SaGa 2015 announced for PS Vita
posted on 12.14.14 at 06:15 AM EDT by (@salromano)
Plus, Imperial SaGa announced for PC browsers.

The next game in the SaGa series is a PS Vita title due out in 2015, Square Enix announced during this morning’s SaGa 25th anniversary live stream.

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The news came via a 25th anniversary trailer shown at the end of the stream, showing every SaGa game released up to date, before an “and now—” pops up on screen and teases the PS Vita title with two pieces of artwork.

In other news, Square Enix also announced Imperial SaGa, a new PC browser game incorporating the world settings of previous SaGa games in a new story due out in 2015. Visit its teaser website here. View screen caps here.

Also, Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, the PS2 remake of the original Romancing SaGa, is coming to the PlayStation Store in Japan as a PS2 Classic. And the Square Enix eStore will release a “Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song 25th Pack” including a download code for the classic and a 1,000-piece puzzle on March 12.

The SaGa series will officially turn 25 tomorrow, December 15.

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  • kudostoyou

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
    BRING IT TO PS3/PS4 AS WELL!!
    but yeah vita needs exclusive
    after persona 5 news back then now i’ll wait for DQ 11 for my life to be complete

    • Budgiecat

      and Shenmue III

      and a Gamera game..

  • vishmarx

    thats weird, this isnt the console game SE is gonna announce soon then.oh well. hope its announced at jump

    • Claude

      Handhelds are considered consoles by SE.

  • Claude

    Well there goes any chance of a localization. At least Vita is region free.

    • Elvick

      It’s SaGa… was there any chance? xD

      • Claude

        We usually get brand new SaGa games, the handheld remakes though… *mumble*

        Not holding my breath.

  • Renaldi Saputra

    Ok I take back my previous words

    • Kenny ケニー

      I take back my previous words too, damn so excited xD 2015 = new digimon game, new SAO game on Vita, new saga game oh god

  • Kenny ケニー

    Saga on PS Vita? Did i heard Saga on PS vita???? You earn my trust again SE :DDDD

  • http://gematsu.com/ Sal Romano

    Such a weird choice of hardware, especially for Square Enix. But I’m not complaining. Bring it on~

    • Kuro-Law

      Hey sal i know this is off topic but i dont know how to grab your attention in the open forum.
      So i remember you saying you were watching the yokai watch anime. Do you know if it follows the games plot or is it its own side thing??
      I need to know!!

      • http://gematsu.com/ Sal Romano

        I honestly couldn’t tell you, as I haven’t played the game. But maybe? The anime doesn’t really have an actual story—it’s just a bunch of random, quirky ghost encounters and Keita dealing with/befriending them. I know the game has the same premise, but dealing with them in the anime doesn’t really consist of fighting them like the game does. I’d imagine the game has some of the same encounters, given that the TV show uses key yokai from the game (Komasan <3), but also a lot of additional encounters given that it's a game and not a TV show.

        TL;DR: I haven't played the game. Everything is an assumption. Should probably ask in the OF if anyone has actually played it. ;D

        Also, if Disqus were so kind as to issue users an alert when a user's name is @-mentioned somewhere, you'd have been able to get a hold of me in the OF just fine. But alas, it does not. =/

        • Kuro-Law

          Well damn, thx anyway sal. I did try the OF on Friday and didn’t get any results there aswell.
          Well disqus gonna disqus right? It would be a good idea to implement.

    • dark-kyon

      yeah,weird choice of hardware,how can square enix think of putting a jrpg in the better hardware to play jrpg.

      • http://gematsu.com/ Sal Romano

        Oh, I’m not saying anything bad by it. All I’m saying is it’s unexpected. Square Enix has eight Vita games, five of which are smartphone ports, one is also on PS3 (X/X-2), another on PSP (Lord of Arcana), and the other is Army Corps of Hell.

        • Kenny ケニー

          I don’t even remember the exist of Army Corps of Hell until you mention it lol

  • Elvick

    “Plus, Imperial SaGa announced for PC browsers.”

    Bow before me! I was right~ lol, that tickles me.
    http://gematsu.com/2014/12/saga-asterism-trademarked-japan#comment-1739948224

    Super surprised at Vita announcement though! Can’t wait to see more on that one.

  • Harry Potter

    Im excited square! hear that!

  • Kuro-Law

    NessWonderSprite:
    http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg

    :) im sorry.

  • Mark Lengod

    At least will be playable since no region lock :P

    HYPE

  • Blur Will

    don’t show anything?

    it could be cheap game that easy to port to mobile

    • Kuro-Law

      Orrrrrr
      Really early dev so nothing but announcement?¿

      This is me holding out hope.

