The tomb of discreet hints is as follows:
- More employees on the Honolulu staff are being grouped together to create a secret PlayStation game.
- This staff is bigger than the FFVIII staff.
- In one staff member's prediction of a top-secret RPG, the page was numbered IX, instead of in Arabic or Kanji.
- Several important Final Fantasy team members, including the battle director of Final Fantasy VIII, Hiroyuki Itou, transferred to a new project quickly after finishing work on VIII.
- We want to believe!
With all of this investigative speculation going on, it's clear that Square is up to something big. It's also clear that the company known throughout the world for its ongoing Final Fantasy series won't just stop at VIII. It will create a IX game, it's just a matter of time.
Thanks to The Gaming Intelligence Agency.