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109-518: 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,

218-711: A bard . When Golbez's Red Wings attack Damcyan and kill his beloved Anna, Edward joins Cecil's group in their fight against Golbez. He falls overboard when Leviathan attacks Cecil's ship on the way to Baron, and is tended to in Troia. From his room, he plays the Twin Harp, sending out a melody which aids Cecil's group in defeating the Dark Elf. He joins the airship fleet against the Giant of Babel, and helps to rebuild Damcyan after Zemus' defeat, ultimately becoming its king. In The After Years , he

327-684: A Crystal to reveal the true shape of Zeromus, and manage to slay him. Zeromus returns in The After Years as Zeromus' Malice , which the Maenads unleash on the Lunarian's Moon by shattering the Crystals there. Fusoya and Golbez attempt to stop Zeromus, but he proves too strong and Fusoya is forced to send Golbez to the Blue Planet alone in order to protect it from the Maenads. The final fate of Fusoya and Zeromus

436-464: A Dark Knight and is eventually promoted to the command of Baron's airship fleet, the "Red Wings". When the King orders Cecil to rob the magical town of Mysidia of its Water Crystal at the cost of killing innocent people, Cecil begins to question the king's morality. After the King tricks him into bombing the village of Mist, Cecil openly rebels and forms an alliance of warriors to oppose Baron. His first recruit

545-516: A King seeing extra content priced between 100 and 800 Points, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years receiving content ranging from 300 to 800 Points, and Mega Man 9 and 10 seeing content priced between 100 and 500 Points. Martin Hollis , founder of Zoonami , has accused Nintendo of inadequately promoting the WiiWare service: Other developers have criticised the 40MB size limit imposed on games on

654-474: A Lunarian who wants to wipe out all life on the Blue Planet. Although Cecil initially cannot accept that Golbez is innocent, he later forgives him, acknowledging him as his brother after Zemus' defeat. Cecil then returns to Baron, marries with Rosa, and becomes the new King of Baron. Interlude depicts Cecil investigating the unexplained appearance of multiple monsters one year after the events of Final Fantasy IV . The game ends with Cecil discovering that Rosa

763-518: A cave to obtain the Knight's Emblem, which turns out to be a rat's tail. Wedge and Biggs explain that the purpose of the test was to show him that he already had what it takes to be a Red Wing, he just needed to prove it to himself. As the Red Wings set off, the game cuts to Baron, where Cecil, Rosa, and Cid are defending the city from an onslaught of monsters. After surviving several waves of attacks they meet

872-449: A month, each primarily focused on a specific character. These chapters utilize foreshadowing, cliffhangers, flashbacks, and a nonlinear narrative structure to build the world setting and both explore and expand upon the mysterious events befalling the Blue Planet. The final chapter, which is considerably longer than all others, draws all of the chapters together, linking them up into one unifying narrative. The story begins as characters from

981-466: A new feature called the "Age of the Moon", reflecting the game's lunar phases changing with each rest at an inn, or over a set period of in-game time. The altering phases change physical and magical attack powers for both player characters and enemies. Certain rare monsters also only appear during certain lunar phases. The game also introduces a new type of combination attack known as a "Band" ability. Similar to

1090-652: A paladin, and his adventures on the moon. Kain Highwind ( カイン・ハイウィンド , Kain Haiwindo , "Cain Highwind" in the Japanese version) is the leader of the Dragoon Knights of Baron as well as childhood friend of both Cecil and Rosa. He claims that being a dragoon makes him feel closer to his father, who died when he was very young. Although best friends with Cecil, Kain is in love with Rosa and must deal with his jealousy throughout

1199-528: A playable character, as producer Tetsuya Nomura wished to add him to the fighting game. He is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera in Japanese and Liam O'Brien in English. In Final Fantasy IV , Rosa Farrell ( ローザ・ファレル , Rōza Fareru ) is the childhood friend of and love interest for Cecil. She is a white mage and archer . Experienced in healing magic, Rosa is often busy attending to Baronian soldiers who have been wounded in battle. When Rosa learns that Cecil

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1308-652: A playable character. He is voiced by Takeshi Kaga in Japanese and Peter Beckman in English. According to Takashi Tokita , one of the writers for Final Fantasy IV , Golbez was created as an homage to the Star Wars saga villain Darth Vader . Voiced by British actor Joseph Capp in English, Golbez appears as the main antagonist of the patches storyline of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker , first appearing in Endwalker 's 6.1 patch Newfound Adventure . This version of Golbez

1417-399: A release in that territory as well. It was later confirmed with the opening of the official site, which provided a PEGI rating for the title. The WiiWare port of the game features several graphical enhancements over the mobile version, including larger screen resolution , clearer menu screens and fonts, and improved character portraits. The English localization follows the precedents set by

1526-399: A replacement Epopt, Leonora. However, with Porom now helping the elders preserving Mysidia's laws, a wedge is driven between them. Over the course of the game, they come to realize that despite the fact they dislike and get on one another's nerves, they need each other, and are at their best when together. Palom and Porom are voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese. In the English remake, Palom

1635-699: A skilled ninja . Though often cocky, impulsive and overconfident, he is a righteous young man who is not easily manipulated or led astray. Cecil's group first meets Edge in Eblan Cave, after he has been defeated in battle by the Lord of Fire, Rubicante. Because Cecil and the rest are after Rubicante as well, Edge joins the party and leads them into the Tower of Babel. However, he is made to watch helplessly as his parents, whom Dr. Lugae has abducted and turned into demons, sacrifice themselves rather than be forced to kill him. He stays with

