Editing Final Fantasy IX (section)

{{Short description|2000 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Final Fantasy IX
| image = Ffixbox.jpg{{!}}border
| caption = North American box art
| developer = [[Square (video game company)|Square]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Square|NA|[[Square (video game company)#Square Electronic Arts|Square Electronic Arts]]|EU|Square Europe|WW|[[Square Enix]]{{efn|Published Android, iOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One versions.}}}}
| director = [[Hiroyuki Ito]]
| producer = {{ubl|[[Hironobu Sakaguchi]]|[[Shinji Hashimoto]]}}
| designer = {{ubl|[[Kazuhiko Aoki (video game designer)|Kazuhiko Aoki]]|Yasushi Kurosawa}}
| programmer = Hiroshi Kawai
| artist = {{ubl|Hideo Minaba|[[Shūkō Murase]]|Toshiyuki Itahana}}
| writer = Hironobu Sakaguchi
| composer = [[Nobuo Uematsu]]
| series = ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
| engine = 
| platforms = {{ubl|[[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[Windows]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|
[[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Xbox One]]}}
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|July 7, 2000}}|{{ubl|'''PlayStation'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 7, 2000|NA|November 14, 2000|EU|February 16, 2001}}|'''Android''', '''iOS'''{{vgrelease|WW|February 10, 2016}}|'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|WW|April 14, 2016}}|'''PlayStation 4'''{{vgrelease|WW|September 19, 2017}}|'''Switch''', '''Xbox One'''{{vgrelease|WW|February 13, 2019}}}}}}
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
}}

{{Nihongo foot|'''''Final Fantasy IX'''''|ファイナルファンタジーIX|Fainaru Fantajī Nain|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 2000 [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by [[Square (video game company)|Square]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] video game console. It is the ninth game in the main ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. The plot focuses on a war between nations in a medieval fantasy world called Gaia. Players follow a thief named [[Zidane Tribal]] who kidnaps princess [[Garnet Til Alexandros XVII]] as part of a ploy by the neighboring nation of Lindblum. He joins Garnet and a growing cast of characters on a quest to take down her mother, [[Queen Brahne]] of Alexandria, who started the war.

Game development occurred in parallel with ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. Envisioned by developers as a retrospective for the series, it departed from the futuristic settings of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy VII|VII]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy VIII|VIII]]'' by returning to the medieval style of the earlier games. Consequently, it draws heavy influence from the original ''[[Final Fantasy (game)|Final Fantasy]]'' and features allusions to the rest of the series. The game introduced new features to the series despite this approach, such as "Active Time Event" cutscenes, "Mognet", and skill systems. ''Final Fantasy IX'' was the last game in the main series whose [[Music of Final Fantasy IX|music]] was composed solely by [[Nobuo Uematsu]].

''Final Fantasy IX'' was released to critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 8.9 million copies by March 2025. It was re-released in 2010 as a PS1 Classic on the [[PlayStation Store]]—this version was compatible with [[PlayStation 3]] and [[PlayStation Portable]]; [[PlayStation Vita]] support arrived in 2012. In 2016 Square Enix released an enhanced [[Porting|port]] featuring minor gameplay and graphical enhancements, which would be released on several platforms. An animated series adaptation by Square Enix and [[Cyber Group Studios]] was announced in 2021. However the series was scrapped due to the closure of Cyber Group Studios in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2025/04/28/a-paris-court-orders-cyber-group-studios-to-liquidate/ | title=A Paris court orders Cyber Group Studios to liquidate }}</ref>