Square Enix has announced at the Game Developers Conference, 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 Nintendo’s WiiWare service, as well as the Final Fantasy series for the Virtual Console for the Wii.
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 installment 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.