Trivia / Skies of Arcadia

• Dueling Games: The original Dreamcast game was released in 2000 around the time of other Dreamcast JRPGs Evolution: The World of Sacred Device and Grandia II. The GameCube remake of Skies of Arcadia was compared to Tales of Symphonia for the same system. All games mentioned are Reconstructions of the JRPG genre in the wake of Deconstructions like Final Fantasy VII. ^note The Dreamcast original was also contemporaneous with Final Fantasy IX, which was another Reconstruction of the genre — however, this is not seen so much as a Dueling Game, since the games were for different consoles at a time when cross-platform games were rare.
• He Also Did:
  • Julissa Aguirre, who voices Fina, would later go on to voice Nights in Nights Journey Of Dreams.
  • Vigoro is voiced by Charles Martinet, none other than the (now former) voice of Mario.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: As of 2023, both the Dreamcast and GameCube releases are now out of print. Thus, they tend to be sold at exorbitant prices.
• Multi-Disc Work: The Sega Dreamcast version of Skies of Arcadia was split into two discs. Averted with the Updated Re-release of Skies of Arcadia: Legends on the Nintendo Gamecube.
• Technology Marches On: The humorous warning that plays when putting this game in a CD player loses a bit of its novelty since CD players aren’t nearly as prevalent anymore.
• Urban Legend of Zelda: There once was a very persistent rumor that a Super Boss called the "Horteka Water Beast" could be found in the lower regions of Horteka. It supposedly would ask you if it could see the Green Moon Crystal, and if you indulged it, it would steal the Crystal and you would have to battle it to get the Crystal back. There are creatures that can be seen swimming in Horteka's swamps, but that is all they do.
• What Could Have Been: The game did have a sequel in the planning stages back in 2003, but seems to have been placed permanently on hold.

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