Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Son (RS Remake)

Zer0Soul · September 16th, 2004

Square Enix announced Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Song for PlayStation 2, a remake of the classic hit Romancing Saga for Super Famicom from 1992, which has sold more than 980,000 copies. The new version will feature all new 3D graphics and designs. Tomomi Kobayashi will return as the game illustrator.

In Romancing SaGa - Minstrel Song, you can choose to play as one of the 8 protagonists, two of which are new characters, with original stories and events. One of the new character is a minstrel, who featured in the game logo. The game is scheduled for a spring 2005 release in Japan.

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Esturk · September 16th, 2004

And I'm still waiting to play the Super Famicom version as I don't believe it has been translated yet...

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**Kellicros** · September 16th, 2004

Looking good, seems like Squear-Enix has finally started to put more effort into games porting.

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Zer0Soul · September 16th, 2004

little rundown of the saga games..

Gameboy:

Final Fantasy Legend (JP/US) - 1989
Final Fantasy Legend II (JP/US) - 1990
Final Fantasy Legend III (JP/US) - 1991

SNES:
Romancing Saga (JP) - 1992 Translation: 62% done.
Romancing Saga 2 (JP) - 1993 Translation: 5% Website
Romancing Saga 3 (JP) - 1995 Translation: about 75% Website

PSX:
Saga Frontier (JP/US) - 1998
Saga Frontier 2 (JP/US) - 2000

PS2:
Unlimited Saga (JP/US) - 2002

Wonderswan:
Makaitoushi SaGa (JP) - 2002 Translation: 20%

Don't ask me for roms, I will not tell you. Also, if you want more information about a game just ask. I actually own every single game here, except for the wonderswan edition.

*Edit* Sorry, I mark the WSC's game as Romancing saga. Turns out that it's actually Makitaoushi. Which would be the japanese version FF:Legends 1. Ghideon Zhi the acclaimed translator is also currently working on a translation for it.

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Kaiser Sigma · September 16th, 2004

Yay more remakes!

The good part is that they are remaking old stuff whch most people didn't play... as long as we don't see a "CT remake on the work" news I think things will be allright...

Zer0Soul · September 16th, 2004

Honestly, I'm more excited about this then the FFVII game that was just announced. I am probably one of the few who honestly liked the SaGa series. I honestly loved SaGa Frontier II. *shrugs* I'm a strange fellow I guess.

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Kaiser Sigma · September 16th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zer0Soul

Honestly, I'm more excited about this then the FFVII game that was just announced. I am probably one of the few who honestly liked the SaGa series. I honestly loved SaGa Frontier II. *shrugs* I'm a strange fellow I guess.

Well as I've said, it's not a terrible remake considering that the game wasn't played by many... just as long as it doesn't become a habit.
As for SFII I don't see anything wrong with it... in fact, it was the only Saga game that I truly enjoyed...

l3illyl3ob · September 16th, 2004

For the most part, people hated SF1 more than SF2, and people who played the RS games too enjoyed those much more. Since this is a remake of RS1, many people could end up quite happy.

Zer0Soul · September 17th, 2004

"Akitoshi Kawazu's newest project is a PlayStation 2 remake of the Super Famicom hit Romancing SaGa. Titled Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, the game will feature 3D map and battle visuals. Tomomi Kobayashi will return as illustrator. Players can choose between eight protagonists, all of which are generated as 3/4-sized models. Director and producer Akitoshi Kawazu's development team views the game as a compilation and hence will implement systems which are representative for the entire SaGa series, such as the free scenario system. In a character named Dark and a minstrel, two new characters have been added as well. The original Romancing SaGa for Super Famicom was released in January 1992 and has sold 980,000 copies in Japan.

Romancing SaGa: Minstrel SaGa will be available in Japan in spring 2005" - rpgfan

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Coolsvilleman · September 17th, 2004

Looks like a really good remake. Haven't played the Saga series myself so maybe I'll look into it.

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Zer0Soul · September 18th, 2004

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/games/ps2/romasaga/ - new webpage

and yes, I'm going to keep bringing this game up more. Why? I'm sick of FF fanboys drooling over the same game and lesser known or overlooked games being crapped on. Yes, I am in a bad mood, sorry for it.

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**Ryos** · September 18th, 2004

Now if I could just get my FFIV remake. Looks nice nonetheless. I hope the minstrel turns out more useful than Lute though.

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Kaiser Sigma · September 18th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Zer0Soul

I'm sick of FF fanboys drooling over the same game and lesser known or overlooked games being crapped on. Yes, I am in a bad mood, sorry for it.

Worry not that is common sense not a syndrome of bad mood...

l3illyl3ob · September 20th, 2004

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Originally Posted by Zer0Soul

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/games/ps2/romasaga/ - new webpage

and yes, I'm going to keep bringing this game up more. Why? I'm sick of FF fanboys drooling over the same game and lesser known or overlooked games being crapped on. Yes, I am in a bad mood, sorry for it.

has it ever occured to you that the only saga games released in america pretty much sucked? people liked final fantasy more not because saga is lesser known, but it's non-existant where they live.

Zer0Soul · September 20th, 2004

I'm talking about many rpg's not just the saga series.

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**Razor Blade** · September 20th, 2004

Never played any of these games. Can't wait to see more info though ;D

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INCA · September 21st, 2004

I remember play Saga Frontier for the psx and was happy with the gameplay and story. Looking foward to this game b/c i dont see it as remake since i never played the orginal.

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kuaikukia · September 21st, 2004

Wow remake of Saga Frontier.....Why not they also remake their Bahamut Lagoon ?

Zer0Soul · September 21st, 2004

This isn't a remake of Saga Frontier. This is a remake of Romancing Saga which is the first game in the Saga line.

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stilz · September 21st, 2004

I remember Romancing Saga (1 or 2, dunno) as the game that I started over many times due to losing saves and got nowhere. I liked its leveling mechanism though. Let's hope the remake would come to US and would have Japanese voice acting

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September 16th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,958	And I'm still waiting to play the Super Famicom version as I don't believe it has been translated yet... __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel P45 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

September 16th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,719	Looking good, seems like Squear-Enix has finally started to put more effort into games porting. __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt

September 16th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	little rundown of the saga games.. Gameboy: Final Fantasy Legend (JP/US) - 1989 Final Fantasy Legend II (JP/US) - 1990 Final Fantasy Legend III (JP/US) - 1991 SNES: Romancing Saga (JP) - 1992 Translation: 62% done. Romancing Saga 2 (JP) - 1993 Translation: 5% Website Romancing Saga 3 (JP) - 1995 Translation: about 75% Website PSX: Saga Frontier (JP/US) - 1998 Saga Frontier 2 (JP/US) - 2000 PS2: Unlimited Saga (JP/US) - 2002 Wonderswan: Makaitoushi SaGa (JP) - 2002 Translation: 20% Don't ask me for roms, I will not tell you. Also, if you want more information about a game just ask. I actually own every single game here, except for the wonderswan edition. Edit Sorry, I mark the WSC's game as Romancing saga. Turns out that it's actually Makitaoushi. Which would be the japanese version FF:Legends 1. Ghideon Zhi the acclaimed translator is also currently working on a translation for it. __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS Last edited by Zer0Soul; September 16th, 2004 at 11:30..

September 16th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 14,637	Yay more remakes! The good part is that they are remaking old stuff whch most people didn't play... as long as we don't see a "CT remake on the work" news I think things will be allright...

September 16th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	Honestly, I'm more excited about this then the FFVII game that was just announced. I am probably one of the few who honestly liked the SaGa series. I honestly loved SaGa Frontier II. shrugs I'm a strange fellow I guess. __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS

September 16th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
l3illyl3ob Link to the Underworld Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,148	For the most part, people hated SF1 more than SF2, and people who played the RS games too enjoyed those much more. Since this is a remake of RS1, many people could end up quite happy.

September 17th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	"Akitoshi Kawazu's newest project is a PlayStation 2 remake of the Super Famicom hit Romancing SaGa. Titled Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, the game will feature 3D map and battle visuals. Tomomi Kobayashi will return as illustrator. Players can choose between eight protagonists, all of which are generated as 3/4-sized models. Director and producer Akitoshi Kawazu's development team views the game as a compilation and hence will implement systems which are representative for the entire SaGa series, such as the free scenario system. In a character named Dark and a minstrel, two new characters have been added as well. The original Romancing SaGa for Super Famicom was released in January 1992 and has sold 980,000 copies in Japan. Romancing SaGa: Minstrel SaGa will be available in Japan in spring 2005" - rpgfan __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS

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Coolsvilleman Emulation to the max! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,560	Looks like a really good remake. Haven't played the Saga series myself so maybe I'll look into it. __________________ Q6600 Core 2 Quad \|\| Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme HD \|\| e-VGA 8800GTX \|\| 4096mb 4-4-4-12-2T Dual-Channel RAM \|\| MSI P6N Diamond \|\| 2x 320GB Hardrive \|\| 5.1 Speakers \|\| Remote control \|\| 8x USB 2.0 \|\| DVD/CD ±RW Drive \|\| 1x IEEE1394 www.coolsvilleman.homedns.org Normally down. E-mail me for a DVD @ coolsvilleman@gmail.com

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Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	http://www.square-enix.co.jp/games/ps2/romasaga/ - new webpage and yes, I'm going to keep bringing this game up more. Why? I'm sick of FF fanboys drooling over the same game and lesser known or overlooked games being crapped on. Yes, I am in a bad mood, sorry for it. __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS

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Ryos Bearsona Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,307	Now if I could just get my FFIV remake. Looks nice nonetheless. I hope the minstrel turns out more useful than Lute though. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

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Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	I'm talking about many rpg's not just the saga series. __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS

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INCA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 773	I remember play Saga Frontier for the psx and was happy with the gameplay and story. Looking foward to this game b/c i dont see it as remake since i never played the orginal. __________________ My Laptop: Dell 700m 1.8ghz Centrino, 80gigs, Win XP Pro sp2, 1gig PC2700 Intel Graphics Card. R.I.P. My Dreamcast 2000-2004

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kuaikukia Bloody Roar Fang Join Date: May 2003 Location: earth Posts: 301	Wow remake of Saga Frontier.....Why not they also remake their Bahamut Lagoon ?

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Zer0Soul Souless Angel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Close to Nowhere Posts: 900	This isn't a remake of Saga Frontier. This is a remake of Romancing Saga which is the first game in the Saga line. __________________ Currently Playing: Kindgom Hearts 2, Crimson Sea 2, Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires, Baiten Kaitos, & Lunar DS

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stilz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ngemu? Posts: 607	I remember Romancing Saga (1 or 2, dunno) as the game that I started over many times due to losing saves and got nowhere. I liked its leveling mechanism though. Let's hope the remake would come to US and would have Japanese voice acting __________________ To all emulator authors and contributors: without your hard work, we'd be without many hours of enjoyment and unable to relive fond memories of childhood. Thank you.