The player pilots an airship through a large 3D overworld, exploring islands in the sky, encountering lost civilizations and visiting a variety of vastly different floating nations. Skies of Arcadia focuses on world exploration on a massive scale.
The trio is formed and the adventure begins. The Blue Rogues repel the attack and save the sole inhabitant of the fleeing ship, a girl named Fina, who we quickly learn is the seeker of the Moon Stones sent by the Silver Civilization.Īfter a brief and relentlessly optimistic discussion, it’s decided that Vyse and Aika will help Fina find all of the Moon Stones and rid Arcadia of the evil Valuan Empire. While raiding a Valuan Empire ship, The Blue Rogues, including Vyse and his best friend Aika, encounter a ship fleeing attack. The player assumes the role of Vyse, a young member of the Blue Rogues, a faction of beneficent air pirates whose aims are to redistribute wealth, protect the innocent, and resist the Valuan Empire. The Silver Civilization (who sealed the Gigas away after a nearly cataclysmic war thousands of years earlier) have sent a lone girl to find and retrieve the Moon Stones before the Valuan Empire does. The story concerns the world of Arcadia, where the tyrannical and militaristic Valuan Empire is searching for legendary artifacts called Moon Stones, which will allow the empire to control mythical machines of destruction known as Gigas. This infectiously happy tone combines with exceptional graphics, earnest characters, an engaging battle system, and a beautiful soundtrack to create one of the best and most memorable RPGs of its era. This element is one of the things which players most fondly recall of the game today. In contrast to the most popular RPGs of the day (Final Fantasy VII and FFVIII, for example), which featured overtly serious and occasionally dark themes, Skies of Arcadia featured a consciously lighthearted and optimistic tone. While it didn’t necessarily revolutionize the Japanese RPG or significantly alter the genre’s formula, it is significant for the many ways in which it refined and perfected many key elements of the traditional JRPG. Skies of Arcadia is often counted among the best Dreamcast games, and for good reason. Release Dates - Octo(Japan), Novem(North America), Ap(Europe)Īdditional Releases - Nintendo Gamecube (2002) Genre - Single-player RPG / JRPG with turn-based battle system
Alternate Titles - Eternal Arcadia (Japan)ĭeveloper - Overworks (formerly SEGA AM7)ĭirectors - Atsushi Seimiya Shuntaro TanakaĬomposers - Yutaka Minobe Tatsuyuki Maeda
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