The pre-order bonuses for Final Fantasy 14’s Dawntrail expansion and comments from the game’s director hint that the leaked remake of Final Fantasy 9 is legit.
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail director Naoki Yoshidarecently discussed the new expansion’s pre-order bonuses, which include characters from Final Fantasy IX. These bonuses include an Ark Mount and Garnet Minion in the Digital Collector’s Edition and a Wind-Up Zidane Minion in retailer-specific pre-orders.
A thread on theGaming Leaks and Rumours Reddithas explained why these pre-order bonuses, along with Yoshida’s comments, are subtle confirmations of theleaked Final Fantasy 9 remake.
“There are more and more hints about Final Fantasy IX remake. When will Square Enix announce it?” one fan wrote, while another said, “There’s a IX anime that hasn’t been heard of in a good while. I mean, if Grubb is talking about a remake it is or at least was real at some point, but the anime seems like it should come out sooner.”
The fact that Yoshida linked it to a “secret” is what’s igniting the fans’ imaginations. Adding classic Final Fantasy characters as pre-order incentives usually wouldn’t cause anyone to bat their eyes, but if it’s linked to something, then it’s most likely the remake.
A Final Fantasy 9 animated series is in the works, but that was announced long ago, so there’s no secret involved.
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Another possibility is that Final Fantasy 9 content is planned for Dawntrail or its post-launch patches. We already know there will be a Final Fantasy 11-themed Alliance Raid in the expansion, so maybe there will be Final Fantasy 9 content, too?
Whatever the case, it’s clear that Final Fantasy 9 fans will be eating well in the Dawntrail expansion, even if it only means having its protagonist follow you around on the new continent.
Scott Baird is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Pokemon, Baldur’s Gate, Dungeons & Dragons, Final Fantasy, and Magic The Gathering, and Nintendo games. He also has bylines at Cracked, Dorkly, Topless Robot, Screen Rant, The Gamer, and TopTenz.
