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Anonymous

09/12/26(Sat)20:09:14 No.747528606

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Anonymous 09/12/26(Sat)20:09:14 No.747528606 Archived

Why are they barely known in the west? Square is a big name, surely they'd be just as popular as Final Fantasy, no?

Anonymous
09/12/26(Sat)20:36:40 No.747530437

Anonymous 09/12/26(Sat)20:36:40 No.747530437

>>747528606
bump for interest

Anonymous
09/12/26(Sat)20:47:31 No.747531197

Anonymous 09/12/26(Sat)20:47:31 No.747531197

>>747528606
The original SaGa sub-series was renamed in the west, and the Romancing sub-series wasn't localized at the time, so Square didn't build awareness of the series/brand the way they did with Final Fantasy. Frontier wasn't marketed much, but gained a bit of a following in part because Square had built up a decent following and a fair bit of goodwill at the time. Frontier 2 was both really poorly marketed and is a somewhat divisive entry, though, and Unlimited is even more divisive, so the series didn't grow much of a fan-base from Frontier's relative success.

Anonymous
09/12/26(Sat)20:59:45 No.747532014

Anonymous 09/12/26(Sat)20:59:45 No.747532014

>>747528606
Its because Final Fantasy helped define what a JRPG is in the west so any major deviations from that kind of design like SaGa would prove to be not as popular. Which is ironic since SaGa plays much more closer to a CRPG than your typical narrative driven JRPG.

Anonymous
09/12/26(Sat)21:08:48 No.747532628

Anonymous 09/12/26(Sat)21:08:48 No.747532628

>>747528606
Idk, Romancing Saga 3 remake trailer looked pretty decent.