I don't know if that's true or not but this is what I saw on Official Polish Final Fantasy Site (they're cooperating with im group - ff distributor in poland, and square).
The news is dated at 3rd may 2001.
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Dostaliœmy kilkanascie maili od rozgor¹czkowanych fanów - czy news podany przez najnowszy Secret Service (maj 2001, nr 90) jest prawdziwy? Prima Aprilis by³ miesi¹c temu! Fantasy Garden jako jedyny polski site o Final Fantasy skierowa³ siê z prosb¹ o potwierdzenie tych informacji do samych korzeni, tj. do dzia³u wykonawczego Square. Oto fragment odpowiedzi:
"(...) We've been working on this project for almost six months now, and I can say it's kind of advanced now, and FF IX PC will be shipped near the winter season '01. (...)"
Oznacza to, ¿e byæ mo¿e zim¹ tego roku, a napewno wiosna 2002 zagramy na domowych PC w FF IX! Wiadomoœæ ta jest tym wspanialsza, ¿e kolejna czêœæ sagi uka¿e siê tylko na PS2, które w naszym kraju wci¹¿ pozostaje produktem drogim, co mo¿e odsun¹æ nieco seriê FF w cieñ. Wydanie dziewi¹tki na PC napewno przed³u¿y ¿ywotnoœæ serii. Czekamy i trzymamy kciuki, jednoczeœnie pozostaj¹c w kontakcie ze Square, który - co tu kryæ - pochwali³ nasz serwis!
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Now I'll try to translate this into english (it is very hard cause i don't know english very well..
They just write that they have recieved lots of mail about news that was in Secret Service newspaper (nr90/05/2001) about the PC version of Final Fantasy 9 (some people thought it was a joke). The Fantasy Garden contacted Square and they recieved answer: "(...) We've been working on this project for almost six months now, and I can say it's kind of advanced now, and FF IX PC will be shipped near the winter season '01. (...)"
That only fragment of it...
It seems that maybe this winter or for sure spring 2002 there should be PC version of final fantasy 9. The rest of this news is not interesting...
Does someone know something about it? Is that true or they're wrong?
[This message has been edited by ffgriever (edited May 05, 2001).]
[This message has been edited by ffgriever (edited May 05, 2001).]