Nayan R.

The absolutely ludicrous title aside, I have a really hard time hating Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Part of me wants to, not because of some nonsensical vendetta against FFIV’s canon, but more as a purveyor of value and of art, and an enemy of recycled, half-assed cash-ins. Alas, I am absolutely powerless against the scourge that is FFIV: The After Years. It’s simply awesome.

Set 17 years after the end of the events of Final Fantasy IV, the most interesting part of The After Years is its own development history. Developed by FFIII DS and FFIV DS veterans Matrix Software, the game was first developed for Japanese cell phones. The game was broken up into chapters, with the first being a free download, followed by subsequent chapters that were available for players to download after signing up for a subscription. For the benefit of the American audience, Matrix and Square-Enix decided to move the game, in all its parts, to the Nintendo Wii in the form of Wiiware downloads.

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Adam Bruno

So, do you like Mario? What about Link? Tony Hawk? I hope the answer to all is “a lot,” because you’re going to be stuck with them for a while.

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Nayan R.

Despite Square Enix’s constant delays when it comes to the release of Final Fantasy XIII in both Japan and North America, there was no trepidaton at Sony’s press conference two days ago when Jack Tretton announced Final Fantasy XIV, much to the surprise of fans all over.

Ostensibly a sequel to the massively multiplayer online title Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV is looking to be the second MMORPG in the series, but not more of the same. During the untelevised Q&A session that took place yesterday, Square Enix attendees made sure to point out that the title would be a step in a different directon from Final Fantasy XI.

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Kenneth Ellis

All the lights are down. The streamers are falling off the walls, and the DJ has officially packed up his gear. E3 (a.k.a. “Prom” for this metaphor) is over. Now we’re all in the parking lot, going over all the events of the night. Remember that guy, who showed up drunk, jumped up on stage and air guitared the solo from AC/DC’s Back in Black ? That was good times…

Well, no it wasn’t, because right before that, he had just air-soloed Through the Fire and the Flames. So in retrospect, no, it was NOT good times. Square-Enix is “that guy” and they showed up to E3 drunk on their own pretentiousness.

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Joanna Duncan

Square Enix Ltd announced today that the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers website is now open for all the world to check out.

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