Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that new downloadable add-on content for FINAL FANTASY® IV: THE AFTER YEARS™ will be available to download via WiiWare™ for the Nintendo Wii™ from today.

The new content is as follows:

The Crystals “The Planet Eater”
800 Wii Points
Blocks Required: 17

As the world is cloaked in darkness, Rydia and Edge search for their old friends. Meanwhile, King Cecil of Baron confronts Kain, Rosa, and Ceodore inside his castle. The world is being laid to waste. Can anything be done to stop the encroaching danger?

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS, is an RPG that continues the story that began in the 1991 title FINAL FANTASY IV. FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS was released as a downloadable cellular phone application in February 2008 in Japan. It has since been lauded for its deep storytelling, and over a year after its release, has been downloaded over 3.5 million times.

For more information about FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS, please visit the official website at www.ff4theafteryears.com

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.

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.

STORY
The wars of the past have come to a close, the Lunarians and their moon are a distant memory. Peace has returned to the Blue Planet, and former prosperity has been rediscovered. Yet, new winds of change are about to sweep over the land. As the Crystals glow quietly, the dark shadows of the world stir anew. A new moon appears in the sky…

Against the wishes of his mother Queen Rosa, Ceodore, prince of the kingdom of Baron, enlists in the elite Red Wings air force in order to earn his knighthood.

The Red Wings are assaulted by a swarm of monsters. Finding himself the sole survivor, Ceodore is rescued from his ordeal by a wandering swordsman.

Price
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS is available for 800 Nintendo points.