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* ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend'' / ''Makai Toshi [=SaGa=]'' (1989, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Has a 2002 UsefulNotes/WonderSwan Color remake.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 2: Hihou Densetsu'' (1990, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Has a 2009 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Goddess of Destiny.''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 3: Jikuu no Hasha'' (1991, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Has a 2011 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Shadow or Light.''
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' (1992, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2005 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake, ''Romancing [=SaGa=]: Minstrel Song.''
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa2'' (1993, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2016 EnhancedRemake for iOS/Android and later to platforms belonging to UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' (1995, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2019 EnhancedRemake for iOS/Android and platforms belonging to UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' (1997, UsefulNotes/PlayStation) -- Has a 2021 remaster for iOS/Android, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and PC.
* ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' (1999, UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga'' (2002, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2) -- The only game in the series without a capital G.

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* ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend'' / ''Makai Toshi [=SaGa=]'' (1989, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) Platform/GameBoy) -- Has a 2002 UsefulNotes/WonderSwan Platform/WonderSwan Color remake.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 2: Hihou Densetsu'' (1990, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) Platform/GameBoy) -- Has a 2009 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS Platform/NintendoDS remake, ''Goddess of Destiny.''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 3: Jikuu no Hasha'' (1991, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) Platform/GameBoy) -- Has a 2011 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS Platform/NintendoDS remake, ''Shadow or Light.''
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' (1992, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2005 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 remake, ''Romancing [=SaGa=]: Minstrel Song.''
Song'', which was later upgraded and ported to platforms belonging to MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames..
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa2'' (1993, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2016 EnhancedRemake for iOS/Android and later to platforms belonging to UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3'' (1995, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]) -- Has a 2019 EnhancedRemake for iOS/Android and platforms belonging to UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
MediaNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames.
* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' (1997, UsefulNotes/PlayStation) Platform/PlayStation) -- Has a 2021 remaster for iOS/Android, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4 and PC.
* ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' (1999, UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
Platform/PlayStation)
* ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga'' (2002, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2) Platform/PlayStation2) -- The only game in the series without a capital G.



* ''VideoGame/SaGaScarletGrace'' (2016, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita) -- Received an internationally released EnhancedRemake in 2019, with the subtitle ''Ambitions''

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* ''VideoGame/SaGaScarletGrace'' (2016, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita) Platform/PlayStationVita) -- Received an internationally released EnhancedRemake in 2019, with the subtitle ''Ambitions''



* ''[=Imperial SaGa Eclipse=]'' (2019, Web browser) -- Japan only



* ''[=Imperial SaGa Eclipse=]'' (2019, Web browser) -- Japan only
* ''Collection of [=SaGa=]: Final Fantasy Legend'' (2020, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch) -- A CompilationRerelease of the first three ''[=SaGa=]'' games.

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* ''[=Imperial SaGa Eclipse=]'' (2019, Web browser) -- Japan only
* ''Collection of [=SaGa=]: Final Fantasy Legend'' (2020, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch) Platform/NintendoSwitch, PC via Platform/{{Steam}}) -- A CompilationRerelease of the first three ''[=SaGa=]'' games.



* ''VideoGame/SaGaEmeraldBeyond'' (2024, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, iOS/Android)

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* ''VideoGame/SaGaEmeraldBeyond'' (2024, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/PlayStation4, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Platform/{{Steam}}, iOS/Android)
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* ''[=SaGa=] Emerald Beyond'' (2024, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, iOS/Android)

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* ''[=SaGa=] Emerald Beyond'' ''VideoGame/SaGaEmeraldBeyond'' (2024, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, iOS/Android)
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* BreakableWeapons: Weapon durability factors into several of the ''[=SaGa=]'' games, starting from the very first two Game Boy installments (which also tracked ''shield and spellbook'' durability). It vanished from the ''Romancing'' trilogy and ''Frontier'' but returned with ''Frontier 2'', where the story actually justified it by tying mana use to weapons crafted from earthen elements like wood or stone. Remakes of the third Game Boy game and the first ''Romancing'' brought back weapon durability to enforce stronger ties to the franchise as a whole.

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* ''[=SaGa=] Emerald Beyond'' (2024, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, iOS/Android)
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''[=SaGa=]'' is an {{RPG}} series created by Creator/SquareEnix. In North America, the first three games were released as part of the [[RunningGag saga-makingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series [[DolledUpInstallment under the name]] ''Final Fantasy Legend''. (Similarly, the first ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' game was released as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'').

