
The incredible amount of customization can be addictive, but also daunting to those who are not into micromanaging their games. The player is able to customize a wanzer from its parts, auxiliary backpacks, weapons, and even paint schemes. One of the biggest draws is the customization aspect. Wanzers are modeled after the “real robot” mecha archetype, being a versatile war machine that is used alongside other military weapons. What makes it different, however, is its usage of mecha (called “wanderpanzer” or “wanzer,” German for “walking tank”) and how it affects game mechanics. Inspired by Intelligent Designs’ Fire Emblem series, Front Mission plays out in turn-based strategy, though several spin-offs have been created throughout its 15 year history. As a result, many outside of Japan will never be able to truly appreciate the series in its entirety. Only four installments have seen release in the West: Front Mission 1st, 3, 4 and Evolved.

This success however has not transferred overseas and it is partially due to Square USA’s poor handling of the series.

While not as popular as Square’s other flagships like Final Fantasy, the series has earned a very loyal audience that supports it unquestionably. Ever since then, the series has enjoyed the release of many other titles as well as a large stock of merchandise in Japan.

Created in 1993 by series visionary, Toshiro Tsuchida (the current head of PDD6), the series made its debut on the Super Famicom in 1995 with Front Mission. munitions plant, but right on the cusp of them discovering it they are ambushed by UCS forces plunging the entire island into open conflict.Front Mission is Square’s first true turn-based strategy role-playing game (RPG) series, and is currently handled by Square Enix Product Development Division 6 (PDD6). soldier Captain Royd Clive as he investigates the location of a mysterious U.C.S. Huffman Island in a particular place is a Hotbed for mech activity on one side there’s the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.).
