Legaia 2: Duel Saga

Games: Legaia 2: Duel Saga

• Release Date: October 01, 2002
• Genre: Role-Playing
• Style: Third-Person 3D RPG
• Similar Games: Legend of Legaia (PlayStation), Final Fantasy X (PlayStation 2), Grandia II (PlayStation 2)

Game Description

Serving as a follow-up to the 1999 PlayStation RPG Legend of Legaia, Legaia 2: Duel Saga was nearly not released in the United States. Luckily for fans of the series, the title has come stateside nearly a year after its release in Japan. Maintaining the popular fighting system that set the original apart (menu-based combat is set aside for more action-orientated controls) keeps the familiarity of the series, but the scope of the environments and story has been expanded.

Players enter the world as Lang, a member of the local militia serving to protect the town, who leaves to track down a thief who stole the towns magical water source. Along the way he will make friends, enemies, and discover the meaning behind the mysterious solar eclipse that has put the world in eternal night. Fans of the original will enjoy this reintroduction and newcomers will likely be intrigued by the innovative combat system.

~ Jeremy Lee, All Game Guide

Roots & Influences

Legaia 2: Duel Saga is the sequel to the 1999 release Legend of Legaia. Making its debut on the PlayStation 2, this sequel introduces a new cast of characters, new plot, an all-new 3D graphics engine, and the same turn-based, combo filled battles at the original. It adds quite a few never before seen attacks and combinations to the mix. Legaia 2: Duel Saga resembles Xenogears in that both games feature pseudo-similar combat systems.

~ Matthew House, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: Prokion ; Director: Natsumi Arisawa ; Scenarios: Kazushige Inaba ; Main Planner: Kazushige Inaba ; Battle Planner: Nori ; Planner: Hideo Ichikawa, Masaaki Matsuura, Hiroshi Moriyama ; Mini-Game Planner: Masahiko Kikuchi, Koji Tsukuda ; Continuity: Hideo Ichikawa, Takuya Kuwazono ; Programming Director: Yoshihiro Yokota ; Programmer: Masahiko Kikuchi, Koji Tsukuda, Noriyuki Watanabe, Tomohiro Funami ; Graphics Director: Takuya Kuwazono ; Graphic Designer: Hiroo Kihara, Chisako Kinumura, Hideyuki Minemori, Tomokazu Kawamata, Yuko Kobayashi, Yuichiro Takao, Midori Yamanouchi ; Character Director: Natsumi Arisawa ; Character Designer: Kazuhiro Miyawaki, Takeshi Oyama, Takashi Sugiyama, Daisuke Iwamoto, Takahiro Fukuda, Mayumi Yabe ; Music: Yasunori Mitsuda, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Michiru Oshima, Procyon Studio ; Artist Coordination: Joji Asahi ; Sound Director: Kaori Oshima ; Sound Effects: Yasuaki Yabuta, Pentagon, Kaori Oshima, Masamichi Seki, Kentaro Nakagoshi, Yu Ogata, Masao Kimura, Junko Sano ; Casting Coordinator: Shinsaku Tanaka, Miho Kawagoe ; Voice Director: Yoji Shimizu ; Voice Recording Engineer: Takashi Okano ; Voice Editor: Yayoi Senda ; Authoring: Hitoshi Moriya, Shingo Masaki ; Package and Manual Coordination: Hironori Komiya, Takuya Izumi, Hiroe Suzuki ; Logo Design: Eiichi Abe ; Package and Manual Design: Kenji Adachi, Tsunami-3d, A Creative Experience London; Manual Writing: Hiromi Sekine ; Promotion: Kazuaki Komiya, Taku Nishijima ; Sales Promotion: Tetsuro Asakawa, Megumi Nagasawa ; Quality Assurance Manager: Hiroki Hiyoshi, Yuki Sato ; Quality Assurance: Tatsuo Shinozaki, Mitsugu Oyamauchi, Kosuke Shikada, Kodai Nogami, Seiko Wakai, Takayuki Takei, Asami Sekino, Mami Seki, Maki Kono, Mitsuo Yoshikawa, Kentaro Suzuki ; Guest Monster Design: Miyuki Suzumura ; Guest Monster Naming: Mahito Yamada, Akihiro Yoshida, Eri Yawata ; Assistant Producer: Eitaro Nagano ; Producer: Katsuhiko Kanazawa ; Executive Producer: Naoya Sugihara ; Supervisor: Akira Sato ; Localization Coordination: Yutaka Azuhata ; License Coordination: Masaaki Doi, Tsubasa Inaba; Company 2: Freeways Co. Ltd. ; Producer: Akio Katsuta ; Director: Kazutoyo Sawara ; Video Editor: Akihiko Koike ; Company 3: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.; Programmer: Takenori Shikimi; Company 4: Eidos Interactive Inc. ; Vice President of Product Operations: John Miller ; Producer: Clayton Palma ; Quality Assurance Manager: Brian King ; Assistant Quality Assurance Manager: Colby McCracken, Ryan Natale ; Lead Tester: Erik Kennedy ; Assistant Test Lead: Dan Franklin ; Quality Assurance Analyst: James Cabot, Stephen Cavoretto, Tim Johnson, Dane Caruthers, Jeffrey Lowe, Kip Ernst, Shawn Refoua ; Marketing Vice President: Paul Baldwin ; Marketing Director: Sean Amann ; Senior Product Manager: Kevin Gill ; Public Relations: Michelle Seebach, Kjell Vistad, Denny Chiu ; Company 5: Eidos Interactive UK ; Executive Producer: Ed Bainbridge ; Producer: Yota Wada ; Associate Producer: Luke Valentine ; Quality Assurance Manager: Chris Rowley ; Quality Assurance Assistant Manager: Ghulam Khan ; Quality Assurance Lead Technician: Linus Dominique ; Localization Manager: Emma Timms; Product Manager: Simon Wells ; Creative Services Manager: Matt Carter Johnson ; Technical Wizard: Lee Briggs ; MC Coordinator: Jason Walker ; Mastering Engineer: Phil Spencer

~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide