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This is Paladin's Unofficial Final Fantasy IV Fan Web Site

FinalFantasyIV.net is now officially dormant.

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FinalFantasyIV.net now offically dormant

Posted On: 6/26/2010 12:11:37 PM

Well let's be honest here. I, Paladin, never work on this web site, so it is officially dormant. I just haven't got the motivation to work on it any more.

Why, well I'm a professional web developer and I work on web sites ALL DAY LONG — FIVE DAYS A WEEK. Working on web sites in my free time is no longer a past time or hobby as I get my fill getting PAID to do it now. There are so many things that I need to build for this site that I just don't want to mess with it anymore.

Also, Final Fantasy IV has gone through so many iterations now and has a (dubious) sequel. I mean let's get real here; I enjoy Final Fantasy IV Classic (that is the original one on the Super Nintendo) which was released in 1991 when I was ELEVEN YEARS OLD. That was (almost) TWENTY (20) YEARS AGO. The game was been revamped on the GameBoy Advance (now archaic itself), and then further reissued as a Nintendo DS game with (dubious) new plot points and game play. Furthermore games no longer "linger" or get ruthlessly censored (or dumbed down as the case may be) when coming from Japan to the USA and other points west.

When I started this online endeavor nearly 12 years ago the water was far more murky as to knowledge of games from Japan and FF4's history. Now-a-days very few people younger than my generation have even seen a Super NES console (and why? you can play all sorts of vintage games on the Wii) let alone know the debacle that was Final Fantasy II SNES vs. Final Fantasy IV SFC ("Hard Type"). Final Fantasy IV Advance and DS have pretty much cleared the record and most people that newly play FF4 "get it". Comparatively "old fogey" gamers like me, who really like FF4 already dug up all the sultry details we thirsted for long ago. Which renders this site to a mostly useless rehash of strategy guides you probably already own and some images you've probably already seen. So I say what's the point?

Maybe someday I'll revisit this site or do something else with it, but for now it sits as is. There are some interesting things here, not many, but a few.

Definitely check out the links section, and follow anything that's still live, there are some other great websites out there with FF4 information from old school guys 'n gals like myself.

Otherwise, if you're just a huge FF4 fan from any "epoch" of the game's various releases and want to know who settled Damcyan, when Baron was founded, how much horsepower the Enterprise's engines produce, or what the Japanese names of Edge's Ninjitsu Techniques mean...just contact me via eMail or AIM (see "Contact" section) and we'll have a chat.

Otherwise, what you see here is what you get!