Which Versions of the Final Fantasy Legends (SaGa) Games Should You Play? - All Ports Reviewed 

While having the remakes would be nice, much like Collection of Mana, I'm completely fine with Collection of SaGa just having the originals. It makes sense from a preservation standpoint.

Geez now I wish the Saga Collection contains the 3 remakes too.TvT

The Gameboy color was my first way to play games. And Final Fantasy Legend 2 was my very first game. I think it'll always have a special place with me.

Wonderswan would be my favorite version! I wish the FF3 wonderswan update was actually released

Just wanna say I really appreciate these videos you put out. It's helped me make a lot of purchase decisions.

I loved FFL2 but the DS remake is veeeeery good. I've played it 8-9 times and I still enjoy it. I was hoping for the newest Steam version to contain the remakes but it's mainly GB ports.

Have you considered making a which of Shin Megami Tensei? There are a lot of interesting versions of the first two games (Snes, PS1, GBA, Ipad lol) and then the third one is getting an HD remaster sometime this year

The GB version of FFL1 was my childhood.

This video in a Nutshell: The remakes are better in every or almost everyway compared to their original versions, but you should give the original versions a try, specially if they are part of your childhood.

I never expected you to do an episode on SaGa! I knew about the DS remakes (and I desperately wish for them to get an official western release) but I never knew about the WonderSwan version of the original. That's awesome!

The DS remake reminds me of Dragon Quest IX somehow, I could be crazy tho lol, also is my version of choise

I hit that bell for the notifications, these videos are always such good quality.

I wish the Collection of Saga contained the remake version instead.

What a awesome vídeo. Came here just for the nostalgia, stayed by the quality! +1 subscriber!

Just found your channel after looking up stuff about the saga remake. It rocks! Great videos!

I am currently running through FFL3, and they are just as fun as I remember. The changes to phrasing are minor enough that I really didn't notice, except for when I looked for meat "evolutions", and my old Game Boy guide didn't have some names.

Thank you for this video 🙏🏾

Thanks for this overview - it's really helpful. I remember picking Final Fantasy Legend 3 as a birthday present after absolutely loving Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu 1). As a young kid I remember being a bit confused by the turnbased combat and the reliance on text. I pushed onwards andspent so much time on this game - in the end I absolutely loved it. I later tried to check the other parts out through emulation but found them not as good as the third one. Part 3 is up there with Link to the past, FF Adventure, Metroid 2, and Tetris as my all time favourites. It's a bit of a shame they did not include the remakes in the collection. I will most likely still pick it up as part 3 is so nostalgic to me.

Hearing that battle music from legends 2 on the gameboy gave me flashbacks

Great video. I never knew about the DS remakes!

Awesome Review! Great details, history and data!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Can you please make this type videos on older Final Fantasy games, i.e. 1-6?

Love your videos, any chance we can get some videos on the first 4 Phantasy Star games so we can see differences and which is the best to play?

Cant wait to see you do a video on SaGa Frontier vs its remaster.

I have all three of these games for the Gameboy. I played the hell out of them, especially the 2nd game which is my favorite.

i love your videos sm ~ ❤

The Wonderswan version is beautiful. I hope it gets on to a modern console one day.

I wish we could get a remake of SaGa 1 that has all the content of the Wanderswan and Mobile Phone ports. But looks like the Anniversary editions of the Final Fantasy games on PSP and later smart phones.

Oh wow, so the Wonderswan Remake had a fan translation then? May have to try this on my Wonderswan Crystal!

Had one of these on Gameboy back in the day, I just remember it being really difficult compared to the other FF games.

7:04 For some reason I heard the “battle at journey’s end” from octopath in it.

Very cool! Does this have a physical release? And I assume the remakes were released in Japan only?

Really loved the GB ones...sad that the DS remake was Japanese only. Hope it comes back in Switch.

Strange how Square didn't port the Wonder Swan remakes of the SaGa games to GBA, usually with their popular IPs they tend to bring over their Wonder Swan classic titles for GBA such as their Final Fantasy remakes.

Wow, I did not know there was Final Fantasy Legend remakes on the Nintendo DS till now.

One thing this video is missing that I feel should be touched on is that the original SaGa game on the Gameboy came with an 80 page instruction manual that explained a lot of mechanics and were assumed you'd have before jumping into the game. Nothing IN SaGa 1 really sits you down and explains the difference between races and their level up systems or how equipment and items work. I feel like not including them in the remake in some way is a huge disservice to the people trying to play these games for the first time. I thought to track down PDFs of the manuals when the game opened up with no explanation for how things worked but I don't think that will be the typical experience.

I bought collection of SaGa the other day. :) I owned the first and third game back in the day so this is the first time I am getting to play the second one. I love this series a lot. :) It makes me want to play Final Fantasy 2 on the Famicom because the creator of SaGa was lead director of that game too.

