Famitsu 398

• The part of the upscaled version of page 115 that i thought was explaining the cloning system was actually talking about how CG models were made
• Koorong concept art + wireframe o/ screen w/ inn
  • Circular structure with multiple levels
  • Central hub thingy w/ Cygnus in the middle
• Chateau Aiguille entrance + coffin room
  • Painting on the wall, could be Count?
• Shingrow outdoor arena + hallway
  • Full renders
• Full view of beta Koorong screen w/ inn
• Pics of beta Junk
• Concept art of Lute's House
• Pics of the unknown cave area w/ more unseen screens (either Natural Cave or some part of Nelson)
• Multiple frames of Crimson Flare
• BRAND NEW ARENA
  • Forest-y area with leaf-like overhang (ca1) and dead trees as stage + background
  • Could be Swamp, Margmel
• Beta Riki's battle sprite facing backwards
• Stills of VermilionSand from trailer
• T260G casting CrimsonFlare and comboing into Emelia casting something in Magic Example arena
  • Probably VermilionSand
• 5 big renders of Blue poses
• Same combo setup but now in Shingrow
• Pic of Blue in Junk standing near a house
• Same combo setup but finishing and showing 13,574 damage
• Table explaining races
  • Bogy = Mystic
• Interview with Kawazu, Ishii, and Tsuda
  • Sevon says nothing much here, but Ishii did confirm that SaGa Frontier was originally a Mana game and that he didn't wanna talk about what it was
  • I'll translate this later
  • More screenshots in Koorong, Yorkland, and Junk sprinkled around + battle screenshots in Yorkland and Shingrow

Famitsu 419

• Beta Riki leaving Margmel
• New render of Beta Fuse in the party section
  • This part could be just explaining how the party system works, hence why Thyme is here. Could still mean he was recruitable, but who knows
• Blue in Swamp with no eyes and a wooden gate thingy at the cave entrance
• T260G being revived without Taco present
• Final Riki outside Sei's Tomb
  • Odds are Swamp used to be here, but that's purely speculation
• Emelia in Beta Despair/Warden's Area
• Red wandering around Crater
  • Could Junk have been open to everyone back then?
• Red entering the Scrap Pub through the entrance map
• Beta Lute next to T260G in final Scrap Pub
  • Rose is standing next to Lute for some reason. Were both Rose and Thyme recruitable at some point?
• Beta Riki to the right of final spot
• T260G in Junk rev2
  • No stairs leading outside to hub map
  • Final Combat Arena Bar shown
• Red in Taco's house with Rose and Thyme
• Blue in never-before-seen Shingrow Ruins screen
• Red in Yorkland
  • Before the sprite scaling was applied
• Beta Riki in Overt Academy
• T260G in empty Devin
• More renders of main and side characters
• Battle screenshots in Beta Despair, Crater, and Beta Shingrow
  • HideRune, LocomotionG, GiantSwing, Fist, Implosion, Paralyzer, SharpShot, T260's anti-gravity gun thing, Bit
  • Beta Triangle stat screen
    • Only the stats boxes showed up, camera stayed static w/ no overlays or sprite repositioning

Famitsu Bros. 1997 1

• Very large renders of characters that were in 419
• Beta Riki in T260G's death place
• Various battle screens we've already seen
• Elder's Room concept art zoomed in on Scrap portal
• Some neat custom art
  • Ded T260G, Silence being flustered and cute and the best character, Beta Fuse with a sword

Famitsu 443

• Beta Shuzer Base fight, Shuzer
  • Beta sprite positions, already seen in the demo
• Beta party menu in Cygnus, Roufas' room
  • Location set to Shuzer Base for some reason
  • Filled with characters, most likely debug and not people you could've recruited during the hijacking
  • Nakey pants Lute, so these screenshots are most likely from March 1997
• Red running around in Shingrow
  • Arena fights with Alkaiser + MaskCat, Shadow outside of battle
• Beta Giant sprite
  • Basically a skeleton with a metal hood and one big green eye