      • Claude

        If it’s coming in 2015 it has to be far along.

        • Kuro-Law

          Orrrr
          They want to keep it a super secret surprise??¿¿
          im still holding out.

          • Mnoz

            Jump Festa wink wink.

    • iron_maw84

      They already announced a mobile game and it’s right in the article. So what are you talking about?

      • http://gematsu.com/ Sal Romano

        PC browser game*

    • http://k-hermann.deviantart.com/?rnrd airman4

      it could be a 3d fighting game like tekken easy to port to arcades ^^

  • Kuro-Law

    Hey the game doesnt even have proper screens yet but when are we going to bombard gio corsi on twitter??

    • Noctis

      After first trailer.

      • Kuro-Law

        We need to be strategic about this. So when the trailer drops we should bombared him all at once to make it seem like a bunch of people want it.

  • kenshee

    The only Saga game I’ve played was unlimited saga, picked it up on a whim back then, it had a beautiful box, art style and music.

    Everything else (aka gameplay) I could NOT get into at all though (and so I saw none of the story to even know how it was)…

    But hey this is a vita rpg, so I want it :o

    • Zackasaur

      Unlimited SaGa is the outcast of the SaGa IP.

  • shogunknight

    WHAT!? Now THIS is a suprise. And a very pleasant one at that, its time to remind Gio Corsi that we love him and hope he has a good christmas (make sure the game gets localized)

  • NessWonderSprite

    That was surprising. Nice to see Vita get at least one more Square exclusive.

    • Budgiecat

      is this really Ness??

      • Mnoz

        No just a Sprite.

        • -Misaki-

          Ah, no wonder.

  • -Misaki-

    Theatrhythm: SaGa.

    Oh well, I just hope it isn’t cheap or port or remaster or enhanced version or F2P or horrible spin-off or… what else did I miss?

    If this turns good I’m ready to import if necessary.

  • Budgiecat

    So Kenny told me to head on over to this topic, said i’d be happy when I see it(yeah right) and—WHAAAAAAAAAAA??

    http://37.media.tumblr.com/128126adfe747926a0a1bc73da5f844e/tumblr_n36i1yZRy91qzhnmco1_500.gif

  • penemue

    I’m glad SaGa is going to be back to an existence that isn’t mobile or a Web Browser game, and since I grew up playing this alongside other SE games I’ll definitely get it but man… I would really rather play it on my PS4, on my TV, with my sound system, I am ready for the ‘down-votes’, I’m sorry.

    • novurdim

      yeah, don’t ruin the atmosphere.

  • -Misaki-

    Oh wait, what are the chances this’ll be a full collection ported to Vita? There gotta be something… I am not gonna believe this, when are we gonna see more?

  • Zuhri69

    Whoah….

    Whoahhhhhh…..

    WHHOOOAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

  • Kuro-Law

    If by a miracle it does get localised itll prob be Digital Only with Subs and im fine with that tbh.

  • NessWonderSprite

    the real question is will this get localized? I doubt it. They cannot be bothered to localize handheld games it seems

    • Budgiecat

      Now there’s the Ness I remember..

    • Kuro-Law

      Yep.
      Square Enix are still undecided on Bravely Seconds localisation which is jus LOL so it doesn’t really bode well.
      i guess this is what #BuildingThe List is for.

      • Budgiecat

        thats cause they’re probably waiting and relying on NoA to publish it like they did last time with Bravely Default and just like they been waiting with DQ VII 3DS and both DQM 3DS games….

        with Vita, S-E skipped localizing Lord of Apocalypse, Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur, and so far havent said anything about Chaos Rings trilogy or Final Fantasy Agito+

        • Kuro-Law

          but other than Lord of Apocalypse arnt the rest mobile games ported??
          and i herd Chaos Rings trilogy bombed on vita?

          Unlikely they’ll localise mobile ports for a weak selling system in the west. Even more so than actual games.

          • Elle

            Chaos rings bombed cause the majority of the games were a voucher.

          • Mnoz

            Chaos Rings bombed even on mobile. I guess they changed the art style and the combat system way too much.

    • PuppetMaster

      If SE didn’t want to localize it than people should just tweet Gio Corsi and tell him that they want this game so bad. Maybe they can work it out like they did with Tales of Hearts R and Yakuza 5.

      • OverlordZetta

        I don’t see any reason to think that ToHR had anything to do with Twitter, especially after a certain FF game came to Vita “because of Twitter” but it was actually coming to HD consoles.

