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Description:
The last Final Fantasy for the PlayStation, Final Fantasy IX returns to the pure fantasy roots that spawned the series. This latest installment features highly detailed characters, vehicles, and environments, and breathtaking cinema-graphics. The addition of brand new features such as the story-enhancing Active Time Event system and the return of minigames that grant additional gameplay make Final Fantasy IX not only a memorable gaming experience, but also a significant step forward in the series.
Overview
Platforms:
- PlayStation
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date: Nov 13, 2000
Developer:
- SquareSoft
Publisher: Square EA
Genres:
Credits
- Hiroyuki Itô
- Directed By
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Written By: concept
- Shinji Hashimoto
- Produced By: producer
- Michio Okamiya
- Produced By: producer: management
- Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Produced By: producer
- Hisashi Suzuki
- Produced By: executive producer
- Tomoyuki Takechi
- Produced By: executive producer
- Minoru Akao
- Sound: sound programmer
- Jennifer Barin
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Christopher Barron
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Tom Bellfort
- Sound: sound editor: movies/sound effects
- Christian Boatsman
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Tim Burby
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- John Countryman
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Travis Crenshaw
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Tony Eckert
- Sound: foley mixer: Skywalker Sound
- Doug Ford
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Yoshitaka Fujita
- Sound: sound editor: movies
- Andrea Gard
- Sound: foley editor: Skywalker Sound
- Jonathan Greber
- Sound: technical staff: Skywalker Sound
- Gabriel Guy
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Howie Hammermann
- Sound: technical staff: Skywalker Sound
- Ryo Inakura
- Sound: game sound effects editor
- Tomohiro Kamiya
- Sound: game sound effects editor
- Joanna Laurent
- Sound: foley editor: Skywalker Sound
- Dennis Leonard
- Sound: re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound,sound supervisor: Skywalker Sound
- Mark Lindow
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Frank 'Pepe' Merel
- Sound: foley editor: Skywalker Sound,foley re-recordist: Skywalker Sound
- Eiji Nakamura
- Sound: sound editor: movies,sound effects
- Brandon Proctor
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- John Roesch
- Sound: foley artist
- Steve Romanko
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Masataka Saito
- Sound: game sound effects
- Yûji Saitô
- Sound: recording coordinator
- Tony Sereno
- Sound: re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound
- Kent Sparling
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Teruaki Sugawara
- Sound: game sound editor,sound effects
- Natsuko Sugiyama
- Sound: sound editor
- Dennie Thorpe
- Sound: foley artist: Skywalker Sound
- John Torrijos
- Sound: technical staff: Skywalker Sound
- Kyoji Umakoshi
- Sound: sound editor
- Jana Vance
- Sound: foley artist: Skywalker Sound
- Christian von Burkleo
- Sound: Skywalker sound technical staff
- Toshiyuki Yoshida
- Sound: sound recording engineer
- Colin O'Neill
- Sound: digital audio technician: Skywalker Sound
- Rich Amtower
- Editing: editor: localization
- Matthew B. Rhoades
- Editing: editor: localization
- Hideo Minaba
- Art Direction
- Brian Adams
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Francisco Cortina
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Karl Coyner
- Visual Effects: cg designer: motion background
- Akira Fujii
- Visual Effects: Real-time Graphics
- Hiroshi Fujiwara
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Shuntaro Furukawa
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takuya Hada
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takehiko Hoashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Hiroyuki Honda
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kazuyuki Ikumori
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Keiko Imamura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Hiroki Inohara
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Masaharu Inoue
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Akira Iwata
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Yasuhiko Kamata
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Takayuki Katagi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Koji Kawamura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Atsushi Kimura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Koji Kobayashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takashi Komuro