1744-547: A son named Ceodore; her pregnancy causes her absence from most of Interlude . In The After Years , she is kidnapped by Kain's dark self. Once back to safety, Rosa joins her old friends as they fight to save their world from the threat of the True Moon. During the encounter with the Dark Knight, Rosa intervenes when he attempts to murder Golbez, and the two of them battle the Dark Knight by themselves and later with Ceodore until Cecil

1853-551: A version of their game engine to support WiiWare software development. Other Western developers releasing WiiWare games include Gameloft , Neko Entertainment , WayForward Technologies , Zoonami , Frozen Codebase and High Voltage Software . Konami and Capcom had also expressed desire to release Western-exclusive WiiWare games. Upon the service's shutdown, WiiWare games in Japan and North America were priced between 500 and 1500 Nintendo Points. Additional downloadable content had been announced for several games, with My Life as

1962-406: Is Rydia, a child he rescues from Mist. During his quest, he becomes a Paladin by climbing Mt. Ordeals and overcoming the darkness in his heart. This represents one of the game's themes; "brute strength alone isn't power", as when he becomes a Paladin, Cecil's power actually decreases, although he gradually becomes more powerful than he ever was as a Dark Knight. Cecil reaches Baron and learns that

2071-640: Is a White Mage. Though the twins are only five years old, they are experts in their respective magic skills and are sent by the Elder of Mysidia to help Cecil on his journey to the top of Mt. Ordeals. However, they are really acting as spies for the Elder, who does not yet trust Cecil. Following Cecil's trial and his transformation into a Paladin, Porom and Palom decide to join his group. They turn themselves to stone to save Cecil and his friends from being crushed in Cagnazzo's trap. The Elder later releases them, and they assist

2180-552: Is a powerful opponent who serves as the main antagonist for the majority of the game. Seemingly affiliated with King Baron, Golbez brainwashes Kain to assist him. Upon recovering his true self while fighting Fusoya, he attempts to defeat Zemus, but fails. Once Cecil's group defeats Zemus, lacking the heart to return to the Blue Planet with the others, Golbez decides to remain on the moon with the Lunarians. Golbez returns in The After Years . In his own storyline, he and Fusoya investigate

2289-538: Is able to end the battle himself. She is voiced by Yuhko Kaida in Japanese and Karen Strassman in English. Rydia of Mist ( ミストのリディア , Misuto no Ridia ) is a powerful summoner . When Cecil and Kain travel through the Mist Cave to reach Mist, they kill the Mist Dragon that was summoned to protect the village. As Eidolons are directly linked to their Summoner, Cecil and Kain inadvertently kill Rydia's mother in

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2398-420: Is able to save their settings as well as their characters' status and equipment at the end of gameplay, and can also further explore each tale to discover new items and complete special tasks. The complete game was bundled with Final Fantasy IV and a new scenario ( Final Fantasy IV: Interlude ) as the PlayStation Portable compilation Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection , released in 2011. A 3D remake in

2507-457: Is an active member of the group who attempts to maintain the peace, but is able to recognize that all is not right in the world due to the Maenad. He is still plagued by the deaths of Anna and Tellah, but is able to move on when their spirits encourage him to find someone else to love as he did Anna. Edward is voiced by Ryō Horikawa in Japanese and Sam Riegel in English. The composed leader of

2616-592: Is credited with inventing the airship. After discovering that Cecil has been relieved of his position in Baron's fleet, Cid is locked away in the dungeon by Cagnazzo. After Cagnazzo is defeated, Cid escapes and gives Cecil access to his special airship, the Enterprise . When the Enterprise crashes in the Underworld, Cid takes it back to the surface to outfit it with Mythril, which enables it to fly over magma. He rescues Cecil from

2725-658: Is designed similar to Final Fantasy IV and is depicted as a resident of the Thirteenth shard, now a desolate wasteland known as the Void thanks to the machinations of the Ascians. Originally a memoriate named Durante, he and his companion Golbez hailed from the kingdom of Baron seeking to end the Contramemoria. At some point, they meet Zero who declines their offer of working towards a common goal. Golbez became corrupted by Darkness and Durante

2834-502: Is impersonated by the incarnation of his negative emotions, Dark Kain ( ダークカイン , Dāku Kain ) , who wishes to kill Cecil and have Rosa for himself. Kain defeats his dark alter-ego and merges with him, causing Kain to become a Holy Dragoon. After helping his friends to destroy the True Moon, Kain returns to Baron to assume command of the Red Wings. Kain has also been featured in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT as

2943-623: Is left unrevealed. A different version of Zeromus is fought in the Easytype version of Final Fantasy IV , with a different graphics and attacks. It later appears in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions as the final boss of the new Lunar Ruins dungeon, named Zeromus EG . Zeromus is also an optional esper in Final Fantasy XII , combining the Zeromus and Zeromus EG designs. He

3052-412: Is pregnant. Sixteen years later, in The After Years , Cecil and Rosa have a son named Ceodore. During an invasion of Baron, Cecil is defeated and possessed by the summoner Maenad, and his friends are forced to fight him to free him from the Maenad's control, though Cecil is left weakened afterwards. After he joins them, they travel to the True Moon and encounter the incarnation of Cecil's negative emotions,

