anthologies, and a novelization by Hosai Tsuruoka with illustrations by Shirou Ohno. In North America, the game was localized and published by Atlus USA, who had previously handled Ogre Battle ports for the PlayStation. When translating it, the team decided to keep some of the more mature elements such as swearing, wanting to both stay true to the Japanese original and aim the title at an older audience than typical for the platform. Localization began on the game in December 1999. Compared to the Japanese original, the Western version added the ability to save to a Controller Pak. It was released in North America on October 5, 2000. The Western version shipped in limited quantities, a fact attributed to lack of manufactured chips in the game's cartridge which made it playable. It was later re-released for the Wii through the Virtual Console market place on March 24, 2010; this marked the title's debut in PAL regions. It later released through the Virtual Console for the Wii U on February 16, 2017. Reception The game was generally well received by critics. It received a 9.1 from GameSpot, an 8.8 from IGN and several reviews in that range from other sources, and was rated the 111th best game made on a Nintendo System in Nintendo Power's Top 200 Games list. Reviewing the Virtual Console re-release, IGN gave the game a 9.0, stating that it "was (and still is) lordly indeed". In Japan, Famitsu magazine scored the game a 33 out of 40. It won GameSpots annual "Best Strategy Game" award among console games, and was nominated in the "Best Game No One Played" category. The editors noted that its sales had "fallen prey to [the game's] console of origin, the N64". References External links 1999 video games Atlus games Nintendo 64 games Nintendo 64-only games Nintendo games Ogre Battle Quest Corporation games Real-time strategy video games Real-time tactics video games Single-player video games Square Enix games Tactical role-playing video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Hayato Matsuo Video games scored by Hitoshi Sakimoto Video games scored by Masaharu Iwata Video games with alternate endings Video games with pre-rendered 3D graphics Virtual Console games for Wii Virtual Console games for Wii U