<s>
is	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
an	O
enhanced	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
1991	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
20th	O
anniversary	O
celebrations	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2007	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2008	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
September	O
5	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Matrix	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
3D	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
III	I-Application
remake	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
supervised	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
:	O
Takashi	O
Tokita	O
served	O
as	O
executive	O
producer	O
and	O
director	O
,	O
Tomoya	O
Asano	O
as	O
producer	O
,	O
and	O
Hiroyuki	O
Ito	O
as	O
battle	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
,	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
and	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
retains	O
the	O
original	O
Active	O
Time	O
Battle	O
System	O
from	O
the	O
initial	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
remake	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
III	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
the	O
control	O
of	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
is	O
limited	O
and	O
optional	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
retain	O
the	O
same	O
control	O
input	O
while	O
allowing	O
other	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
's	O
unique	O
touch	O
control	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
allows	O
for	O
certain	O
character-only	O
abilities	O
to	O
be	O
transferred	O
to	O
other	O
characters	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
them	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
previous	O
re-releases	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Augment	O
System	O
was	O
devised	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
Advance	O
where	O
the	O
characters	O
that	O
were	O
temporary	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
became	O
playable	O
again	O
at	O
a	O
certain	O
point	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
developers	O
felt	O
that	O
this	O
system	O
changed	O
the	O
game	O
too	O
much	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
exclusive	O
enhancements	O
to	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
,	O
minigames	O
are	O
stylus-control	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minigames	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
either	O
single-player	O
or	O
wireless	O
(	O
not	O
online	B-Application
)	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
storyline	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
is	O
retained	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
previously	O
missing	O
script	O
has	O
been	O
worked	O
into	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
version	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
flashbacks	O
,	O
including	O
Golbez	O
becoming	O
Zemus	O
's	O
pawn	O
and	O
the	O
childhoods	O
of	O
Cecil	O
,	O
Kain	O
,	O
and	O
Rosa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
desert	O
kingdom	O
of	O
Damcyan	O
has	O
taken	O
on	O
a	O
Middle-Eastern	O
flair	O
,	O
Fabul	O
has	O
been	O
given	O
a	O
Chinese	O
feeling	O
,	O
and	O
Eblan	O
has	O
been	O
given	O
the	O
feeling	O
of	O
a	O
Ninja	B-Application
residence	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
possible	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
edition	O
due	O
to	O
limited	O
data	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
displays	O
more	O
characters	O
and	O
enemies	O
on	O
screen	O
during	O
battle	O
compared	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
which	O
required	O
the	O
modeling	O
team	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
per	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
programmer	O
also	O
suggests	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
much	O
larger	O
than	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
III	I-Application
from	O
a	O
data	O
standpoint	O
,	O
and	O
compressing	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
1GB	O
ROM	O
was	O
difficult	O
,	O
largely	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
voice	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
director	O
Takashi	O
Tokita	O
,	O
the	O
scenario	O
writer	O
and	O
lead	O
game	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
,	O
three	O
quarters	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
script	O
had	O
been	O
left	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Square	O
Enix	O
held	O
a	O
casting	O
for	O
a	O
vocalist	O
to	O
sing	O
a	O
rendition	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IVs	I-Application
"	O
Theme	O
of	O
Love	O
"	O
composed	O
by	O
Nobuo	O
Uematsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
nominee	O
for	O
Best	O
RPG	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
in	O
IGN	O
's	O
2008	O
video	O
game	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
TechRadar	O
,	O
Christian	O
de	O
Looper	O
and	O
Emma	O
Boyle	O
called	O
the	O
remake	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
games	O
they	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dorkly	O
's	O
Tristan	O
Cooper	O
placed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
#20	O
on	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
games	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
remake	O
made	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
IV	I-Application
feel	O
even	O
more	O
epic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifewire	O
's	O
Alex	O
Williams	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
role-playing	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
highlighted	O
its	O
complex	O
,	O
character-driven	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
