Hello everyone!
Today’s a special day, here at SQUARE ENIX: FINAL FANTASY IX; one of our most celebrated games is now available again from PlayStation Store for all PS3 and PSP users.
Ten years have passed since it made its first, triumphant appearance on the original PlayStation. And since then, it has been regarded as a milestone in the history of console RPGs, and games in general.
Players will have the chance to own and experience the tale of young thief Zidane, kind black mage Vivi and beautiful princess Garnet, and their quest to defeat the evil forces of the Queen of Alexandria. A true classic, FINAL FANTASY IX introduced elements such as the Active Time Events and Mog-Net into the FINAL FANTASY universe, as well as the renowned Tetra Master card mini-game.
To know more about the game and its world, have a look at the official website. I hope you’ll enjoy FINAL FANTASY IX as much as I did – I’d love to see your comments about it!














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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:32 pm by seany1
epic fail were is ff10 lol jk
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:34 pm by Roxas598
Antonio can i have free code *shifty*
Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:41 pm by Antonio Marfuggi
Hey there. No, you cannot, but feel free to buy it!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:40 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Not a final fantasy fan at all, but I wanted to ask if Square Enix might consider releasing Einhander, Xenogears or Brave Fencer Musashi onto the Europe store? We didn’t get these released here in the stores during the PS1 era but it might give them all new life and feel pretty much like new games to most of us here. I imported them myself back then and they were great and far better than any Final Fantasy game (sorry).
Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:42 pm by Antonio Marfuggi
Request noted, thanks for following!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:42 pm by Fox-One-1
After FF7 and FF6, this is my favorite Final Fantasy! I need to buy this one again too, just to play it on my PSP. I have original copies of FF1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 as PSX discs and only way to play them on PSP is thru remote play.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:48 pm by Carl-G
10 years ago? FINAL FANTASY should always stay PlayStation i think;)
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:48 pm by Ahmedz_LOLZaMan
Best,
Final,
Fantasy,
EVAR!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:50 pm by seany1
anyone else think this is squares way of saying sorry to us playstation fans for giving 360 ff14 lol . keep em coming 10 ,11 and 12 next
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:50 pm by seany1
ps2 games on store aswell lets go lol
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 5:51 pm by spatsnaz
FF9 is one of the best ones, right up there with 7.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:02 pm by vanguard1917
This is by far my favourite Final Fantasy game, I’ll definitely be buying this in the near future.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:05 pm by Alestes
It’s awesome to see FF7, FF8 and FF9 on PSN. Now I just wish for the other classic PS1 RPG series to appear there too, most noticeably Suikoden and Suikoden II from Konami. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night from Konami wouldn’t be wrong either.
And US PSN had Suikoden and Castlevania: SOTN for years already, so I hope it’s our turn soon!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:07 pm by Alestes
I also agree with what Carnivius_Prime said above. Back in the PS1 days a lot of excellent RPGs from Square were never released here in Europe. It would be nice to see them here on PSN too, like Chrono Cross, Xenogears and Threads of Fate!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:10 pm by justino
It really is the best and most under-rated FF – the first I completed as I tired of FF7 and FF8 before the end…..
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:18 pm by BawheidBob
Excellent news PS1 for me was the pinnacle of FF series, since X it was all downhill
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:23 pm by Shuya86
Great purchased keep them coming.
Is there any chance of releasing games like Chrono cross, Xenogears & the other Squaresoft classics on the store that never made an appearance in the EU but did in America?
I think a lot of people would be interested in buying these as there was no option to do so before but now with a digital store surely something can be done.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 6:55 pm by FFObsessed
Please bring all your PS1 classics to the PSN store!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:00 pm by Lucreto
@Antonio Marfuggi
I read recently of another SE game coming to the Japanese store I can’t remember the name but it was never released in Europe. Will there be ever a chance for it to appear as a Playstation classic in Europe?
Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:48 pm by Antonio Marfuggi
Difficult to tell without a name, sorry.
Keep following the blog, though, and you’ll know when our games are available on the store.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:12 pm by toolfan2007
Shall be getting this!!!!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:36 pm by Wecki09
Wonderful!
I missed on the PSX are and now I’m finally able to play it. Thanks! Bought it right away.
And yes we need to get some US games here, like Castlevania: SOTN and Final Fantasy tactics
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:44 pm by Ragnarok-NZ
I’m glad that this game came out of nowhere today
– I’ve purchased ALL Square-Enix PSN downloads thus-far…so now all we need is EVERY other PSOne classic on our Store eh?
Pretty please? With Kupos on top?
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:46 pm by WillAllon
FFIX was my first ever FF i played, i LOVED it! Will be awesome to play it again.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 7:49 pm by LSB123
ARRRGGHHHHNNEEEEED IT
A PSP and no exams would go really handy as well.
God damn this is upsetting
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 8:02 pm by Rabid_Si
Holy… yeah.
Was wondering recently how long it would be before we saw FF9 (as I hadn’t heard a peep about it). Logged on today to check out the week’s releases and… pleasant surprise! Instant purchase!
And yes, please ask our lovely chums at Squenix to release some of their back catalogue that never saw EU release. IE Xenogears. Begging is not out of the question.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 8:36 pm by runicdagaz
Can’t wait to get this one. I loved how FFIX took the series back to a more basic fantasy setting after VII and VIII. I loved the game so much. .<
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:03 pm by Aretak
Awesome stuff. FFIX is by far my favourite of the entire series… I get all nostalgic and misty-eyed when I think of it.
