Final Fantasy IV

Final Fantasy IV
Developer(s)	Square
Publisher(s)	Square Super NES Square PlayStation JP: Square NA: Square Electronic Arts PAL: Sony Computer Entertainment Game Boy Advance NA: Nintendo JP: Square Enix EU: Nintendo
Director(s)	Hironobu Sakaguchi
Designer(s)	Takashi Tokita
Programmer(s)	Ken Narita
Artist(s)	Yoshitaka Amano
Writer(s)	Takashi Tokita Hironobu Sakaguchi
Composer(s)	Nobuo Uematsu
Series	Final Fantasy
Platform(s)	Super NES PlayStation WonderSwan Color Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS (Remake) FOMA 903i / 703i PlayStation Portable iOS (Port of DS remake) Android (Port of DS remake) Microsoft Windows (Port of DS remake)
Release	July 19, 1991 Original Super Famicom/SNES JP: July 19, 1991 NA: November 23, 1991 PlayStation JP: March 21, 1997 NA: June 29, 2001 EU: February 27, 2002 WonderSwan Color JP: March 29, 2002 Game Boy Advance NA: December 12, 2005 JP: December 15, 2005 EU: June 2, 2006 i-mode JP: October 5, 2009 EZweb JP: December 10, 2009 Yahoo! JP: January 13, 2010 PlayStation Portable JP: March 24, 2011 NA: April 19, 2011 EU: April 21, 2011 AU: April 28, 2011 Remake Nintendo DS JP: December 20, 2007 NA: July 22, 2008 AU: September 4, 2008 EU: September 5, 2008 iOS WW: December 20, 2012 Android WW: June 3, 2013 Microsoft Windows WW: September 17, 2014
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Final Fantasy IV is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made in 1991 by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. It was first played on the Super Famicom in Japan, and Super Nintendo in the United States. It was called Final Fantasy II when it was on the Super Nintendo. You can also play it on the Sony PlayStation, Wonderswan Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS (with 3D graphics).

The most important person in the game is Cecil. He is a Dark Knight for the Kingdom of Baron. You help Cecil beat Golbez, an evil person who steals strong crystals from the world. Many different people help Cecil out during the game.

Final Fantasy IV helped make later Final Fantasy games. This was the first game to use an Active Time Battle, where players and enemies take turns to fight instead of having all players fight at the same time. The player makes the character do actions in real-time. This way of playing was also used in later Final Fantasy games.

Importance

Final Fantasy IV did quite a lot to impact role-playing video games. It introduced battles fought using Square-Enix's ATB system and had great graphics for the time.