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"Final Fantasy IV: The After" website is up

BTPBTP Registered User regular
edited February 2008 in Games and Technology
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/mobile/ff/ff4after/

This is the sequel to Final Fantasy IV that is currently only out as a cell phone game in Japan.

Gaze upon apparent awesomeness (screenshots, art, and music) and despair!

But seriously, Square-Enix, this had better see a DS or Wii Ware release! damnyou.gif

EDIT: Rydia art NSFW

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  • SabanSaban Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Wheres my fucking FFVI Sequel you cunts?

    Saban on
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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    The fuck is an English release of the DS FF IV?
    I want it :(

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    I'm just glad that other series that desperately need sequels aren't getting sequels as cell phone games, like Parasite Eve.

    [tiny]sarcasm[/tiny]

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  • AbriaelAbriael Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Rizzi wrote: »
    The fuck is an English release of the DS FF IV?
    I want it :(

    As do I... :|
    But in regard to this game I do wonder if japanese software houses will ever begin releasing games compatible with non-japanese cellphones...

    Or at the very least if someone will ever code an emulator for the NTT DoCoMo :P

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  • piLpiL Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    darunia106 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    I'm just glad that other series that desperately need sequels aren't getting sequels as cell phone games, like Parasite Eve.

    [tiny]sarcasm[/tiny]

    I was about to reply to this to tell you the horrible truth, because I missed your footnote.

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  • DartboyDartboy Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Seriously, why don't they release these things on the DS? It's not like it would be difficult, and I'm sure they'd sell like hotcakes even in Japan, where they have the cell phone games.

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  • SabanSaban Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    And why can i still not buy FF Music on iTunes canada?

    curse you, squeenix!

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Saban wrote: »
    Wheres my fucking FFVI Sequel you cunts?

    You know, I loved FFVI.

    The ending to the game does not truly make for a sequel, though. :|

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Yeah, they did a fairly good job resolving most things from FF6.

    I think any sequel would cheapen it.

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    FF6 could still have a pretty good sequel, though it certainly doesn't need one.
    There is the whole "reconstruction of the world" thing going on, who knows what kind of stuff could happen in there. The setting would just be a little more steampunk-ish with magic having disappeared from the world and all.

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  • FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    BTP wrote: »
    EDIT: Rydia art NSFW

    And teenage Porom art even more NSFW. I mean, good lord, it's like she's wearing a see-through neglige or something. :shock:

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  • MonstyMonsty Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    My, how she's grown.

    And Gilbart/Edward...looks somewhat manly now.

    Do want. Come on DS game. Come on DS game!

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    According to Wikipedia, this apparently takes place 17 years after the original game.

    Assuming several of the original cast members are back, this would probably make it have the highest average party age in any FF game ever.

    I mean, that makes Palom and Porom 22, and that's order than the vast majority of FF protagonists right there.

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    According to Wikipedia, this apparently takes place 17 years after the original game.

    Well, that explains Yang's 'stache.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    According to Wikipedia, this apparently takes place 17 years after the original game.

    Assuming several of the original cast members are back, this would probably make it have the highest average party age in any FF game ever.

    I mean, that makes Palom and Porom 22, and that's order than the vast majority of FF protagonists right there.

    Well, Fu So Ya was already schewing the average of four way up.

    Also, the character art alone has brought me from do not want to maybe someday pick up somewhere somehow if it was any good and not on a phone.

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  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    Late on the ball man, there was a FF7 cellphone RPG released a few years ago featuring The Turks.

    Man, I wanted to play it.

    Ah yes, it was called Before Crisis and was a prequel to FF7.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    How is the Rydia art NSFW?

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  • LynxLynx Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    Late on the ball man, there was a FF7 cellphone RPG released a few years ago featuring The Turks.

    Man, I wanted to play it.

    Ah yes, it was called Before Crisis and was a prequel to FF7.

    Before Crisis is why I don't think we'll ever see this game.

    Seriously, Square, what the fuck? If you can't release it on cell phones here, then port it to the DS or PSP.

    Lynx on
  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    BTP wrote: »

    EDIT: Rydia art NSFW

    SOLD

    Seriously though, when I first heard about this I Facepalmed about as hard as anyone else. FF4 holds a special place with me, and the remake alone made me somewhat question squeenix, then this made me pretty much head on doubt them. But because the game looks like it could have been A DIRECT sequel right before FF5, it gains insane points off that. Add in the fact all my favorite characters return and look 10 times more badass, and I just cant hate it.

