History VideoGame / SagaFrontier

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnCp7_fh7M A Remaster has been announced for PS4, Switch, Steam, and iOS]] that not only updates the visuals, but reinserts large amounts of cut content, including an entire scenario for Fuse.

* NoblewomansLaugh: Asellus in her Full Mystic ending, notable as it's one of the only voice clips in the game.

A Remaster has been announced for PS4, Switch, Steam, and iOS that not only updates the visuals, but includes alot of cut content re-inserted, including an Entire Character Scenario for Fuse.

** There were supposed to be eight of them. [[DemotedToExtra Isn't it sad, Fuse?]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As it turns out, [[spoiler: since the Nine Rings of Power are evil, wishes made with them are intentionally misinterpreted- Riki wishing for Margmel to be reborn means that anyone ''not'' there when it was born ceases to exist.]] It's AllThereInTheManual that this is also the reason Hell looks like Paradise-- a mage from the Magic Kingdom [[spoiler: wished for a paradise, but since the rings are inherently evil, got something that only looked like it.]]

On November 28, 2020, it was announced that the game is set to be remastered and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and mobile devices for a Summer 2021 release. Along with the updated visuals, most of the cut content originally planned for the game, including Fuse's story, will be included in the remaster.

* GameBreakingBug: If played on certain PSX emulators (ePSXe and at least one other), a screen transition will fail in the Tanzer dungeon and leave the game {{Unwinnable}}. Given that a player won't reach this dungeon until several hours into a character's quest, and given the relative difficulty of porting saves between emulators, this is a very nasty surprise indeed.
** Also certain emulators like [=pSX=] will have the game completely freeze if you enter the Save screen, and everytime you kill [=BossX=], the emulator crashes, rendering Red's quest {{Unwinnable}}.

* AbortedArc: Where do we ''start''?

On November 28, 2020, it was announced that the game is set to be remastered and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and mobile devices for a Summer 2021 release. Along with the updated visuals, most of the cut content originally planned for the game, including Lute's story, will be included in the remaster.

On November 28, 2020, it was announced that the game is set to be remastered and released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and mobile devices for a Summer 2021 release. Along with the updated visuals, the eighth story featuring Fuse, which was planned but cut out in the original game's development, will be included in this new version.

There's also a [[Characters/SaGaFrontier Character Sheet]] in progress.

* Blue: A magician from the [[MagicalSociety Magic Kingdom]], his magical prowess has been divided between himself and his twin brother, Rouge. According to the customs of his land, he must master as many types of magic as possible, and [[CainAndAbel kill his brother]] in a DuelToTheDeath, to attain his true strength.
* Asellus: Run over by a carriage and [[EmergencyTransformation saved from death by a blood transfusion]] by a Mystic Lord, she's turned into the world's first and only Half-Mystic. Chosen as Charm Lord's heir, she is [[HalfBreedDiscrimination despised by human and Mystic alike]]. Can she escape her dark destiny or will she embrace it?

* Lute: A wandering minstrel from Yorkland, Lute lives a carefree life... until he finds himself facing off against his father's [[YouKilledMyFather apparent murderer]].

* BonusBoss: The Earth Dragon at the Bio Research Lab, Jotnar and the dragons in Mosperiburg, the Abyss Bat in Shingrow can be fought by anyone. A few can only be fought in specific characters' games, like the Big Diggers in T260's.

* BuxomIsBetter: Emelia [[DefiedTrope doesn't think so]]. When she reads the porno mag, she's disgusted by the star's disproportionate assets. Red, on the other hand, is quite thrilled, and [[StraightGay Asellus]] is more attracted than she wants to be. T260G simply calculates the model's measurements, then nearly crashes when trying to calculate her IQ level. Riki innocently mentions to Meiling that the model is not wearing clothes and asks if she's hot or something. Blue/Rouge [[NotDistractedByTheSexy just finds the book useless to him]]. Lute looks really thrilled at first, but then remarks that he'd rather see the real thing than just looking at the mag.

* {{Cyberspace}}: Near the end of T260's game. It looks like a town, as the interface was designed to be friendly and recognizable to humans and monsters.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Diva, the FinalBoss of [[spoiler: Emelia's]] arc. She has absolutely nothing to do with the BigBad or the rest of the plot, and exists to give that storyline a final fight.
** BossX also qualifies, being a strange alien creature of unexplained origin who introduces itself as the true leader of Black X at the very end of Red's arc.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Early in T260's game, Gen uses wields a pipe as though it were a sword. He even manages to cut a rope with it...or not...

* MagikarpPower: T260's original body. While it starts with only 5 in each stat and one piece of equipment, and the other models have fancy gadgets like laser cannons and repairkits, it has the potential to be the strongest in the game, since Mecs level up by the equipment they have on, and the original body has the most available slots.

* MeaningfulName: In Japanese, Orlouge's mistresses are named via the GorowaseNumber system--Shirobara Hime's (White Rose) number is 46, which is pronounced "Shi-roku," or "shi-ro" (white) in Japanese. Kinjishi Hime's (Golden Lion) number is 44, which is pronouced "shi-shi" (lion) in Japanese. Due to the adjective "kin" or "gold" attached to the noun, "shi-shi" becomes "ji-shi."

