Final Fantasy IV DS is an enhanced remake of the original Final Fantasy IV, which was launched in 1991. It was released for the Nintendo DS as part of the campaign for the Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary on December 20, 2007 in Japan and in North America on July 22, 2008. The game was released in Europe on September 5, 2008. Its storyline is largely the same as the original’s but several of the scenes from the first version appear to the character as flashbacks in order to portray another side of the story.

The game was developed by Matrix Software, the same team responsible for the Final Fantasy 3 remake, and was supervised by members of the original development team: Takashi Tokita served as executive producer and director, Tomoya Asano as producer. It still portrayed some similarities to the DS version of Final Fantasy 3, the major ones being the FMV opening sequence with an orchestrated theme song, or the fact that the stylus of the DS is rarely used as it is preferred that the player uses the touch screen in order to control his character and party.

UNLOCKABLES

Completion bonus

Successfully complete the game and save it. You can start a new session with a cleared saved game file with your previously obtained augments and other items. Note: This can be done only a total of three times on the same cleared saved game file.

Whyt's (Poochika's) body skins

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding body skin for Whyt (Poochika).

Dragoon: Score 9,999 points in Kain's 100 Meter Jump mini-game. 
Goblin: Complete the main story two times. 
Ninja: Score 9,999 points in Edge's 100 Shurikens Throw mini-game. 
Paladin: Score 9,999 points in Cecil's 100 Goblins Punishment mini-game. 
Summoner/Black Mage: Score 9,999 points in Rydia's 100 Math Homeworks mini-game. 
White Mage: Score 9,999 points in Rosa's 100 Second Meditation mini-game. 
Zeromus: Have a 100% Bestiary completion.

Here’s a video of this game: