9 is my favorite in the entire series and I also started with the NES originals. In fact, everything after 9 I consider to be not only the worst FFs, but some of the worst RPGs of all time. Since the series died for me after 9, my faves go:
1) FF9
2) FF8
3) FF6
4) FF4
5) FF7
Ah man I'm watching this for sure, screw the kid rating.
While not my favorite FF, was a very enjoyable one.
Although, the plot is actually very, very dark - genocide etc - wonder how they'll make that kid-friendly
Whatever it takes for more people to appreciate THE BEST ONE. Complain about something other than the card game, I dare anyone.
The people saying FF9 is the worst FF are MAD 😲
@Rob_230 even kids don't like things ''aimed for kids'' lol . i know i didn't, haha.
@mazz 9 is close to 10 so i can see how you made that error . we all knew you meant FF10.
@nomither6 I don't see any complaints about anything but the card game in your reply. 10 is the best one post PS1. 9,5,7,6,10, but those may be re-arranged after a random playthrough of any of them, you know how it goes.
@mazz Personally, I found the pacing to be incredibly slow, didn't particularly like the characters, and the battles take forever. Also didn't care for learning skills from equipment. And pretty much every mechanic and minigame associated with Quina. And the character designs are hideous.
It feels like such a massive step down from VII in nearly every way.
I wouldn't call it the worst FF game, though. II and XIII are, IMO, clearly worse.
@invictus4000 I guess we had very different expectations, perhaps. For me, playing what I knew as FF II and III (4 & 6 in Japan, I believe) on the SNES, and then 7 & 8 on the PS1, each game moved in a direction that was more complex, more "grown up" and more towards a mixture of traditional fantasy with technology. Similarly, other Square games like Secret of Mana and Chronotrigger were thrown into that mix too.
And then 9 comes along with Monkeyboy as the main character, a cast of characters out of a preschool TV show, and plot and dialogue to match, and it was not just something that I disliked, it was a slap to the face! It was like they let some other studio with an entirely different approach use the FF name and make a mockery of it.
And then X came along and righted the ship back in the correct dirction, X-2 was a lot of fun, and XII remains one of my very favorite video games of all time period. And then yeah, things have been wonky after that. But I still liked 13 and 15 more than I did 9.
@Unlucky13 lol...I couldn't have said it better. I grew up with 7 as my first big RPG so it's my favorite of all time. I loved 8, disliked 9 because I thought the characters were boring and Zidane was still weak by the end of it lol. loved 10, finished 12 but was just enjoying the combat the story was meh and loved Tactics. I hear 14 has a great story underneath the MMO and I never got into 15 after trying it for a few hours. 13?? Umm I finished it? that's about the best compliment I can give it.
@Milktastrophe First thing that came to mind when I read the title of the article.
@mazz Honestly not the most massive complaint, but the Trance system of FF9 seemed, imo, to be the worst "limit break/overdrive" system of any Final Fantasy I played - particularly since it plays a decently sized role in the story. It's "alright" for a few characters and just plain bad/redundant for others, and rarely felt special outside of the scripted fights. For example, Steiner gets 3x damage, largely making his trance a time to just spam Attack. Zidane gets 1.5x damage, so unless you need his multi-target Dyne attacks then you'll once again just spam Attack in the late-game. Quina gets to eat enemies a bit earlier, otherwise just 1.5x damage boost. Because of the 9999 damage cap, the boost Trance gives you often just becomes about using Attack (particularly for the 3 mentioned, Amarant, and Freya, unless you need jump for multiple enemies/tough encounters).
Tack on the fact the state cannot be saved for when it's most beneficial, and you don't even really get to feel too strategic for when you do get to use it. The whole system just seems poorly implemented.
I understand you may consider this somewhat nitpicky, but take into account how much more often people interact with the trance system over the card game.
The game itself also feels generally too easy, but that's for another time.
So is a remake or sequel in the works? Usually if they make a show or film of a old game something like that is in the pipeline. I started to appreciate 9 way after XII. Back then it was such a switch in style that I couldn't get into it. Same goes with Zelda the wind waker. After OOT and that tech demo, it was to much.
@TheIdleCritic at least you'll know what Not to do 😀
@Milktastrophe Those shorts and kingsglaive were well done. Concerning this though, I really do not care for French or overall European kids cartoons since they are for the most part shoddy. There's lots of good animation when it comes to arthouse movies though like the red turtle or wolfwalkers... fantastic stuff!
Played them all except the MMO’s FF11 and FF14 and the 2 FF13 sequels.
My ranking
1. FF6
2. FF7
3. FFT <— don’t skip it
4. FF9
5. FF8
6. FF12
7. FF5
8. FF10
9. FF15
10. FF4
11. FF3
12. FF2
13. FF
14. FF13
15. FFX-2 <- most nonsensical cash-in plot
8-13 year olds. Sod that I'd watch it as a 34 year old
@Milktastrophe You enjoyed it to right? That anime was the reason I bought Final fantasy 15.
@themightyant Final fantasy 13 isn't low enough.
Hmmm, as my favourite entry to the series, I'm not so sure how I feel about this... sounds like it'll be a bit wafty! I understand trying to bring in a new audience, but unless there's a remake/re-release planned, don't really see why they'd pick now, of all times
@rachetmarvel haha, I did genuinely think which order the bottom 2 should be. But ultimately I enjoyed the open world (you only get once you are 90% through the game), the story, and the cut scenes more in FF13.
I had to really drag myself to finish both and they’re the only ones I sold immediately so quite a way behind the others.
But you have a point there’s a reason I never played FFXIII-2 and LR:FFXIII (although they’re meant to be a bit better).
Rather see FF9 released physical on PS4.
Fun fact: I never owned the original PlayStation (or a PSOne) but emulation was already pretty good when FF9 came out so I bought it and played it on my PC.
So random, let's see how it turns out
@bimboliquido If I like the game why do I have rose tinted glasses on? It's subjective. Why does it bother you so? This is not a case of a game being roundly trounced, and the consensus being "yeah, it's bad". Lots of people love it.
@bimboliquido I understand.
But I don't think I have rose tinted glasses on. I know the game's numerous downfalls and it's strengths, and I know why, at the end of the day, I love it.
Yeah in comparison to the other entries in the franchise, it did take a different approach...
I quite liked that they tried something new, and even though the characters are all a little 'odd,' they all kind of fit together into this ragtag group. The exploration of the unknown and sense of adventure was what really sold it for me.
The chocobo mini games in ff9 are also one my favourites!
Looking forward to the newest FF coming out since it looks like it's going a bit darker in theme
@bimboliquido I went into it, when I first played it, without the burden of trying to figure out what makes a good FF game; because I simply didn't care (plus I was 11!).
I really did relate to the characters, again perhaps because I was young, but what was presented to us was simple and I genuinely enjoyed their backstories - which teased something deeper(except Zidane, he was boring). I also love how aesthetically unique they all are.
I didn't think the script was bad. Very natural dialogue - kind of like X.
The music is spectacular. Not bombastic and orchestral like nowadays, but for the time midi did what midi could.
The battle system is very simple, but stops short of becoming tedious, I think. And if you were smart about collecting weapons and armour then grinding never took up too much time.
The endgame is a load of lazy nonsense and the card game is trash.
... But I love it!
Ahh, a FF9 animated series is just what everyone wanted.
Said no one ever.
I'll happily watch it, but am surprised it's not getting an anime series instead.
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