Romancing SaGa

Romancing SaGa
Super Famicom box art
Developer(s)	Square Square Enix PDD 2 (PS2)
Publisher(s)	Square Square Enix (PS2)
Director(s)	Akitoshi Kawazu
Designer(s)	Akitoshi Kawazu Yoshinori Kitase (field map design)
Artist(s)	Tomomi Kobayashi (character design) Tetsuya Takahashi (field graphics)
Writer(s)	Akitoshi Kawazu
Composer(s)	Kenji Ito
Series	SaGa series
Platform(s)	Super Famicom WonderSwan Color PlayStation 2 Mobile phone, Virtual Console
Release date(s)	Super Famicom JP: January 28, 1992 WonderSwan Color JP: December 20, 2001 PlayStation 2 JP: April 21, 2005 NA: October 11, 2005 Mobile phones JP: March 5, 2009 (i-mode) JP: March 18, 2009 (SoftBank) JP: July 9, 2009 (EZweb) Wii Virtual Console JP: November 24, 2009 Wii U Virtual Console JP: December 18, 2013 PS2 Classics for PS3 JP: April 15, 2015 New 3DS VC JP: November 21, 2016
Genre(s)	Role-playing, open world
Mode(s)	Single-player

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	PS2: 63.1% (30 reviews)
Metacritic	PS2: 58 / 100 (23 reviews)
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	PS2: C+
Famitsu	SFC: 31 / 40 PS2: 32 / 40
Game Informer	PS2: 5 / 10
GamePro	PS2: 3 / 5
GameSpot	PS2: 6 / 10
IGN	PS2: 6.5 / 10
PSM	PS2: 5 / 10
Computer Games Magazine	PS2:
Dengeki PlayStation	PS2: 87.5 / 100
eToychest	PS2: 90 / 100
GameShark	PS2: B-
JIVE Magazine	PS2:
RPGamer	PS2: 3.5 / 5
RPGFan	PS2: 87%
Hyper PlayStation	PS2: 8.5 / 10

Romancing SaGa (ロマンシング サ・ガ, Romanshingu Sa・Ga^?) is a role-playing video game originally developed and published by Square as the fourth game of their SaGa series. The game was designed by Akitoshi Kawazu who had served as head developer for the previous SaGa titles, with fellow series veteran Kenji Ito providing the game's soundtrack. Set in the fictional world of Mardias, Romancing SaGa allows players to assume the role of one of eight main characters who must journey across the world to prevent the resurrection of an evil god named Saruin who was sealed away a millennium previous.

Initially made available in January 1992 for the Super Famicom, the game was later ported to the WonderSwan Color handheld system in December 2002, with both releases being exclusive to Japanese players. In April 2005, an enhanced remake of the title for the PlayStation 2 called Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (ロマンシング サガ -ミンストレルソング-, Romanshingu Sa Ga -Minsutoreru Songu-^?) was released in April 2005 in Japan, and in English for the first time in North America the following October simply under the title Romancing SaGa. In 2009, the original Super Famicom version was ported to mobile phones and the Wii Virtual Console service in Japan.