The Final Fantasy IX remake might be larger in scope than we thought

Why are they remaking a game that's already perfect and not one that actually needs a remake, like 8?

They are skipping 8. 8 deserves a retry. I recently learned that the English translation was flawed, and that might be why many people outside Japan hate it. Supposedly it has a better reputation in Japan

There is a lot that keeps IX from being perfect. Just a few issues.
-Trance mechanic not being controllable.
-Really low steal rates for the last items bosses give.
-Insane 100 card limit which ruins the card game.
-Too much hitting the damage limit of 9999 by the Endgame with too much.
-Hideous art style (Sorry, had to say it.)
-Ripping off Dragon Ball. People with tails. Kuja blowing up a planet.
-Quina...
-Story being all over the place.
-Annoying missable chests.
-Never getting to defeat Beatrix (She really couldn't have been fought as a Superboss?).
-The final boss coming out of nowhere.

I'll end on a positive note though...
-It had 4 characters in a battle. 3 is just too limiting, and I feel hurts FF7 and FF8.

Oh god just imagine the soulless crap if they try to make it more "realistic and modern" looking.

Your forgetting the hidden time limit for one of the best weapons in the game.

I adore the absolute fuck out of it because it feels like a pop-up book that could exist somewhere..

the fact that its playable is amazing tbh

Imagine listing the best party member as a weakness. Lol.

People like Quina...?

Anyway, yeah, the art style in 9 is kinda weird to me. Like, in-game I think the art direction is peak -- it feels like a Disney movie and is very aesthetically pleasing. But then I look at Zidane's render with his bigass head and I'm like...ehhh.

It would look like this:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f6635593.jpg

Saying that the character who has absolutely nothing to do with the plot and barely has any characterization besides wanting to eat things is the best says terrible things about FF9's characters and plot in general...just so you know .

Quina gets the least relevance, but she does get character development. Almost entirely through side quests, but still.

As far as gameplay, Quina's the most fun blue mage out there. Nothing better than learning a monster's ability by fucking eating it.

I don't want it to be easy, doesn't feel earned. Also, eating something alive is just more fun than seeing something.

I'd love a fleshed out remake like FF7 with tons of extra content

but they should also release an FF9 remaster and fix how long it takes for battles to load

I hope it's not to the extent of FFVII's. I can see making it grander, but please keep it to one game . I'm of the opinion that FFVII was the only game they could get away with doing that.

I hope it's not to the extent of FFVII's. I can see making it grander, but please keep it to one game. I'm of the opinion that FFVII was the only game they could get away with doing that.

Agree with this sentiment. Making the FFVII Remake Episodic killed my interest in it.

I hope you are right.

You should actually give7 a try. It's pretty damn good.

Just curious, but do levels/equipment actually carry over between Episodes? Someone said it didn't, which...makes me want to play it less than I already did.