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''[=SaGa=]'' is an {{RPG}} series created by Creator/SquareEnix. In North America, the first three games were released as part of the [[RunningGag saga-makingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series [[DolledUpInstallment under the name]] ''Final Fantasy Legend''. (Similarly, the first ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' game was released as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'').
''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure''). Its noted for having unique stat progressions systems in contrast to other [=RPGs=]. The series is created and headed by Akitoshi Kawazu, who previously worked on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' and its stat progression system.



* DolledUpInstallment: The first three games on the Game Boy were titled ''Final Fantasy Legend'' in North America. Aside from sharing the same developer, they are InNameOnly and completely divorced from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' in nearly all aspects. The closest thing ''[=SaGa=]'' has to ''Final Fantasy'' is that its stat progression system is an advanced form of the one found in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''.

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* DolledUpInstallment: The first three games on the Game Boy were titled ''Final Fantasy Legend'' in North America. Aside from sharing the same developer, they are InNameOnly and completely divorced from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' in nearly all aspects. The closest thing ''[=SaGa=]'' has to ''Final Fantasy'' is that its [[StatGrinding stat progression system system]] is an advanced form of the one found in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''.
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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Also launced on Mobage and [=NTT DoCoMo=] in 2013, Japan only, shut down in 2017

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Also Japan only, also launced on Mobage and [=NTT DoCoMo=] in 2013, Japan only, shut down in 2017
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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Also launced on Mobage and NTT DoCoMo in 2013, Japan only, shut down in 2017

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Also launced on Mobage and NTT DoCoMo [=NTT DoCoMo=] in 2013, Japan only, shut down in 2017
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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Japan only, shut down in 2017

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Also launced on Mobage and NTT DoCoMo in 2013, Japan only, shut down in 2017
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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Japan only

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE) -- Japan onlyonly, shut down in 2017

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE)
* ''[=Imperial SaGa=]'' (2015, PC)

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* ''[=Emperors SaGa=]'' (2012, GREE)
GREE) -- Japan only
* ''[=Imperial SaGa=]'' (2015, PC)Web browser) -- Japan only, shut down in 2019


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* ''[=Imperial SaGa Eclipse=]'' (2019, Web browser) -- Japan only
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* ''VideoGame/SaGaScarletGrace'' (2016, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita) -- Received an internationally released EnhancedRemake, with the subtitle ''Ambitions''

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* ''VideoGame/SaGaScarletGrace'' (2016, UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita) -- Received an internationally released EnhancedRemake, EnhancedRemake in 2019, with the subtitle ''Ambitions''
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* ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' (1997, UsefulNotes/PlayStation) -- Has a 2021 remaster for iOS/Android, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and PC planned.

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* HitPoints: ''[=SaGa=]'' has a unique health system that comes with two separate stats: the Health Points, a regular health for each character, and the "Life Points", ''[=SaGa=]''[='s=] unique health stat that decreases whenever a character with zero Health Point takes hit in a battle. While Health the Points are restored after each battle, the Life Points are not, and characters without [=LPs=] can no longer participate in battles (or worse, result in {{Permadeath}}). The ways to recover the Life Points vary between games (from sleeping somewhere to rare healing items), but they're almost always more limited than the Health Points and managing the [=LPs=] of your characters is a big factor in what makes the ''[=SaGa=]'' games difficult.

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* HitPoints: ''[=SaGa=]'' has a unique health system that comes with two separate stats: the Health Points, a regular health for each character, characters, and the "Life Points", ''[=SaGa=]''[='s=] unique health stat that decreases whenever a character character's Health Point reaches zero in a battle or takes hit with zero Health Point takes hit in a battle. Point. While the Health the Points are restored after each battle, the Life Points are not, and characters without [=LPs=] can no longer participate in battles (or worse, result in {{Permadeath}}). The ways to recover the Life Points vary between games (from sleeping somewhere to rare healing items), but they're almost always more limited than the Health Points and managing the [=LPs=] of your characters party is a big factor in what makes the ''[=SaGa=]'' games difficult.


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* ThematicSeries: Like ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'', each game is a standalone title that only shares similar gameplay systems, and sometimes those gameplay systems can change a lot, like ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' and ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend Makai Toshi SaGa]]'' (1989, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''The Final Fantasy Legend''. Has a 2002 UsefulNotes/WonderSwan Color remake.
* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII SaGa 2]]'' (1990, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''Final Fantasy Legend II''. Has a 2009 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Goddess of Destiny.''
* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII SaGa 3]]'' (1991, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''Final Fantasy Legend III''. Has a 2011 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Shadow or Light.''

