The original Japan-only release of Front Mission for WonderSwan Color and Super Famicom. Numbered Front Mission Games (Main Series Games) Front Mission However, on May 31, 2008, Front Mission Online was permanently shut off. Gamers are required to register for Square Enix’s PlayOnline subscription. It is the sole non-canonical Front Mission entry.įront Mission Online only became available in Japan for PCs and PlayStation 2. However, a fan translation can be accessed through the web for interested gamers. Non-Numbered Front Mission Games (Spin-Off Games) Front Mission Alternativeįront Mission Alternative was released for the PlayStation and was exclusively available in Japan.įront Mission Evolved became available for PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.įront Mission Gun Hazard was released for Super Famicom and exclusively for Japan. Here is a classification of all Front Mission main series games for your reference: By definition, Non-Numbered Front Mission games include playouts as real-time action-based video games while Numbered Front Mission games feature playouts as turn-based strategy video games. Types of Front Mission Games © Photo by Square Enix Storeįront Mission games have two main types, namely, Non-Numbered and Numbered. Similar to how expanded universal material handled serial dramas, all media platforms worked together to publicize the entire storyline. Some of the media platforms included radios, films, and books. As Tsuchida wasn’t satisfied with introducing the video game through stories, he made an effort to ask different media platforms to publicize Front Mission. In 1994, he created Front Mission.Īlthough it took a year to formally release Front Mission on Super Famicom in 1995, Tsuchida and his team of writers started plotting out the game series slowly but surely by pieces. Heavily influenced by vintage games like Rashomon, Full Metal Jacket, and Ghost in the Shell, as well as the real world itself, Tsuchida made a more realistic approach to the future of the world. This led him to create G-Craft, the first company behind his most ambitious project – the Front Mission game series. Eventually, he started his own venture after resigning from his current company.
The beginning stages of his career started with Masaya, and he had produced well-known classics, such as Langrisser, and Assaults Suits Valken.
Toshiro Tsuchida is a visionary and the mastermind behind the development of the Front Mission series except for Front Mission Evolved.
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