Legend 3 is so much like Mystic Quest. Wasn't surprised to see it was mostly the same dev team.

I guess now the next step would be doing a video about the "Romancing Saga" games. :D Great video as always btw.

Until now I'd never heard of the ds remakes. Thanks.

awesome

My Original game boy still works and still have ff legend 2 , the glass sword is only one use ! I always wondered why. Then I realized why it’s glass... so why in the collection version did they increase it to 50?

also, saga 3 ds version has one of the most difficult sound track ever remaked and it does it incredibly well: The final battle part 2

[5:42] Are you a banana smuggler or are you just happy to see me?

I really wish I could play the wonderswan version

The Snes translations :)

What's the font you use in the bottom left of the video?

I own the original Gameboy cartridges still. I originally started with Saga 2. It was a pain to beat and got stock a few times (Giant World), but I did beat it. Eventually I collected the others. 3 was for sale at GameStop I regret not buying it then for a reasonable price, so got that one eBay NRFB. I still have the manuals and boxes for some of them.

I had FF Legend II on o.g gameboy, loved the soundtrack so much I made a bunch of remixes back in the day. Wish they would have retained the Saga title. Great games for their time, I'd still buy a new gameboy game in 2021.

This man doing god's work

4:47- Redbull? LOL 😏 5:44- I just remembered about the Bananas originally being drugs in the original SaGa Version. But I didn't know about the Wonderswan Color Remakes of the first game.

There's very little coverage of the Wonderswan remakes in english. I played SaGa 1 and 2 all the way through on original hardware back in 2009. I'm going to start the Romancing SaGa series next. I remember when the SaGa remakes came out on DS and I thought they were cool but decided they weren't for me. If I pick up SaGa 1 and 2 again, it will be on wonderswan with a flash cart :j I'm deciding if I want to play romancing saga on ps2 first or play sfc version first.

6:04 In Final Fantasy Legend 2 The NA version of those weapons uses was the same as what you listed for the Japanese version.

I’m sorry I didn’t understand the last localization point for the Collection. Does the Collection restore the removed content from the USA GB games, as well as restoring the durability of the Glass Sword to 1, the durabilities of Muramasa and Excalibur to unlimited?

Do you have a which version of Chrono Trigger should you play video?

Final fantasy II and pokemon crystal for the Gbc were my very first videogames

The SaGa Frontier games on PSX are also good, especially 2!

Two points: The first Seiken Densetsu game really was originally a Final Fantasy game (I think in Japan it's called "Final Fantasy Gaiden") and it features Final Fantasy characters like red mages and chocobos. Second, I wish they didn't touch the music for the Wonderswan remake of SaGa 1. A lot of the redone music doesn't sound as good as the original Gameboy music (it somehow manages to sound weaker and tinnier than even the old 8-bit beep and boops) and where it doesn't sound worse, it also doesn't sound different enough to make changing the music worthwhile in the first place.

Played all 3 when i was young but 3 was easily my fave on GB

Man I somehow had a copy of legends as a kid. It was 3. It was hard af lol. But amazing tbh

ehh... im not sure i like the Changes to SaGa 3 Re. at first i was all for it but after you said they added the limited use on items... i know some guns and explosives made you buy multiples because, lets face it, that just makes sense, but to have that on all weapons kinda hurts it. then there is the forced movement, sure i got lost (a lot) as a kid but I'm really not a fan of having set locations, sure Golden Sun had that too and i love it but the OG didnt have that so adding it in is what hurts it for me. but most of the other changes are so good it really splits my mind. all that said I LOVE Final Fantasy Legend III. i dont have the gameboy game anymore, i sold it because i was a stupid kid, but I still have the map and weapon guide that came with the game. (My brother was smart enough to laminate it) i really wish we got the chance to play the DS remakes.

Git into saga through romancing saga and while I haven't completed any of the games I have saga 2 and 3 ds aswell as romancing saga 2 and 3 and plan on completing them.

I've never beaten any of the Saga trilogy but I have played them all, getting really far in them. I remember my uncle letting me play FF1/Saga 1 on his original game boy, while my reading skills and comprehension were a bit limited as a kid, I really enjoyed the whole monsters eating monster meat to turn into other monsters thing. xD But FF2 is my absolute favorite, probably because of you can have a robot and a baby dragon in your party xD

As always. Final fantasy bgm are hella Catchy. Literally my Main reason on why i got into the franchise.

They really needed to port the two remakes

Is he Going to do the Differences with Kingdom hearts games soon?

I want the SaGa DS version made for switch and or phone, think we'll ever see it?