3161-465: Is released and helps Cecil's group destroy Zemus. After the final battle Kain is overcome with remorse for his actions, and decides that he must atone on Mt. Ordeals before he can rejoin his friends permanently. At the end of Interlude , Kain, who is still living on Mt. Ordeals hears a mysterious voice calling to him. He reappears in The After Years as the "Hooded Man" ( 謎の男 , Nazo no Otoko ) , assisting Ceodore while hiding his real identity. He

3270-583: Is rescued by a Hooded Man. As the two head toward Mysidia, the game intercuts to Mt. Ordeals, where Kain is heading out toward Baron. Along the way, he gathers the Crystals of Air, Earth, Fire and Water at the request of the Mysterious Woman. Eventually, he kidnaps Rosa as well, stating that he is planning to kill Cecil so he can have Rosa for himself. Meanwhile, Ceodore, the Hooded Man, and Edward intercept Kain in front of Cecil's throneroom. At this point, it

3379-564: Is revealed that the Hooded Man is in fact the real Kain, and the Kain that has taken the crystals and Rosa is Kain's "dark half". After their duel, the true Kain wins and becomes a Holy Dragoon. Kain, Ceodore, Rosa, and Edward continue on their way to meet Cecil as the first episode ends. The second episode begins with Rydia , Luca and Edge on board an airship in the subterranean world. The Man in Black mysteriously appears from nowhere and takes control of

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3488-618: Is swallowed by the Eidolon Leviathan and taken to the Feymarch, the Land of the Eidolons which Leviathan rules alongside his Queen, Ashura. Due to the different flow of time in the Feymarch, she physically matures during her stay despite being gone only a short time in the real world. Having mastered summoning and black magic at the expense of white magic, she saves Cecil from Golbez's Shadow Dragon in

3597-430: Is voiced by Gorō Naya in Japanese and Doug Lee in English. Edward Chris von Muir , known in the Japanese version of the game as Gilbart Chris von Muir ( ギルバート・クリス・フォン・ミューア , Girubāto Kurisu fon Myūa ) , is the prince of Damcyan, soon to become the seventh king of the region. Edward grew up very mild-mannered. Although expected to become an expert in business, Edward showed much more interest in music and became

3706-428: Is voiced by Megan Harvey while Porom is voiced by Hunter MacKenzie Austin . The chief engineer of Baron, Cid Pollendina ( シド・ポレンディーナ , Shido Porendīna ) is friend of Cecil, Kain, and Rosa. He lives in the town of Baron with his daughter, who often scolds him for his workaholic behavior. Since the loss of his wife, Cid has treated Cecil like his own son. Having discovered the ancient skill of levitation, Cid

3815-620: Is voiced by Ryō Horikawa . Another version of Zeromus appears in the patches storyline of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker . Golbez, seeking to break the barrier between the Thirteenth and the Source, fused the Great Wyrm Azdaja with the remnants of the primal Zodiark's aether. This created an extremely powerful voidsent that Golbez named "Zeromus", and intended to use to fulfill his plans once Zeromus had finished gathering its full strength. Fueled by Azdaja's longing for home, Zeromus nearly shatters

3924-577: The Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section. Once the user had downloaded the game or application, it would appear in their Wii Menu or SD Card Menu as a new channel. WiiWare was a companion to the Virtual Console , which specializes in emulated games originally developed for other systems instead of original games. WiiWare was promoted as an avenue for developers with small budgets to release innovative, original, and smaller-scale games without

4033-481: The monks of Fabul, Yang Fang Leiden ( ヤン・ファン・ライデン , Yan Fan Raiden ) is an undisputed expert in martial arts . When training on Mt. Hobs, he and his fellow monks are attacked by a group of monsters. Yang emerges as the only survivor, and returns to Fabul with Cecil's group, who help him to defend the city from Golbez's attack. He finds his way to Baron after Leviathan attacks the party's ship, losing his memories and attacking Cecil before coming to his senses. In

4142-420: The "Hooded Man", a wandering swordsman enshrouded in purple robes who seems strangely familiar with Cecil's previous adventure; the "Mysterious Woman", a female antagonist able to summon Eidolons, who attacks the kingdoms in search of the Crystals, and the "Man in Black", a man with powerful black magic who refuses to reveal his past. The storyline of the game unfolds through episodic chapters, released roughly once

4251-470: The After: Tsuki no Kikan , the first two installments of the episodic game, "Prologue" and "Ceodore's Tale", were published simultaneously for each individual platform. A series of eight supplemental tales were then released in intervals of about four weeks. These were followed by a semifinal installment, "Shūketsu Hen 'Tsuki no Inryoku'" ( lit. "Gathering Tale: Gravitation of the Moon"), which required that

4360-411: The Crystals around the world using Baron's forces, attacking multiple innocent people in the process. In reality, he is Cecil's older brother Theodor ( セオドール , Seodōru ) who has been under the control of Zemus from the day his parents died; his father beaten by the people he tried to help and his mother dying after giving birth to Cecil. Taking Cecil's place as the captain of the Red Wings, Golbez

4469-494: The DS remake of Final Fantasy IV , featuring similar writing and making use of the same translations of names and terminology. A few edits have been made to the English version, including the modification of Ceodore's official character artwork to Westernize his face, as well as alterations to several female characters in order to make their clothing less revealing. Originally released to the Japanese mobile phone market as Final Fantasy IV

