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
Series	Final 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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