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Front Mission 1st: Remake Releases in October, 2nd Game in 2023
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Nintendo announced the release dates for the remake of the Front Mission and Front Mission 2 tactical RPGs on Tuesday. Front Mission 1st: Remake, the remake of the first game, will launch on Switch this October, while Front Mission 2: Remake, the remake of the second game, will ship next year. MegaPixel Studio is also developing Front Mission 3: Remake, a remake of the third game.
Publisher Forever Entertainment is streaming a new trailer for Front Mission 2: Remake.
Square Enix's Front Mission games are primarily tactical RPGs set in a near-future Earth, and centering on geopolitical brushfire wars and colonial struggles fought with high-tech mecha called "wanzers." The first game's story centers on a colonial border conflict between a pan-American coalition, and an Asian-Oceanian alliance, revolving around a fictional island in the Pacific.
Square Enix (fromerly Square) released the first Front Mission game for the Super Famicom in 1995. Front Mission 2 released for the PlayStation in 1997.
Square Enix developed the Left Alive survival shooter game for the PlayStation 4 and PC, which shipped in 2019. The game is set in the Front Mission universe.