Square Enix’s Crystal Defenders now available for iPhone, iPod Touch

Square Enix’s long-awaited debut to the Apple “gaming” platform has finally arrived. Crystal Defenders is up on the App Store right now for $7.99 as well as a free “lite” version of the game if you want to give it a test run.

Crystal Defenders is a strategy/defense game similar to tower defense games, except instead of towers players use units based on various Final Fantasy-related jobs (Black Mage, Archer, etc.). The goal is to protect your party’s crystals from the waves of enemies.

Based on the iTunes profile for the game, the full version will offer “over 300 stages of action in one of three different game versions.”

• In W1, players can learn game basics.
• In W2, the introduction of Power Crystals opens up new doors, allowing for deeper, more detailed strategies.
• Finally, the complex maps in W3 will challenge even the most seasoned players

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Meanwhile, the lite version of the game offers up “20 waves” of enemies on W1 only.

Players can opt to use the virtual control pad or simply tap an area to place units. Selecting options is as easy as tapping the center button of the control pad.

I’ve been checking out the lite version and it’s a really good game so far. I’ll reserve a final judgment after I download the full game and play through it but, if you own an iPod Touch or iPhone, you owe it to yourself to at least download the lite version.

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