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[Gamer79]

This is far and away my favorite jrpg of all time. If you are into the genre and have not played this, you are doing yourself a great injustice. Great story, fantastic characters, epic bosses, and air pirates!


https://www.escapistmagazine.com/skies-of-arcadia-remaster-sega-in-works/

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Not confirmed but doesn't need a remake just a remaster.

The REAL One Piece.

 

[Fools idol]

nice! I haven't played it since the year it came out (1999?) fuck time flies.

 

[AlteredForms]

There were rumours about this on the grapevine and it's not surprising to hear since there's been several JRPG remasters. Chrono Cross, Tactics Ogre: Reborn, Suikoden I & II and the Final Fantasy releases.

 

[BennyBlanco]

This game rules. I wonder how it holds up.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I'd buy in a millisecond.

 

[RoboFu]

Cool but … language children.. language

 

[jshackles]

Don't hold that nut in for so long OP, even if it's in the works it might not come out for several years.

 

[Saber]

Interested, the game has its charms.
But can't say its a great game either, it has its flaws.

 

[GHG]

Don't hold that nut in for so long OP, even if it's in the works it might not come out for several years.

Several years of edging huh?

 

[Celcius]

It's not the greatest game of all time but I had fun with it back in the day on GameCube.
I'd be down for another playthrough.

 

[Skifi28]

Never played this. What really makes me avoid these old jrpgs, other than not having a port that works on modern platforms, is the endless text with no spoken dialogue. If they make a remake/remaster, I hope they can do voice-overs for most of it.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Never played it but heard good things

 

[Palabragrís]

I NEED this.
Please, Gaming Gods, let this be true

 

[Mr Hyde]

Day 1. Hopefully they adjust the random encounters because they were a bit annoying. Everything else is peachy. I hope Sega dedicates the game to Rieko Kodama.

 

[Captain Toad]

I tried playing this for the first time last year. I love JRPGs, but this game is terrible.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Congrats on the nut.

 

[Mossybrew]

Turn based jrpgs make my peepee soft, so I'm unable to share OP's nut, but I remember this being a rather popular game back in the day for those into that kind of sick filth.

 

[Quasicat]

Finally! I have been playing this in Series X and love the 4K texture pack, but the widescreen is a little messy.

 

[fart town usa]

I had this on DC and would love to play it again. I don't remember much of anything about it.

 

[STARSBarry]

No fucking way...

Please god don't be some simple AI upscaling, try with this one...

I still have my physical copy of the Eternal Arcadia at my parents house.

And legends for my Cube.

This is my third favorite RPG of all time only after Ar Tonelico 2 and Phantasy Star Online.

Please be good.

 

[Wildebeest]

Shame that Rieko Kodama has passed.

If so, what they need to do is not mess up the soundtrack and make it so the encounter rate isn't such a chore.

 

[TexMex]

Would love for this to be true, but anything that starts with "according to an insider" gives me zero faith.

 

[Fbh]

Interested, the game has its charms.
But can't say its a great game either, it has its flaws.

Yeah, it's fun but this one of those games I think would benefit more from a remake than just a basic upressed port.

 

[Brigandier]

I tried playing this for the first time last year. I love JRPGs, but this game is terrible.

Damn I don't like you anymore.....

 

[Doom85]

Be absolutely hyped if this was true. I loved the game on my Gamecube, though the experience was slightly ruined by occasional crashes (and this is why being able to save anywhere in modern JRPGs is a GOOD thing, nothing like losing an hour or so not to death but the game crashing), my disc had a few scratches so not sure if that was the issue or if the game itself was the problem. But I'm totally down for being able to play it again (my GC died ages ago) and hopefully with no crashes this time.

 

[JC 1080P CRT]

Great news but I think only half of that information was necessary.

 

[Varteras]

This is far and away my favorite jrpg of all time. If you are into the genre and have not played this, you are doing yourself a great injustice. Great story, fantastic characters, epic bosses, and air pirates!


https://www.escapistmagazine.com/skies-of-arcadia-remaster-sega-in-works/

FUCK YES!

EDIT: Oh Christ. It's Shpeshul Nick. Dude never gets anything right. Hype deflated

 

[StereoVsn]

Awesome. This is one of my favorite JRPG front what gen and it says a lot considering PS2 output.

Hopefully they will use GameCube version as the base but fix some of the graphical glitches. And let us control the damn encounter rate!

Anyways, can't wait.

 

[Saber]

Yeah, it's fun but this one of those games I think would benefit more from a remake than just a basic upressed port.

Yeah I agree. I'm totally looking foward to it though.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Doesn't hold up as well as you're hoping it does. The story is as generic and overdone as they come and there's not much to the combat or dungeon design. All it has is a compelling, colorful world, a good soundtrack and a goofy upbeat tone.

 

[Varteras]

Doesn't hold up as well as you're hoping it does. The story is as generic and overdone as they come and there's not much to the combat or dungeon design. All it has is a compelling, colorful world, a good soundtrack and a goofy upbeat tone.

 

[SmokedMeat]

My favorite Dreamcast game!

 

[Shifty1897]

I'll nut with OP if true. I've been praying for a remaster since 2009.

 

[Vyse]

I'm in!

 

[diffusionx]

With this, Dolphin on Steam, the potential FZero remaster, MPR, RE4, and Baten Kaitos, Cubechads just can't stop winning

 

[Companion Cube]

I'll nut with OP if true. I've been praying for a remaster since 2009.

 

[cash_longfellow]

I will pay $99.99 American dollar for this…no less, no more.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Excited since i missed this back in the day.

Still sour this is getting a remaster and not shining force 123

 

[Gamer79]

Doesn't hold up as well as you're hoping it does. The story is as generic and overdone as they come and there's not much to the combat or dungeon design. All it has is a compelling, colorful world, a good soundtrack and a goofy upbeat tone.

Disagree. I played though it again when I was laid off for 2 months during covid lockdowns. It holds up!

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

That would be awesome. Of course, they'd need to qol a few things, like streamline the battle system and speed it up a bit.

 

[Varteras]

I will pay $99.99 American dollar for this…no less.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Moons give me strength if true!

 

[MOTM]

Finally! I have been playing this in Series X and love the 4K texture pack, but the widescreen is a little messy.

Emulator?

 

[cireza]

A random guy said this and people think it is a thing ?

 

[Quasicat]

Emulator?

Yep. Dolphin in Dev mode. I've even gone in and learned how to use a hex editor to make my files widescreen. It works well with most, but Skies of Arcadia stretches weird and things clip really bad. Paper Mario:TYD is the same way. They still look amazing in the original 4:3 ratio, so I mainly use that.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

A random guy said this and people think it is a thing ?

There are entire religions that started out that way so it's not strange.

 

[StueyDuck]

Lol the source is speshal nick

 

[DragoonWalker]

Pretty dry spell we're in, when a rumor from an unreliable source that a mere remaster of a 20+ yr old game (not even a remake, not a sequel, not a reimagining, which means it's gonna be dated in multiple aspects) is causing any amount of excitement. Desolate times. I love Skies of Arcadia, but this needs a proper new game of sorts, not some cash grab.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Fixed that for you.

But I want to pay exactly $99.99 for it