** Some characters can only be recruited in only one route and not appearing elsewhere. These include Doll (for Red), Leonard (for T260G), Ildon and Rei (for Asellus) and Capt. Hamilton (for Lute).

* OminousMultipleScreens: The battle with Genocide Heart in T260's game is fought in a room full of screens, that act as a sort of health meter. The more damaged Genocide Heart is, the more screens fizzle out. [[spoiler: They're also used for mirrors for its signature attack: Carnage]]

* ScienceFantasy: You've got characters on the Sci-Fi end like T260G, characters on the Fantasy end like Blue and Rouge, and everything in between.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: T260's original mission is to stop Region Buster III,]] a machine capable of destroying [[EarthshatteringKaboom entire Regions]].

** T260 gets a "G" slapped on the end of its name after being found in a crater filled with junk, and gets used for combat almost immediately. "[[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Gally]]" was also found in a crater filled with junk and was used for combat.

* Asellus: Run over by a carriage and [[EmergencyTransformation saved from death by a blood transfusion]] by a Mystic Lord, she's turned into the world's first and only Half-Mystic. Chosen as Charm Lord's heir, she is [[HalfBreedDiscrimination despised by human and mystic alike]]. Can she escape her dark destiny or will she embrace it?

* BeefGate: Early on in Asellus' game, in Chateau Aguille, it's possible to find an endgame BonusBoss with ending-altering potential. Even if you're properly trained, it's a difficult fight. Trying to fight it at the point in the game where it's possible to first encounter it? Suicide.

** [[spoiler: Asellus' Half-Mystic ending is just a touch above a downer. She saves Gina, White Rose and probably Lion Princess, takes down Orlouge and is free of his pursuers, but is left without a place in the world and becomes a wandering adventurer, and her only tie to normality is her annual reunion with Gina, who is [[MayflyDecemberRomance growing old while she remains forever young]]. Meanwhile, in the Full Human ending, she gets to return to a normal life after saving everyone, and dies peacefully in her sleep of old age...but it's bittersweet for ''Gina'', because Asellus marries a man and never gets together with her.]]

* BonusDungeon: The Bio Research Lab has no plot linked to it (there was ''going'' to be, but it got axed with the rest of Asellus' plot). It's just a place where you can do battle against increasingly-powerful monsters and the [[BonusBoss Earth Dragon]].

* CoolShip: The region ships in general-- the Cygnus in particular is treated as one of these in-story.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Some of the recruitable characters can be bought to your party the same way (for example, you can always have Emelia join your party in the other scenarios after you complete one of the Arcane quests) in several scenarios, with some only changing if you play as a certain character (some of the mystics that can be sought after in other scenarios are recruited automatically during Asellus' scenario). On the other hand, Red and Blue are mutually exclusive to their scenarios, and cannot be recruited in any of the others.

* DiscOneNuke: The Asura in Asellus' game-- sure, you need to give up 3 LP to get it, but it's of the strongest three swords in the game, has an instant death effect, ''and'' a counter attack on it that works even if the user is killed by the attack. And can be obtained in about the first ten to fifteen minutes of her story.

* DistantFinale: Two of Asellus' endings take place in these, though the circumstances are different depending on which you get.

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Developing Asellus' mystic abilities via three specific pieces of equipment makes her form during her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Mystic Change]] more powerful, but it also makes her more power-hungry and tyrannical. [[spoiler:Her Mystic ending is the end result of it - she becomes a tyrant, harsher than Orlouge.]]

** Various views of the region-ships, such as the Cygnus from beneath it, or the red ship with propellers from alternate angles

** Unused text, much of it from Asellus' game

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Though there's variations, each 'section' of each characters game (such as rescuing Mesarthim in Asellus', or receiving the Gift for a school of magic in Blue's,) is ended with a picture of a character involved in it.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: This is the main plot driver for Asellus' quest. The Mystics of Fascinaturu can't believe that a Mystic as powerful as Asellus has no interest in playing their games.

* TheFairFolk: The Mystics of ''Saga Frontier'' used to be this way, and the nobles who dwell in their hidden region still are. Though they have gotten a bit better, and for example [[TheWildHunt hunting humans for sport]] has fallen out of fashion. Lower caste mystics show the trope best, ranging in appearance from mermaids to large troll-like creatures. The higher level nobles tend to appear as beautiful humans, with the highest level, according to AllThereInTheManual being the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent True Vampires]].

* FortuneTeller: The region of Devin is ''filled'' with these.

** At the time the game was launched, Asellus' homosexuality was ''extremely'' daring, and required massive amounts of disguise, [[HideYourLesbians ambiguity]] and [[DiscountLesbians phlebotinum]] to make it across.

** Several of the secret characters. Sei can only be found after beating a BonusDungeon in Shrike, Suzaku can be recruited only if you beat a random BonusBoss, while you're on a certain quest, and Rei can only be obtained during Asellus' game, after you lose [[spoiler:White Rose]], if you went into her room with ''just'' White Rose early on in the game.