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4578-450: The Dark Knight, who seeks to become the real Cecil and take revenge against Golbez for abandoning him when they were young. With the help of his family Golbez, Rosa, and Ceodore, Cecil is able to make peace with his dark half and regain his full strength. Cecil has also been featured in the fighting games Dissidia Final Fantasy , Dissidia 012 and Dissidia NT where he uses both his Dark Knight and Paladin forms. He also appears in

4687-479: The Double and Triple Techs of Chrono Trigger , these allow two or more characters to coordinate separate commands into a single new attack at the cost of MP from all involved. Band abilities are extremely powerful, and there are over 70 different combinations in all. Following the events of the original Final Fantasy IV , the second moon leaves the Blue Planet's orbit, and a period of peace begins as Damcyan, Eblan, and

4796-470: The Dwarven Castle's Crystal Room and rejoins the party for the rest of the story. At the end of the game, she returns to the Land of Eidolons. During Interlude , Rydia is impersonated by a mysterious summoner that attacks Cecil and his friends. The real Rydia appears near the end of the game, saving their lives. At the beginning of The After Years , Ashura teleports Rydia to the real world moments before

4905-580: The Four Elemental Lords. The Lord of Fire, he is working with Dr. Lugae to raise the Giant of Babel, and is the archenemy of Edge. Cecil and Edge defeat Rubicante in the Tower of Babel and the Giant of Babel. Unlike the other Lords, he is very honorable, going so far as to heal Cecil's party before fighting them. He later advises Edge not to let his anger get the best of him, as it will merely blind him. He did not authorize Lugae's transformation of Edge's parents into monsters, and he apologizes to Edge for

5014-431: The Japanese version of the game as Fusuya ( フースーヤ , Fūsūya ) and FuSoYa in earlier versions of the game, is a Lunarian, and a resident of the moon. He watches over the other Lunarians in their long sleep and knows the true origins of Cecil, Golbez, the Crystals, and the real nature of the threat to the Blue Planet. Once Fusoya explains Golbez's innocence to Cecil, he joins the party to help defeat Zemus, returning to

5123-517: The Japanese version of the game as Tella ( テラ , Tera ) , was once the wisest sage in Mysidia and master of all spells. However, after a serious accident involving his magic, he retired to Kaipo, where he gave up sorcery and forgot most of his spells. He had a wife and daughter. When his wife died, and he learned of his daughter's secret engagement to Edward of Damcyan, he became furious. He left his home and traveled to Damcyan to confront Edward. Along

5232-399: The King of Dwarves, as his apprentice. He eagerly joins the battle for the Blue Planet, his age not slowing down his enthusiasm. He is voiced by Ichirō Nagai in Japanese and by John Snyder in English. Edward Geraldine ( エドワード・ジェラルダイン , Edowādo Jerarudain ) , primarily called by his nickname Edge ( エッジ , Ejji ) , is the royal prince of Eblan, only heir to the throne and

5341-462: The Maenad appears and turns Ashura and Leviathan into stone. After helping her old friends save the planet, Rydia decides to rebuild Mist with the cooperation of Cecil and others, and also becomes the adoptive mother of the child Maenad Cuore. Rydia also appears in the rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy as a character representing Final Fantasy IV . She is voiced by Noriko Shitaya in Japanese and Caroline Macey in English. Tellah , known in

5450-420: The Mysterious Woman. Cecil asks Cid to take Rosa to safety as he confronts the intruder. The woman summons Bahamut and defeats Cecil. Meanwhile, the airship carrying Ceodore also encounters monsters. The airship crashes killing everyone but Ceodore. Realizing he is now the last of the Red Wings, he sets out on the long journey home. However, he is attacked by a group of monsters and is about to be killed when he

5559-675: The North American re-release of a retail Wii game called Karaoke Joysound (July 2014). Wii Shop Channel closed on January 30, 2019, and the WiiWare games on the Wii (as well as the backwards compatibility on the Wii U) can no longer be purchased. Until further notice, users can continue to re-download and/or transfer WiiWare titles. The WiiWare service was officially launched in 2008: on March 25 in Japan, on May 12 in North America, and on May 20 in

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5668-572: The PAL/UK regions. In October 2007, Nintendo held a press conference in Japan revealing the first batch of major Japanese WiiWare games including My Pokémon Ranch , Dr. Mario Online Rx , and Square Enix 's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King . The conference also disclosed information on Family Table Tennis , Mojipittan , Maruboushikaku , and Magnetica Twist . Game developer Hudson also announced 3 WiiWare titles: Bomberman Blast , Star Soldier R , and Joysound ,

5777-510: The Thirteenth. After finding an alternate route to the Thirteenth's moon, Vrtra and the Scions confronted Golbez, who proceeded to transform her in a voidsent. The Warrior of Light battled Golbez and Azdaja, defeating them, but could not stop Golbez from fusing Azdaja with Zodiark's aether on the moon. This created an extremely powerful voidsent named "Zeromus", forcing the Scions to flee. Golbez waited for Zeromus to gather its full strength, ready to set

