Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light is a Gaiden Game or "spin-off" from the ball-throbbingly popular Final Fantasy series. It was released for the Nintendo DS console in Japan and was released in North America on October 5, 2010. The game is the second to be released with the Final Fantasy Gaiden subtitle in Japan, after Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden, though the two games have no relations to each other. Character design was done by Akihiko Yoshida, and Matrix Software, developers of various titles such as Alundra and the DS remakes of Final Fantasy III and IV has returned to develop this title.