What is Live-A-Live, and why should you care? This isn’t particularly uncommon for games of that era, but now we’re living in the future, and more and more games are being localized. The thing is, it never actually got localized outside of Japan. But I did some digging and it turns out that yup, this was a pretty big sleeper hit for the Super Nintendo.
I’ve been playing games for a long, long time and I was surprised to hear this referred to as a “classic” since I hadn’t heard of it before. Or rather, they showed a trailer for a 2D remake of the game. Source: you were watching the Nintendo Direct for February 2022, you may have been caught off-guard by a title called “LIVE A LIVE HD-2D remake” that Nintendo showed a trailer for. The Distant Future: A newly built robot is swept up in a tragedy in space.įeaturing remastered music from original composer Yoko Shimomura and produced by Takashi Tokita (the director of the Super Famicom version), this remake retains everything that players loved about the original game while also being accessible to newcomers. The Near Future: A youth with psychic powers takes a stand against evil. Present Day: A martial artist strives to become the strongest there ever was. Twilight of Edo Japan: A shinobi undertakes an important secret mission. Imperial China: A kung fu master searches for a worthy successor. The Wild West: A wanderer with a bounty on his head fights for his life.
Prehistory: A tribesman comes of age in a world without words. Experience their stories in any order you choose, uncovering shocking developments along the way: Meet seven heroes, each with their own unique abilities and lives to live across different time periods. LIVE A LIVE, originally only released for the Super Famicom in Japan, is being revived on Nintendo Switch! Experience this legendary RPG for the first time in the west, brought alive in the same HD-2D visual style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER and TRIANGLE STRATEGY.
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