{"id":84867,"date":"2016-01-01T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84867"},"modified":"2016-01-01T13:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T11:39:13","slug":"finally-final-fantasy-ix-is-coming-to-pcs-android-and-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/84867-finally-final-fantasy-ix-is-coming-to-pcs-android-and-ios","title":{"rendered":"Finally, Final Fantasy IX is coming to PCs, Android and iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s good news ladies and gents, the final game in the PlayStation One <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> trilogy, <em>Final Fantasy IX<\/em>, is finally coming to PC and mobile \u2013 the PC versions of <em>Final Fantasy VII<\/em> and <em>VIII<\/em> having been around for a good while now.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jp.square-enix.com\/ff9\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix themselves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/image.noelshack.com\/fichiers\/2015\/53\/1451574631-ff-ix.jpg\" alt=\"Final Fantasy IX for PC and Mobile\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We love ourselves a good <em>FF<\/em> game, but are particularly fond of the three on the original PlayStation, having been the games that initiated us into the franchise. So finally getting to replay <em>Final Fantasy IX<\/em>, even if it is for the fourth or fifth time, is a great way to start the new year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oDeSJI0qJc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s really all there is to this story. Weirdly, I think it means I&#8217;m psychic.<\/p>\n<p>While rewatching the rather enjoyable retrospective series by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gametrailers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GameTrailers.com<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gametrailers.com\/videos\/view\/gt-retrospectives\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Final Fantasy <\/em>Retrospective particularly<\/a>, I did what any fan of the long time JRPG series would do, reminisce.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling all warm and fuzzy, nostalgia aplenty, I thought I&#8217;d dedicate a portion of 2016 to playing some of the <em>Final Fantasy<\/em> titles I never quite finished, <em>Final Fantasy XII<\/em> for example, or just hadn&#8217;t got to altogether, like <em>Final Fantasy IV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, without a PS2 anymore, I&#8217;d have to use an emulator for <em>Final Fantasy XII<\/em>, but then I remembered that there were rumours of an HD remaster.<\/p>\n<p>And then I though, where the heck is the PC release of <em>Final Fantasy IX<\/em>? An hour or so later, I peruse the interwebs and stumble upon the announcement of its forthcoming relase.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s confirmed, I&#8217;m psychic. I think I&#8217;m going to work on <em>Half-Life 3&#8217;s<\/em> release date next, and probably the Lotto.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other PC news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/84833-battlefield-4s-most-elaborate-easter-egg-has-been-discovered.html\">Battlefield 4\u2019s most elaborate easter egg has been discovered<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84819-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-will-arrive-on-pcs-in-january.html\">Rise of the Tomb Raider will arrive on PCs in January<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/84591-dark-souls-iiis-pc-requirements-are-strangely-low.html\">Dark Souls III\u2019s PC requirements are strangely low<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And so the final game in the PlayStation One trilogy finally reaches the PC&#8217;s shores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":79959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[947,13886,4105,531,8299,1969,15397,211],"class_list":["post-84867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-android","tag-ffix","tag-final-fantasy-ix","tag-ios","tag-mobile","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-square-enix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}