The Shrine

Square is doing a 20th anniversary thing for the FFL/SaGa series as well, and this is the game they picked. This game was among my very favoyrites during the 90's, and I am really surprised and excited about this news. I hope the game comes out over here, a must buy for me. It's being remade for the DS
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The game involves the rise of Gods (like Odin, Apollo, and Venus) who utilize ancient stones which they call magi (probably magicite if they had the room back then during translation). They exist in different world that are designed to their satisfaction, all linked through the world tree (probably will be Yggdrasil). It also had some of the best music in a handheld game for quite a while.

Meh I don't even know why it gets the nod as "Final Fantasy Legend". The only reason it was called that back when was because nobody in the states knew what the Sa·Ga series was and Final Fantasy was slightly more recognizable....very slightly.

If I recall correctly none of the Sa·Ga games were released here under that name until the PSX.

Yeah, the SaGa series first came to us with SaGa Frontier. Wasn't overly well received, either.

I beat the first two FFL games and got to the end of the third. They were quite good even if they didn't really feel like a FF game. Considering Squeenix's difficulty in getting any new series' going, it wouldn't shock me if they remade all of them.

I'm wondering when we're gonna see Seiken Densetsu games being remade. FFAdventure could be remade and we never got Mana 3

I liked FFL1, but I felt the third part was weak. Seiken Densetsu 1 was remade as sword of Mana already, fairly solid game; better than Secret of Mana solo; but I felt the "improvements" ruined the charm of the original. Secret of Mana is fun with multiplayer, but I find it unplayable as a single player title nowadays. I am curious about SD3, I played it years ago but didn't get far.

I am personally hoping for a Soul Blazer re-release on VC, or remakes on DS.

Sword of Mana was a remake? I thought it was a new game completely?

I can't imagine it being too long before we see a Seiken Densetsu 1 and 2 as separate DS remakes

Zeus wrote:Sword of Mana was a remake? I thought it was a new game completely?

I can't imagine it being too long before we see a Seiken Densetsu 1 and 2 as separate DS remakes

Seiken Densetsu 1 = Final Fantasy Adventure(US) = Sword of Mana(DS Remake)

Seiken Densetsu 2 = Secret of Mana

Seiken Densetsu 3 = never released in US.

Eric wrote:

Zeus wrote:Sword of Mana was a remake? I thought it was a new game completely?

I can't imagine it being too long before we see a Seiken Densetsu 1 and 2 as separate DS remakes

Seiken Densetsu 1 = Final Fantasy Adventure(US) = Sword of Mana(DS Remake)

Seiken Densetsu 2 = Secret of Mana

Seiken Densetsu 3 = never released in US.

Yeah, I knew the others but didn't know that Sword of Mana was a remake of FFA. That was the GBA one, yes? The Heroes of Mana for DS was a tactical offshoot if I'm not mistaken.

And I meant 2 and 3 as DS remakes

Just remember to change the grass in the Kingdom of Pandora along with fixing bugs. Grass should never be abrasive neon green.

Eric wrote:Meh I don't even know why it gets the nod as "Final Fantasy Legend". The only reason it was called that back when was because nobody in the states knew what the Sa·Ga series was and Final Fantasy was slightly more recognizable....very slightly.

If I recall correctly none of the Sa·Ga games were released here under that name until the PSX.

I think the reason is more about the name "Final Fantasy" being better than SaGa and because Square was trying to establish Final Fantasy as a successful brand outside of Japan. I think this because FF was already established in Japan and not here; if it were to capitalize on a popular brand name, Japan would have had the series titled Final Fantasy Legend rather than us.

Legend of The Seeker wrote:

Eric wrote:Meh I don't even know why it gets the nod as "Final Fantasy Legend". The only reason it was called that back when was because nobody in the states knew what the Sa·Ga series was and Final Fantasy was slightly more recognizable....very slightly.

If I recall correctly none of the Sa·Ga games were released here under that name until the PSX.

I think the reason is more about the name "Final Fantasy" being better than SaGa and because Square was trying to establish Final Fantasy as a successful brand outside of Japan. I think this because FF was already established in Japan and not here; if it were to capitalize on a popular brand name, Japan would have had the series titled Final Fantasy Legend rather than us.

You mean establish Sa·Ga as a successful brand outside of Japan?

Final Fantasy may not sell as much here as in Japan, but it's not like GTA4 where it moves 5 million copies here and 50,000 in Japan. Final Fantasy is pretty popular in the states.

Ironically, my local games store has a copy of the original FFL2 for sale. Comes with book and box if I'm not mistaken. Haven't seen one of those in a while

Eric: I was talking about when Final Fantasy Legend was released. Final Fantasy was released around the same time on NES and my thought is that Square was trying to establish the Final Fantasy brand. It wasn't really well established until the snes era.

Oh I was talking about now. lol.

Legend of The Seeker wrote:Eric: I was talking about when Final Fantasy Legend was released. Final Fantasy was released around the same time on NES and my thought is that Square was trying to establish the Final Fantasy brand. It wasn't really well established until the snes era.

Well, since we only got the one game pre-SNES so it was more of a big splash the first one made (it was pretty big back in 1990). It needed the great 2 (4j) and 3 (6j) to turn it into a successful series/brand