Final Fantasy IV The After Headed to Wii?

Early last year, Square Enix began an episodic cell phone RPG based on the fan favorite Final Fantasy IV, known as Final Fantasy IV The After: Tsuki no Kikan (Return of the Moon). The game followed Cecil and Rosa's son roughly 17 years after the ending of the original title, and used the same 2D graphical style of the original SNES title.

Since Japanese cell phone titles are rarely, if ever, localized outside of Japan, I (along with many others) disregarded this as something we would never see.

According to the ESRB, however, Square Enix is planning a release of a Nintendo Wii title called Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. The ESRB describes it as a 2D turn-based RPG, so there is good reason to believe it to be a port of the cell phone title.

Currently, Square Enix has had no official comment on the listing, so it could really go either way, as an ESRB rating does not always guarantee a release (hi ASH). Thus, it will have to remain a RUMOR for the time being.

If the title were released, it is thought that it would likely be released via the WiiWare downloadable service, though whether it would retain its episodic format is anyone's guess.