Play Final Fantasy IV Advance Online

Final Fantasy IV Advance came out for the Game Boy Advance in 2005, a port of the Super Nintendo game developed by Square Enix. It was part of a wave of classic RPGs finding a second life on the handheld, letting you carry a substantial adventure in your pocket. The game holds up as a solid, complete experience from that era of console role-playing games.

You control Cecil, a dark knight, leading a party of characters through towns, dungeons, and a world map. Your main goal is to stop a sorcerer from seizing powerful crystals, a journey filled with airships, lunar voyages, and personal redemption. The combat uses an active-time battle system where you input commands for your party members as a gauge fills, requiring quick decisions against monsters and bosses. You explore screen by screen, solving environmental puzzles and managing resources like magic points between save points. The pacing is brisk for a story-driven game of its time, though some dungeon crawls and boss fights demand careful strategy. It feels like directing a small, determined crew through a personal and expansive conflict.