SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered Gets Physical… Finally

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to play a role-playing game where you spend more time staring at watercolours than actually saving the world, then good news—SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered is getting a physical release on the Nintendo Switch for Southeast Asia. Mark your calendars for 5 June, because that’s when Bandai Namco and Square Enix will be selling you nostalgia in its prettiest packaging yet.

Now, if the name rings a faint bell, that’s because SaGa Frontier 2 was originally released back in 1999—a year when flip phones were cutting-edge and the PlayStation still had to apologise for its load times. Fast forward to now, and the remaster brings the game into the 21st century with a veritable paint bucket of quality-of-life upgrades, HD visuals, and a UI that doesn’t look like it was programmed in Microsoft Excel.

At its core, the game is a poetic mess of intertwined destinies. You’ve got Gustave, a royal heir with major daddy issues and a flaming sword, and Wil, a wide-eyed archaeologist who somehow ends up neck-deep in a world-ending crisis. It’s part political drama, part fantasy epic, and all thoroughly confusing in the most JRPG way possible.

But here’s where things get genuinely exciting—even for the uninitiated:

• HD Visuals Worth Framing: The original’s gorgeous watercolour art style has been polished to a pristine shine. Character sprites are now clearer, crisper, and less pixelated blobs from a bygone era.
• UI That Actually Makes Sense: The menus and layout have been reworked so you can now spend more time playing and less time shouting “where’s the map?” into the void.
• New Lore for the Lore Lords: Akitoshi Kawazu, the mad genius behind the SaGa series, tapped writer Benny Matsuyama to expand the story. So, yes, there are now even more narrative rabbit holes to fall into.
• Gameplay Buffs: New Game+, stat inheritance, and post-game content have been added. Because apparently, finishing the story once just isn’t enough anymore.
• And for the West… A New Minigame: Remember Japan’s PocketStation? No? Doesn’t matter. Its exclusive excavation minigame is now included for Western audiences under the name Dig! Dig! Digger. It’s got shovels, treasures, and presumably zero context.

While the physical release is Switch-exclusive (for now), the remastered game is already digitally available everywhere else—PlayStation 4 and 5, PC (Steam Deck included), iOS, Android—you name it, it’s probably on it.

So whether you’re a long-time fan or just someone who thinks “Dig! Dig! Digger” sounds like an adult swim fever dream, this might be the prettiest trip down JRPG memory lane we’ll see this year.