![]() įinal Fantasy IV: The After Years, released in Japan as Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan ("Final Fantasy IV the After: Return of the Moon") is an RPG developed by Matrix Software and published by Square Enix, and is the sequel to Final Fantasy IV. *I have screenshots, trailers, official art, and the game for download for this release. Other new features include command menu customization, stylus-control mini-games, new game plus, bestiary, and a video/music player. This remake introduces the Augment System, which allows for certain character-only abilities to be transferred to other characters who did not have them in the original and previous releases of Final Fantasy IV. It is entirely recreated in 3D! Similar to the previous remake of Final Fantasy III on the Nintendo DS, the control of the stylus is limited and optional in order to retain the same control input while allowing other players to use the Nintendo DS's unique touch control scheme. ![]() įinal Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS was released July 22, 2008. If you're interested in viewing the Japanese commercials, you can do so by hopping over to my Downloads section. Click here to view some screenshots from this release. The image toward the right is the exclusive-to-Japan-FF4-themed Gameboy Advance. New features include several new bosses, two new dungeons, mini-games, a bestiary, increased difficulty, and the ability to recruit additional party members near the final moments. The graphics don't look much different from the WSC version. Firstly, it's properly translated although the famous "Spoony bard" line is still there, but that's something that should remain. Years later on December 12, 2005, Square-Enix released a further improved version of Final Fantasy 4 for the Gameboy Advance. Probably the main highlight of this release is the gorgeous CGI animated sequence added to the ending. And Square did something new with it, exclusive only to the US! They retranslated the script, supposedly being true to the original Japanese script, revealing all the things they cut out from the heavily censored SNES US release. They bundled it with Chrono Trigger and released them with the title Final Fantasy Chronicles. Square finally decided to bring over the anthology's Final Fantasy 4 in June of 2001. ![]() The US Final Fantasy Anthology turned out to be a hit. The graphics have been slightly improved for this release. One of them was Final Fantasy 4, released in March of 2002. Before Gameboy Advance's popularity crushed the WSC, Square was porting over several of their popular SNES games to it. The Wonderswan Color system (WSC for short) was Japan's petty competition to Gameboy Advance. Why? Well, Square thought the anthology wouldn't be a big hit over here, so they decided not the invest the funds to include Final Fantasy 4. The Final Fantasy Anthology that was released in the US in September of 1999 only included Final Fantasy 5 & 6. The only changes made were CGI animated sequences added to the beginning and end of the games, except Final Fantasy 4 only has one in the ending. This anthology included ports of Final Fantasy 4-6. The complete Final Fantasy Anthology was only released in Japan for PSX. If you're still confused with the whole misnaming, here's a chart to makeįinal Fantasy Origins, as Final Fantasy (PSX)įinal Fantasy Origins, as Final Fantasy 2 (PSX)įinal Fantasy Chronicles, as Final Fantasy 4 (PSX)įinal Fantasy Anthology, as Final Fantasy 5 (PSX)įinal Fantasy Anthology, as Final Fantasy 6 (PSX) Final Fantasy 2 (US) blew RPG fans away! It was the first RPG for the SNES. Why did Square name it part 2 instead of part 4? Well, Square had only released Final Fantasy 1 for the NES, they skipped the original Final Fantasy 2 & 3. In December of 1990, Final Fantasy 4 was released for the Super Nintendo with the name Final Fantasy 2.
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