5886-459: The Tower of Babel's cannon room, he sacrifices himself to prevent the cannon from destroying the dwarven tanks, but resurfaces in the Sylvan cave, unconscious. He wakes up when the party strikes him with a frying pan (given to them by his wife Sheila). After the ultimate victory over Zemus, Yang becomes king of Fabul. In Interlude , Yang investigates incidents caused by monsters one year after becoming

5995-690: The Village of Mist are rebuilt, while the Kingdom of Baron comes under the rule of Cecil and his wife, Rosa . However, seventeen years later, the second moon reappears, much closer to the planet than it was the first time, and the unchanging Crystals begin to emit a soft light. The meaning behind these events remains unknown. Most of the cast from the original game return, with many of Final Fantasy IV ' s NPCs now playable. A number of entirely new characters are also introduced. Among these new additions are Ceodore Harvey , Prince of Baron and son to Cecil and Rosa;

6104-582: The Wii U launched in November 2012 with its vastly improved Nintendo eShop digital distribution, in comparison to the DSiWare Shop, the Wii Shop Channel had very rarely seen brand new WiiWare releases. As of July 2014 , the Wii Shop Channel has received the global release of Retro City Rampage (February 2013), the global re-release of a retail Wii game called Deer Drive Legends (November 2013), and

6213-490: The WiiWare port of the game have been mixed, with an overall score of 69/100 at Metacritic . IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10, calling the story "engrossing but mysterious" and stating that the gameplay, graphics, and presentation, while "dated", are "part of the charm". However, GameSpot gave the game a score of only 5.5 out of 10, saying that it had a "disjointed, poorly constructed narrative" and an excessively high encounter rate, and criticized "recycled" content such as

6322-446: The airship, directing it toward Baron. As the party approaches the castle, they witness meteors from the second moon bombarding the world. They return to Baron Castle to find it sealed by a magical force field. The four travel the world searching for their lost friends, encountering the Mysterious Woman again, and helping Rydia search for her missing Eidolons. After breaking the Mysterious Woman's control over Titan, Shiva, Ramuh, and Ifrit,

6431-448: The arrival of the Maenads, who shatter the moon's crystals and in doing so revive Zeromus. Fusoya sends Golbez down to the Blue Planet as he continues to fight Zeromus alone, and Golbez, under the identity of the "Man in Black" ( 黒衣の男 , Kokui no Otoko ) , joins Rydia to help her save her friends. Later in the True Moon, Golbez comes face-to-face with Cecil's alter ego the Dark Knight, who desires Golbez killed for both nearly destroying

6540-462: The barrier between the worlds, but is stopped by the Scions and a repentant Golbez, with Zero separating it from Azdaja and sealing it in a memoria crystal. In the aftermath, its crystal is given to Ryne in hopes that its Darkness can be used to restore the First. Rubicante ( ルビカンテ , Rubikante ) ( Rubicant in the original SNES release and PlayStation re-release) is the leader and strongest member of

6649-570: The cast innovative thanks to their characterization. According to Final Fantasy IV lead designer Takashi Tokita , Final Fantasy IV was the first Japanese role-playing game to feature such "deep characters". The graphical capabilities of the Super Famicom allowed character designer Yoshitaka Amano to create more elaborate designs than he had done for previous games released for the Famicom . Tokita stated that although his inexperience may have hurt

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6758-420: The characters from the original game as well as introducing several new characters. The story of The After Years primarily revolves around Ceodore Harvey , the son of Cecil and Rosa. In 2011, a third game in the series was released. Set one year after Final Fantasy IV and sixteen years prior to The After Years , Final Fantasy IV Interlude , was released for the PlayStation Portable , and featured several of

6867-402: The characters were designed by Akira Oguro. Tokita stated that the inclusion of voice actors in the DS remake was pleasing for him, claiming that the voice-overs "allowed for a much more dramatic localization". The Japanese voice actors reflected Tokita's vision of the characters, but he noted that others did not feel the same way. English translator Tom Slattery had to change various parts of

6976-517: The collapsing bridge to the Tower of Babel, and attempts to escape a pursuing Red Wings airship. He ultimately jumps off the ship and detonates explosives to seal the Underworld. He is thought to have been killed, but he returns to add Mythril and a drill to the newly acquired airship, the Falcon , which he deploys against the Giant of Babel. In The After Years , Cid is still Baron's airship engineer, having refused to retire. He has taken on Luca, daughter of

7085-511: The cost and risk of creating a title to be sold at retail (akin to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store ). The development kit cost around US$ 2000 and developers needed to be licensed with and approved by Nintendo. According to Nintendo, the "remarkable motion controls will give birth to fresh takes on established genres, as well as original ideas that currently exist only in developers' minds". Nintendo handled all pricing options for

7194-461: The descent, the party encounters several bosses from the other Final Fantasy games. Eventually, they encounter Cecil's evil side, the Dark Knight. Once the Dark Knight is defeated, Cecil returns to the Light. Once the party reaches the lowermost depths of the second moon, they discover that the Mysterious Woman is not a single individual, but an entire race of identical women called "Maenads". Each Maenad

7303-481: The developer of Retro City Rampage , the threshold was 5,000 units, which the game failed to hit. Cid Pollendina Final Fantasy IV , a role-playing video game released by Square in 1991, revolves around Cecil Harvey , a knight of Baron who embarks on a quest to defeat Golbez , a man that is controlling the king of Baron. During Cecil's quest, he is joined by his childhood friends Kain Highwind and Rosa Farrell , as well as other warriors from around

