FINAL FANTASY IV ADVANCE ARTICLES
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Final Fantasy Games You Must Play
January 23, 2012 - ...and one you should probably avoid. Don't miss our picks for this incredible franchise's best games.
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Why the SNES is the King of RPGs
August 19, 2011 - Here's why we think the Super Nintendo actually surpasses all other consoles when it comes to the RPG genre.
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Ranking the Final Fantasy Series
December 29, 2009 - If there's one series that completely embodies the charm of the Japanese role-playing game, it's Final Fantasy. This legendary series, which is now more than twenty years old, has grown into a virtually universally recognizable entity, spawning spin-off action games, movies and more. With a heavy emphasis on character-driven stories and elaborate battle systems, it's easy to see why Final Fantasy has such a devoted following.
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IGN Presents the History of Final Fantasy
June 26, 2009 - Final Fantasy is the longest swan song of all time. It was never meant to last, but now, more than two decades later, it remains the most recognizable name in role-playing games. More of an idea than a true series, it has evolved into something that a young Hironobu Sakaguchi would never recognize and almost single-handedly turned a small, struggling company into an international powerhouse. In the twenty years since it first arrived on Japanese Famicom systems, it's never once relied on nostalgia or conceded to rest on its laurels. Every new game has continued to press forward, and that's precisely what makes it one of the most interesting stories in game history.
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Top 25 Final Fantasy Characters - Day III
May 14, 2008 - The third day of our Top 25 Final Fantasy Characters continues, with five more of Square Enix's finest joining this epic collection of fan-favorites.
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IGN Presents: The History of Final Fantasy VII
April 30, 2008 - In 1987, Hironobu Sakaguchi was planning his retirement from the gaming industry. Square, the four-year-old company he co-founded, faced imminent bankruptcy after a string of disappointing Famicom releases, while competitor Enix surged ahead with a new game called Dragon Quest. Sakaguchi knew he could do better than Dragon Quest, and boldly decided to prove it with one final fantasy-adventure RPG people would remember long after Square faded into history. He named it accordingly. Five sequels later, Final Fantasy proved anything but a finale. By the end of 1994, Square was a developer with some weight behind the name, and Sakaguchi was their executive wunderkind. They'd branched out with other successful titles like Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger, earned a place as one of Nintendo's top third-party developers, and slowly moved into the prized American market. With Final Fantasy VI in the can, Sakaguchi and his team had choices to make on where to take their venerable series next, and their decisions not only changed their company forever, but the entire gaming industry. Seven was about to become everyone's lucky number.
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Fond Memories: Final Fantasy IV
February 25, 2008 - As advanced and beautiful as games may be these days, it's good to know your history. With over three decades of videogame releases, there are hundreds of titles from yesteryear that still hold a special place in our hearts. Games may be getting longer, prettier, and more complex, but that doesn't take anything away from games we played back in the day, and that's where our Fond Memories come in...
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26 Days Til PLAY!
May 2, 2006 - More news about PLAY! A Video Game Symphony
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Pre-E3 2006: Square's Dance Card for E3
April 24, 2006 - Today Square-Enix unleashed a partial list of titles they will be showing at E3. It is pretty exciting to see that Final Fantasy fans who don't read Japanese will finally have a chance to play Final Fantasy III. Yet, teasing with that word "partial" leaves us all hoping it won't all be different Final Fantasy versions and reissues.
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PLAY! A Video Game Symphony Takes Over Chicago
April 17, 2006 - News story about PLAY! concert.
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Now Playing in Japan
December 19, 2005 - Following last week's Xbox 360 launch fueled Japanese release list, things have slowed down somewhat for this week. Big titles included Tales of the Abyss and Final Fantasy IV. These were joined by a few western properties like King Kong (the movie just came out here too!) and Chicken Little. The PSP had a particularly big week. Exit, Hayarigami, Mega Man X, Jet De Go! Pocket, Karakuri, Ape Escape Academia 2 and NBA Live 06 arrived on the same day, providing some relief for what is still a software hungry platform. Will the PSP see an upshot in sales as a result? We'll have to wait for the sales numbers next week.
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Final Fantasy IV Advance
December 14, 2005 - Having played all the way through Final Fantasy IV on more than a dozen occasions, I know the game pretty well. In fact, I've experienced the adventures of Cecil, Kain, and Rosa so many times that I can quote almost their entire dialog sequences word for word. Nerdy as that may be, it's something that's grown out of a true love for the product as Final Fantasy IV is the one great RPG that truly cemented my passion for the genre -- and because of that, my level of respect for the thing is pretty much off the charts. But that's just one of the reasons I can so thoroughly recommend Final Fantasy IV Advance. Not solely because of nostalgia or a pre-disposed affinity mind you, but because it's the best version of Final Fantasy IV yet released. Even for longtime fans like myself, the number of additions that Square Enix and Nintendo have added is enough to warrant another purchase (and that's really saying something when you consider that the game has seen a healthy number of re-releases in recent years).
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Mana Jumps at Jump Festa
December 5, 2005 - With Square Enix having held its own major game event this past July, we were all worried that one of our favorite yearly traditions, the Jump Festa, was done for. After all, Square Enix is the primary draw at the festival, and there's no need for the company to show off its games twice in one year, is there?
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Final Fantasy IV Dated in Japan
October 9, 2005 - Square Enix may have just announced its upcoming collection of Final Fantasy remakes, but the project will be taking solid form sooner than expected. Retailers in Japan report that Final Fantasy IV will be released to Japanese retail on December 15. The game will carry the standard GBA price tag of 5040 yen.
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Final Fantasy Face Plate
October 3, 2005 - Square Enix has opened up a teaser site for the recently announced Game Boy Advance port of Final Fantasy IV, officially titled Final Fantasy IV Advance. The Japanese site can be accessed
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Final Fantasy IV Set for GBA
September 30, 2005 - Square Enix may have shifted its portable gaming focus to the DS, but Game Boy Advance (and Micro) owners aren't being left out in the cold. Reports out of Japan indicate that the company will be bringing Final Fantasy IV (known in America as Final Fantasy II) to the system with updated visuals and gameplay systems. We currently know of just one of the improvements: character faces appear in text windows during dialogue.
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Final Fantasy IV Goes GBA
September 14, 2005 - This holiday, Nintendo will release what was Final Fantasy II on the SNES.
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