- Visual Effects: composite advisor
- Ayako Kuroda
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Hiroshi Kuwabara
- Visual Effects: CG movie
- Greg Lev
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Hideyuki Matsumoto
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Toshiaki Matsumura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takako Miyake
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Kei Miyamoto
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Hideaki Morita
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Takaomi Moto
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Satoshi Naito
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Sanae Nakanishi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Koki Nara
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Motohito Nasu
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takeshi Nozue
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Mitsunobu Ochi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Tatsuhiro Okamoto
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Sho Okamura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Tomohiko Osugi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Eric Pavey
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Behrooz Roozbeh
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Jake Rowell
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Kaori Satô
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Shinya Senzaki
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kohichiro Shiratori
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kenichi Someya
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Eiji Takahashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kazuya Takahashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Kazuya Takahashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Koichi Takahashi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Eishû Takamura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Hideaki Takeda
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kengo Takeuchi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Masayo Tateishi
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Takeshi Tateishi
- Visual Effects: visual designer: movies
- Takuji Tomoka
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Akihiro Tsuchiya
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kimitoshi Tsumura
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Mitsuhiro Yamada
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Kazuhito Yamamoto
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Kana Yamazaki
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Masaki Yasuda
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Takuji Yasuda
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Masanori Yoshida
- Visual Effects: CG designer: movie section
- Masahito Yoshioka
- Visual Effects: CG designer: motion background
- Jerome Desvignes
- Visual Effects: digital artist
- Philippe Leprince
- Visual Effects: senior technical director
- Jean Baptiste Lère
- Visual Effects: senior CGI artist
- Gaël Seydoux
- Visual Effects: lighting technical director: Ex-Machina
- Don Taylor
- Visual Effects: digital artist
- Akira Kashiwagi
- Production Management: production manager: management
- Kensuke Matsushita
- Production Management: music production manager
- Yoshitaka Amano
- Art Department: image illustrator
- Nobuhiro Hatori
- Art Department: background design
- Toshiyuki Momose
- Art Department: storyboard
- Jake Rowell
- Art Department: Graphics: Field Map Section
- Hiroshi Arai
- Animation: character modeling
- Takeshi Arakawa
- Animation: texture artist
- Francisco Cortina
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Koichi Ebe
- Animation: monster modeler
- Akira Fujii
- Animation: character modeler
- Hiroyuki Hamada
- Animation: field character animator,monster animator
- Timothy Kyle Harrison
- Animation: field character animator
- Tomohiro Hasegawa
- Animation: texture artist
- Miwa Hashimoto
- Animation: monster modeler
- Ryotaro Hashimoto
- Animation: texture artist
- Yoshifusa Hayama
- Animation: monster modeler
- Tatsuo Heianzan
- Animation: character modeler
- Samuel Heine
- Animation: monster animator
- Takehiko Hoashi
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Shinya Ichida
- Animation: monster animator
- Koji Ida
- Animation: monster modeler
- Brandon Idol
- Animation: character modeler,field character animator
- Reina Ikeda
- Animation: battle character animation,monster animator
- Manabu Inokuchi
- Animation: battle character animation,field character animator,monster animator
