ESRB updates confirm Final Fantasy IV: The After for Wii, Crystal Defenders R1, R2

While Final Fantasy IV: The After is listed with simply a ‘Wii’ tag, we are assuming that it will end up on WiiWare.

Virtual Console

- Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (VC)

WiiWare

- Crystal Defenders R1

Rating summary: This is a strategy game in which players arrange small soldiers around a winding path to defend against waves of enemies. As the small enemy sprites (various creatures that look like orcs, pixies, dragons and ghouls.) pass by the stationed soldiers, they are attacked with arrows and swords. Characters disappear in flashes of light when defeated, while “zapping” sounds and occasional “yelps” accompany each hit.

- Crystal Defenders R2

Rating summary: This is a strategy game in which players arrange small soldiers around a winding path to defend against waves of enemies. As the small enemy sprites (various creatures that look like orcs, pixies, dragons and ghouls.) pass by the stationed soldiers, they are attacked with arrows and swords. Characters disappear in flashes of light when defeated, while “zapping” sounds and occasional “yelps” accompany each hit.

- Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Rating summary: This is a 2D role-playing game in which players embark on an adventure involving magical crystals and a mysterious kingdom. Players traverse across a field map or through dungeons and can enter into turn-based battles along the way. Players use a menu screen to select attacks or magic spells against tiny enemies (e.g., leopards, birds, knights, fish monsters, etc.) that blink and disappear when defeated. An item called “Bacchus Wine” is occasionally used to defeat enemies in battle.

Huge thanks to tm520 KingBroly and ChaosWarchild for the heads up!