Thanks for mentioning the localizations, a lot of comparison channels don't seem to think that's important, but censorship is a deciding factor on me spending my money

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2 on the DS is cute, though it's weird that it wear the skin of a modern game on a very simple interior. The problem is that I maybe ran from too many battles or ignored the systems too much, so I need to actually put an effort to proceed, and I can play FF IV or an actual DS RPG instead 🤷

I'll admit, the fact that they collected the originals, and not either of the remakes, REALLY turned me off from wanting to get this collection, even though I did REALLY love those originals back in the day. The DS remake of SaGa 2 is the only time I EVER bought a Japanese game, and had it shipped over etc. I just wanted to play it So Bad!!! And they could have given it to us, but no, they gave us the black and white versions... Similarly, them giving us FFA and not the Brownie Brown remake of Sword of Mana killed my interest in buying that collection, too.

yeah it's sad they didn't use the wonderswan or ds versions on the switch collection of saga. 9:52 lol Milfie

which version of Chrono Trigger should we play?

I noticed something in Legends 2. Getting good monster meat and powering up in the late stages is very difficult, and you'll never be stronger than any regular monster. You cant play as the mega bosses and get their excellent stats & abilities. Also they rarely have an abundance of uses for their 1 or 2 abilities, and rarely have a 3rd ability. So slogging thru the longer dungeons is a pain when you run out of attacks. Using a monster on the end game boss is horrible. Robots only gain stats thru their equipment and again late game you will never be that powerful, not unless you sacrifice all your best gear to the robot to keep him powerful. And since limited use items get cut in half every time you equip or unequip them, the robot is always at a disadvantage. Uber items like one use weapons are basically wasted. Humans and Mutants slowly get stronger as you use them and with careful management you can get their HP to 999 before the end game, and all their stats to 99 if you want. Mutants start with one special power and can get as many as 4, but you need to have a free slot for that to happen, so if you put items in their personal inventory you can limit the number of learned abilities they get. That might be useful if you are trying to go for a specific setup or build with your mutant.

omg i love Austin's japanese pronunciation, he has a cute english accent

5:03 what was the enemy's name? I didn't even know this was a thing.

I really wished I watched this before buying Collection of SaGa on Switch. I'm not happy with being unable to turn off backgrounds and on-screen prompts and such, and the screen-tearing/shimmering bugs me. I love the fast-forward button, but being that these games are short anyway, I wound up buying a used GB cart of FFL1 and will probably do so for FFL2 as well (already have a FFL3 cart from childhood).

Did the DS version ever get released in the U.S.?

I have a soft spot for the Gameboy games. They were my first three RPGs after all.

You completely neglected to mention the SunSoft ports for the GBC. The color version being what SHOULD have been on the Switch ports. I'm used to the color version of III and find that the Switch version reverted the extra stuff from the colors ports. The Switch version just gives you the originals but you don’t get the updated versions that fixed a bunch of the problems and added the much needed color. I don’t know anyone who played the non-color originals. It’s already bad enough my VBA doesn’t display the color version in color anymore for whatever reason.

They really need to go back and remake FFL1. It's not had a remake since Wonderswan and you'd think that such a game should be rather easy to remake with at the very least, 16bit era graphics, something like how they did FF4 on PSP would be awesome.

I remember my uncle getting Legend 1 and 2 for me and my sister for Xmass, and all these years later the music still annoys me from all the hours we spent playing them as very little kids ...

I still want them to make a Saga Frontier Collection.

Final saga, whatever part 2 on switch is incomplete. I stopped having monster encounters after I killed Magnate. Did anyone else have that gliche?

Saga 2 was so good! I forgot about it

Looks like the best versions are the old ones emulated lol

One of the changes I noticed in my play through of the collection of saga was a map in the ruin world skyscraper was originally shaped like a swastika. They cut off an arm or two.

Great video! I wonder why all the devs always force us to use these background borders and onscreen button prompts.

separate audio from gameplay speed is great. That's exactly why I stopped playing fire emblem 1 on switch. They need to address that issue ASAP

It's unfortunate that the Wonderswan color version was never ported to the gba, so that all of the remakes could be played on the DS

Having an all black border is necessary, especially if you have an oled. These boarders only accelerate burn in. 😭

I have beat every game in this video. Some of them more than once. SaGa is good.

Do a video on Persona 4

Holy crap, Why hasn't nintendo done this with other GB games with those features shown in this collection

Legend 3 was fantastic. And beating 2 is awesome

4:45 "Cultural and social norms!" I burst out laughed so loud! HA! Good one! 😀 I don't mean any offense to anyone though.

So I played the original game boy games on my Super Gameboy. I don’t see why they would focus on rereleasing the gameboy versions when they could of just worked on the Nintendo DS version.

Final Fantasy Legend 1 thru 3 need a pixel remaster for the PC

Why did they remove the sing ability?

"Intended for short bursts of game play". And there I was.. Emptying a fresh set of batteries and overheating my Gameboy in a single session of Final Fantasy Legend III