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For English-speaking players, this game was a rough introduction to the series. This game was likely localized due to the breakout success of Final Fantasy VII.

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The series developed its own conventions that made it unique compared to other Squaresoft games like Final Fantasy and Secret of Mana.Īnd then came SaGa Frontier on the PlayStation. After that were the Romancing SaGa games (1-3) on the Super Famicom that were not released in English until recently. The first SaGa games were The Final Fantasy Legend, Final Fantasy Legend II, and Final Fantasy Legend III on the Gameboy. The actual system was more complicated than that (and apparently very exploitable in the original game) and was carried into the SaGa series. To put it simply, attacking would raise your strength, getting hit would raise your HP, and so on. Have you ever played Final Fantasy II (the actual one on the NES)? That game is essentially “ SaGa 0.” Final Fantasy II was notable for its progression system wherein your stat increases were based on actions you took in battle. The SaGa series was created by Akitoshi Kawazu. If you want a very in-depth guide that digs into every bit of the game’s hidden mechanics, I recommend Zaraktheus’s guide. I also want to thank HardcoreGaming101 for letting me use some of their screenshots for this post.įinally, the GameFAQs community for this game is great and has continued to datamine for more than a decade after the game’s initial release. The Essence of SaGa Frontier is an excellent resource for in depth information about this game.Īnd HardcoreGaming101 has a great summary of SaGa Frontier and how it fits in with the rest of the series. More positively, SaGa Frontier is also an incredibly unique game with amazing visuals that gave the player a degree of freedom that wasn’t common in JRPGs at the time. All of this is why this game getting a remaster was so unexpected! It’s a fairly niche game with a high learning curve and is known for its esoteric game systems and not giving the player any sense of where to go to continue the story. It came in on (was actually localized) the JRPG boom caused by Final Fantasy VII‘s success. SaGa Frontier is a quirky little JRPG released in English in 1998 by Squaresoft (now Square Enix).

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The announcement was pretty shocking in a year already full of shocking events! Other fans of this game that I know were just as surprised as I was. So… Square Enix announced a remaster of SaGa Frontier last November.

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As more details come out about the remaster, I will also update this post. My aim here is to try and provide a guide to the game that just covers the basics.

Think of this as a primer to help explain some of the key mechanics in the game.Disclaimer: My advice in this post is based on the original, PS1 version of the game.

As such, this guide won’t delve into detail about everything you can expect during your runs. Note: There are tons of SaGa Frontier guides all over the internet. Anyway, here’s our SaGa Frontier Remastered beginner’s guide with a few tips to help you farm money/gold/cash/credits. Whether you’re a newcomer or someone who’s put in a hundred hours in the original, you’ll definitely find something worth your while. But, there are also core components that have been retained. You’ll notice a shiny new palette (hi-res graphics), several QOL improvements, and even extra content. SaGa Frontier Remastered presents an upgraded version of the original.

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