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* ''[[VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend Makai ''VideoGame/TheFinalFantasyLegend'' / ''Makai Toshi SaGa]]'' [=SaGa=]'' (1989, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''The Final Fantasy Legend''. Has a 2002 UsefulNotes/WonderSwan Color remake.
* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII SaGa 2]]'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 2: Hihou Densetsu'' (1990, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''Final Fantasy Legend II''. Has a 2009 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Goddess of Destiny.''
* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII SaGa 3]]'' ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII'' / ''[=SaGa=] 3: Jikuu no Hasha'' (1991, UsefulNotes/GameBoy) -- Released in the U.S. as ''Final Fantasy Legend III''. Has a 2011 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, ''Shadow or Light.''




* HitPoints: Restored after each battle and includes another type, called '''Life Points''', which are more limited and require sleeping somewhere or healing items to regain them.
* InNameOnly: The first three games were titled ''The VideoGame/FinalFantasy Legend'' in North America, but are actually completely divorced from ''Final Fantasy'' in all aspects aside from sharing the same developer and using the stat progression system of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''.

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\n* HitPoints: Restored after each battle and includes another type, called '''Life Points''', which are more limited and require sleeping somewhere or healing items to regain them.
* InNameOnly:
DolledUpInstallment: The first three games on the Game Boy were titled ''The VideoGame/FinalFantasy ''Final Fantasy Legend'' in North America, but America. Aside from sharing the same developer, they are actually InNameOnly and completely divorced from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' in nearly all aspects. The closest thing ''[=SaGa=]'' has to ''Final Fantasy'' in all aspects aside from sharing the same developer and using the is that its stat progression system is an advanced form of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''.the one found in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''.
* HitPoints: ''[=SaGa=]'' has a unique health system that comes with two separate stats: the Health Points, a regular health for each character, and the "Life Points", ''[=SaGa=]''[='s=] unique health stat that decreases whenever a character with zero Health Point takes hit in a battle. While Health the Points are restored after each battle, the Life Points are not, and characters without [=LPs=] can no longer participate in battles (or worse, result in {{Permadeath}}). The ways to recover the Life Points vary between games (from sleeping somewhere to rare healing items), but they're almost always more limited than the Health Points and managing the [=LPs=] of your characters is a big factor in what makes the ''[=SaGa=]'' games difficult.



* RecycledSoundtrack: "Heartful Tears" (sometimes translated as "Wipe Your Tears Away") is a recurring song used in most of the earlier installments in the series and their remakes, either as a prelude or for particularly sad moment. Some versions: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrasWFZpLU Makai Toshi SaGa, GB version]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzkUCZB468&t=879s WSC remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqYTQjfvYo Makai Toshi SaGa 2]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYX5c1xld5M DS remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRwymQlPBk Romancing SaGa]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9xR0WwZjs Minstrel Song]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUD4EAGsKg&t=112s Romancing SaGa 2]]

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* RecycledSoundtrack: RecurringRiff: "Heartful Tears" (sometimes translated as "Wipe Your Tears Away") is a recurring song used in most of the earlier installments in the series and their remakes, either as a prelude or for particularly sad moment. Some versions: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrasWFZpLU Makai Toshi SaGa, GB version]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzkUCZB468&t=879s WSC remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqYTQjfvYo Makai Toshi SaGa 2]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYX5c1xld5M DS remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRwymQlPBk Romancing SaGa]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9xR0WwZjs Minstrel Song]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUD4EAGsKg&t=112s Romancing SaGa 2]]
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* RecycledSoundtrack: ''Heartful Tears'' (sometimes translated as ''Wipe away your tears'') is a recurring song used in most of the earlier installments in the series and their remakes, either as a prelude or for particularly sad moment. Some versions: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrasWFZpLU Makai Toshi SaGa, GB version]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzkUCZB468&t=879s WSC remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqYTQjfvYo Makai Toshi SaGa 2]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYX5c1xld5M DS remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRwymQlPBk Romancing SaGa]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9xR0WwZjs Minstrel Song]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUD4EAGsKg&t=112s Romancing SaGa 2]]

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* RecycledSoundtrack: ''Heartful Tears'' "Heartful Tears" (sometimes translated as ''Wipe away your tears'') "Wipe Your Tears Away") is a recurring song used in most of the earlier installments in the series and their remakes, either as a prelude or for particularly sad moment. Some versions: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIrasWFZpLU Makai Toshi SaGa, GB version]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPzkUCZB468&t=879s WSC remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqYTQjfvYo Makai Toshi SaGa 2]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYX5c1xld5M DS remake]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QRwymQlPBk Romancing SaGa]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY9xR0WwZjs Minstrel Song]]), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUD4EAGsKg&t=112s Romancing SaGa 2]]
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Strongly averted; monsters (including blatantly non-humanoid ones like slimes, tigers, and scorpions) are just another sentient race and you'll find almost as many of them hanging around town peacefully as you will humans and mutants[=/=]espers. They can even be party members.

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