Final Fantasy IV

Finally having a permanent place to live made me take out all my gaming gear. I only bring my PSP around, but I actually own a Playstation and an Xbox, the latter a gift from my grandmother last Christmas that I have not even had the time to open until now.

I was just beginning to feel at home after setting them up and guess what was the news in my favorite gaming website – Final Fantasy IV is coming out in Nintendo DS, the game console I don’t own! I accept, I have played Final Fantasy IV when it first came out; but it would be nice to play it again with the better graphics today.

The Nintendo DS version is faithful to the Final Fantasy series storylines. Four elemental Crystals, each possessing awesome power, lie scattered throughout the realm. However, men are quick to covet things that offer strength, and easily corrupted by the might that they possess.

Seduced by the promised power of the Crystals, the kingdom of Baron begins employing unprovoked force to seize them from peaceful nations. The dark knight Cecil – Lord Captain of Baron’s elite force, the Red Wings – is ordered by his king to obtain the Crystals, but soon begins to question the monarch’s motives.

Stricken with grief at his own actions, yet burdened by his loyalty to his country and his personal sense of honor, Cecil at last decides to turn from the path of darkness and destruction.

Enraged, the king accuses him of disloyalty, strips Cecil of his command, and sends him off to slay a mysterious beast that lurks in the nearby Valley of Mist.

Cecil embarks on a fateful journey that will bring trials, betrayals, friendship, loss and self-discovery. Can Cecil open his eyes and become the man of honor that he must be?

Oh, for those who are interested, Final Fantasy IV, Nintendo DS version is available July 22, 2008

[NAPSTER]