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With its watercolour beauty, it’s another PlayStation One classic we’d love to play again. Let’s hope there’s a remaster of the absolutely beautiful Saga Frontier 2 in the works for the Switch as well. This will be the first time UK audiences have been able to experience the classic 2D RPG still ranked amongst the top of the original PlayStation lineup.
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Following 9 different characters and their intertwining stories in a sci-fi setting lends Saga Frontier some similarities to other entries in this list, and it’s clearly a theme Square continues to be interested in to this day (I’m looking at you Octopath). Something of a departure from its Romancing Saga franchise roots, the game began the tragically short-lived spin-off series with the Frontier title (only two games) and was never released in Europe. This is a remastered release of a popular Squaresoft title only released in Japan and the US in 1997 and 98 respectively. So first on our list in release order is Saga Frontier Remastered, coming in April. That’s right, Finger Guns has got you covered. So sit back, grab a health potion, and let me show you eight of the most gorgeous-looking 2D RPGs that have been announced for the system, and then because that will likely have got your nostalgia glands flowing, two that you can play right now, no waiting. We’re talking Super Famicom, Final Fantasy, sprites and Japanese-only releases. We’re talking old-school 2D RPG-style of the type popularised by Squaresoft in the 80s and 90s. We aren’t talking about Western RPGs or a lot of what has come to be included in the term RPG over the last few decades.
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So, this is going to be a very specific kind of list. And in the coming year or two, the Nintendo Switch is experiencing a massive resurgence in RPGs across the board, be they 3D, western, Zelda, whatever you like, but nowhere more so than in the 2D RPG genre. Like the DS before it, and the PSP and Vita, its small screen makes for perfect pixels. The Switch is the perfect handheld device for 2D RPG releases. We look ahead to a bumper few years of 2D RPGs if you're a Switch owner, and a couple you can play right away.
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