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The Final Fantasy Legend (1989)

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In honor of the 25th anniversary of the SaGa series, I decided to record a piano cover. The main theme of the game would certainly have been a better choice, but I was low on time and "Wipe Your Tears Away" is easier to play. (-_-;) After half a dozen takes--and half a dozen software crashes during editing--here is the result.

I admit I'm not especially familiar with all the SaGa games, but I do enjoy their soundtracks, and they're on my list of games to play. "Wipe Your Tears Away" (alternatively translated as "Dry Your Tears," and sometimes called "Heartful Tears" for who knows what reason) is a recurring theme throughout the series, and it was originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu (not Kenji Ito).

"Makai Toushi Sa·Ga" (roughly "Spirit World Tower Warriors SaGa") was released on the Game Boy in Japan on December 15th, 1989. Developed by Square under the direction of Akitoshi Kawazu, it is the first in a series of video games which is (in)famous for its open worlds, nonlinearity, complex systems, and avoidance or subversion of common JRPG conventions (more so in the later games than the earlier ones). The first game's soundtrack was composed by Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy fame. The game was retitled "The Final Fantasy Legend" for its release in the West to capitalize on the Final Fantasy series's success, though the SaGa series has no relation to Final Fantasy otherwise (unlike the Seiken Densetsu/Mana series, which did start out as a Final Fantasy spinoff).

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