Final Fantasy IV Collection Brings the Classic RPG Closer to a Definitive Version

If you aren't familiar with Final Fantasy IV, it's clearly because you haven't been paying attention. Square's classic 1992 RPG has been reissued in no less than four different formats in the past decade or so: As part of Final Fantasy Chronicles for PlayStation, as Final Fantasy IV Advance on GBA, as Final Fantasy II on Virtual Console, and in a radically overhauled voice-acting-and-polygons remake for DS. But, if you've somehow failed to come across the game, you still have one last chance with the upcoming Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection, due in the U.S. later this month.

But what if you are familiar with Final Fantasy IV? What if you've followed every release of the game (like I have) and are getting a little sick of it (like me, for instance)? The Complete Collection may still have something for you regardless: the "complete" in the title refers to the fact that this PSP release encompasses both the original game (fancied up with more detailed graphics) and the game's sequel, The After Years. To date, the only way to play The After Years in English has been on WiiWare, where the title was released as an episodic series. Ultimately, the complete WiiWare version of the game would run you well more than the Complete Collection's $30 asking price, making it a pretty sweet deal.

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