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Final Fantasy 9 remaster now on Switch and Xbox One

While FF7 for Switch arrives next month.

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on 14 Feb 2019

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Square Enix's remastered version of Final Fantasy 9 is now available for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and on PC via the Windows 10 PC store.

Final Fantasy 7 also now has a Switch release date, of 26th March.

There's a lot of love for FF9 and its classic fantasy style. It's an homage of sorts to the series' old heyday. Also, its lead character is named after Zinedine Zidane.

Final Fantasy 9 first arrived for the original PlayStation all the way back in 2000. This version, though, is the re-release with slightly smoother visuals which previously turned up on Steam, PS4 and mobile platforms.

Here's how it looks on Nintendo Switch:

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