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1995-09-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "October 1995" | "Special Report" 2 pages. The Game is listed as ?% complete, with undecided price and is to released within the year, while the first subheading claims it will release in Winter (it released in Spring). The body first discusses the game's Simulation RPG genre and gives a rough sense of the world and gameplay. Spread across the bottom of the 2 pages are biographies and artwork for all 8 country representatives. The second page covers the 200 characters used in battles, as well as gameplay on the map, on the battlefield and in the castle. | ||||||||||||||
1995-09-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 October" | "New Space" 4 pages. The Game is listed as releasing by the end of 1995, having an undecided price, and being ?% complete. It mentions that, previously, only one screenshot of the game had been available. The first two pages are encircled by artwork and short biographies of all 8 country representatives. While the beginning of the body makes note of the 200 characters during battle scenes, but pivots to focus on the characters which act as a player's alter ego. The 100 vs 100 characters more in focus on the third page, which also covers other gameplay elements such as the special moves. The fourth page does the same for real-time map gameplay and castle gameplay. Boxed off is the story of Highland king Wein. | ||||||||||||||
1995-10-07 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "November 1995" | "Coming Soon Soft" 7 pages. Reported as 40% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1995-10-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "November 1995" | Reported as 60% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1995-10-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 November" | "New Space" 4 pages. Same competition percentage, price and release date as previous issue. | ||||||||||||||
1995-11-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "December 1995" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. Reported as 60% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1995-11-24 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1995-13 (1995-12-08)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. Reported as 65% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1995-11-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 December" | "Kitai no Shinsaku Totsugeki Special" pages. Same competition percentage and price as previous issue, but release date has been changed to 1996. | ||||||||||||||
1995-12-08 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 12-22" | "Character Making Contest" 3 pages | ||||||||||||||
1995-12-22 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 1-2" | "Kitai no Shinsaku Totsugeki Special" 2 pages. The Game is listed as 75% complete (as of December 11). | ||||||||||||||
1995-12-22 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-01 (1996-01-12,26)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. Reported as 75% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-01-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. Reported as 80% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-01-19 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 3" | "Kitai no Shinsaku Totsugeki Special" The Game is listed as ?% complete (as of January 8), with a release date of March. | ||||||||||||||
1996-02-02 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 4" | "Continue to Report" The Game is listed as ?% complete (as of January 23), with a release date of March 22. | ||||||||||||||
1996-02-09 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 3 pages. Reported as 82% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-02-16 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 5" | "Special Report" 8 pages. The Game is listed as 65% complete (as of February 5). | ||||||||||||||
1996-02-23 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-04 (1996-03-08)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 2 pages. Reported as 84% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-03-01 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 6" | "Special Report" 3 pages. The Game is listed as 70% complete (as of February 19) | ||||||||||||||
1996-03-08 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-05 (1996-03-22)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 6 pages. Reported as 85% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-03-15 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 7" | "Special Report" 5 pages. The Game is listed as 100% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-03-22 | Famitsu (JP), "1996-04-05" | "Cross review"
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1996-03-22 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" | "Coming Soon Soft" 7 pages. Reported as 90% complete. | ||||||||||||||
1996-03-22 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" | "Sega Saturn soft review"
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1996-03-29 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 8" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 5 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-04-12 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 9" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 9 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-04-12 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-07 (1996-04-26)" | "Sega Saturn Soft Complete Guide" Walkthrough, 4 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-04-26 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 10-11" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 6 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-04-26 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1996-08 (1996-05-10,24)" | "Sega Saturn Soft Complete Guide" Walkthrough, 4 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-0x-xx | Consoles + (FR), "Mai 1996" |
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1996-05-24 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 12" | "Ranking Street" Game Seisekihyou
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1996-05-24 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 12" | "10 Dai Kouryaku Carnival" Walkthrough, 4 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-06-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 13" | "Kouryaku" Walkthrough, 2 pages | ||||||||||||||
1996-06-07 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 13" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | ||||||||||||||
1996-07-05 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 15" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | ||||||||||||||
1996-07-05 | Saturn Fan (JP), "1996 No. 15" | "Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks | ||||||||||||||
1996-xx-xx | GameFan (US), "Volume 4, Issue 6: June 1996" |
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1996-0x-xx | Joypad (FR), "Juillet/Août 1996" |
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1996-xx-xx | Freak (IL), "12/96" | |||||||||||||||
1996-xx-xx | Strana Igr (RU), "Oktyabr 1996" | |||||||||||||||
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1996-xx-xx | Intelligent Gamer (US), "January 1997" |
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199x-xx-xx | Electronic Gaming Monthly (US), "January 1997" | "Review Crew" Game of the Month
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199x-xx-xx | Game Informer (US), "January 1997" |
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1997-01-22 | Video Games (DE), "2/97" |
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1997-01-28 | Ultra Game Players (US), "February 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | GamePro (US), "February 1997" | "Role-Player's Realm" Mislabeled as a PlayStation game.
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1997-0x-xx | Consoles + (FR), "Février 1997" |
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1997-02-12 | Fun Generation (DE), "03/97" |
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1997-02-12 | MAN!AC (DE), "03/97" |
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1997-02-12 | Sega Power (UK), "March 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Ação Games (BR), "Março 1997" |
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1997-0x-xx | Super Power (FI), "3 1997" |
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1997-03-05 | Mega Fun (DE), "04/97" |
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1997-03-11 | Next Generation (US), "April 1997" |
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1997-03-21 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "1997-10 (1997-04-04)" | "New Release Title" Satakore Version. | ||||||||||||||
1997-xx-xx | Hacker (HR), "04/1997" | |||||||||||||||
1997-xx-xx | Strana Igr (RU), "Aprel 1997" |
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1997-04-09 | Sega Magazin (DE), "Mai 1997" |
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1997-05-02 | Edge (UK), "May 1997" |
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1997-06-25 | Saturn Power (UK), "August 1997" |
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1997-07-09 | MAN!AC (DE), "08/97" |
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1997-07-09 | Sega Magazin (DE), "August 1997" |
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1997-07-11 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "August 1997" | |||||||||||||||
1997-07-16 | Sega Saturn Magazine (UK), "August 1997" |
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1997-08-13 | Computer & Video Games (UK), "September 1997" |
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1997-09-19 | neXt Level (DE), "Oktober 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Consoles + (FR), "Octobre 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Hyper (AU), "October 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Joypad (FR), "Octobre 1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL), "10/1997" |
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1997-xx-xx | Gry Komputerowe (PL), "11/1997" |
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1997-1x-xx | Mega Force (FR), "Novembre/Décembre 1997" |
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2000-03 | Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "Readers rating final data" | "Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) readers final rating"
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2001-xx-xx | Strana Igr (RU), "Yanvar 2001 1/2" | "Top 100" No. 39/100 |
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