View Full Version : Final Fantasy Legend II [a.k.a. SaGa 2] (Game Boy) gets a DS remake!
GrandAmChandler
01-16-2009, 08:26 AM
The latest in Square-Enix's library to get the 3-D treatment. I loved this game on Game Boy, and here we go again on DS! Awesome. Check some pics out here:
http://kotaku.com/5131675/final-fantasy-legend-ii-getting-ds-remake
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Eric Dude
01-16-2009, 10:03 AM
Yeah, I liked this game as a kid too, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't get released over here.
skaar
01-16-2009, 10:14 AM
Eat the meat!
My first portable FF game, and one I played through many many times. Sweet!
Graham Mitchell
01-16-2009, 10:17 AM
Is this the one where you go inside the girl's body to fight a virus or something at some point in the game? I really liked this one. It had some impressive visuals for the gameboy (the enemeies sort of "scaling" up when fight started, etc.) Cool!
I remember getting pretty far into this one and then my game got erased, this happened twice and I just gave up after that. I actually might pick this one up if it's released here, it was one of the first RPGs I ever got into and is one of my favorite Gameboy titles.
c0ldb33r
01-16-2009, 10:44 AM
Two things:
1) I'm not expecting them to release this in North America
2) If they do, I hope they remove the "use your weapons so many times and they break" element of the game. I like the GB original except for that.
Nionel
01-16-2009, 11:40 AM
Yeah, I'd say a US release is up in the air, especially considering that the last two SaGa games that were released here in the states, Unlimited Saga and Romancing SaGa, did so poorly.
I personally would've loved to see a remake of the first FFL, but since the Japanese got a Wonderswan Color and mobile phone version of it several years back I don't see that game ever popping back up here in the states.
Tempest
01-16-2009, 12:19 PM
Two things:
2) If they do, I hope they remove the "use your weapons so many times and they break" element of the game. I like the GB original except for that.
Yep, that's why I gave up on those games originally. I hated that mechanic.
But why SaGa 2? It was so generic. All those games were really. I wish they'd start making these and the FF remakes for either the GBA or one of the consoles. I hate staring at that tiny little screen for hours, it makes my eyes go all buggy.
Tempest
Buyatari
01-16-2009, 12:25 PM
Yep, that's why I gave up on those games originally. I hated that mechanic.
But why SaGa 2? It was so generic. All those games were really. I wish they'd start making these and the FF remakes for either the GBA or one of the consoles. I hate staring at that tiny little screen for hours, it makes my eyes go all buggy.
Tempest
If you redo the old Gameboy Legend series then do ALL 3 and let us continue from one to the next. Then it would be worth the price of a new game. After you win the game let it unlock all 3 in the original black and white form. Ahh but that is too much to ask.
It'd be cool if they release this here, since I never got arond to playing the original, and I doubt I'd ever bother now with so many other games to play. Kind of an odd choice for a remake though, IMO.
JSoup
01-16-2009, 02:57 PM
I just started this game on GB and now we are getting a remake?
4 Robots...in ultimate 3D! Sign me up.
mills
01-16-2009, 03:54 PM
"will You Eat The Robot Meat?"
Solertia
01-16-2009, 10:02 PM
Reeeeally hoping this makes it to North America. I loved the Legend games as a kid. Hard to believe it's been 15 years or so since I last played 'em...
slip81
01-16-2009, 11:15 PM
I'm sure we'll see it here, all they need to do is slap "Final Fantasy" on the cover and it'll sell.
Jorpho
01-16-2009, 11:52 PM
Since they released Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song and SaGa Unlimited in the US, surely this release wouldn't be unlikely.
2) If they do, I hope they remove the "use your weapons so many times and they break" element of the game. I like the GB original except for that.It wouldn't be the same game without that. Certainly, it would be a heckuva lot easier, and part of its novelty is that it's so darn difficult.
I wish they'd start making these and the FF remakes for either the GBA or one of the consoles. I hate staring at that tiny little screen for hours, it makes my eyes go all buggy.Three words: Game Boy Player. ;)
Phénix
01-17-2009, 09:04 AM
One of my favorite game of all time ! Oh yeah :rocker:
TheGam3r
01-17-2009, 09:09 AM
i just got Final fanatsy Legend II This summer For The Original GB.
I Cant wait for the DS Remake
kupomogli
01-17-2009, 10:12 AM
SaGa 2 is the best of the original titles. The storyline is pretty good and it fixed alot of problems in the original title.
The third title is decent, but it plays too straightforward and doesn't play like a SaGa game. Also no customization to the third title.
There is one thing that I don't like much about the remake already. The graphics don't keep the same appearance as the GB titles at all. Graphically it looks like an entirely different game. I'll pick it up since I love SaGa 2, but still.
This also brings the question up. Why are the only good games the DS has been receiving lately are ports or remakes? The most recent good original title I've seen is Space Invaders Extreme, which I picked up the superior PSP version due to the much better music and interface.
Buyatari
01-19-2009, 11:54 PM
I was cleaning up and re-discovered this old proto.
It even has a different title screen. I'm going to have to buy the remake and compare it to this and the released version. Note that the photos didn't show up well in a gameboy so I used the SNES supergameboy.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-001S-40.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/MVC-005S-43.jpg
Gameguy
01-20-2009, 01:09 AM
Three words: Game Boy Player. ;)
Not for DS games. I'm pretty sure he was hoping that the DS remakes would be made for the GBA or consoles instead so he could play them on a big screen instead of on the DS screens.
I think I have a copy of the first FFL game, I should give that a try at some point. I haven't got around to playing it yet. I'm not sure if I have any of the other FFL games, I've lost track of what I have.
Jorpho
01-20-2009, 09:05 AM
I was cleaning up and re-discovered this old proto.
It even has a different title screen. I'm going to have to buy the remake and compare it to this and the released version. Note that the photos didn't show up well in a gameboy so I used the SNES supergameboy.That is indeed a nice title screen. I wonder if it still features malicious banana smugglers in Edo?
Tempest
01-20-2009, 10:07 AM
Three words: Game Boy Player. ;)
I have the GBP for the Game Cube, but that doesn't help with DS games!
Tempest
Jorpho
02-01-2011, 11:25 PM
Since I stumbled upon this thread by accident, I might as well mention that the fan translation of this game has been completed and is now available for your gaming pleasure.
http://crimson-nocturnal.com/saga-2-english-v2-1-released
GrandAmChandler
02-02-2011, 09:17 AM
Since I stumbled upon this thread by accident, I might as well mention that the fan translation of this game has been completed and is now available for your gaming pleasure.
http://crimson-nocturnal.com/saga-2-english-v2-1-released
Awwwww yeah sonnnn, let's do this!