Final Fantasy IV is a Nintendo DS role-playing video game and a remake of the 1991 SNES game Final Fantasy IV also known as Final Fantasy II in North America for the SNES. It was released as part of the Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary celebrations on December 20 2007 in Japan on July 22 2008 in North America and on September 5 in Europe. The game was developed by Matrix Software the same team responsible for the 3D Final Fantasy III remake and was supervised by members of the original development team: Takashi Tokita served as executive producer and director Tomoya Asano as producer and Hiroyuki Ito as battle designer. Animator Yoshinori Kanada wrote the new cutscenes.