Date Set For Japanese PSN Final Fantasy IX!

[moogling]

Well that was certainly fast! Square Enix chief Tweeter (he's also a producer) Shinji Hashimoto Tweeted earlier today that Final Fantasy IX's PSN conversion was complete and all that remained was for Sony and Square Enix to finalize a date. The decision makers didn't take too long.

Hashimoto posted later in the day that he'd received contact from Sony regarding the date. The game is scheduled to hit PSN on May 20. He did not share a price. Both FFVII and FFVIII were priced ¥1,500.

In a later post, Hashimoto clarified that the date is just for the game's Japanese release. Overseas release plans will be detailed later, he said.

Hashimoto's also provided a brief video showing a bit of FFIX running on PSP. (See the video at the source.)

With a release just two weeks away, it's presumable that Square Enix will shortly be making a more formal non-Twitter announcement of FFIX's PSN conversion.

Source: Andriasang

 

[Steve-O]

oh yh i'm soo getting it

zidane on psp here we come

 

[Linnaete]

Even though it is just the Japanese release, that was fast. Good work SE, you can actually work moderately quickly. xD

To be honest I wouldn't mind transferring FFIX over onto the PSP. It's just too bad I have an old PSP with less than 2GB left of memory. And I have no intentions of getting a PSPGo either, Sony.

 

[Mikko]

I have a Japanese PSN account but I don't think I'm able to purchase anything on it which is a bit of a let down but I'll give it a try... haha. ;] I have FFIX in discs just my PS2 is dying. But this is great news! Hope we see it on the English PSN soon.