Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Game logo designed by Yoshitaka Amano
Developer(s)Matrix Software
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Toshio Akiyama
Producer(s)Takashi Tokita
Designer(s)Takashi Tokita
Artist(s)Akira Oguro
Writer(s)Takashi Tokita
Ichiro Tezuka
Composer(s)Junya Nakano
SeriesFinal Fantasy
Platform(s)Mobile phone, Wii, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows
Release
2008
  • Original
    FOMA 903i / 703i
    • JP: February 18, 2008
      – December 24, 2008
    au Win Brew
    • JP: May 15, 2008
      – February 12, 2009
    SoftBank 3G
    • JP: November 4, 2008
      – June 24, 2009
    Wii
    • NA: June 1, 2009
      – September 7, 2009
    • EU: June 5, 2009
      – September 11, 2009
    • JP: July 21, 2009
      – September 29, 2009
    PlayStation Portable
    • JP: March 24, 2011
    • NA: April 19, 2011
    • EU: April 21, 2011
    • AU: April 28, 2011
    Remake
    iOS/Android
    November 25, 2013
    Microsoft Windows
    May 11, 2015
Genre(s)Role-playing game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is an episodic role-playing video game co-developed by Matrix Software and Square Enix, as the sequel to the 1991 title Final Fantasy IV. Set 17 years after Final Fantasy IV, The After Years follows the original cast and their descendants in episodic tales as a new villain appears, setting into action a mysterious chain of events that threatens the fate of the Blue Planet.[1] Largely utilizing assets, locations, and mechanics from its predecessor, the title incorporates higher quality character graphics and several new gameplay systems.[2][3]

The game was originally released in 2008 in Japan for mobile phones and was released worldwide as a port for WiiWare in 2009. The game was bundled with Final Fantasy IV as the PlayStation Portable compilation Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, which also included a new game; Final Fantasy IV: Interlude, which served as a bridge between the original game and The After Years. In Japan, the mobile phone version was initially titled Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan[a] but later releases have since adopted the Western title, renaming the game to Final Fantasy IV The After Years: Tsuki no Kikan.[b] The game was remade in 3D for the Android and iOS platforms[4] using the same style as the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV, and was later released for Microsoft Windows.

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  2. ^ V-Jump Magazine, February 2008 Issue
  3. ^ "ファイナルファンタジーIV ジ・アフター -月の帰還-". Famitsu. No. 1006. Enterbrain. March 2008.
  4. ^ "Final Fantasy 4: The After Years coming to iOS, Android this winter [Update]". Joystiq. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.


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