Final Fantasy 15 sidescroller originally exclusive to GameStop will be free for everyone next week

A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15 can be yours, very soon.

Final Fantasy 15 pre-orders from GameStop and its international partners came with a sidescrolling action game called A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15.

Those of you who missed out on this exclusive are in luck: Square Enix has elected to make A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15 available to everyone - for free.

Gematsu reports A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15 will be free on the PSN and Xbox Live from March 1 in Europe. No word yet on the US release date, but it's almost certainly going to be February 28 or at least within the week.

A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15 is just one of a number of transmedia offerings that can aid your understanding of the core RPG's story; there's also the Brotherhood anime series, and most essentially the Kingsglaive movie, which really should have been a pack-in.

Final Fantasy 15 drew criticism for its narrative, which didn't work as well as it could have if players hadn't taken in Kingsglaive at least. Director Hajime Tabata stands by the weirdness of the final third, but upcoming patches will address some Final Fantasy 15 story threads that go nowhere, among other narrative issues.

Final Fantasy 15 is available for PS4 and Xbox One.