About Front Mission

Front Mission is a series of strategy RPGs set on a near future Earth, where factions conduct war and keep the peace with a type of large, versatile mobile suit commonly known as a wanzer (pronounced vahn-zeur).

As of this writing, ten Front Mission games have been released; those that have been officially released outside of Japan are listed in italics:

• Front Mission (SNES, 1995) - Later ported to the WonderSwan Color. Also released on the PlayStation as the enhanced port, Front Mission 1st; the Nintendo DS port of FM is based on this version.
• Front Mission: Gun Hazard (SNES, 1996) - This game is more action-oriented than the others in the series, and features a different style of play.
• Front Mission II (PS1, 1997)
• Front Mission Alternative (PS1, 1997)
• Front Mission 3 (PS1, 1999) - The first Front Mission to be released outside of Japan.
• Front Mission 4 (PS2, 2003)
• Front Mission 2089 and 2089-II (Mobile, 2005-2006) - A Nintendo DS port of one or both of these games, as "Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness", will be released sometime in the future.
• Front Mission Online (PS2 and Windows PC, 2005)
• Front Mission 5: Scars of the War (PS2, 2005)

There is also a Front Mission manga currently running in Square Enix's Young GanGan magazine titled "Front Mission Dog Life & Dog Style".

As of January 2008, a new Front Mission game is rumored to be in development for the XBox 360, but not much else is known.

For further information about the Front Mission games, check out the sites listed on the Links page.