North American cover art depicting the character Blue
Developer(s)
Square Product Development Division 2
Publisher(s)
JP: Square
NA: Sony Computer Entertainment
WW: Square Enix (Remaster)
Director(s)
Akitoshi Kawazu
Producer(s)
Akitoshi Kawazu
Designer(s)
Kyoji Koizumi
Programmer(s)
Takaaki Tonooka
Artist(s)
Kouji Tsuda
Tomomi Kobayashi
Writer(s)
Miwa Shoda
Akitoshi Kawazu
Composer(s)
Kenji Ito
Series
SaGa
Platform(s)
PlayStation
Android
iOS
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Windows
Release
PlayStation
JP: July 11, 1997
NA: March 24, 1998[1]
Android, iOS, Switch, PS4, Windows
WW: April 15, 2021
Genre(s)
Role-playing
Mode(s)
Single-player
SaGa Frontier[a] is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation.[2] The game was published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA) in North America on March 24, 1998. It is the seventh game in the SaGa series, and the first to be released on the PlayStation. It is also the first in the series to be released under the SaGa brand outside Japan; previous overseas releases had used the Final Fantasy brand instead.[3] A remastered version featuring additional characters, events and features was released on April 15, 2021 for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows.[4][5]
SaGa Frontier was developed by Square Production Team 2 with Akitoshi Kawazu as director and producer, Koichi Ishii as planning chief, Kenji Ito as composer, and Tomomi Kobayashi as illustrator. Square Production Team 2 included Kyoji Koizumi, Miwa Shoda, Kazuko Shibuya, and Minoru Akao. The musical score for SaGa Frontier was composed and arranged by Kenji Ito, who provided music for many previous entries in the SaGa franchise. When development began, the game's title was intended to be Romancing SaGa 4. The focus shifted from the traditional SaGa style and began to focus on several different characters on their own journeys. Nine stories were crafted, but one of them was dropped during early development because of it being too comedic.
SaGa Frontier takes place in a science fantasy universe called "The Regions", a group of worlds with varying degrees of culture, unique races, technology, and magic. The game allows the player to follow the exploits of one of seven protagonists. The game's "Free Scenario System" offers a large amount of non-linear gameplay, allowing the player to freely travel between many of the Regions, interact with other characters, and take part in turn-based combat. SaGa Frontier enjoyed commercial success, having sold over one million copies. The game was generally well received in Japan and has been re-released under a few best-seller labels, as well as the PlayStation Store. However, it received largely mixed and average reviews in North America, mostly due to its ambitious Free Scenario System.
^"Rascal, Saga Frontier and Broken Sword Ship". PSX Nation. March 24, 1998. Archived from the original on May 6, 1998. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
^IGN staff (June 26, 1997). "PSX Titles Flooding Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
^"TGS 1997 Spring". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 95. Ziff Davis. June 1997. p. 64.
^Romano, Sal (November 28, 2020). "SaGa Frontier Remastered announced for PS4, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android". Gematsu. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
^Higham, Michael (February 17, 2021). "SaGa Frontier Remastered Coming In April For Switch, PS4, And PC". GameSpot. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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development of most of the games. New SaGa games were released for home and handheld consoles until Unlimited Saga in 2002, after which Square Enix only...
of Romancing SaGa 2 was discussed in 2016. They also discussed remastering the original SaGa game, but decided to work in ‘’Romancing Saga 3’’ because...
Final Fantasy Legend II and was sole composer for the Romancing SaGa games and SaGaFrontier. Ito worked on the project in parallel to creating the soundtrack...
was the last Western SaGa release until SaGaFrontier for the PlayStation in 1998. Final Fantasy Legend III, known in Japan as SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha, is...
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moniker. Sa・Ga2: Hihō Densetsu (Japanese: サ・ガ2 秘宝伝説, lit. SaGa 2: Legend of the Secret Treasure) Known in Japan as The Saga Collection (サ・ガ コレクション, Saga Korekushon)...
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series in North America, the Romancing SaGa series, the SaGaFrontier series, and Unlimited SaGa. The music of the original series was composed by Nobuo...
for "One-Winged Angel". In 1999, Hamauzu was assigned with scoring SaGaFrontier 2. He spent some time conforming to the music Kenji Ito had established...
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games, but were rebranded for North American release. Examples include the SaGa series, rebranded The Final Fantasy Legend, and its two sequels, Final Fantasy...
WonderSwan Color titles including original titles and ports. The 2002 SaGa title Unlimited Saga was designed based solely around Kawazu's tastes, using his position...
veterans, many of whom had worked at Square on the Final Fantasy and SaGa series. From the SaGa series were designer Kyoji Koizumi, and promotional illustrator...
an eight-person team for Tobal No. 1. He returned to the SaGa series in 1997 with SaGaFrontier, and finished out the decade with Chocobo Racing and Chocobo's...
he wanted to emulate to develop the game. SaGa series veteran Kyoji Koizumi acted as game designer, and SaGa background artist Masayo Asano was the game's...
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