Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

[Markus]

For the WiiWare (perhaps Nauren or someone can elaborate on the difference between a Wii game and WiiWare. Not seeing it.)


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*goose bumps*

I don't think Nauren has covered this one yet. If so, sadly, I missed it somehow...

I absolutely have to get this... Damn... Just damn...


Many years have passed since the end of FINAL FANTASY IV and the departure of the Lunarian Moon.

Damcyan, Eblan and the Village of Mist have been rebuilt, and the world has returned to a state of peace. The kingdom of Baron is under the wise rule of King Cecil and Queen Rosa, who now have a son, Prince Ceodore.

However, the Lunarian Moon has now reappeared in the sky — much closer to the planet than it was years ago — and the Castle of Baron is besieged by monsters. Unravel the mysterious events befalling the Blue Planet through nine episodic tales.

Released as a mobile phone game in Japan, this wildly popular sequel has topped 3 million paid downloads and is now available on WiiWare. Dowload and play it today!

[Sosa]

The reviews are out... and are not generally favorable. They tend to rip into the game pretty hard for a few major reasons, including:

• Lack of new content; same tilesets/sprites ripped directly from the original game with no attempt at brushing them up or improving them for a release that's basically 18 years late.
  
• Terrible pacing involves mostly combat with snippets of exposition dialogue.
  
• Incredibly short length, spanning a meager few hours.
  
• Very high price tag for episodic content, meaning you're likely to pay full retail price (or more) by the time all episodes have been made available.
  

I'm glad that they finally decided to bring the game to the US market, since it was originally aimed at the Japanese cell-phone market... but it basically boils down to this: if you're looking for a nostalgic romp through Final Fantasy IV, you should probably be playing the DS remake or the Playstation "hard mode" remake, instead.