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:07 pm by Fantazyer
Awesome! Too bad I already have it on disks. I’d love to get it for my go though. Next FF X with HD graphics maybe? *hint* xD
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 9:10 pm by xchris2008x
Square enix!!!
Could we have Final Fantasy 10 next?
:) xD
Then ill have all my faverate Final Fantasy’s on my ps3 hard drive 7,8,9,10
Also keep ffvs13 ps3 exclusive
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 10:00 pm by seany1
holy sugar we defo need that capcom lounge asap , cmon thy make it happen users want this .
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 10:00 pm by seany1
lol sorry wrong post haha
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 10:02 pm by xchris2008x
Or maybe a HD ps2 collection on a Blu Ray disk like sony did with God Of War 1+2
Disk to contain hd versions of FF 10,10-2 + FF12
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 10:32 pm by HiddenAway
Brilliant surprise to see this today. Well done!
Long shot time but any chance of FF6? I would happily purchase that!
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Posted on 26 May, 2010 at 10:51 pm by Noctai
I still have the PS1 version. though it used to freeze on my PS1 (even after lens cleaning) it works fine now on the PS3. So sorry SE I won’t be buying this! Best Final fantasy ever by the way
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 3:09 am by GaryCXJk
I might get killed dead for this one, but if Carnivius_Prime can make requests, so can I.
Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring.
* Hides in his private bunker *
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 4:11 am by Besko
I have FFIX in very pleasant memory. FF7 and FF10 still my favourite, but FFIX is far more beatiful for me than some FFVIII or FFXI.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 4:12 am by Besko
And just like Wecki up there said. Give us some US games, like FF tactics. So we can be at least equal with US, because their store is far better than ours.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 8:40 am by patate12
It’s a real pitty for the 50Hz that prevent most buyers.
Hopefully, I still have my 60Hz disc version.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 9:03 am by Dudley0Neill
Hello Antonio Marfuggi.
Could you please advise as to when you will be releasing Vagrant Story to the NZ store. We are currently the only store in the PAL region not to have this title available.
Your reply would be much appreciated.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 9:28 am by Osahi_be
Still have my original copy (of every FF I ever bought btw. Take pretty good care of those) so not picking this one up. But damn people, if you’ve never played it or don’t own it. Don’t doubt! Best PSone Game after MGS, and best FF to date
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 11:14 am by Little-Timmy
Hello,i just got FF9 this morning and i have a major problem with saving the game.well you see i can’t save the game in my memory card!! i have a ps2 memory card and the memory card adapter for the ps3 i have assign the slot and when i start the game and hit the PS button to choose assign slot it says that internal memory card couldn’t be found and i have tried everything!!! same happened to me with Oddworld:Abe’s odyssey!! i payed 10 euros each for these games and it’s a pity that i can’t save them please respond with any help regarding this issue thanks.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 11:17 am by HazelAM
you have to create a ps1 memory card on your ps3 timmy, assign that as either slot one or two and it should work.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 11:24 am by Little-Timmy
by the way,i have forgot to mention i have the 60 gigabytes old ”fat” version of ps3 if that’s to any help
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 11:29 am by Little-Timmy
i done that Hazel and it doesn’t work.in fact i actually have 2 ps2 memory cards and when i got them into the ps3 system via the adapter everything was fine,it worked as intended. the problem is that the games i have downloaded from ps store when i enter the game and i hit the PS button to assign the slot and when i do that i get the message that no internal memory card can be found.and i tell you i have assign the the memory card as slot 1 in the XMB. so my guess is,is there a problem with the fact that am using a ps2 memory card instead of a psONE if not that then what?
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 12:23 pm by Suzzopher
This looks amazing on PSP. It’s my third favourite game in the series(behind FFVIII and FFXII) but playing it again now is so awesome
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 12:26 pm by thomdibble
@42 … you know it is a PSX game, yes? so why would you try and save it to a PS2 memory card? dude, just create an internal PSX memory card.
and i love FFIX. brilliant game, i’d say forth best in the series (VII, IV, VI, IX, X, VIII, XII, V, III, II, I, XI, XIII). not going to download it as i still have the original disc, but if there were any news on FFVII; Crisis Core coming to PSN, i may invest in a PSPgo, then i’d download, in a second, FF VII-IX.
or a port of Crisis Core (i know PS2 is dead and done with these days, but god i want to play Crisis Core so badly)
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 12:42 pm by Akira_Tenshi
So buying this when i have the money. I want to hide all my discs away somewhere and keep them safe. I want all the FF games on myh hard drive. They are the only games i always keep going back to so i don’t mind paying for them again.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 12:48 pm by wallhugger
little_timmy. go to google and look for “how to save psone games on ps3″. good luck.
and @ FF9, The last good FF game ever made.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 1:05 pm by O551k0kk0
I just finished Omega weapon in FFVIII. Now i have to buy FFIX.
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 2:10 pm by Grieves1
Wow, we get something before the US store – Fantastic!
Any chance of either Final Fantasy Tactics or Final Fantasy VI?
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 2:18 pm by bolt-1987
Hi! and what about FF: Crisis Core for PSP Go?
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Posted on 27 May, 2010 at 2:44 pm by JonnyTyson
Purchased without a second thought. Absolutely love this game to death. My favourite after Final Fantasy X. Thanks a lot!
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