Final Fantasy IV: The After Years to feature four-player multiplayer

by Andrew Yoon { May 1st 2009 at 10:30AM }

The official Final Fantasy IV: The After Years site is live. Siliconera spotted something quite interesting in the game's features page -- support for four player multiplayer? Interesting. Seems as though you won't have to play Square Enix's upcoming WiiWare RPG alone.

We contacted Square Enix for more information, and Klee Kluo clarified: "The game has multiplayer function during battles only, similar to the original FINAL FANTASY IV. Up to four players can participate in battles by connecting the appropriate number of Wii Remotes or Classic Controllers and assign them to the characters." It seems like a neat addition for The After Years, but we're not entirely sure if our friends would want to take such a passive role and engage only in battles. Perhaps it's still best to play The After Years the way it was meant to be played: ~~on a cell phone~~ as a single-player experience.

Gallery: FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS

Tags: final-fantasy, final-fantasy-iv, final-fantasy-iv-the-after-years

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John Z @ May 1st 2009 10:44AM

Hey, don't knock it. It works well enough for the Tales games. Besides, this has been a feature in Final Fantasy before; FF6 allowed more than one player during battles.

GewurztraminerX @ May 1st 2009 11:02AM

Yeah, it was a handy feature in FF6. Being my first RPG, I was able to learn how to play the genre with somebody that knew what they were doing.

Xero @ May 1st 2009 10:47AM

IN MY OPINION, FFIV is the best FF ever and i am pumped about the sequel. I bought every version of FFIV released (SNES,GBA, PS1, DS). I know, I know, im the reason SE keeps re-releasing older games with makeovers... but mark my words, you will thank me when it finally happens to FF VII.

Draco @ May 1st 2009 10:52AM

This isn't new to JRPG's but it is a rather niche market... 'people who want to only play the battles while their friends play the rest of the game'

This would have worked better on Dreamcast as you had a VMU. It's actually pretty fun yelling at your friends to cure you or your going to punch them.