Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Now I remember writing about this (Final Fantasy IV: The After Years) a few months back and even while knowing that it was released, I have not made any effort in trying to get or play it.

I think part of the reason being is that I am still not caving in on the whole Wii is full of you know what stance. But then this is a Final Fantasy game and not just any FF game, but a sequel to the very first one I ever played.

And the other reason being is just the fact that I don't have that system set up and ready to go like my Xbox 360 or PS3.

Anyway, that was then and today is today. Or something to that effect...

Today, just out of a strange curiosity that managed to wrangle my brain into wondering something randomly stupid: What were the four elemental fiends again? And for the life of me, I could not remember what those sons of bitches were!

So after finally conceding, I went ahead and looked up the answer on the Final Fantasy Wiki site.

Now it didn't take very long before I started to browse through the pages of the various characters. The thing is, each of those pages has bios for the character from Final Fantasy IV AND what happened during the time of "The After Years" game as well.

An hour later and after having read through ALL of the character's bios, I fell in love with the story of the game I haven't even played. It just sounds so very interesting to me now, more then it ever did a few months back. I mean this isn't just a sequel that takes place a year after. Oh no, this is seventeen years after the ending of FFIV and so the world is entirely a different place. Hell, pictured above is one of my favorite characters from that particular game, Rydia!

How much longer can I possibly ignore this game?! Well, the answer is simple really. How long does it take to hook up a Wii? Yup, I'm going there...