The Final Fantasy Legend
| Final Fantasy Legend | |
|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Legend logo | |
| Developer(s) | Square |
| Publisher(s) | Square (re-released in 1998 by Sunsoft) |
| Designer(s) | Akitoshi Kawazu |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy, Wonderswan Color |
| Release | 1989, re-released in 1998 by Sunsoft, Wonderswan Color (Japan only) |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Final Fantasy Legend (Makaitoushi SaGa in Japan) is a Game Boy video game. As the first game in the SaGa series, it was released in 1989 by Square, and re-released only in Japan for the Wonderswan Color.
Story
Once, there was a tower in the center of the known world that supposedly lead to paradise. Although many people tried to climb this tower, none were ever heard from again. The player controls a party of adventurers who will attempt to climb this tower.
On an odd side note, this game has similar ties with Steven Kings Dark Tower series.
Gameplay
The game uses a simple turn-based battle system.
Character classes
Human (Male, Female)
These characters gain strength by using items. They cannot use magic without a nameless accessory commonly called the "shoe" bearing a shoe icon.
Mutant (Male, Female)
These characters gain strength by fighting. They can use magic.
Monster (many different types)
These characters gain strength by eating the meat of defeated monsters. However, they can also regress into weaker monster types if they eat the meat of weaker monsters.
Continent
This is the world the hero starts out in. Three kings in this world are fighting for three legendary pieces of equipment, the King Sword, Shield and Armor respectively. First visiting King Armor, the heroes find out he's love sick over a girl. The heroes find out she is a slime-type monster in another village, and she loves King Armor, but is afraid of a bandit leader who wishes to marry her. The heroes track down the bandit and demand he give her up, he refuses, but is defeated by the heroes. He begs for mercy, but is given none. King Armor is so overjoyed that he gives his armor to the heroes. King Sword defiantly tries to kill the heroes when they ask for the King Sword, but is killed himself by them. Finally, King Shield is murdered by his own Steward, and after a short fight against him, the heroes have all three legendary items. They place these on a statue of a great hero, which causes a Black Sphere to appear. As they take the Sphere, Genbu, one of the four fiends (based on the Ssu Ling) appears to kill them. They vanquish him however, and use the power of the Sphere to enter the tower.