"“Final Fantasy IV is one of the most significant titles in the history of the Final Fantasy franchise,” Square Enix president and chief executive officer John Yamamoto stated."

"Before we got hooked on the DS remake of Final Fantasy IV a Soulcalibur III player took the time to craft models for Cecil, Kain, Rydia, and Edge based on the new character designs. Whoever designed Kain did an admiral job by creatively giving him a “Jump” move. You can see it in the first fight with Cecil versus Kain. The Rydia vs. Edge fight (second video) is pretty good too since it appears both players have magical powers. Good stuff that’s likely to be forgotten since the soul burns for ..."

Here's a comparison video with a difference.
With the upcoming release of the Final Fantasy IV remake for DS, here's a video that compares the remake with the classic SNES version.

"The Final Fantasy name holds a certain level of prestige for most gamers, and the reasoning is simple. For the last 20 years, Square has crafted what was originally a final farewell to classic role-playing games into some of the best storytelling in our industry, and it has done it with more consistency and diversity than any other single franchise. Now that the Final Fantasy name is celebrating its 20th anniversary (over the course of a few years, we'd assume) we're seeing remakes of Final F..."

"We're now on our second leg of Final Fantasy remakes, as Square Enix continues to take the original classic role playing games – the ones that never made it to the US originally, or arrived only in edited form – and give them a DS boost. Final Fantasy III was a worthy rebirth, but with minimal changes and some odd use of the DS overall it was far from greatness, despite still having a pretty engaging core. With Final Fantasy IV, however, it's apparent even in the game's opening hours that DS ..."

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"The allure just isn't there anymore for the Final Fantasy titles and we have to ask why. Loyal fans try to create hype, but the games are just not combining new and old expectations. Maybe it's because every game, we have to warm up to new characters and worlds. Square sets itself up for hit and miss titles with no character regularity. The only motif running through the series I can identify is a blond guy and clueless protagonists. Most of the recent Final Fantasy games (dare I say Square ..."

"North American gamers can look forward to seeing Final Fantasy IV (a re-make of the Super Nintendo original for the Nintendo DS) on July 22; while Square Enix has revealed today that the title will arrive in Europe sometime this summer."

"The Japanese role-playing game is a surprisingly important genre for developers to study - both in terms of gameplay and storytelling, and Gamasutra presents an 'Essential 20' explaining and chronicling the top JRPGs of all-time.

Valkyrie Profile: In most RPGs, it's your job to stop the end of the world. In Valkyrie Profile, it's your job to start it.
The battle system is a strange beast, with actions for each of the four party members assigned to a face button. Each character has a numbe..."

"01./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 89,584 / 1,101,000
02./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 43,082 / 1,527,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 33,267 / 2,658,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 32,427 / 537,000
05./14. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 25,927 / 1,511,000
06./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 25,303 / 708,000
07./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 24,992 / 1,143,000
08./06. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 24,820 ..."

"01./03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 195,781 / 1,484,000
02./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 127,142 / 1,011,000
03./06. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 118,286 / 2,625,000
04./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 90,634 / 505,000
05./10. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 81,967 / 802,000
06./11. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 78,065 / 2,130,000
07./09. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 77,603 / 1,118,000
08./08. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 76,263 / 68..."

"01./00. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto) - 196,684 / NEW
02./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 134,928 / 884,000
03./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 131,428 / 1,288,000
04./02. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 126,434 / 414,000
05./00. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix) - 105,104 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 81,671 / 2,507,000
07./00. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco) - 81,089 / NEW
08./10. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's..."

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01./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 329,826 / 1,156,000
02./00. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 287,697 / NEW
03./02. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 214,334 / 749,000
04./05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 113,831 / 664,000
05./00. [PS2] Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (Bandai-Namco) - 108,717 / NEW
06./07. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 104,948 / 317,000
07./06. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 94,425 / 963,000
..."

"1. (1 / 1) Dragon Quest IX NDS Square Enix
2. (2 / 2) Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Square Enix
3. (3 / 3) Biohazard 5 PS3 Capcom
4. (4 / 4) Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami
5. (6 / 6) Monster Hunter 3 Wii Capcom
6. (5 / 5) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Nintendo
7. (7 / 7) Dragon Quest VI NDS Square Enix
8. (8 /10) Dragon Quest IV NDS Square Enix
9. (12/ 9) Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Microsoft
10. (11/14) Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix
11. (9 / 8) Shin Sangoku Musou 5 PS3 Koei
12. (14/20) Dragon..."

During the Tokyo Game Show 2007, many lucky visitors were shown behind closed doors, particular trailers, which have been kept from the general public. One such trailer is one for Final Fantasy IV (DS). Fortunately, they have now given us the trailer that we were looking for and is now available for download on files.neoseeker.com

"Fully unveiled on the pages of the latest issue of Jump magazine, Final Fantasy IV makes the move to full 3D. We're not sure if it's necessarily using the exact same engine as that of FFIII, although the staff that developed FFIII are overseeing the FFIV conversion.

Square Enix has a few changes planned on top of the visual update. The game will feature new episodes, allowing players to get deeper acquainted with the storyline. Character designs have been completely redone for the title."