- Atsushi Inuzuka
- Animation: monster animator
- Haruya Ishii
- Animation: texture artist
- Toshiyuki Itahana
- Animation: character designer
- Satoshi Ito
- Animation: character modeler,field character animator
- Ryoma Itoh
- Animation: monster animator
- Takuya Iwasaki
- Animation: monster animator
- Yasuhisa Izumisawa
- Animation: additional character designer
- Kenji Kadonishi
- Animation: monster animator
- Junnosuke Kanazawa
- Animation: background designer: battle section
- Tatsuya Kando
- Animation: character animator
- Tomohiro Kayano
- Animation: character modeling
- Masaaki Kazeno
- Animation: texture artist
- Go Kikuchi
- Animation: battle character animation,monster animator
- Mieko Kinoshita
- Animation: monster animator
- Naho Kodama
- Animation: character modeler,field character animator
- Shinji Koide
- Animation: monster animator
- Yuichiro Kojima
- Animation: additional character designer
- Daiju Komatsu
- Animation: texture artist
- Hideo Kubota
- Animation: monster modeler
- Toshiaki Matsumura
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Mari Miyamoto
- Animation: character modeler,field character animator
- Hiromichi Morita
- Animation: monster modeler
- Kyoko Muramatsu
- Animation: monster animator
- Shûkô Murase
- Animation: character designer
- Junichi Murata
- Animation: background designer: battle section
- Norifumi Nagaoka
- Animation: background designer: battle section
- Yoko Nagare
- Animation: monster animator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Animation: character designer
- Tatsuru Nakaza
- Animation: texture artist
- Kenji Nomura
- Animation: field character animator,monster animator
- Kazuhiro Okawa
- Animation: texture artist
- Eric Pavey
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Thomas Shih-Ta Peng
- Animation: 3D character programmer: animation section
- Fumiyasu Sasaki
- Animation: additional character designer
- Takuji Sasaki
- Animation: additional character designer,texture artist
- Mitsuki Sato
- Animation: monster animator
- Yoshitsugu Sato
- Animation: character modeler,field character animator
- Tomoyuki Satô
- Animation: monster animator
- Makoto Sawano
- Animation: texture artist
- Kazumi Seki
- Animation: monster modeler
- Kazuko Shibuya
- Animation: additional character designer
- Kaname Shindoh
- Animation: additional character designer
- Yuichi Shiota
- Animation: additional character designer
- Koichiro Soeda
- Animation: monster animator
- Yoshiyuki Soma
- Animation: monster animator
- Hiroyuki Suzuki
- Animation: monster modeler
- Masateru Suzuki
- Animation: field character animator,monster animator
- Takehito Suzuki
- Animation: background designer: battle section
- Takanari Tajima
- Animation: monster modeler
- Kayoe Takagi
- Animation: monster animator
- Ryotaro Takahashi
- Animation: character modeler
- Eishû Takamura
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Hideaki Takeda
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Kuniharu Takeuchi
- Animation: additional character designer,field character animator
- Shintaro Tamai
- Animation: monster animator
- Yoichi Tanaka
- Animation: monster animator
- Yusuke Tanaka
- Animation: battle character animation,monster animator
- Sanae Tsuji
- Animation: additional character designer
- Tetsu Tsukamoto
- Animation: texture artist
- Jun Uriu
- Animation: character animator
- Makoto Yagishita
- Animation: character modeler
- Yoshio Yamakawa
- Animation: character modeler: motion BG
- Noriko Abe
- coordinator: movie section
- Aaron J. Adams
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Kazuhiko Aoki
- event designer
- Gen Arai
- graphics: field map section
- Jaime Bencia
- lead analyst: quality assurance staff
- Brian Beppu
- graphics: field map section
- Erica Berghi
- senior qa lead: italy
- Seb Ohsan Berthelsen
- operations director
- Aron J. Brent
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Wesley Cann
- graphics: field map section
- David Carrillo
- senior lead analyst: quality assurance staff
- John W. Carroll
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Bryan D. Chen
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Kelly Chun
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Mathew Clift
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Francisco Cortina
- engineer: movie section,graphics: field map section
- Karl Coyner
- graphics: field map section
- Manabu Daishima
- graphics: field map section
- Naoto Echizen
- production coordinator
- Michelle Elbert
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Takeshi Endo
- field designer
- Michael Alan Erickson
- analyst
- Mike A. Erickson
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Akira Fujii
