Front Mission | |
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Super Famicom cover art
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Developer(s) | G-Craft Square Enix (PS1) |
Publisher(s) |
Squaresoft Square Enix (PS1) |
Director(s) | Hideo Iwasaki |
Producer(s) |
Toshiro Tsuchida Shinji Hashimoto |
Artist(s) | Yoshitaka Amano |
Writer(s) | Toshiro Tsuchida |
Composer(s) |
Yoko Shimomura Noriko Matsueda |
Series | Front Mission |
Platform(s) | Super Famicom, PlayStation, WonderSwan Color, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Network |
Release date(s) |
Super Famicom
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Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | DS: 74.50% |
Metacritic | DS: 72% |
Review score | |
Publication | Score |
Famitsu | SNES: 31 out of 40 |
Front Mission (フロントミッション Furonto Misshon?) is a tactical role-playing game developed by G-Craft and published by Squaresoft, and was released in Japan on February 24, 1995 for the Super Famicom. Front Mission is the first main entry and the first entry overall in the Front Mission series.Front Mission is part of a serialized storyline that follows the stories of various characters and their struggles involving mecha known as wanzers. A direct port of the game was released for the WonderSwan Color in Japan on July 12, 2002.
An enhanced remake of the game developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd. was released for the PlayStation in Japan on October 23, 2003, titled Front Mission First (フロントミッション ザ・ファスト). This version of the game received an enhanced port that was released on the Nintendo DS in Japan on March 22, 2007. Only the Nintendo DS port, renamed as Front Mission, was released in North America on October 23, 2007. This release marked the third time that a Front Mission title was localized and published outside Japan.
Likewise, a complete fan-made English translation patch for the original Front Mission version was released on September 24, 2001 by the group Front Mission Translation Project.