Final Fantasy IV The After Years Released On Wii Virtual Console
on June 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Because S/E just has to make SURE you know this.
Yep, it has come. Kotaku announced that the sequel to Final Fantasy IV has been released for Wii Ware as of today. Here’s some specs:
FINAL FANTASY® IV: THE AFTER YEARS™
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Alcohol Reference, Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS is the sequel to the hit RPG FINAL FANTASY IV. The story takes place many years after the original and centers on a young man named Ceodore, son of the paladin Cecil and the white mage Rosa, who, along with their loyal and steadfast friends, once saved the world from evil born of the second moon. Now, monsters are reappearing in a world that had finally attained peace. The second moon has returned anew. What tidings does this ominous harbinger bring? Familiar faces and new allies join the battle to save the Blue Planet once more.
Notice in that description, they don’t mention that they’re releasing this game in installments like they did for the cell phone version in Japan. Note the price of download is 800 Wii points — that means the first installment is roughly $8. Considering there are something like 11 chapters in total, it’s unknown at this point how much you’ll have to pay in order to get the full game. You can bet they’ll price it on how “popular” they think the chapter will be. Way to go S/E in finding another way to micro-transaction-milk your oldest fans!
Also, why do they keep throwing such a big fuss about Ceodore? After the intro chapter, 99% of the game doesn’t have a thing to do with him at all, from what I’ve read.
Needless to say, I’m not buying it. Or FF13-trillion. Or much of anything else S/E puts out anymore. Sorry. Things like this have turned one of their most die-hard fans of fifteen-some years into a fairly negative non-supporter of their constant remake-sequel-spinoff mentality.
Get a new game, Square. Leave our classics alone.
I am going to laugh so hard if this one flops in North America. FFIV here doesn’t have the same following of rabid fans as FFVII did.
You did hear that FFVII is coming to the PS3 and PSP, right? Can we say PORT-re-re-release? Mmmyep!
Ahh, I hate this stupid game so much. And I don’t understand the diehard fans of FFVII. The plot isn’t THAT great, and the characters aren’t either.
Still, The After needs to burn in hell, or the nearest existant extremely hot place. I can’t believe some FFIV fans loved this game…I feel like shooting someone. However, murder isn’t the best way to express one’s opinion, so I /won’t/.
@Ben Luv – People usually hate FFVII because it got overhyped by fanboys. Compared to some of the more recent stuff, the story and characters are really very interesting. Overall VII was a solid offering, but the gateway to Hell as it were with the way Square started handling the franchise.
And Wren – so it’s a port and not a remake, which is what the fans of VII have been asking for all these years? You know what THAT means. How many years was it between the ports of FFIV?
I wonder if they’re going to assault Chrono Trigger the same way…
@Jamie: Yeah, it’s just a port. Not remake. It was released yesterday as a download to the Playstation Store. I guess they just make the “Greatest Hits” series downloadable.
I’d love to play this game, but the problem is I’d rather have a PS3 than a Wii…
If there was an emulator of FFIV-2, I’d ply it only to ridicule it better.
hey, you can always get the jack sparrow edition right?