Dueling Games: The very first game was one with a game called The Hybrid Front, which was developed by Sega for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Front Mission ended up winning, as it spawned an entire franchise, while The Hybrid Front only had a single game.
No Export for You: The franchise in general falls victim to this. Ironically, the series creators strongly believed Front Mission would be successful overseas, and tailored each Front Mission game to be as easy to adapt to English as possible, but the group finally gave up by the time of 5.
Schedule Slip: The remakes on the Nintendo Switch fell victim to this. The first two games' remakes were originally scheduled to release in summer 2022 and November 2022, respectively. Delays were then announced for both of them, with the first game eventually releasing in the second game's release slot on November 30, 2022, and the second game being announced in March 2023 that it had been rescheduled for June 12, 2023. Then Forever Entertainment announced yet another delay in late May 2023 for the second remake, with no scheduled release date this time. It would take another 3 months until August 29, 2023 for the developers to finally reveal the new release date as October 5, 2023. The third game's remake did not mention a release window at all when it was announced in September 2022, which is probably for the best considering the issues its predecessors encountered.
What Could Have Been: Front Mission 2089 Borderscape, a direct sequel to the first game, was announced, and given soft launch, but eventually cancelled. What remains is announced by the developer Zlongame as Mecharashi, removing all Front Mission references.
