The Final Fantasy Legend
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The Final Fantasy Legend, originally released as 魔界塔士 サ・ガ (Makai Toushi Sa·Ga, lit. "Warrior in the Tower of the Spirit World ~ Sa·Ga") in Japan, was actually the first game in the SaGa series and had little connection to the Final Fantasy series. This and the other two SaGa games released on the Game Boy system were redubbed as the Final Fantasy Legend series when released in the United States, undoubtedly to bolster sales, as it was only the second RPG Square had ever released in North America.
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Story
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In the center of the world is a great tower. This tower connects to many worlds and at the top the entrance to Paradise. A group of adventurers from the world at the base of the tower decide to climb it to explore the various worlds. Along the way they encounter many strange creatures and among them strong monsters based on the Chinese Zodiac who guard the key to the next dimension.
GameplayEdit
At the beginning of the game, the player creates their initial character to lead the party. They are given a choice of three races:
- Humans - Humans cannot learn any special skills or use books of spells. Instead, they have the most equipment slots allowing them to equip a wide variety of weapons, they grow stronger using special potions sold in shops to increase their stats.
- Mutants (called Espers in the Japanese version) - Mutants grow stronger with each battle, obtaining random stats boost at the end of the battle. They also may learn or forget skills, up to a total of four skills being available to learn; they are the only one that can use the books of spells.
- Monsters - Monsters get stronger by defeating other monsters. After an enemy is defeated in battle, they may drop some meat which the monster can eat, turning them into a new monster thus increasing their stats and possibly teaching them new skills.
The player can also choose a gender of the character, but this has no bearing on gameplay. After the initial character has been created three more can be recruited at the base of the tower, created just like the initial character, to make a party of four members.
Battle is a standard affair, taken in turns. When the attack option is chosen, the character must decide which weapon, spell, or personal skill they want to attack with. However, equipment has durability. Using a weapon or book will decrease its durability by one and when it reaches zero it breaks and must be replaced. Luckily a character can equip multiple weapons so they will not be totally useless should one of their weapons break.
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The female and male humans.
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The female and male mutants.
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The initial monster.
Packaging ArtworkEdit
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Makai Toushi Sa·GaGame Boy
Japan, 1989
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The Final Fantasy LegendGame Boy
North America, 1990
Final Fantasy ConnectionsEdit
- Death Machine from the original Final Fantasy makes an appearance as a boss, though its name was shortened to Machine in the English version.
- The Four Fiends from the original Final Fantasy (Lich, Kraken, Tiamat, Marilith) appear as the top-tier zombie, octopus, dragon, and snake monster obtainable, though Marilith's name was shortened to Lilith in the English version.
- Orphan's weakness to Death in Final Fantasy XIII was a homage to the final boss of The Final Fantasy Legend.
- Spell and weapon names in the original Japanese version share their names with ones from the Final Fantasy series.
