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Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Coming to WiiWare June 1st

Posted Thu, 07 May 2009 by Corbie Dillard

It's almost here!

It's almost here!

The brand new Final Fantasy title is set to hit the WiiWare service June 1st.

According to a Square-Enix ad in the June issue of Nintendo Power magazine, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years will be coming to Nintendo's WiiWare service on June 1, 2009.

While we haven't seen a lot of new information on this title lately, it has to be exciting for fans of the Final Fantasy series to hear news of this new game coming so soon. It also leads to speculation as to whether or not Square-Enix will release the original Final Fantasy IV on the Virtual Console to set this new WiiWare release up.

We'll have more information on Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as it becomes available, as well as a full review of the game when it hits the WiiWare service on June 1st.

**Thanks for Alex D for the heads up on the Nintendo Power ad. :)

Tags: Final Fantasy, WiiWare, SquareEnix.

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User Comments

Toddr

1. Toddr Canada 07 May 2009, 03:18 BST

Sweet. I plan to buy this the day it comes out. June FIRST!

See what I did there?

theblackdragon

2. theblackdragon United States 07 May 2009, 03:20 BST

so awesome. :3

Toddr

3. Toddr Canada 07 May 2009, 03:21 BST

Thank you. :P

Hyper Luigi

4. Hyper Luigi United States 07 May 2009, 03:41 BST

Cool,I hope they release Final Fantasy IV first.

beastman93

5. beastman93 United States 07 May 2009, 03:48 BST

People already have the next NP issue? :O
I don't get mine usually till the 15th-17th of the month. :(

Objection_Blaster

6. Objection_Blaster United States 07 May 2009, 03:50 BST

So thats the NA release right? I figured it'd be a longer wait. Sweeeet.

jpfan1989

7. jpfan1989 United States 07 May 2009, 03:51 BST

@ supersonic1990. I agree. It would be preferable for those who haven't to play the first game before playing its sequel

WolfRamHeart

8. WolfRamHeart United States 07 May 2009, 03:57 BST

Now if we could just find out how many points it will be and if it will be released in just one download or multiple episodes. I wish they would give other WiiWare games release dates too. Microsoft gives release dates for their XBLA games so why not Nintendo? Oh well, at least now I'll have my points ready for June 1st!:)

Mr. Saturn

9. Mr. Saturn United States 07 May 2009, 04:04 BST

Excellent.

pixelman

10. pixelman United States 07 May 2009, 04:13 BST

YESSSSSSSS!!! Day 1 buy for me - If I have enough Wii points.

Link79

11. Link79 United States 07 May 2009, 04:31 BST

Please tell me this will be a full fledged SNES style RPG and not just some half assed mobile phone game. I really want this to be good.

SmaMan

12. SmaMan United States 07 May 2009, 04:48 BST

You forget that mobile phone games in Japan are WAY ahead of ours. This is gonna be great. Now I have less than a month to find FF4 and beat it. But I know someone who can help me with the first part! (hint hint Nintendo, hint hint)

odd69

13. odd69 United States 07 May 2009, 05:29 BST

wow thats a whole month away. do you guys realize that a month equals like forever in gamer time??

Hardy83

14. Hardy83 Canada 07 May 2009, 05:51 BST

I'm more amazed that someone was able to post a release date for a WiiWare or DSiWare game... Blows my mind that I KNOW what's coming out at least a day before the game comes out.. lol

Alexei123

15. Alexei123 Australia 07 May 2009, 06:54 BST

When's the European and Australian release?!
I really want this game!!

Dawnclaude

16. Dawnclaude Germany 07 May 2009, 07:32 BST

The game is for 4 players? Oh wow! That's a great feature.

Wrenski

17. Wrenski United States 07 May 2009, 07:34 BST

You know, guys, I never see any mention of this, but you dudes KNOW this isn't one single game and that's it right? It's a multi-part release, like it was in Japan with individual parts coming out over time.

I was stunned to hear this, so I think it's info that needs to circulate a bit more lest people be shocked and angry come June 1st.

Swerd_Murd

18. Swerd_Murd United States 07 May 2009, 07:52 BST

I think it's relatively well known at this point that it's episodic....a browse of the game's website indicates it'll be episodic, and the 9 parts will be released in some episodic format (conjecture has landed at 3 sets of 3 episodes apiece, which sounds reasonable)

Wrenski

19. Wrenski United States 07 May 2009, 08:02 BST

@Swerd_Murd
I thought so too, but most people still seem to refer to it as one single entity. Even on Wikipedia it's not completely made clear that it's anything but a single game with multiple chapters inside.

