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FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake launches November 30

FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake will launch for Switch via Nintendo eShop on November 30 for $34.99 / €34.99, publisher Forever Entertainment and developer MegaPixel Studio announced. Pre-orders will ope…

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FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake comes back with updated graphics and modern approach! Choose your side and enter the battlefield equipped with the armed Wanzer—the future of Huffman Island is in your hands.

• The game features new game mode and tweaks to the gameplay and mechanics.
• The legendary soundtrack fully reorchestrated.
• Original soundtrack available.

In the year 2090, the world’s conflicts are fought using giant war machines called Wanzers. Huffman Island, the only place where the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.) share a land border is a hotbed of conflict.

With dozens of characters to meet, its mature story, and non-Manichean protagonists, Front Mission is the classic tactical Japanese RPG, finally available worldwide.

(Thanks L Labadal for the news!)

 

[West Texas CEO]

Nice.
What a great way to end November.

 

[Labadal]

I was hoping for $25, not $35, but I will probably cave and buy it. I have $50 worth of Nintendo bucks on my account.

 

[Roni]

This is actually pretty legit, I might want a Switch just to check this out. This was the one franchise doing geopolitics before Kojima with MGS... Sure, the endings can sometimes drift into anime, but I love the more western side of things.

 

[Sojiro]

Really looking forward to this, right at the end of November too, so maybe...maaaaybe, I can have persona 5 about done before diving in. Has anything been said about a physical release? I don't recall if it has been mentioned, but I would really like to get physical if it has one.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Odds of this coming to Steam?

 

[blackjon24]

square enix not being involved can't bode well for the future of the franchise can it? Either way the game could still be very good, streets of rage 4 had no involvement from the creator and sega and that turned out great

 

[Kacho]

Odds of this coming to Steam?

I'd say pretty high.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Odds of this coming to Steam?

Might as well be ported to PS5/Xbox 6 months later, you never know these days. Lots of BS timed exclusives.

 

[jshackles]

Has anything been said about a physical release? I don't recall if it has been mentioned, but I would really like to get physical if it has one.

Play Asia had a US physical release up for pre-order that was $59.99, but was taken down.

https://www.play-asia.com/front-mission-1st-remake/13/70f7gt

Front Mission 2 has a pre-order page still for a US physical release, also $59.99.

https://www.play-asia.com/front-mission-2-remake/13/70fph3

No official word on this, maybe we'll get some more info in tomorrow's trailer. I'm with you, I'd much rather have a physical release.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Might as well be ported to PS5/Xbox 6 months later, you never know these days. Lots of BS timed exclusives.

Knowing them they will port just the second game.

 

[Deft Beck]

To be clear, this is by the same devs of the Panzer Dragoon remake and the House of the Dead 1 remake.

 

[Rentahamster]

Finally, some news!

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I'm waiting for the inevitable PC version, but great to see this finally coming out. The previews looked promising.

 

[Danjin44]

Why they do this to me, there are other month beside November.

 

[Kiya's Guard]

 

[reinking]

Great series for the Switch. Day one.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

and non-Manichean protagonists

huh?

 

[Punished Miku]

About $5 too high but I'll wait on the trailer. Looking good so far.

 

[jshackles]

huh?

I was also wondering if that was some sort of... mistranslation, maybe? Wikipedia says that Manichaeism mostly died out in the 14th century, so nearly everyone on the planet right now could be described as non-Manichean.

 

[Labadal]

Here's the trailer.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

No Playstation?

 

[Codiox]

cant wait, was ready to dive into the snes games but now i will just wait and enjoy it on PC

 

[Killer8]

To be clear, this is by the same devs of the Panzer Dragoon remake and the House of the Dead 1 remake.

Blegh.

 

[Danjin44]

No Playstation?

 

[manfestival]

Put it on steam and I will be there

 

[Alexios]

Assuming this will come to PC at some point like most such projects have so far. Have they said what exactly the differences between classic and modern mode are, since things like the free camera vs iso and old vs new soundtrack seem to be independent choices?

 

[Labadal]

Second trailer has been posted.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Day one. I imported this from Japan when I was a wee teenager and loved it but had no clue what was going on in the story.

 

[jshackles]

Pre-orders are now live.

 

[Alexios]

Trailer removed and they put another up for some reason. Maybe to correct "tactile" to "tactical".

 

[Deerock71]

This is a game I will wait to see if there's a physical release. Looks awesome.

 

[Scotty W]

About $5 too high but I'll wait on the trailer. Looking good so far.

Filthy casual!

 

[-Zelda-]

I wonder if they will ever rerelease the 4th game...

 

[Kokoloko85]

Day 1… Oh yeah. Another good game from Squarethis year

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I’ve only played FM3 back in the day and loved it. Would be all in on these remakes if there were a physical release.

 

[Labadal]

Save yourselves a few bucks.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Odds of this coming to Steam?

All the Nintendo moneyhats wind up on Steam. Glad I didn’t take the bait with Triangle Strategy.

 

[remember_spinal]

i like front mission but idk…im kind of whelmed by this.

 

[jshackles]

i like front mission but idk…im kind of whelmed by this.

Nothing life changing here to be sure, but I'm just happy to give myself an excuse to play this gem again.

 

[Kataploom]

Between this and Tactics Ogre I'm happy and I don't even think I'll play them anytime soon lol

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[RoboFu]

It’s up now finally!
Pretty good so far. Modern mode is a plus.

 

[Punished Miku]

This should be $24.90

$19.95

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I'd say pretty high.

Hope so otherwise Yuzu will do.

 

[Alexios]

All the Nintendo moneyhats wind up on Steam. Glad I didn’t take the bait with Triangle Strategy.

What moneyhats?

 

[ClanOfNone]

Dayum, went to check this out on the store page and saw Elevator Action Returns right next to it! I don't think that game has seen a release since the Saturn.

 

[TheMan]

I wonder if they will ever rerelease the 4th game...

I'd rather get an official translation and american release of the 5th game which was much better received

 

[TheMan]

i like front mission but idk…im kind of whelmed by this.

Low budget graphics and presentation coupled with pretty old-fashioned gameplay will do that

I want to want this more than I do.