16 Facts About Front Mission

1.

Front Mission is a collection of video games and related media produced by Square, now Square Enix.

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2.

Development of the first Front Mission started with discussions between software developers Square and G-Craft.

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3.

The numbered Front Mission titles are all structured as tactical role-playing games.

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4.

Front Mission: Gun Hazard is a side-scrolling shooter video game.

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5.

Front Mission: Online is a massively multiplayer online third-person shooter video game.

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6.

Front Mission Evolved is a third-person shooter video game with rail shooter segments.

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7.

Since 1995, the Front Mission series has released 15 video games, seven of which are main entries and the other five are spin-off entries.

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8.

Front Mission First spawned an enhanced port of the game on March 22,2007 for the Nintendo DS.

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9.

Front Mission 3 was the first entry to receive both a North American and European localization on March 22,2000 and August 11,2000 respectively.

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10.

Front Mission 4 became the second entry to undergo an English localization and was released in North America on June 15,2004.

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11.

Front Mission Evolved became the first spin-off entry to be localized in North America and Europe, making it the fourth and second titles respectively to reach those regions.

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12.

The soundtrack to Front Mission was released in 1995 by NTT Publishing, which published the soundtrack to Front Mission: Gun Hazard in 1996.

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13.

Front Mission called the soundtrack "a bunch of dizzying techno that doesn't suit the onscreen grandeur".

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14.

GameSpot gave generally positive feedback for Front Mission Online, describing how the game was successfully transforming the strategy game series into an action and combat based experience.

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15.

Front Mission commented that the missions were mainly "frustrating filler", and while the customization of the wanzer was enjoyable, it was often negated by missions "shoehorning you into annoying loadouts".

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16.

Since 1994, the Front Mission series has spawned numerous products in various media outside of video games.

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