    The only thing I can hate is there is no way I could ever play this even thinking outside the box.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Nothing grabs attention like scantily clad characters. Who really don't have to be. :?

    More Square "let's cash in on our good games" bullshit. And whoever said they want a sequel to 6, bad person. This is a very different company from before.

    $10 they'll slip in FF12 / FFT:A crapass races into this.

    Henroid on
  • LynxLynx Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Kai_San wrote: »
    BTP wrote: »

    EDIT: Rydia art NSFW

    SOLD

    Seriously though, when I first heard about this I Facepalmed about as hard as anyone else. FF4 holds a special place with me, and the remake alone made me somewhat question squeenix, then this made me pretty much head on doubt them. But because the game looks like it could have been A DIRECT sequel right before FF5, it gains insane points off that. Add in the fact all my favorite characters return and look 10 times more badass, and I just cant hate it.

    So long as its on the cell phone, I can and will hate it. This hate extends to Square-Enix as a whole until they port all of their cell phone games to the DS or PSP or if they announce Chrono Break for one of the three consoles. Until then, my boycott of S-E and their milked game franchises shall continue.

    Lynx on
  • korodullinkorodullin What. SCRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I don't really see Square porting anything to the DS or PSP, especially just for America (and Europe I guess, but Square's never cared for Europe). Japan as a whole is beginning of (or in the middle of) a shift away from console gaming, and cell phone games are a massive, massive market overseas.

    Until the largely backwards US cell phone infratructure gets with the times, it's highly doubtful we'll ever see any of these cell phone games (even the good ones) outside of maybe ports to next-gen handhelds three or five years after the fact.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Curse you Square-Enix! CURSE YOU!

    Axen on
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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Lynx wrote: »
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    Late on the ball man, there was a FF7 cellphone RPG released a few years ago featuring The Turks.

    Man, I wanted to play it.

    Ah yes, it was called Before Crisis and was a prequel to FF7.

    Before Crisis is why I don't think we'll ever see this game.

    Seriously, Square, what the fuck? If you can't release it on cell phones here, then port it to the DS or PSP.

    Fuck. Way to make me depressed!

    urahonky on
  • AbriaelAbriael Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    The only real hope, i'm afraid, is that someone will code an emulator. Maybe this release will urge some old fan to do something...

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  • ToastmoldToastmold Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Final Fantasy IV is my favourite Final Fantasy *frown*

    me wanty

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  • LynxLynx Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    korodullin wrote: »
    I don't really see Square porting anything to the DS or PSP, especially just for America (and Europe I guess, but Square's never cared for Europe). Japan as a whole is beginning of (or in the middle of) a shift away from console gaming, and cell phone games are a massive, massive market overseas.

    Until the largely backwards US cell phone infratructure gets with the times, it's highly doubtful we'll ever see any of these cell phone games (even the good ones) outside of maybe ports to next-gen handhelds three or five years after the fact.

    While I agree I doubt it will happen, I find it retarded that Square would think so. Regardless of how "big" the cell phone market in Japan is (And I find it a little hard to believe that this would sell better on cell phones then on a proper handheld, especially the DS), they could make oodles of money overseas by porting the damn thing.

    Fucking Square and their backwards mentality. What happened to the Square of the SNES and Playstation eras?

    Lynx on
  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Lynx wrote: »
    So long as its on the cell phone, I can and will hate it. This hate extends to Square-Enix as a whole until they port all of their cell phone games to the DS or PSP or if they announce Chrono Break for one of the three consoles. Until then, my boycott of S-E and their milked game franchises shall continue.

    So, you hate Square for releasing sequels to old games and will not stop hating them until they....release a sequel to an old game?

    O_o

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Lynx wrote: »
    So long as its on the cell phone, I can and will hate it. This hate extends to Square-Enix as a whole until they port all of their cell phone games to the DS or PSP or if they announce Chrono Break for one of the three consoles. Until then, my boycott of S-E and their milked game franchises shall continue.

    So, you hate Square for releasing sequels to old games and will not stop hating them until they....release a sequel to an old game?

    O_o

    No, he hates the cell phone idea.

    Henroid on
  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Lynx wrote: »
    So long as its on the cell phone, I can and will hate it. This hate extends to Square-Enix as a whole until they port all of their cell phone games to the DS or PSP or if they announce Chrono Break for one of the three consoles. Until then, my boycott of S-E and their milked game franchises shall continue.

