Salvador

FFIX is more than just an optional boss! It honored the aesthetic of OG final fantasy games. Google, Black and white mages, airship, medieval aesthetics and upper tier baddies that glitched the fabric of spacetime. We also had side quests and the legendary addictive card game. This is why IX is the best Final Fantasy. The key factor of making a remake that grosses a billion dollars is actually keeping the action and gameplay LIGHTWEIGHT rather than bloating it with over production to try and stretch two or three "episodes" out of it. Let these kids get totally immersed in their quest, from start to finish without constantly forcing them to wait - for the screen to finish loading, for the next episode to drop, etc. These practices are abusive and anti human and end up destroying the companies that practice them. Look at all the woke megacorps going broke because of their trying to play politics instead of playing to their core competency. Square Enix is a game company. Not a military industrial complex. Make a fast, addictive, lightweight, even cheesey lo-fi graphics FF9 remake that kids can play all the way through from beginning to end, and they will have LEGIONS of raving fans!!!