| Romancing SaGa 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Square |
| Publisher(s) | Square |
| Designer(s) | Akitoshi Kawazu |
| Artist(s) | Tomomi Kobayashi (character design) |
| Composer(s) | Kenji Ito Nobuo Uematsu |
| Series | SaGa |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom, Virtual Console |
| Release date(s) | Super Famicom
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | 16-megabit cartridge |
Romancing SaGa 2 (ロマンシング サ・ガ2 Romanshingu Sa Ga Tsū) is a role-playing video game developed by Square and released exclusively for the Super Famicom system in Japan on December 10, 1993. It is the fifth title in the SaGa series. Video game music composer Kenji Ito composed the score.
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In Romancing SaGa 2, the player plays as the Emperor or Empress of Avalon, a castle located in the northwest corner of the game's world map. He or she begins the game as King Leon and later plays as his various heirs down through the game years. Leon hands his kingdom over to his son, Gellard. At the end of Gellard's reign and so on, the player is able to choose his or her own successor and pass on Gellard's abilities to them. At the end of each generation, he or she will be given a choice of four heirs. Their identity is based on a combination of chance and anyone whom the player has assisted or allied within in a past generation.
The Treasurer, in the throne room, tells the player the fund reserve in his or her castle treasury. Development of new equipment and spells, and establishment of services in Avalon will consume funds. The Treasurer also fills the Emperor with walking about funds if the player needs it. Also in the throne room is the Accountant. He tells the player how much money he or she collects per battle. When the player controls more land on the map, the amount increases. In the southeast corner of the throne room is the Chancellor. He tells the player what problems need to be solved in the world and where to solve them. Solving the problems he points out aids the player to advance to the next generation. The Fighters are the default characters that join the player early in the game. They are not the best characters, but as the player advances through the game, he or she will get other characters who specialize in areas that the Fighters are weak in. The Formation Soldiers demonstrate any battle formations the player happens to know and will collaborate with the player to make new formations. If the heir the player chooses knows a formation, it is recommended that the player consult the Formation Soldiers.
Throughout the game you will be able to expand the capital. They will not appear until you clear a generation though after accepting the offers to start the public works.
The major villains of the game that are taking their anger out on the world:
The Seven Heroes will become more powerful as you level up. However, even if you move quickly through the game, the last hero you fight will always be in his/her most powerful stage (except for Subier if you let Master of Ocean flee); this is only if you enter the final dungeon with one of the Heroes remaining. If you don't kill Kujinshi Reborn at the start of the final scenario you will always have to fight him in the final dungeon instead of any of the Remaining Heroes. In the final battle, the Seven Heroes merge into an extremely powerful monster that uses all of their abilities.
The names of most of the characters in the game are inspired by real-world and mythic names. The names of the Seven Heroes, in particular, are quasi anagrams of the seven major train stations on the Tokyo Yamanote Line. They are respectively: Shinjuku for Kujinshi, Shinagawa for Wagnas, Gotanda for Dantarg, (Shin-)Okubo for Bokuohn, Ebisu for Subier, Ueno for Noel, and Ikebukuro for Rocbouquet.
Romancing SaGa 2 has sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide as of March 2003.[1]
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