- effects support: battle section/graphics: world map section
- Nobuhiro Fujii
- programmer: card game section
- Megumi Fukuda
- production assistant
- Rei Fukuzawa
- graphics: field map section
- Veronique Garcia
- graphics: field map section
- Manuel Nicolás García García
- senior qa lead: spain
- Makoto Hasegawa
- effects programmer: battle section
- Masataka Hayakawa
- graphics: field map section
- Tatsuo Heianzan
- effects support: battle section,graphics: world map section
- George Hind
- community and pr assistant
- Tomonori Hiraishi
- effects programmer: battle section
- Tetsuya Hiraoka
- quality assurance assistant coordinator
- Takayuki Hirayama
- engineer: movie section
- Minori Hisamatsu
- map planner: field section
- Takehiko Hoashi
- graphics: field map section
- Seikou Hokama
- localization assistant
- Richard Honeywood
- localization engineer
- Sangwoo Hong
- graphics: field map section
- Hiroyuki Hoshino
- graphics: field map section
- Tomoko Iemura
- map planner: field section
- Shin Ienaka
- graphics: field map section
- Hiroyuki Ikeda
- effects designer: battle section
- Hiroki Inohara
- graphics: field map section
- Misako Ishikawa
- customer support supervisor: quality assurance
- Toshiyuki Itahana
- card designer: card game section
- Jun Iwasaki
- president: Square Electronic Arts LLC
- Akira Iwata
- graphics: field map section
- Shailesh Iyer
- senior qa lead: uk
- Yasuhiko Kamata
- field map graphics: field section
- Shintaro Kamiyama
- quality assurance assistant coordinator
- Kumi Kanai
- graphics: world map section
- Insun Kang
- graphics: field map section
- Ryutaro Kanno
- game planner: battle section
- Akira Kashiwagi
- deputy general manager: localization team
- Masahiro Kataoka
- event planner: field section
- Rieko Katayama
- publicist
- Naoya Kawahira
- event planner: field section
- Hiroshi Kawai
- main programmer
- Keiji Kawamori
- synthesizer programmer
- Koji Kawamura
- graphics: field map section
- Hidetoshi Kezuka
- map planner: field section
- Cecil Hong-sik Kim
- graphics: field map section
- Atsushi Kimura
- graphics: field map section
- Motoko Kitamura
- graphics: field map section
- Mio Kokami
- particle designer: field section
- Emi Komine
- graphics: world map section
- Nobuaki Komoto
- event planner: field section
- Reiko Kondo
- rating and legal advisor: quality assurance
- Norimichi Kurosawa
- manager: movie section
- Yasuhiro Kurosawa
- battle designer
- Hiroshi Kuwabara
- director: movie section
- Yasuo Kuwahara
- event programmer: field section
- Dana J. Kwon
- quality assurance translator
- Soraya Lamoudi
- senior qa lead: france
- Eric Lee
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Hoi-yee Leung
- senior qa lead: germany
- Greg Lev
- graphics: field map section
- Jeff Love
- assistant lead analyst: quality assurance staff
- Eduardo López Herrero
- Spanish translator: localization
- Akihiko Maeda
- event planner: field section
- Jonathan A. Mankin
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Chris Manprin
- assistant lead analyst: quality assurance staff
- Hiromi Masuda
- executive director: quality assurance
- Toshitaka Matsuda
- graphics: field map section
- Hideyuki Matsumoto
- graphics: field map section
- Tomoki Matsumoto
- quality assurance assistant coordinator
- Takaharu Matsuo
- graphics: field map section
- Kensuke Matsuura
- analyst: quality assurance
- Greg Melancon
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- John Miewald
- miscellaneous crew
- Hiroki Mitsushima
- graphics: field map section
- Takako Miyake
- graphics: field map section
- Kimihiko Miyamae
- graphics: field map section
- Katsumi Miyazaki
- publicist
- Keisuke Miyazaki
- engineer: movie section
- Tadashi Miyokawa
- analyst: quality assurance
- Yoshinori Moriizumi
- technical coordinator: movie section
- Eri Morimoto
- production assistant
- Hideaki Morita
- graphics: field map section
- Mai Morofushi
- localization assistant
- Paul Moya
- graphics: field map section
- Jennifer L. Mukai
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Shin Nagasawa
- effects support: battle section
- Yuki Naito
- publicist
- Nobuhiro Nakajima
- map planner: field section
- Keiji Nakamura
- quality assurance translator
- Masashi Nakata
- engineer: movie section
- Koki Nara
- graphics: field map section
- Michelle Ng
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Mathisha Nihalsingha
- graphics: field map section
- Tadashi Nomura
- publicist
- Ryoichi Norinaga
- quality assurance assistant coordinator
- Kakuko Obinata
- publicist
- Akio Ofuji
- publicist
- Tatsuhiro Okamoto
- graphics: field map section
- Sho Okamura
- graphics: field map section
- Shinichiro Okaniwa
- effects support: battle section,particle designer: field section