7412-533: The downloadable games. Like Virtual Console games, WiiWare content was purchased using Wii Points . However, unlike Virtual Console games, instruction manuals were stored on the Wii Shop Channel itself. Unlike its portable equivalent DSiWare , WiiWare games are unavailable natively via the Nintendo eShop . WiiWare games were purchasable and fully playable on the Wii U console – the Wii's successor – via Wii Mode. Ever since

7521-571: The efforts against the Giant of Babel and ultimately help in the defeat of Zemus. They later resume their studies in Mysidia, with Porom working to rein in Palom, who aspires to become as great as Tellah. Palom and Porom are major characters in Interlude : they join Cecil's party at Mount Hobs along with Cid and stay there until the end of the story. In The After Years , Palom is sent on a mission to Troia to train

7630-509: The emergence of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, who had come with Azdaja's brother Vrtra to search for his sister. After the deaths of Scarmiglione and Barbariccia at the hands of the Warrior of Light, Golbez sends his remaining two archfiends after the Scions to prevent them from returning to the Thirteenth. At the cost of their lives, Rubicante and Cagnazzo succeeded destroying the Scions' route to

7739-501: The final stages of his plan in motion. With Light from the First to reach Golbez's domain, the Scions return and learn of his past as Durante, with Zero convincing him to help stop Zeromus and save Azdaja by rekindling his trust in others. In the aftermath, Zero remains with Golbez to help restore balance to the Thirteenth. Zemus ( ゼムス , Zemusu ) is the mastermind behind Golbez's actions in Final Fantasy IV . Wishing to destroy

7848-438: The first six Final Fantasy games, returned to create new, higher quality character graphics. Yoshitaka Amano also returned as an image illustrator, with character designs by Akira Oguro, a previous colleague of Tokita's and storyboard artist for Square Enix. Much of Nobuo Uematsu 's original music for Final Fantasy IV is also included, although new compositions are also used. After the mobile release, there were rumors about

7957-434: The forbidden spell, Meteor. Rejoining Cecil to confront Golbez, Tellah casts Meteor. Doing so weakens Golbez, but it kills Tellah. In the final moments of his life, Tellah admits to Cecil that his thirst for vengeance had consumed him. He briefly reappears as a spirit in The After Years , alongside Anna, advising Edward to not let his heart be weighed down by their deaths and encouraging him to come to Harley's aid. Tellah

8066-482: The game for only a short while after completing the DS remake. By releasing it in episodic format, he also hoped that players would anticipate future chapters in much the same way as an anime or manga series, rather than tiring of the game after completing it all at once. Although the look and feel of the game have remained largely unchanged from that of the original Final Fantasy IV , new gameplay elements were incorporated, and Kazuko Shibuya , 2D sprite artist for

8175-529: The gameplay features of Final Fantasy IV , including random encounters and the Active Time Battle (ATB) system, which originated with IV . It also retains a number of the graphical enhancements from the WonderSwan Color and Game Boy Advance versions of Final Fantasy IV , while further improving the quality of character sprites to a level comparable with those of VI . The battle system uses

8284-448: The king of Fabul. In The After Years , he spends much of his time arguing with his daughter, Ursula, but is still a valued ally and friend. Yang is voiced by Tesshō Genda in Japanese and Dan Woren in English. Palom ( パロム , Paromu ) and Porom ( ポロム , Poromu ) are twin mages from Mysidia. Palom is a rowdy, immature and rude young boy who is a Black Mage , while Porom is his sweet, polite, and mature older sister who

8393-478: The latter a karaoke game. Hudson later revealed that it had at least 10 WiiWare titles in development for the first year of release. Capcom , Namco , Sega , Taito and Konami also subsequently announced and later released games for the service. Among Western developers, Telltale Games was one of the first to cite interest in the service, announcing the episodic Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People series of adventure games. GarageGames released

8502-612: The mobile phone version was initially titled Final Fantasy IV the After: Tsuki no Kikan but later releases have since adopted the Western title, renaming the game to Final Fantasy IV The After Years: Tsuki no Kikan . The game was remade in 3D for the Android and iOS platforms using the same style as the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV , and was later released for Microsoft Windows . Final Fantasy IV: The After Years uses most of

8611-407: The mobile version, the release structure was modified. The player purchases the main story consisting of the "Prologue", "Ceodore's Tale" and "Kain's Tale", while the additional supplemental installments were subsequently released as add-ons. The penultimate episode and the two-part finale were combined into a single final installment called "The Crystals: The Planet Eater". In both versions, the player

8720-549: The music, graphics, environments, and story. Jason Schreier of Kotaku also gave the game an extremely negative review. The After Years was nominated for Game of the Year by Nintendo Power , as well as WiiWare Game of the Year. WiiWare WiiWare was a service that allowed Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo . These games and applications could only be purchased and downloaded from

8829-419: The new leader of the Red Wings is a man named Golbez, and that Golbez's minion, Cagnazzo, had killed and impersonated the king. With his companions, Cecil is able to defeat Cagnazzo but Golbez continues to hunt for the Crystals and Cecil must continue his quest. He ultimately learns that he is the son of a Lunarian, Kluya, and that Golbez is his brother. Golbez himself is not evil, but is being controlled by Zemus,

