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SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES NEW DOWNLOADABLE TITLES FOR NINTENDO’S Wii
Line-up Includes Two WiiWare Titles and FINAL FANTASY Series for Wii
Virtual Console
Game Developers Conference, San Francisco (March 25, 2009) – Square
Enix Co., Ltd. (Square Enix) announced today at the Game Developers
Conference (GDC), the forthcoming releases of new downloadable titles
including FINAL FANTASY(r) IV: THE AFTER YEARS(tm) and FINAL FANTASY
CRYSTAL CHRONICLES(r): My Life as a Darklord(tm) for WiiWare(tm), as
well as the FINAL FANTASY series for the Virtual Console(tm) for
Wii(tm).
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(tm) 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(tm), which launched simultaneously with the WiiWare
service in May of 2008.
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 installment of the series will be FINAL FANTASY,
originally released for the Famicom(tm) in Japan in 1987, which will
be available for download in May 2009 in Japan. The North American
release is scheduled for a 2009 launch as well.
Please see below for product details:
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