Various new Final Fantasy titles for Wii

At the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Square Enix has announced several new downloadable Final Fantasy-titles for Wii.

Square Enix has announced the forthcoming releases of new downloadable titles including Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord for WiiWare, as well as the Final Fantasy series for the Virtual Console.

The release of these new downloadable titles represent Square Enix's recognition of the growing demand for online distribution of content/services, and the commitment they have made to provide content/services that match the needs of their customers.

Square Enix will be offering two new releases for WiiWare: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, is an RPG that continues the story that began in the 1991 Super Famicom title Final Fantasy IV. In Japan, this title was released as a downloadable cellular phone application in February 2008. It has since been lauded for its deep storytelling, and a year after its release, has been downloaded over 3 million times.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord is the newest instalment in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series, which has shipped over 2 million copies worldwide and is set to grow further in 2009. This title will be a sequel to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, which launched simultaneously with the WiiWare service in May of 2008.

In addition, the Virtual Console allows Wii users to download and play classic titles released on previous game consoles, and now for the first time ever, the Final Fantasy series will be made available via home console download. The first instalment of the series will be Final Fantasy, originally released for the Famicom in Japan in 1987, which will be available for download in May 2009 in Japan. The release date for PAL region will be in 2009.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years 18 years after Final Fantasy IV first stole the hearts of Japanese gamers, the adventure continues in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

Released as a mobile phone game in Japan, this wildly popular sequel has topped 3 million paid downloads as of 25th February 2009.

The game focuses primarily on Ceodore, son of Final Fantasy IV heroes Cecil and Rosa. He is ably supported by a host of familiar faces from the original cast who star in a series of additional tales.

For more information, head over to the official website at www.ff4theafteryears.com.

Screenshot of FF IV: The After Years for Wii

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord puts players in the highly fashionable shoes of the Darklord's daughter, a malevolent little Miss, charged with dispatching intruding do-gooders by strategically placing traps and monsters around the tower she calls home.

Players will need to get their hands on ever more diabolical traps and abominable monsters to stop those pesky adventurers from making it to the Dark Crystal at the top of the tower. Be warned, though : with heroes of all the races and job classes from the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series storming the Darklord's lair in real time, traps and minions will count for nothing unless deployed like a true evil genius. Anything less and the Darklord's beloved home will be reduced to rubble!

For more information, please visit the official website at www.MyLifeasaDarklord.com.

Screenshots of FF Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord for Wii

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  My Life As A Dark Lord looks fantastic, just like MLaaK. Square Enix really know how to get the best graphically out of the WiiWare experience. Hopefully it'll be better than MLaaK though as that just lacked any substance to keep anyone coming back to it beyond the initial start up.

  ganepark32, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Is My Life As A Dark Lord a defense game?

  LeSomeGuy, 30-11--0001 at 00:00