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SaGa is a popular series of
RPG
video games from
Squaresoft, now
Square Enix. It was started by Akitoshi Kawazu in
1989, two years after its cousin
Final Fantasy.
It is graphically in contrast with
Seiken Densetsu. As for release, the second three games (the Romancing
SaGa trilogy) in the series were marketed exclusively in Japan. Originally
in monochrome, the first game in the series, Makaitoushi SaGa (a.k.a.
Final Fantasy Legend in the U.S.), was
remade for Bandai
Wonderswan Color being made over from monochrome 8-bit graphics to
color 16-bit graphics. The original version is included with the enhanced
version on the Wonderswan Color cartridge. Usually, the original versions
are not included with the enhanced remakes. SaGa Frontier is the first
SaGa game to be released in the U.S. since SaGa 3 (Final Fantasy Legend
III). SaGa's creator Akitoshi Kawazu is the founder of Game Designers
Studio.
SaGa is believed by some gamers to have gameplay superior to that of
Final Fantasy. While Final Fantasy focuses on storyline, music, and
graphics, SaGa primarily focuses on gameplay, concepts, and
races. Characters and villagers can be humans, elves, monsters,
aliens, cyborgs, or even robots. SaGa is less popular than
Final Fantasy,
Dragon Warrior,
Seiken Densetsu, and
Chrono. SaGa sports cartoonish graphics.
Release chronology
- Makaitoushi SaGa (Final Fantasy Legend) - 1989, Gameboy
- SaGa 2 (Final Fantasy Legend II) - 1991, Gameboy
- SaGa 3 (Final Fantasy Legend III) - 1993, Gameboy
- Romancing SaGa - 1992, SNES; 2002, Wonderswan Color
- Romancing SaGa 2 - 1993, SNES
- Romancing SaGa 3 - 1995, SNES
- SaGa Frontier - 1998, Playstation
- SaGa Frontier 2 - 2000, Playstation
- Unlimited SaGa - 2002 (Japan) and 2003 (U.S.), Playstation 2
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