Final Fantasy IV Advance
Final Fantasy IV Advance is largely based on the WonderSwan Color version. Some changes include the addition of character portraits in text boxes, the ability to switch party members, increased difficulty, and…
Final Fantasy IV Advance is an adventure developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 7, released 12 December 2005 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
What Final Fantasy IV Advance is
Final Fantasy IV Advance is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 7 and released in 2005. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series. The game's story follows Cecil Harvey, a dark knight, as he tries to prevent the sorcerer Golbez from seizing powerful crystals and destroying the world. He is joined on this quest by a frequently changing group of allies. Final Fantasy IV introduced innovations that became staples of the Final Fantasy series and role-playing games in general. Its "Active Time Battle" system was used in five subsequent Final Fantasy games and, unlike…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy IV Advance is the 73rd of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy VII in 2005. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.
How it was received
Final Fantasy IV Advance holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Final Fantasy IV Advance launched on 12 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy IV Advance yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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