There were some spectacularly gorgeous backgrounds back in the day, but their charm has been lost a fair bit by not being updated.
Sadly, because the backgrounds were pre-rendered, these have not been updated at all. The cutscenes have also been given the same treatment, but everything still exists in a 4:3 ratio. They look great though, really showing off some new details to the models that would otherwise have not been possible when originally released. Certain graphical updates exist all the character sprites have been updated and given a HD polish. Several areas of Final Fantasy IX remain untouched: the story, gameplay and soundtrack being the biggest areas left as they were.
Imagine their surprise then when it turns out Princess Garnet was planning to escape Alexandria anyways, using their airship as a means of doing so! With fellow stowaways Steiner and Vivi also on-board, they set off a chain of events and uncover secrets that will change them, and the world around them, forever. Their real motive however, is to kidnap the Queen’s daughter, Princess Garnet. Final Fantasy IX centres around Zidane who – at the beginning of the game – is onboard the Prima Vista along with the Tantalus theatre troupe, on their way to the kingdom of Alexandria to perform the nation’s favourite play, ‘I Want to be Your Canary’.
