It has been over 20 years since Kenji Ito made the original composing work for Romancing SaGa games. Today,Sony Music Store opened pre-orders for Romancing SaGa 1 and 2 Original Soundtrack -Remaster- albums. The first “Romancing Saga Original Soundtrack -Remaster-” album will be released on 18th June, and “Romancing SaGa 2 Original Soundtrack -Remaster-” will be out a month later, on 16th July. Similar to Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster soundtrack, these albums will contain newly arranged and remastered versions of the original music in higher quality.

What the Kweh is Romancing SaGa?

Romancing SaGa was developed and published by Square (before merging with Enix) for the Super Famicom / SNES, in 1992. It was the fourth installment in the SaGa series. Later in 2005, Square Enix revealed and published the PlayStation 2 remake of the game, which was renamed as “Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song”. It was only available in Japan and North America. The original SNES version has been ported for smartphones and Wii. (Only in Japan)

The story events of the first Romancing SaGa were set in the fictional world of Mardias. It follow a story of eight heroes who started a journey across the world to prevent the resurrection of Saruin – an evil god from the ancient times. SaGa series is known for its modern and open design with the gameplay, story and world. For example, in Romancing Saga, players could experience the story events differently, as it was up to them, how they played through different story scenarios. Some of the events were only unlocked by completing certain tasks or talking to non-playable characters, which changed all players’ experiences slightly different.

Do you wanna know more about the history of the SaGa series? Did you know that Final Fantasy Legends games were originally SaGa games – not Final Fantasies? Please, check out our “the History of Square Enix’s Game Boy Games” article for more information about these amazing games.