    So, you hate Square for releasing sequels to old games and will not stop hating them until they....release a sequel to an old game?

    O_o


    He hates Square for releasing sequels to old games on cell phones.

    He wants a sequel to an old game released on a console.

    edit- Beat so hard I hurt.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... ... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Henroid wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Lynx wrote: »
    So long as its on the cell phone, I can and will hate it. This hate extends to Square-Enix as a whole until they port all of their cell phone games to the DS or PSP or if they announce Chrono Break for one of the three consoles. Until then, my boycott of S-E and their milked game franchises shall continue.

    So, you hate Square for releasing sequels to old games and will not stop hating them until they....release a sequel to an old game?

    O_o

    No, he hates the cell phone idea.

    Well, he says "boycott of their milked game franchises" which seems to imply that he hates that too.

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  • AoiAoi Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Lynx wrote: »
    korodullin wrote: »
    I don't really see Square porting anything to the DS or PSP, especially just for America (and Europe I guess, but Square's never cared for Europe). Japan as a whole is beginning of (or in the middle of) a shift away from console gaming, and cell phone games are a massive, massive market overseas.

    Until the largely backwards US cell phone infratructure gets with the times, it's highly doubtful we'll ever see any of these cell phone games (even the good ones) outside of maybe ports to next-gen handhelds three or five years after the fact.

    While I agree I doubt it will happen, I find it retarded that Square would think so. Regardless of how "big" the cell phone market in Japan is (And I find it a little hard to believe that this would sell better on cell phones then on a proper handheld, especially the DS), they could make oodles of money overseas by porting the damn thing.

    Fucking Square and their backwards mentality. What happened to the Square of the SNES and Playstation eras?


    Do you know the crazy number of titles from Square back in the SNES, and even Playstation days that never made it outside of Japan? If anything, we get more of their titles today than we ever did back then.

    Aoi on
  • RakaiRakai Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Lynx wrote: »
    korodullin wrote: »
    I don't really see Square porting anything to the DS or PSP, especially just for America (and Europe I guess, but Square's never cared for Europe). Japan as a whole is beginning of (or in the middle of) a shift away from console gaming, and cell phone games are a massive, massive market overseas.

    Until the largely backwards US cell phone infratructure gets with the times, it's highly doubtful we'll ever see any of these cell phone games (even the good ones) outside of maybe ports to next-gen handhelds three or five years after the fact.

    While I agree I doubt it will happen, I find it retarded that Square would think so. Regardless of how "big" the cell phone market in Japan is (And I find it a little hard to believe that this would sell better on cell phones then on a proper handheld, especially the DS), they could make oodles of money overseas by porting the damn thing.

    Fucking Square and their backwards mentality. What happened to the Square of the SNES and Playstation eras?

    You mean the square that didn't release FF2,3 or 5? Anyways, between this and Parasite Eve, I think SquareEnix deserves many a :x

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Another thing.

    Classic turn based RPGs and adventure games are basically the only genres that work well on cellphones because you only need to press one button at any given time, so the controls aren't a huge issue. It's only natural for stuff like this and Phoenix Wright to end up on them.

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  • FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Fuck, I'm looking at the prologue stuff in the story section, and apparantly, Theodore goes on a mission with FFIV versions of Biggs and Wedge. Port this to the DS or PSP, Squeenix, or I will hunt you down like dogs!

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  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    TehSpectre wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    A cell phone Final Fantasy. What has the world come to?

    Late on the ball man, there was a FF7 cellphone RPG released a few years ago featuring The Turks.

    Man, I wanted to play it.

    Ah yes, it was called Before Crisis and was a prequel to FF7.

    before_crisis.jpg

    I would play that so hard.



    so hard.

    BoredGamer on
  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Toastmold wrote: »
    Final Fantasy IV is my favourite Final Fantasy and they need to fucking bring this over here on the DS

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  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    Darmak wrote: »
    Toastmold wrote: »
    Final Fantasy IV is my favourite Final Fantasy and they need to fucking bring this over here on the DS

    they are.

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  • ArtArt Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    How hard could it possibly be to release these cellphone games in some form...any form, to the United States? Surely the faithful Final Fantasy fans of the West, even the heathen non-US countries, deserve it.
    Aoi wrote:
    Do you know the crazy number of titles from Square back in the SNES, and even Playstation days that never made it outside of Japan? If anything, we get more of their titles today than we ever did back then.

    I don't know if this is more depressing or alarming.

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