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Did you know that the sequel to fan-favorite Final Fantasy IV was released today to the WiiWare download service?  Here are five things about the game that might interest you.

The Title: The game is titled Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

The Developer: Matrix Softeware developed The After Years for Square Enix after being involved with the remakes of Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS.  Yeah, you know those snazzy 3D remakes?  Matrix Software made them.

The Setting: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years takes place 17 years after the original title, featuring the son of two primary FFIV characters as the lead protagonist.  There’s more, but it would be spoiling it for you.

The Cost: This is where it gets tricky.  This is an episodic game, meaning it is broken into 9 chapters that will be released between now and September.  I’ve seen a couple of variations, but for the most part it is 2 chapters in June, 3 in July, 3 in August, with a finale in September.  The initial chapter and “main game” itself is 800 points, you must get this to purchase subsequent chapters.  So that’s 8 bucks USD, following chapters are priced at 300 points (3USD), the first of which, Rydia’s Tale, already available for purchase.  The finale may cost 800 points, meaning the total price of this game will come out to 40 USD, about the price of a Square Enix DS title if this were released for the handheld.

The Music: Mostly Nobuo Uematsu stuff from the original game, from what I can tell so far.