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Shrek posted...

enclave because Yoshi p has never once mentioned final fantasy 9 in any capacity

Why speak with authority on something you clearly are unaware of?

https://www.levelup.com/en/news/naoki-yoshida-talks-about-the-rumored-final-fantasy-ix-remake-and-debunks-a-rumor/

Yoshida is not working on any kind of Final Fantasy IX remake. Its a wonderful title, and many of us are fans of the original Final Fantasy IX. But its a pretty heavy game; I think it has more volume than Final Fantasy VII, so its scale is very different. I think we would have to be very careful and very aware if we were to handle Final Fantasy IX, commented the translator on behalf of Yoshi-P.Naoki Yoshida then joked that people speculated he would turn the new version into an action game, as happened with the controversial Final Fantasy XVI; however, he emphasized that if he were responsible for the remake, he would keep the turn-based combat.

Now you can argue that he's telling the truth and not being dishonest at all but you absolutely cannot make the claim that he's never mentioned FFIX in any capacity.

Thing is though, of course he would deny working on it until Squenix actually wanted to announce the project so you cannot actually take it particularly seriously when he says he's not working on it.