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| Final Fantasy Legend III |
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| | Developer(s) | Square | | Publisher(s) | Square (Re-released by Sunsoft in 1998) | | Designer(s) | Chihiro Fujioka | | Series | SaGa series
Final Fantasy Legend series | | Platform(s) | Game Boy | | Release date | JPN December 13, 1991
NA September 29, 1993
Re-released by Sunsoft in 1998 | | Genre(s) | Console role-playing game | | Mode(s) | Single player | | Media | 2 megabit cartridge |
Final Fantasy Legend III (Sa•Ga 3: 時空の覇者, Sa•Ga 3: Jikuu no Hasha in Japan) is a Game Boy video game. As the third game in the SaGa series, it was released in 1991 by Square and re-released in 1998 by Sunsoft. It was designed by Chihiro Fujioka.
Gameplay
Character classesFinal Fantasy Legend 3 differs from the previous two games in the SaGa series in the fact that instead of choosing character classes at the start of the game, a character's class may change by eating the meat of monsters and beasts, or installing the parts of cyborgs and robots after they are defeated in battle. Whether meat is eaten or parts are installed affects the change in the character's class. Each character starts at their default class (human or mutant depending on the character), and when fed meat will change towards beast (if fed any kind of meat), and then monster (if fed monster meat). When parts are installed into a character he will change towards cyborg (by installing any kind of parts), and then robot (by installing robot parts). Meat and parts counter each other: if a Beast has parts installed, he will revert to the default class. Likewise if a cyborg eats meat, he will also revert to the default class. Each class also has specific weak and strong points. Monster Monsters are quite strong but are not affected by equipped weapons or armor (nor can they make use of them in battle), and must use natural Talents such as "Bite" and "2-Swords". Monsters also do not change forms upon level-up, and only change forms when the character is fed more monster meat. Beast Beasts are a moderately strong, dynamic class that can equip weapons and armor, and the best weapon to equip to them are "Techniques" such as "Punch". A peculiarity about beasts is that when a character levels-up, the form of beast will change to another beast whose typical level is close to the character's level. Human Humans grow stronger through leveling-up, and are best equipped with regular weapons. This is one of the default classes. Mutant Mutants are physically weaker than humans, but make up for it with a stronger ability to use magic. This is one of the default classes. Cyborg Cyborgs are also moderately strong and can equip weapons and armor. Unlike the beast class, cyborgs do not change upon level-up. An interesting fact about this class is that the character's maximum HP and MP will change depending upon his equipment. Other classes do not exhibit this behaviour. In many ways, Cyborgs are in keeping with the Robots of the previous game in the series. Robot Robots, unlike monsters, are affected by their equipment, and can use equipped weaponry or natural Talents. Robots are incapable or poor at using magic, as they tend to have a low or non-existent MP statistic. Robots' other stats tend to also be poor, especially their HP stat. However, a robot's stats can be changed manually through the use of special capsules which can be purchased at some stores. These capsules are the HP, Attack, Defense, and Speed capsules, which affect the associated stat permanently, similar to Humans in the first SaGa game. Like monsters, robots do not change form until new robot parts are installed.
Story
PlotA creature known as the Pureland Water Entity engulfed the world in a great flood. The entity drew monsters onto the land and low lying cities have been abandoned. As a party of four warriors sets out to confront the entity, several youths from the future arrive to help, and it is realized that the Entity's destruction is occurring in the past and future as well. The group then collects pieces of the ship Talon in the past, present, and future to defeat the Entity.
CharactersArthur - the main character who was sent back in time from to the Future. He starts as a human fighter. He is the son of Jupiah Curtis - is a mutant who was sent back with Arthur. He is strong is black magic. Gloria- starts as a mutant that was sent back in time with Curtis and Arthur. She is a healer and white magic user. Sharon - is the granddaughter of the Elder of Dharm, who raised her along with the three youths sent from the Future. She starts as a human fighter, and there are hints that she and Arthur have a romantic relationship. Sol - the Supreme Being of the World. He fought in the Pureland Civil War and built the Talon. He is sleeping when the Entity appears. Xagor - a Pureland monster that is born of the Ocean. Xagor attempts to rule both Pureland and the World though control of the Masters and by the waters created by the Pureland Entity.
Development
References- ^ a b Dexter Sy (2000-06-16). Final Fantasy Legend III. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
External links- Final Fantasy Legend III at MobyGames
| SaGa video games |
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| | Final Fantasy Legend | The Final Fantasy Legend · Final Fantasy Legend II · Final Fantasy Legend III | | | Romancing SaGa | Romancing SaGa · Romancing SaGa 2 · Romancing SaGa 3 | | | Later titles | SaGa Frontier · SaGa Frontier 2 · Unlimited Saga | | | Character lists | Romancing SaGa · SaGa Frontier · SaGa Frontier 2 |
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