** Some of the regions, such as Luminous (the region where ''Light'' and Shadow magic are learned), Baccarat (a casino), and Scrap (which appears to be made solely of rusted metal). Omble, the place you go to find shadow magic, was likely supposed to be "Ombre", French for "shade."

* PlanetOfHats: Some of the regions. Most noticeably, Devin which is ''riddled'' with {{Fortune Teller}}s of all kinds.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: As it turns out, Asellus' accident was twelve years ago, and she'd been presumed dead for the whole time.

* ShipTease: Gina and Ildon get a bit in [[spoiler: Asellus' Half-Mystic ending. Taken out of context, Ildon would appear to be "the love of Gina's life," but only if you hadn't been paying attention to the story up till then. The ambiguity is probably there to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar confuse the censors]].]]

** Emelia’s can be seen as one to Charlie’s Angels as she forms a female PowerTrio with Annie and Liza, who get sent on missions around the regions under Roufas.

* {{Sidequest}}: Notably, almost all of the sidequests are actually main quests for one protagonist or another; for a case in point, the magic quests are essentially the entirety of Blue's quest, but for everyone else they're a major sidequest. The only pure side areas are the Bio Research Lab in Shrike and [[spoiler: Furdo's workspace]] in the Magic Kingdom; both of those were ''intended'' to be in Asellus' quest before her quest was bulldozed due to time constraints.

** In Asellus' game, Mystics' text is in blue.

* TailorMadePrison: The prison region Despair was initially created to house one single prisoner: [[spoiler: the Warden]].

* TickTockTune: Fittingly, Time Lord's region has this as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR52Wi5H5uw BGM]], once the clocks start working again.

* WhereItAllBegan: Both Blue and Asellus' games end where they begin, The Magic Kingdom and Orlouge's castle, respectively.
* WideOpenSandbox: Any protagonist can go to most (though not all) locations and do some of the quests there (or at least loot the place and grind against monsters), with the expectation that in most quests you'll go out and do some LevelGrinding, skill grinding and otherwise buffing yourself up before you go on the final quest. Asellus and Lute deserve special mention, though: their storylines are almost completely sandbox and directionless for the majority of the game. Asellus' quest is unique because it doesn't happen on her schedule; instead, she plays in the sandbox while being chased by assassins who show up in any of a number of locations, until [[spoiler: White Rose is trapped in the labyrinth and she can go and settle the score with Lord Orlouge]]. Lute, meanwhile, only has one storyline quest, but he has to roam around at random just to find it, and he'd ''better'' build up a bit before embarking on it.

* WombLevel: Tanzer, a monster large enough to swallow region ships whole.

* DaylightHorror: The Bio Research Lab. The color palette is very bright (even by the standards of this game), it's a beautiful, well-lit laboratory with [[GoodColorsEvilColors soothing white walls, blue floors and green trees]], and [[SoundtrackDissonance the music]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlGXCGjMeNk very beautiful and otherworldly]] - haunting, but not in itself horrifying. And then you walk into the scientists, read their lines, and [[BodyHorror hear screams as they change into monsters]] - and as you piece together just what the hell is going on with this place, all of the above just seems creepier and creepier.

* Emelia: A beautiful woman [[ClearMyName accused]] of murdering her fiance, and wrongly imprisoned for it, she becomes a member of Gradius, a secret organization, in order to track down the real killer.

** [[spoiler:[[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]], Blue ''lost'' to Rouge, thus the one who did the remainder of the quest (including the 'eternal' fight with Hell's Lord) was supposedly Rouge.]]

* {{Expy}}: Zozma bears an uncanny resemblance to [[StreetFighter Street Fighter's]] Akuma- He's even able to use Evil magic.

** Red's not the only person to become a super hero after Black Cross destroyed his home- ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai|Goranger}}'' did it first. Late in his game, one of the fights in the [=BlackX=] base consists of a Red Fighter, a Yellow Fighter, a Green Fighter, a Pink Fighter, and a Blue Fighter, the same colors the protagonists from the show wear. They also cover ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' stuffs with their Magisphere, a dimension where every [=BlackX=] fighters' powers are tripled, used very often against the heroes. Sounds like [[Series/SpaceSheriffGavan Makuu Space]].

* FunWithAcronyms: Learn enough martial arts moves and you unlock the "DSC", which is never explained in-game. Fans have come up with a number of humorous and creative "explanations" as to what "DSC" stands for.

* GainaxEnding: Blue's scenario has an absolutely legendary ending that continues to confuse players to this day. However, contrary to the common belief that this resulted from the game's rushed development (which is true), the director Akitoshi Kawazu [[https://kotaku.com/saga-frontier-director-says-ending-in-the-middle-of-the-1821426733 claimed]] what's in the game is exactly how he intended. He also added that the entire gameplay section after the battle against Rouge was the epilogue itself.

* GainaxEnding: Blue's scenario has an absolutely legendary ending that continues to confuse players to this day. That being said, the credits roll after the fight against Rogue, so it can also be said that the entire gameplay section after the battle was the ending itself.