{"id":46611,"date":"2025-04-02T17:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46611"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:04:53","slug":"square-enixs-saga-series-wont-be-getting-new-releases-for-some-time-according-to-creator-akitoshi-kawazu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/square-enixs-saga-series-wont-be-getting-new-releases-for-some-time-according-to-creator-akitoshi-kawazu\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix\u2019s SaGa series won\u2019t be getting new releases for some time, according to creator Akitoshi Kawazu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following a strong 2024 and early 2025 for Square Enix\u2019s <strong>SaGa<\/strong> franchise, series <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romancing-saga-2s-original-creator-feared-only-one-thing-about-the-remake-a-shift-to-the-action-genre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">creator and director Akitoshi Kawazu<\/a> announced that the next game won\u2019t be coming out anytime soon. As the SaGa team works on a new entry, he hopes fans will continue to support them as they have for the past 25 years:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">2024\u5e74\u5ea6\u306f\u65b0\u4f5c\u3001\u30ea\u30e1\u30a4\u30af\u3001\u30ea\u30de\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30683\u4f5c\u54c1\u3092\u6295\u5165\u3059\u308b\u4e8b\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u6b21\u306f\u5c11\u3057\u9593\u304c\u7a7a\u3044\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3046\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u307e\u305f\u4e00\u6b69\u5148\u3078\u3068\u9032\u3093\u3067\u884c\u304d\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u4eca\u5f8c\u3082\u30b5\u30ac\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u3092\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTbBt0ubhG\">https:\/\/t.co\/uTbBt0ubhG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NJ1joMiXxG\">https:\/\/t.co\/NJ1joMiXxG<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5rEHjNu1G\">https:\/\/t.co\/d5rEHjNu1G<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6cb3\u6d25\u79cb\u654f (@SaGa30kawazu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaGa30kawazu\/status\/1906717382766375391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>\u201cIn the fiscal year 2024, we were able to launch three projects: a new title, a remake, and a remaster. It will be a while until the next one, but we would like to take another step forward. We hope you will continue to support the Saga series.<\/em>&#8220;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The three titles Kawazu is referring to are SaGa: Emerald Beyond, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven, and SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. While SaGa: Emerald Beyond received middling reviews (the PlayStation 5 version currently holds a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/saga-emerald-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metascore of 76<\/a> on the review aggregate site Metacritic), <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/saga-emerald-beyonds-dev-removed-healing-from-the-game-to-avoid-wasting-players-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fans lauded the game for its combat<\/a>. Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven and SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered fared better, with the former netting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/romancing-saga-2-revenge-of-the-seven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">82 Metascore<\/a> for its Nintendo Switch and PC versions and the latter a \u201cVery Positive\u201d rating on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2452080\/SaGa_Frontier_2_Remastered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1352\" height=\"760\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1352px) 100vw, 1352px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46611-001.jpg\" alt=\"Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven\" class=\"wp-image-46614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46611-001.jpg 1352w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46611-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46611-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The SaGa franchise has a dedicated fanbase consisting of veterans and newcomers alike, all of whom Kawazu is hoping will be patient while the developers work on \u201cthe next step forward\u201d for the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With three releases behind it in fiscal year 2024, the SaGa series won&#8217;t have new announcements for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":46613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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