While the game has been released for WiiWare and is part of Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection for PSP, the smartphone version is a full 3D remake updated with achievements.
Ceodore and Cecil are retuning in 3D with Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. The sequel to Final Fantasy IV has been remade with 3D graphics for iOS and Android.
That's the question Siliconera asked Takashi Tokita who has been working with the Final Fantasy series starting with FFIII and FFIV. We also talked to Tokita about the 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and one of his unlocalized RPGs, Live A Live.
As much as I love Final Fantasy IV I never got around to playing The After Years, the cell phone/WiiWare/PSP episodic sequel to Final Fantasy IV released 17 years after the original game. Even so, playing the iOS version felt very familiar.
Cecil and his awkwardly named son Ceodore are coming to PSP in the spring. Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection packs Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on one UMD.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years just launched on WiiWare in Japan. As a clever tie-in, is Square Enix releasing Final Fantasy IV as a Virtual Console game next month.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord's instruction manual revealed downloadable items from Final Fantasy IV: The After Years were coming. Here's what they look like.