WayForward Is Reviving Its GBA Game 'Sigma Star Saga' For Modern Platforms

Fun stuff. Looking forward to giving it a try.

emulated this one on my flash cart. it's kinda janky, but in a charming way.
very clever little game ahead of it's time in many ways.

I loved the original on GBA, truly a classic must have GBA game. Interested and hopeful to see whether this is a remake or whether they will update the visuals. The single image on the video shows some promise of updating the graphics. I wont play a GBA game 240/160pixels on switch stretched over a 720p screen. I'd rather play my GBA, as that is what the game was designed for.

Great game.... unfortunately Wayforward has done a really crappy job handling their Switch ports lately.

I'm glad to have full confirmation that Namco held onto this IP. Not so glad in the knowledge that Limited Run is able to talk to Namco without getting laughed out if the room. I'm sure WayForward played a heavy interference in meetings in making sure didn't accidentally get a target painted on all of them by every Gundam loving Yakuza on the planet, but still the idea of the second worst part of Embracer Group being the one with all the connections makes me nervous. Seriously, not even Plaion could get in with Namco, and they distribute literally every Japanese produced game BESIDES Namco and Nintendo (and what PQube manages to get) in Europe.

Interesting, might get this. I also have the original complete in box. One of the very few games I have for GBA that is complete in box.

They call themselves WayForward, but they're certainly going backward for their ideas huh. This must be what Michael Jackson felt like when he invented Moonwalking.

@Zeebor15 "I'm sure WayForward played a heavy interference in meetings in making sure didn't accidentally get a target painted on all of them by every Gundam loving Yakuza on the planet, but still the idea of the second worst part of Embracer Group being the one with all the connections makes me nervous."

I don't know what this means.

I still have the original cart I picked up a few years back. I hope they improve upon it.

Huh, I never of this one to be honest. Looks like a game I can get into.

This was a fun game, but I think the overworld will feel pretty janky compared to modern games unless they change it up. The ship combat probably still holds up.

I loved this game! So happy they’re doing it.

This game is so old, the ship combat was referred to as scrolling shooter instead of cringe …shmup.

Just checked on the wayforward website. It is merely a rom running on limited run's emulator. No thanks, I am out. Why wait until 2025 when I can play that old rom now.

Erm... what the sigma?!

I remember this one, nice.

Man wayforward always have a great art for their games, this game looks good and the concept sounds unique (I never played the original gba game).

Although after watching the gameplay on youtube I think wayforward should tone down the encounter rate and make the protagonist sprite smaller.

I liked this game well enough, but it's so weird that I was just thinking of this game recently. Funny how that works. Now get me Scurge: Hive, while you are apparently plumbing the depths of my brain's pointless gba apocrypha.

Definitely will be getting this again even though I still had my original GBA copy.

@Lanmanna I need to write shorter sentences.

Wow this is a surprise. One of WayForward's deep cuts inspired by Guardian Legend, Sigma Star Saga what a treat! Hopefully you can run away from some of the random battles or something. Or perhaps something like Earthbound, where if it's a weaker encounter and you're so leveled up you just immediately win before the shoot'em-up stage really starts. Man that's the one thing this game really needs. And this is from someone who's used to random encounters in Final Fantasy IV - VII.

And the physical edition will be released by… Limited Run Games!

Can still find the original cart for $40-50 CAD locally so I'll pass on the LRG print.

Not sure how well it will have aged but one to watch, especially with any extra polish they might put on.

Easily one of their best and a GBA library highlight in general. It'll be neat to revisit it on Switch (the latter a seemingly safe bet even ahead of platform details), especially since my previous playthrough still had better endings left to pursue.

Damn, seems everything's getting a revival this generation.

I still have the original card. I got for about 20€ while fanc was getting rid of GBA games. Very cool game, I have played it a lot of times from start to finish.

I haven't heard of this game actually. It looks banging for the era. Are they doing a "remake" or just a straight port? We'll see eh. I would be okay with either as it's Wayforward.

Looks like an interesting combo. Surprising that this format hasn’t been done more often.

@jesse_dylan I'm glad I'm not the only one that HATES that term with a passion!

@Buizel Everything but the Virtual Boy and Sega 32X library. We still don't had a revival of VB Wario Land, Tempo, and Kolibri. Three of the best games ever made to never be on consoles.

I will definitely support this. I played through this about six years ago. It has a love triangle type thing. The story was surprisingly good, one of those questioning-motives-of-evil-and-sacrifice plots along with making a hard choice over which girl you like more.

It reminds me a bit of Blaster Master with traveling to planets and getting upgrades, with some schmup sections. It's a unique stew of a game, and I think a little ahead of its time. I'm glad that wayforward is unearthing so many of its hidden treasures.

I never pulled the trigger on the original. I'll be keeping an eye on this if it gets a physical release.