{"id":3190,"date":"2022-07-06T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/hands-on-live-a-live-gives-a-unique-16-bit-rpg-a-gorgeous-new-lease-of-life\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:44:44","slug":"hands-on-live-a-live-gives-a-unique-16-bit-rpg-a-gorgeous-new-lease-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/hands-on-live-a-live-gives-a-unique-16-bit-rpg-a-gorgeous-new-lease-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands On: ‘Live A Live’ Gives A Unique 16-Bit RPG A Gorgeous New Lease Of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re LIVE from the past, present, and future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any interest in Super Nintendo RPGs<\/a>, then you\u2019ve likely heard of Live A Live<\/a>. Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom in Japan, it came out during what many claim is Square Enix’s \u2014 then known as Square, or Squaresoft in the West \u2014 ‘Golden Era’, launching just under a year after Secret of Mana<\/a>, and barely six months after Final Fantasy VI<\/a>, two of the developer\u2019s most well-known games on the system. Oh, and just months later, something called Chrono Trigger<\/a> came out, too. Not a bad time for the RPG developer, then?<\/p>\n

Unlike the aforementioned trio, however, this game never saw an official release outside of Japan \u2013 until now. Live A Live<\/a> has been revived for the modern age with a glorious HD-2D lick of paint, the same retro-modern visual style made famous by Octopath Traveler<\/a> and used again in Triangle Strategy<\/a>. We\u2019ve had a chance to go hands-on with four of the game\u2019s chapters \u2013 three of which are playable in the recently released demo<\/a> \u2014 and we can confidently say that, even 28 years later, Live A Live still feels like one of the most unique RPG experiences we\u2019ve ever sat down with.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Hands On: ‘Live A Live’ Gives A Unique 16-Bit RPG A Gorgeous New Lease Of Life<\/p>\n

We’re LIVE from the past, present, and future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any interest in Super Nintendo RPGs<\/a>, then you\u2019ve likely heard of Live A Live<\/a>. Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom in Japan, it came out during what many claim is Square Enix’s \u2014 then known as Square, or Squaresoft in the West \u2014 ‘Golden Era’, launching just under a year after Secret of Mana<\/a>, and barely six months after Final Fantasy VI<\/a>, two of the developer\u2019s most well-known games on the system. Oh, and just months later, something called Chrono Trigger<\/a> came out, too. Not a bad time for the RPG developer, then?<\/p>\n

Unlike the aforementioned trio, however, this game never saw an official release outside of Japan \u2013 until now. Live A Live<\/a> has been revived for the modern age with a glorious HD-2D lick of paint, the same retro-modern visual style made famous by Octopath Traveler<\/a> and used again in Triangle Strategy<\/a>. We\u2019ve had a chance to go hands-on with four of the game\u2019s chapters \u2013 three of which are playable in the recently released demo<\/a> \u2014 and we can confidently say that, even 28 years later, Live A Live still feels like one of the most unique RPG experiences we\u2019ve ever sat down with.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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