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SaGa is a role-playing game franchise from Square. It started as one of the earliest role-playing games on the Game Boy borrowing the Final Fantasy brand outside of Japan. The series is known for its nonlinear gameplay and open-ended approach to progress.
Series Elements[]
List of games[]
- The Final Fantasy Legend (1989)
- Final Fantasy Legend II (1990)
- Final Fantasy Legend III (1991)
- Romancing SaGa (1992)
- Romancing SaGa 2 (1993)
- Romancing SaGa 3 (1995)
- SaGa Frontier (1997)
- SaGa Frontier 2 (1999)
- Unlimited SaGa (2002)
- SaGa Scarlet Grace (2019)
- SaGa: Emerald Beyond (2024)
Remakes and collections[]
- SaGa 2 Hihō Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny (2009)
- SaGa 3 Jikū no Hasha: Shadow or Light (2011)
- Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend (2020)
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel's Song (2022)
- Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (2024)
Legacy[]
The SaGa games have directly led to the spiritual successors The Legend of Legacy and The Alliance Alive from FuRyu, which were developed in part with some staff that worked on earlier titles. The open ended structure of Octopath Traveler seems to have been influenced by some of the later entries in the series.
| SaGa series | |
|---|---|
| Original series | Final Fantasy Legend • Final Fantasy Legend II (Remake) • Final Fantasy Legend III (Remake) • Collection of SaGa |
| Romancing SaGa series | Romancing SaGa • Romancing SaGa 2 (Revenge of the Seven) • Romancing SaGa 3 |
| Frontier series | SaGa Frontier • SaGa Frontier 2 |
| Other SaGa games | SaGa Scarlet Grace • SaGa Emerald Grace |
| Related | Square Enix • Final Fantasy • Mana • The Legend of Legacy • Akitoshi Kawazu |