- Kiminori Ono
- map planner: field section
- Eric Pavey
- engineer: movie section,graphics: field map section
- Brody Phillips
- localization specialist
- Charles Pinady
- map planner: field section
- Nicholas M. Pisani
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Behrooz Roozbeh
- graphics: field map section
- Jake Rowell
- graphics: field map section
- Hisako Sakurai
- coordinator: movie section
- Jun Sakurai
- effects support: battle section
- Hirokatsu Sasaki
- effects designer: battle section
- Ryusuke Sasaki
- engineer: movie section
- Christian Scheurer
- graphics: field map section
- Richard Semple
- graphics: field map section
- Kaname Shindoh
- effects support: battle section
- Shinobu Shingawa
- graphics: field map section
- Satoshi Shiozaki
- game planner: battle section
- Teruaki Shiraishi
- engineer: movie section
- Koji Shirasugi
- quality assurance assistant coordinator
- Shoji Shiromoto
- game planner: world map section
- Tsuyoshi Sonoda
- effects programmer: battle section
- Terry R. Stone
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Ryoji Sugiyama
- technical supporter
- Yui Suzuki
- customer support supervisor: quality assurance
- Yuichiro Suzuki
- effects designer: battle section
- Keita Takagi
- engineer: movie section
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- map planner: field section,particle management: field section
- Kazuya Takahashi
- graphics: field map section
- Kazuya Takahashi
- graphics: field map section
- Ryotaro Takahashi
- effects support: battle section,particle designer: field section
- Masamichi Takano
- analyst: quality assurance
- Keisuke Takeda
- analyst: quality assurance
- Kenzo Takeda
- analyst: quality assurance
- Kenji Takemoto
- project manager
- Ryosuke Taketomi
- localization specialist
- Kenta Takeuchi
- customer support supervisor: quality assurance
- Shiho Tamura
- graphics: field map section
- Masahide Tanaka
- world map graphics
- Motoharu Tanaka
- event planner: field section
- Yukihiro Taniguchi
- graphics: field map section
- Shawn Taras
- programmer: field map section
- Kazuyoshi Tashiro
- localization director
- Don Taylor
- graphics: field map section
- Akihiro Tokunaga
- graphics: field map section
- Takenobu Tomita
- effects designer: battle section
- Takuji Tomooka
- graphics: field map section
- Ryota Toyama
- event planner: field section
- Sanae Tsuji
- map planner: field section
- Satoshi Tsukamoto
- supervisor: movie section
- Misako Tsutsui
- graphics: field map section
- Nobuyuki Ueda
- production assistant
- Yoshinori Uenishi
- localization engineer
- Kazushi Urata
- graphics: field map section
- Dan Vanderputt
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Chris Voy
- graphics: field map section
- Megumi Wakuta
- customer support supervisor: quality assurance
- Jason Walker
- mastering manager
- Manabu Washio
- game planner: battle section,game planner: menu section
- Jonathan Williams
- senior manager: quality assurance staff
- Andre Woitczyk
- qa manager
- Stephen Wong
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Makoto Yagishita
- particle designer: field section
- Mitsuhiro Yamada
- graphics: field map section
- Nozomu Yamagishi
- field designer
- Hirotsugu Yamamoto
- analyst: quality assurance
- Maki Yamane
- localization specialist
- Koji Yamashita
- general manager: localization team
- Kana Yamazaki
- graphics: field map section
- Makiko Yasuda
- coordinator: movie section
- Masaki Yasuda
- graphics: field map section
- Megumi Yasue
- graphics: field map section
- Soichiro Yasui
- programmer: menu section
- Hugo Yeh
- product analyst: quality assurance staff
- Ikuyo Yoshida
- graphics: field map section
- Rintaro Yoshida
- quality assurance translator
- Tatsuya Yoshinari
- world map programmer
- Airi Yoshioka
- graphics: field map section
- Masahito Yoshioka
- graphics: field map section
- Mayuko Aoki
- motion capture model: "Garnet"
- Tom Boyd
- Music Department: Oboe
- Sandy DeCrescent
- Music Department: music contractor
- George Doering
- Music Department: musician
- Mark Graham
- Music Department: head of music preparation
- Koji Hajima
- Music Department: conductor
- Shirô Hamaguchi
- Music Department: orchestrator
- Keiji Kawamori
- Music Department: music programmer
- Kenji Nakai
- Music Department: music mixer,music scoring mixer
- Bobbi Page
- Music Department: Vocal Contractor
- Steve Schaeffer
- Music Department: musician: percussion
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Music Department: music producer
- Jonathan Williams
- Music Department: Musician: Cello Soloist
- Toshiyuki Yoshida
- Music Department: music engineer
- Joe Zimmerman
- Music Department: music librarian
- James Thatcher
- Music Department: musician: French horn