8938-488: The original Final Fantasy IV protagonists. As Final Fantasy IV was the first game in the series on the Super Famicom , character designer Yoshitaka Amano took advantage of the console's graphical capabilities, designing much more elaborate characters than prior entries. Lead designer Takashi Tokita noted how he and the staff worked in making all of the game's cast fit into the story. The characters were well received by video game publications with several of them finding

9047-424: The original game begin to notice the reappearance of the second moon. This is of great concern to Cecil and Rosa who remember their previous ordeal. Meanwhile, Ceodore sets out with Biggs and Wedge , members of the Red Wings, as part of his initiation into the famous air force . Ceodore is a nervous young man who is afraid he will never step out of the shadow of his famous parents. As his test begins, he descends into

9156-464: The original script for the voiced scenes in order for the characters' mouth movements to match the words they were speaking. Cecil Harvey ( セシル・ハーヴィ , Seshiru Hāvi ) is the protagonist of Final Fantasy IV and Interlude and a major character in The After Years . He was raised by the King of Baron to become a Dark Knight . Although Cecil is reluctant to master the Dark Sword, he excels as

9265-531: The party is able to enter Baron Castle and find Cecil threatening Ceodore, Rosa, and Kain. After freeing Cecil from the Mysterious Woman's control, the Man in Black reveals himself to be Golbez , Cecil's brother. By this stage, the second moon is getting closer to the Blue Planet and the party realizes they have to find a way to stop it. Boarding the Lunar Whale they land on the second moon and descend into its depths. During

9374-478: The party returns to the Planet, they return to their various homes to resume their lives. Rydia adopts the child Maenad and names her Cuore, and Cecil informs Ceodore that he shall serve in the Red Wings under the command of Kain. Cecil also orders all of Baron's airships to be disarmed and instead be used to help the other kingdoms rebuild after the devastation caused by the second moon. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

9483-450: The party throughout the game. Following Zemus' defeat, Edge returns to Eblan. By the time of The After Years , Edge has proven to be a kind-hearted and popular king, making efforts to aid in the reconstruction of Eblan and Mist and to defend the Blue Planet from the invasion of the True Moon. He is voiced by Hiroya Ishimaru in Japanese and Taliesin Jaffe in English. Fusoya , known in

9592-476: The planet just in time to fight the Giant of Babel. Inside the huge android, Fusoya dispels Zemus' mind control over Golbez, and the pair set off to fight Zemus at the core of the moon. While Fusoya and Golbez defeat Zemus' physical form easily, just as Cecil's group arrives Zemus transforms into Zeromus, a being formed from Zemus' intense hatred. Zeromus defeats Fusoya and Golbez, but is then vanquished by Cecil's group. Fusoya then returns to his sleep with Golbez and

9701-431: The planet, he manipulates Golbez into carrying out his will in hunting down the Crystals. Fusoya reveals that Zemus is the only Lunarian who refused to go into stasis until the time when Lunarians and Earthlings could live in harmony. Even though Golbez and Fusoya seemingly vanquish him, Zemus comes back to life as Zeromus ( ゼロムス , Zeromusu ) , the monstrous embodiment of his hatred and evil. Cecil and his friends use

9810-449: The player has completed the supplemental "Kain's Tale". The game's finale was released in two parts as "Shūshō Zenpen 'Shingetsu'" ( lit. "Last Chapter Part One 'The True Moon'") and "Shūshō Kōhen 'Hoshikui'" ( lit. "Last Chapter Part Two 'The Planet Eater'"). An enhanced port of the game was published through the WiiWare service in 2009. Although it retained the episodic format used in

9919-498: The process and the party is left at the mercy of a wounded Golbez. He is about to slay Cecil but stops and flees. Afterwards, Cecil saves Rosa, and she helps them defeat the Lord of Wind, Barbariccia. Immediately after this, Rosa uses her magic to teleport them out of the unstable tower and she remains in the party for the rest of the game. At the end of the game, she marries Cecil and becomes the Queen of Baron. After marrying Cecil, Rosa has

10028-434: The process. They also set the entire village on fire by inadvertently releasing a Bomb Ring. Rydia becomes enraged when she learns of their actions, using Titan to cause an earthquake that separates them, but injuring herself in the process. Cecil takes her to Kaipo, and when she regains her senses, she initially cannot forgive him, although she does agree to join him after he defends her from some Baron soldiers. Later, Rydia

10137-438: The remake and be able to play the sequel afterward. The choice to keep the 2D sprites was to allow as many chapters to be made as possible while also invoking the feeling of nostalgia for its predecessor. Tokita, who had grown attached to the characters, having also previously worked as scenario writer for the original game, decided that releasing the sequel in mobile format would be a good idea, as it would allow players to access

10246-404: The rest of the Lunarians. In The After Years , Fusoya works with Golbez to investigate the arrival of the Maenads, but he is forced to send Golbez away to the Blue Planet while he defends the moon from the revived Zeromus. His fate is left unrevealed. He is voiced by Banjō Ginga in Japanese and Michael McConnohie in English. Golbez ( ゴルベーザ , Gorubēza ) is a sorcerer who pursues

10355-518: The rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and its sequel, Curtain Call , as the main character representing Final Fantasy IV . He is voiced by Shizuma Hodoshima in Japanese and Yuri Lowenthal in English. Cecil also appears in Secret of Evermore as a weapons dealer and makes several references to Final Fantasy IV , including being king of Baron Castle, his wife Rosa, his battle with Zeromus, his being

