Final Fantasy IV (DS) Review II

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Whytkin is a new customizable summon that’s more of a bonus than anything else. You meet it early on in the game and can later customize its face to your liking with a full-featured editor. It won’t replace the more powerful summons that you’ll encounter later in the game, but you can train and customize it to your liking, and even play some mini-games and fight against other players’ Whytkins via ad-hoc multiplayer.

The Augment system is designed to allow players to customize characters with a variety of permanent abilities. These one-shot items mimic the side-job system capabilities of FFV, allowing you to give one character permanent access to skills beyond his or her typical suite. For example, midway through the game you can get an Augment ability that allows any one character to learn Edward’s Bardsong ability. With careful use, this creates some pretty powerful possibilities that can become quite necessary later on in the game as a result of the game’s difficulty.

On the whole, Final Fantasy IV on the DS is in every way a worthwhile update and wholly worthy of its price. The core game still holds up, and the updates are well worth the investment, even if you’ve played through the game a dozen times across a few platforms. The challenge level may catch you off guard, but it helps to keep the game tense and rewarding