DS #2330: Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness (Japan)

[gov78]

ahhh yesh good old front mission i love upgrading the mech into unstoppable beasts gunna pic this one up 2 day

 

[ugly_rose]

i really try to like the front mission games but its too much of a struggle i dunno why.

You cannot force love.

I think the game look super. So if it comes in English I'll try it. Thanks for the report GBAtemp.

 

[phazer]

Can't wait for the US release of this one, it looks good.

me too

 

[Bob Evil]

Can't wait for the US release of this one, it looks good.

me too

No US version is currently planned ...

 

[lookout]

I played the playstation version Front Mission 1/2 and III ~ long ago.. that game was long and boring long talkings...

The only things i like about Front Mission you can steal robot and custom ..

 

[0xyG3N]

Looks very bad

 

[Hadrian]

This isn't a port right? Not that I'm clued up on all things Front Mission. I only started with 3 that I randomly bought on the Play Station. And before I even finish writing this post I find my own answer. Its a port of a cell phone game which has also had a sequal made too. Ohhh

Not exactly, it features the same plot as the mobile game but they've changed a lot of stuff in it.

 

[Doomsday Forte]

Huh, looks mostly the same in terms of mechs and all to the earlier DS release. Portraits look a lot better, and it appears we have cutscene stuff too so that's nice.

If it's the worst in the series, I could understand (given it was a mobile phone game and all to start with) but this is also with me saying that I've only played the first Front Mission (SNES and DS versions). I want to say the FM series isn't a really big seller here, so even new titles eventually go on the side of being rare.

 

[Emu]

This game looks to be pretty sweet. Anyone know of somewhat of even a remote, release date for us in the US?

 

[Overwhelming]

This game looks to be pretty sweet. Anyone know of somewhat of even a remote, release date for us in the US?

 

[Doggy124]

Didn't the first one come to the U.S. and sucked?

Thinking of Mech Assault?

The first DS Front Mission was a port of the SNES game, and I found it to be pretty decent.

No I meant the Front mission. It was to old school. I don't get along very well with remakes, unless they made everything more modern.

Never like the first one too.

I more prefer advance war

 

[sio]

I completed the first Front Mission 1 DS (Japan) and loved it.

This one looks pretty much the same but with better graphics.

 

[anime_junkie]

I hope Square localizes this. They did release FMDS, but then again, they never released FM5...

Well, nothing to do but hope.

 

[deathfisaro]

Front Mission SNES ver only featured OCU side of the story.
Front Mission PSX ver was port of SNES version with added UCS side.

Front Mission DS was a port of PSX version with playable wanchers.

This game seems to re-use the engine they used on FMDS, but it won't stop me from loving the game

 

[BORTZ]

A friend of mine told me that this game is the worst in the series. Hope he is wrong.

Me too. I love huge robots. I love tactics. I love customization. So i love front mission.

Neways, i finished the OCU side of FM1st and am working on the UCS. I really like the story, but then again it doesn't take much of a story to impress me.

 

[deathfisaro]

I don't really like the interface, especially the setup screen.
The game doesn't need to keep beeping to let me know that the shop doesn't sell backpacks, I freaking know that. No need to beep dozen times.
The price is not indicated on the list; you need to actually select the equipment to see its price.

There's no "wow the game is so much more improved" instead "the game's changed a bit, and towards negative direction"

Also code names like "Champ" Odd Eye" and buncha weather conditions are so uninspiring.
"This character won a championship so his code name is Champ"
"She has odd eyes so her code name is Odd Eye"
Come on.

 

[minger]

I can't wait for the english one...I loved FM1 and havn't played a game as engaging in a while.

 

[SubLoverD]

Any news on this?

 

[FAST6191]

Any news on this?

I am not aware of any translations in progress, nor any finished. Similarly I don't recall anybody taking a proper look at this game ( https://gbatemp.net/threads/front-mission-2089-translation-help.169855/ having not a lot other than a lot of .bin files which means things might not be trivial but they rarely are anyway) to see what translating it might entail (being a mobile phone port it can go either way).
The first DS game was officially translated to English. If we are doing ROM numbers then somewhere in the 1500 range.

Some of the PS2 and SNES stuff got fan translations, though quality for some is suspect.
https://opticalgarbage.com/frontmission/wiki/index.php/Main/Downloads
http://www.romhacking.net/?page=tra...rder=&dir=&title=front&author=&transsearch=Go
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=14840.msg293422#msg293422

Menu guide
https://www.alteredgamer.com/strategy/94173-front-mission-2089-border-of-madness-guide/