10464-478: The same vein as the 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV was released for iOS and Android on November 24, 2013. This version was ported onto Steam for Windows and was released on May 12, 2015. In August 2008, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years reached a benchmark of one million downloads (not including downloads of the free prologue chapter) in the first five months following its initial release. As of December 2010, it has exceeded 4.5 million paid downloads. Reviews of

10573-429: The service; the WiiWare version of Super Meat Boy was cancelled after the developer refused to compress the quality in order to pass under the size limit. Trent Oster of Beamdog , who released MDK2 on the service also criticised the file size limit, in addition to the lengthy certification process and the minimum sales requirement of 6,000 units before receiving any payment from Nintendo. For Brian Provinciano,

10682-492: The story, the characters' personalities and roles made the story more appealing. Tokita also pointed out the variety of characters helped to appeal to a wider demographic, stating that the team worked hard to make all side characters fit into the story, something that, at the time, was difficult to do in Japanese media. For the Nintendo DS remake, the characters were handled by Airi Yoshioka. In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ,

10791-446: The story. Like Cecil, Kain notices the King of Baron's unusually harsh behavior, but he is under the mind-control of Golbez, and thus becomes Cecil's enemy. Kain eventually breaks free of Golbez's control after Tellah weakens Golbez. At this point, Kain joins Cecil's group in their efforts to defeat Golbez. However, after Cecil claims the last Dark Crystal, Golbez resumes his control of Kain. When Zemus' mind-control of Golbez breaks, Kain

10900-568: The title getting a release outside of Japan. A rating by the ESRB for a Wii game titled Final Fantasy IV: The After Years was discovered in late February 2009, leading to speculation regarding a North American localization of the game distributed via WiiWare , which was officially confirmed at the Game Developers Conference . Square Enix also trademarked The After Years in Europe, hinting at

11009-441: The wasteland of their homeworld, as the overabundance of darkness prevents them dying and then resting in the aetherial sea. Tired of the deathless life on the Thirteenth, Golbez plotted to invade the Source with his voidsent, which would allow them to perish at the cost of triggering an Umbral Calamity, meaning the Thirteenth would be absorbed into the Source, and all life on the latter would perish. Golbez's plans are interrupted by

11118-497: The way, he meets and befriends Cecil and Rydia. Upon reaching Damcyan, he learns Anna, his daughter, has sacrificed her life to save Edward from Golbez. When Tellah learns how deeply Edward had cared for Anna, his anger towards him lessens and he vows to kill Golbez, leaving Cecil's group. During his quest, he realizes that his current powers are not enough to accomplish this goal, so he travels to Mt. Ordeals where his memories return and he regains his mastery over magic. He also learns

11227-444: The world and abandoning his brother. With help from Rosa and Ceodore, Golbez stands up to his past sins and begs for forgiveness, allowing Cecil to regain his own strength and banish his dark half. Should Golbez survive, he remains with the party until the end of the game, at which point he returns to the moon in hopes that Fusoya or anybody else is still alive. He has also been featured in all three Dissidia Final Fantasy titles as

11336-530: The world did not evolve to its fullest potential it must be destroyed, which is what is currently happening to the Blue Planet. After the party defeats the Creator, the moon starts to break apart. As they escape, the party pauses to rescue a child Maenad, and the other Maenads turn on their "father" and defeat the Creator so the party can escape with her. As the Creator dies, he thanks the party for defeating him, indicating he may have felt some regret for his actions. Once

11445-467: The world who also seek to stop Golbez. The visuals of the characters were designed by Yoshitaka Amano . After its initial release, Final Fantasy IV was later ported to multiple consoles. In 2007, Square Enix released an enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS that added voice acting to both the Japanese and English versions. The game's 2008 sequel, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is set seventeen years after Final Fantasy IV and includes most of

11554-454: Was developed by Matrix Software with Takashi Tokita as producer. The game was in development in 2007. During the development of the enhanced remake of Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS , Tokita was approached by Square Enix 's mobile team to collaborate on a Final Fantasy game for Japanese mobile phones. Tokita proposed the idea of a sequel to Final Fantasy IV based on the idea that it would be entertaining for players to complete

11663-617: Was forced to kill and seal him in a memoria crystal, with Durante taking his name and armor, promising that the denizens of his world would sing of his heroism. In his despair, the Ascian Igeyorhm approached Golbez, manipulating him into killing the Watcher on the Thirteenth's moon and unleashing the Flood of Darkness. Having abducted the great wyrm Azdaja, his four archfiends were given part of her aether in exchange for serving Golbez. They agonized in

11772-437: Was part of a group of beings created to retrieve the crystals. Venturing further, they encounter an entity known as The Creator. He reveals that his race died out due to a failure to evolve. The Creator decided that the universe should not be allowed to be overrun with inferior species, so he created the crystals and sent them to various life-sustaining worlds as a way to monitor the progress of life on each planet. He determined if

11881-540: Was sent to Mist with a bomb ring, she immediately leaves Baron in search of him, but contracts desert fever. Cecil cures her, and she joins his party. During the battle of Fabul, she attempts to save Cecil from Kain, but Golbez kidnaps her and demands the Earth Crystal for her safe return. Cecil brings the Crystal but when the party meets Golbez a fight erupts. Tellah wounds Golbez with the forbidden spell Meteor, but dies in

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