        • PuppetMaster

          Hideo Baba doesn’t have the plan to localize Hearts R until Hearts R is one of the most requested title that being campaign by Shahid Ahmad / sony 3rd party production team with the #jrpgvita tags on twitter. FF Type-0 fail to come to vita is completely SE stupid decisions.

  • tomato_ketchup

    time to buy a vita….o wait i already did that last year

  • http://twitter.com/kazumalynx Zero

    I’m quite surprised with it being on the Vita. I figured it would be a mobile game. I’m glad it wasn’t.

  • Elle

    Psvita!? 2015 is looking good so far.

    • PuppetMaster

      With this, revelations 2, grim fandango, toukiden kiwami, oreshika, gravity rush 2, bastion, new Ys, god eater 2 burst, and so on than yeah i can see vita doing fine in 2015. Hopefully namdai will localize tales of innocence R and sony making soul sacrifice 2 and freedom wars 2.

      Also, it’s about time xseed release the 2nd chapter of trails in the sky. I want to play that game so bad by replaying the 1st chapter on my vita >.<

      • -Misaki-

        G-Gravity Rush 2? You almost gave me a heart attack… but yea I can see the rest and more like Digimon will make the Vita do good on 2015.

        • novurdim

          Well, I can easily see GR2 as a multiplat. Let’s just wait for the announcement.

          • MrFinalgamer

            At this point, the only 2 options are PS4/Vita multiplat, or PS4 only.

            Wild card would be Vita exclusive.

      • OverlordZetta

        We’ll be getting a Freedom Wars Ultra before Freedom Wars 2.

  • badmoogle
  • http://k-hermann.deviantart.com/?rnrd airman4

    ps vita so alive now !

  • Boldmonk

    never heard of the series, can someone do a quick summary for me…please?

    • http://youtube.com/miyabigaming 武神水樹

      Use Google

      • Boldmonk

        if it has long history I’ll use google.

        • http://youtube.com/miyabigaming 武神水樹

          You won’t get a response

          • Boldmonk

            I got 2 responses from you :P
            I’ll stick with google….

    • EvE
  • JonathanisPrimus

    I was expecting a different dedicated handheld, but I am positively surprised.

  • Raiyu

    I was legit shook when I saw that Vita logo.

  • Ping92

    Well i was right about a browser game part

  • SMTGamer

    I honestly was expecting it to be a mobile game. Thank GOD it’s not!

  • DesmaX

    Square developing a Vita game? That’s quite a surprise.

  • BlueCereal

    Cool, might give the series a shot. Which game would be the best to get into this series for?

    • Lightthrower

      Saga Frontier 1 and 2 were the best (for me). They are a bit confusing at first though, especially the first one since it’s an open quest world. Definitely use a FAQ for those games.

    • iron_maw84

      The best one to start from is Romacing SaGa on PS2. It’s the easiest to get into for first timers.

  • https://www.behance.net/cobaltcomet KOKAYI5

    I like Romancing Saga the 2nd time thru. I hope they bring it out for any people still fans of the series.

  • new_tradition

    Nice. I have a Vita, so I’ll be keeping an eye on this ^_^

  • ManagedCorn

    a vita game?
    nanadatooo

    • desponent

      I bet you’re surprised.

  • Slickyslacker

    Well, here’s something I’ll definitely be importing.

    Hope it gets a Famitsu DX Pack or something, too.

  • Bart Fatima

    Most if not all the Saga games were localized so I expect to be buying this.

    • Claude

      SaGa games localized:
      – Final Fantasy Legend (Makai Toushi SaGa)
      – Final Fantasy Legend 2 (SaGa 2)
      – Final Fantasy Legend 3 (SaGa 3)
      – SaGa Frontier
      – SaGa Frontier 2
      – Unlimited SaGa
      – Romancing SaGa PS2 (Minstrel Song)

      SaGa games we missed:
      – Romancing SaGa
      – Romancing SaGa 2
      – Romancing SaGa 3
      – Makai Toushi SaGa WSC*
      – Romancing SaGa WSC*
      – SaGa 2 DS
      – SaGa 3 DS
      – Emperor’s SaGa

      I’d say we’re pretty half and half with the series.
      *Wonderswan never left Japan so I can’t really blame Square for those.

      • commodorewheeler

        The 3 Romancing Saga games were released during a time where very few Japanese RPGs were localized. Times have changed since then.

        Not sure what stopped the DS Saga games from coming though.

  • TheDevil
    • Finalshoryuken

      Kenshiro not impressed!