I just throw it out there whenever I think people might be getting the wrong impression, because I'd hate to see a bunch of disappointed folk when they realize they've only bought one out of multiple parts.

I hadn't heard the three episodes per release though, that would be a nice compromise on Square's part. I guess I'm just pessimistic after the mind-boggling Crystal Defenders split.

Ragnor

20. Ragnor New Zealand 07 May 2009, 09:51 BST

Looks like a fanmade hack to me.

Firkraag

21. Firkraag Sweden 07 May 2009, 10:14 BST

How about they release FFIV first on VC as they have promised, many gamers i'm sure even Final Fantasy fans have never played FFIV before and won't get this unless it's out for VC.. personally i'll wait, what's the point of playing a sequel..

Chipmunk777

22. Chipmunk777 United States 07 May 2009, 11:18 BST

Wow! I'm surprised it's coming so soon! This is definitely an instant buy for me. FFIV is probably my favorite FF game. Ahhh.... I can't wait for new-classic FF action!

ALDAWGZ

23. ALDAWGZ United States 07 May 2009, 11:39 BST

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! downloadin this as soon as i go home that day

LinktotheFuture

24. LinktotheFuture United States 07 May 2009, 12:51 BST

Hopefully this means the Final Fantasy games aren't far away from coming to the VC.

Ragnor

25. Ragnor New Zealand 07 May 2009, 12:57 BST

By the way: June 1st is my birthday xD

Kevin

26. Kevin United States 07 May 2009, 15:49 BST

Awesome. Can't wait.

Rapadash6

27. Rapadash6 United States 07 May 2009, 16:04 BST

Hmm, I suppose there is nothing stopping them from releasing the original Final Fantasy games out of order, so a VC release of FFIV before or on the day of this release isn't totally out of the question. I'm curious if they'll actually change the title from Final Fantasy II to IV for the North American release...

morphballer

28. morphballer United States 07 May 2009, 16:54 BST

I bet its going to be released as Final Fantasy II just like the SNES game.

SmaMan

29. SmaMan United States 07 May 2009, 18:29 BST

Actually now that I think about it, didn't a DS remake come out for FFIV about a year ago? That might be what's stopping them right now.

Stevie

30. Stevie United Kingdom 07 May 2009, 18:41 BST

@Ragnor - We are birthday buddies :)

Happy Birthday to me, im going to play final fantasy

reborn

31. reborn Spain 07 May 2009, 21:07 BST

YESSS!!! I can't believe it!! ^^ I'm waiting for this game since it was announced!!

Fulgor_Astral

32. Fulgor_Astral Mexico 07 May 2009, 21:31 BST

old news, but still feels great to read again and again
I dont think they'll be launching FF4 on VC yet, SE is probably counting on you already played the original game 17 years ago, or one of the remakes on PSX, GBA or DS... why not track down one of those copies instead of waiting for a VC release? besides, GBA and DS remakes are by far the best releases of the game.

And about the episodic content , i hope that from day 1 you can buy all the episodes you want, and finish them at your own leisure, that could be the best way to sell the game

zoipi

33. zoipi Spain 07 May 2009, 22:01 BST

Great, now an European release date...

By the way, i think i'm never going to download this. I never liked anything de original FFIV neither classic J-RPGs(except Chrono Trigger). So this wont touch my Wii...

Curt

34. Curt Canada 07 May 2009, 23:18 BST

I'm guessing the DS release of Final Fantasy IV means we won't see that for a while. At least we'll be getting this sooner than later.

Wrenski

35. Wrenski United States 08 May 2009, 07:31 BST

Square already announced that FFIV/II will be hitting the VC for sure, they just didn't say when, remember guys?

chunky_droid

36. chunky_droid Australia 08 May 2009, 14:37 BST

YES!!!

That Guy from Faxanadu

37. That Guy from Faxanadu Sweden 10 May 2009, 15:40 BST

Hm, I didn´t reflect over the episode- thing before. That´s a bit of a letdown, I hoped they would have put the pieces together for the VC relesase =/

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