Final Fantasy IX, the classic JRPG arrives on iOS and Android before it on Steam

Final Fantasy IX, the classic JRPG arrives on iOS and Android primL'anno last Square Enix announced that it would re-proposed Final Fantasy IX on smartphones and PC on a date unspecified. That date has arrived, at least for users of iOS and Android, and coming soon for those of Steam. The episode is proposed at a launch price of € 16.99, with a discount of 20% which will continue until 21 February. Following Final Fantasy IX will be sold at € 20.99, a significantly higher figure than the average mobile application available on iOS and Android.a that on Steam

Although sensitive, we think the price difference is quite justified. Final Fantasy IX is one of the most popular games of the entire series and was sold over 5.5 million copies in more gaming platforms. The game returns to mobile, and it will soon be on the PC in a fully compatible version with mouse and keyboard, and with your Steam achievement system.

Released for the first time in 2000, Final Fantasy IX tells the story of Zidane Tribal, a bandit who along with a group of street artists of Tantalus is planning to kidnap Princess Garnet of Alexandria. After a series of unexpected events, Zidane, Garnet, and other characters start to discover the secrets of their fate, and the crystal of the dark force that threatens to destroy the world. By the ninth episode in the saga is a return to super-deformed characters or less realistic than the previous episode and more colorful.

The adaptation of the mobile makes use of all the means to bring the role play in the Japanese style on a considerably different input system than physical controller PlayStation. It also introduces movies and models in high definition, a new save feature in Cloud to progress in the plot from different platforms, automatic and other options specific to saving function to accelerate certain parts of the game or avoid secondary fights.

We must consider, however, that the game will have a not insignificant burden on the storage units of smartphones and tablets iOS and Android. How to feel the same Square Enix store on the platforms, Final Fantasy IX requires about 4GB of memory and to download and install more than free 8GB are needed on your devices. It is a stringent limitation especially for 16GB devices, with the only Japanese role-playing game that will occupy a substantial part.

Final Fantasy IX is available on the App Store and is compatible with iPhone 5S and later, iPad fourth generation and above, iPad mini 2 and later and sixth-generation iPod touch. On the Android front it is instead necessary to use a device updated to Android 4.1 or later.