  • ayanami-chan

    I just hope it’s good

  • Ni ~Algidus~

    SE making a brand new Vita game? did i got teleported to a alternative universe or something

  • Lelouch Vi Britannia

    This gets announced on my Birthday today. Cool

    • Kenny ケニー

      Happy b-day Lelouch lol

  • Cocteau

    Call me ignorant, but I have no idea what this is. Strategy? Rpg?
    Sounds like its been around for awhile though.

    • Dystopiq

      SaGa is a series of JRPGs. The ones I’ve played are turn based. The DS remakes have been translated so if you can “acquire them” you can play on a flashcart or a DS emulator
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zREp8YdNTLc

      • SMTGamer

        Damn! That game looks great for a DS game. Imagine what they can do for Vita.

        • LordKaiser

          Make it looks like a DS game.

    • ManagedCorn

      It’s an rpg, you can try Saga Frontier and Romancing Saga, if you like them than you can be excited for this one. BUT NEVER
      EVER NEVER EVER touch Unlimited Saga.

      I am warning you.

  • Dystopiq

    Vita got a game? That isn’t a port, indie, or re-release!?

    • -Misaki-

      I don’t wanna be pessimist, but I can’t really, this is Vita and SE, there gotta be a catch, F2P? I don’t know.

      • Dystopiq

        Oh yeah. Remember the new Final Fantasy Tactics game they announced? Turned out to be some dumbed down mobile social game.

    • Yuntu

      Question: What is this picture supposed to show? I think I am missing the point of it.

    • Alter

      This is SE surprise

    • desponent

      You mean from SE or the system in general?

      • Dystopiq

        Both

        • desponent

          lol ok.

  • Pekola

    I wish it came for the Vita.

    Oh wait. Lol.

    I wish it came for the PS4.

  • Zackasaur

    Holy cow, the best possible outcome actually happened! Now they just need to localise! No digital-only garbage, either.

    • RSene

      Guess the hype is back.

  • Invisbin

    *sigh* Can’t please anyone huh

    • -Misaki-

      Dammit, your avatar fits the comment perfectly.

      • https://www.behance.net/cobaltcomet KOKAYI5

        Yeah xehanort is so tired of trying to help people. LoL jk I know you mean the expression and gesture.

  • Skerj

    Bought, x2 just to show appreciation.

  • Shippoyasha

    Exciting news, but there’s literally nothing we know of it.

    • Anime10121

      We’ll likely here more about it this weekend at Jump Festa

  • yunsofprovo

    Is this japan only?

    • iplayvidya

      Yes.

      • novurdim

        No.

  • Crystal Power

    Run everyo–!! Oh wait, it’s not a mobile game!? Color me surprised. Come back everyone, it’s on PSVita! :- D

  • RSene

    Just to clarify, the game’s name is ‘SaGa 2015’, that it?

    • Anime10121

      No, thats just a placeholder title.

      • RSene

        Right, thanks!

  • Skerj

    Let’s boogie in celebration:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9yvYtb45lg

    I love the music in that game so much.

  • iplayvidya

    I think it will be ported to mobiles eventually, highly doubt it will get localized.

    • Harry Potter

      this game looks like well made but i doubt it xD

  • commodorewheeler

    I’m definitely getting this.

  • yunsofprovo

    I hope this is localized because I really need to build up my Vita collection. I only have like 5 games for it.

    • novurdim

      then buy games.

  • desponent

    You got me this time SE, gladly.

  • Harry Potter

    SaGa 2015 what about Dissidia 015?

    • SMTGamer

      Probably after FFXV so they can add Noctis.

      • Zackasaur

        Do want.

        • SMTGamer

          I want it for my Vita. It would be cool to keep it on Sony handhelds.

          • Zackasaur

            I’d love that.

            Though I wouldn’t be against PS4.

            • SMTGamer

              I would still appreciate that, but Vita needs more exclusives. PS4 is selling like hotcakes and it doesn’t even have it’s big hits yet. Vita needs those big hits.

            • -Misaki-

              Personally I would love if it was crossplay between Vita and PS4. More players like that, funnily enough if it went that way it won’t be considered a game, cause “it’s also available on the other system!” It’s weird I know but idc I think PS4 and Vita together is for the best.

    • oOVanHalenOo

      Aw man, Dissidia 015 would be sick.

  • LordKaiser

    The ones who got localized as Final Fantasy Legend and SaGa Frontier. Those where the ones I cared for. Romancing SaGa 3 was interesting thought. The rest i didn’t cared much.

    I didn’t liked SaGa Frontier 2 and Unlimited Saga was trash.

  • Hidayat246

    finally no just smartphone game

  • oOVanHalenOo
  • Amuro Chan

    I’m cautiously optimistic about this game. Let the Bravely Default team work on this.

  • PlasmaOne

    sTILL NOTHING