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This game looks interesting, but I'm still not sure that I'd enjoy it. The extra wait for this game to reach Europe is starting to kill the enthusiasm I had for this game.

Make me want to play bravely second

"Fascinating art style?"

It looks EXACTLY like every other handheld RPG in recent memory. Bravely Default, the chibi Final Fantasy cash-grabs.. I mean.. remakes, Dragon Quest 9, ect, ect.

Seriously, all of these bland looking copycat games are getting really old and diluting the RPG market, now. It's like all of these games are just slapping together the exact same thing, with the same bland art style, similar characters, similar stories, and deathly afraid of doing something new, aside from some wonky and inconsequential gimmick trying to turn "turn-based" on it's ear, by slightly changing how a single archaic mechanic operates, in a way that most people won't even notice, and calling it new.

This looks horridly dull and a boring rehash of every other game out there. Might as well call this "Bravely Quest Remake 19" for all this looks to have going for it. Meh.

Also, I know RPG's tend to have stupid and rediundant titles, but "The Legend Of Legacy"??? REALLLY?

It literally is calling itself "Legend Of A Bunch Of Legends?", and taking itself seriously?? If this was some strange parody or deconstruction of how redundant, boring and pandering RPG's are these days, a title that mindblowingly stupid might actually be funny, but since this appears to be a serious game taking itself seriously, it's beyond goranworthy at best.

Why did they even bother to release this in the US?

Better question, why does this even exist at all? Ugh. RPG's either need to get creative for once, and try to do something new instead of pandering to desperate people who will buy the same thing over and over and over again, or just admit that jRPG's haven't been relevant since Chrono Trigger and FInal Fantasy 6, and just pack it in, already.

@inverse Nah, there are a lot of JRPGs that are relevant after Chrono and FF6, less known for sure, but still amazing. (I'm surprised you didn't mention Chrono Cross, FF7 and 8 (maybe even 9), Xenosaga, a lot of Tales of, etc).

My advice: skip this game. I love jRPGs, I love when they are challenging but the "challenge" in this is stupid, it's completely unbalanced and falls on the "cheap" category, you're grinding your ass off and get suddenly jumped by a mini-boss that wipes your party and ends the game, if you didn't save in a while by accident, you're screwed. Leveling up is tedious as the leveling up system is similar to the FF2 one, you know, you level up your weapons and skills by using them, your character doesn't level up. The story is non-existant after the first 10-15 minutes of the game, after which you'll just wander around aimlessly, get wiped by mini-bosses (they randomly appear on the map, I'm not saying the mini-boss fights on a dungeon or something are hard, they appear RANDOMLY) and get frustrated.

I liked Etrian Oddissey or SMT IV even when those were tough games, but they were fun, and SMT's story is interesting enough, this one isn't fun, at all.

I'm with MrSeitaro on this one, you can pretty much skip this. It's artstyle and gameplay are kinda uninspired, the lack of story pretty much destroys the experience though. If you want to play a good JRPG, there are plenty of far more inventive, fun and more memorable ones on the 3DS, DS, and Wii. Think Xenoblade, Last Story, Inazuma Eleven, Dragon Quest 9, Bravely Default, any MegaTen game, Etrian Odyssey, and of course a bunch of timeless classics on Virtual Console.

I was interested at first but the demo threw all that out the window. I like the concept and filling out maps but boy is the combat boring and progress is a huge grind. They would've been better off just copying Radiant Historia's combat because this system doesnt feel very strategic.

That's possibly the worst game title I've seen since Tales of Legendia. Rpgs have weird titles...Bravely Default...Final Fantasy, when the series seemingly never ends...Beyond The Beyond...Tactics ogre...

I am loving it so far. I picked mine up from GameStop yesterday with the art book and CD.

You guys at Nintendo Life must have a NA 3DS and import games from NA if you are doing a review.

I'm surprised by the negative reaction in the comments, and to be honest kinda scared. I've been waiting for this one, but I guess I'll wait for reviews just in case.

I wish people would stop comparing the game to Bravely Default. The art style asides from big chibi are nothing AlIke at all. This game has a popup style, not a the same hand drawn art style of Bravely Default. It not like Bravely Default was even much better than this game, it just that Bravely Default is basically the Golden Sun of this Era and only praised for being "good" because we live in a time where their is barely any regular old turn based JRPGs, esspecially on the 3DS. The same goes from the bland as hell story and repetitive gameplay.

This looks great, but PS4 has stepped up its game so much this quarter that i don't imagine i'll have the time to play it.

Still have to wait about 2 weeks for my copy. RPG Maker MV releases about the same time though, so it will probably take me even longer before I get to it.

To me this game is a lot like Etrian Odyssey, minus the character customizing. It also has it's own version of FOE's, as in enemies that won't chase you, and usually look like a shadow that you can easily avoid, but if you hit it, you get into a mid boss fight. What is nice though, is almost all fights allow you to run, which always works.

The problem with the game is it takes way too much grinding, and while some characters seem to jump in levels on certain things like hp, some don't. My Eloise is my weakest character because my hp level ups are few and far between where as my other two characters are a min of 30 hp, to a max of 80 hp difference compared to Eloise. She dies too fast on some fights before I can get a water shield out. The manual is also lackluster, as I don't really understand the point of getting 5 skills that all cost nothing to use. It doesn't mention if I have to level up some to get other skills, or any number of other things....or I didn't notice it, one or the other. And of course, as usual, the game has no physical manual.

So, I preordered this game on a whim. And I am loving it. I'm very confused about all the hate. It's an RPG! If you like RPG's, you'll like this. I love the graphics and the music. The battling feels like an RPG. Sure it's challenging, but the best RPG's are! I like grinding. I like the drawing of the map. So far, there is nothing I don't like about this game.

@LindsayPez I agree.

Personally I'm glad the story isn't so deep, as I don't appreciate Masato Kato's previous works.

Been reading about this game and I think its my next purchase after Sonic 2 3D, the Classic aproach and the difficult level seems great for me!! as I loved grinding in Phantasy Star IV & the artwork just seems great!! not sure if I'm getting it digital or retail as It seems it gonna be rare to find it in the near future

I tried the demo and could have got past the seriously lacking story and character development. My problem and the same most people are having is the cryptic leveling system that basically ruins this game. I so wanted to love it and even walked up to the counter to buy it before I came to my senses and dropped it. If they changed to a normal leveling system I'd be behind the game, but as is, it's just not fun with ff2 leveling mechanics.

I was a smidgen nervous on getting this one due to the sass people are giving, but what the hey, I got it anyway, and I really like it! I honestly am really confused as to why so many people are complaining about the battle and stats systems. I actually found the battle system to very comparable to Final Fantasy 13's (formations remind me of the Paradigm Shift system)