{"id":94446,"date":"2026-10-20T15:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94446"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:42:04","slug":"final-fantasy-9-denouement-officially-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94446","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 9: Denouement Officially Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Square Enix is selling a 1,000-piece, 20-by-29-inch Final Fantasy 9<\/em> puzzle called Denouement<\/em>, which shows the game\u2019s heroes gathered before the gigantic Iifa Tree. It\u2019s priced at $39.99 in the US and \u00a332.99 in the UK. Wherever you are, it\u2019ll be a nice way to spend some time in Gaia, the planet where the game takes place.<\/p>\n

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Denouement<\/em> and the other two puzzles in this series, Integrity<\/em> and Reclusion<\/em>, are part of the celebration of the 2000 PlayStation RPG\u2019s 25th anniversary \u2014 which kicked off with an anniversary website in March 2025 and has stretched well past the game\u2019s July birthday. Square Enix has gone all in on merch for the occasion, releasing a Timeless Tale<\/em> vinyl, a picture book about Vivi, music boxes, plush toys, a Zidane action figure, and more.<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy 9<\/em> follows Zidane, a thief who kidnaps Princess Garnet as part of a neighboring kingdom\u2019s ploy, only for that simple gig to spiral into a war between nations and a plot to replace one planet\u2019s souls with another\u2019s. Denouement<\/em> features Zidane, Garnet, and the rest of their party as they overlook the Iifa Tree, a giant tree planted long ago to block Gaia\u2019s souls from returning to the planet\u2019s crystal, where they\u2019d normally be reborn. The tree casts those souls out through its roots as a mist, which the game\u2019s main villain, Kuja, uses to create black mages. When the party follows Kuja to the tree late in the game, they battle their way through the tree\u2019s guardian, a monster called Soulcage, then Kuja himself, and finally Necron, a being bent on erasing all life. Then the tree collapses, and the souls it trapped are finally free to go home. (Hence the puzzle\u2019s name: a denouement is the part of a story where the threads resolve.)<\/p>\n

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The other two puzzles focus on Kuja and Vivi. Reclusion<\/em> shows Kuja inside the tree next to his Silver Dragon: a villain created to help the tree swap Gaia\u2019s souls faster. Integrity<\/em> shows Vivi, the party\u2019s black mage and one of Kuja\u2019s early prototypes, looking up at Zidane in front of a large moon.<\/p>\n

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Pre-orders are open on the UK site for Denouement<\/em>\u2019s November 2026 release, though Square Enix notes that dates and piece counts may change. (The US site\u2019s Denouement<\/em> page notes the puzzle is sold out, pending further updates from Square Enix.) If you\u2019re not able to wait until November or don\u2019t grab the Denouement<\/em> puzzle in time, the US store sells Reclusion<\/em> and Integrity<\/em> at $39.99 each, along with a foil-stamped Denouement<\/em> playmat for $39.99, a holofoil playmat from Ultra PRO for $36.99, and music boxes at $25.99 each. In the game, the Iifa Tree collapses. Now, it\u2019s yours to put back together, one piece at a time.<\/p>\n