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Tony Barrett

Updated
2/9/2006

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Platform: PlayStation 2
Release: February, 2006
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer: Namco Bandai
Medium: (n/a)
Players: 1
Online: (n/a)
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Information Updated: 2/9/2006

Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that “MS Saga(TM): A New Dawn(TM)” for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system has gone gold. This riveting role-playing game introduces Tristan, the sixteen year old hero who swears revenge when mysterious black mobile suits raze his orphanage. With the help of his friends, Tristan must create the perfect mobile suit to stop an ambitious captain with plans of amassing a deadly mechanized army.

“MS Saga: A New Dawn” features an original storyline, characters and a world with dozens of mobile suits that can be customized with 60 optional parts, 200 interchangeable parts and weaponry for a unique RPG experience. These high-tech weapons can be specialized for ranged attacks or transformed into agile melee combat machines. It’s up to the gamer to determine the right balance for the beautifully-detailed characters designed by Akira Yasuda, best known for his work with the Street Fighter series.


MS Saga: A New Dawn for the PlayStation 2 is an epic role-playing title where mech aficionados and casual gamers alike can customize their very own mobile suits for the first time. Players can craft a long range full-armored assault mech or metamorphose an agile warrior for dangerous hand-to-hand combat.

The mobile suits featured include:

  • Gundam RX-78: mobile suit that is equipped with beam saber and shield
  • Gundam Kai: Gundam RX-78 outfitted with a gatling gun and shoulder cannon for ranged attacks
  • Hyaku Shiki: a gold mobile suit with a unique internal structure and mobility system
  • Hyaku Shiki Kai: the Hyaku Shiki with modified shoulder armor carrying an atomic bazooka
  • Zaku 01: the first successful mobile suit, typically green
  • Zaku 01 Kai: the Zaku 01 modified with fanciful armor


MS Saga: A New Dawn for the PlayStation 2 is scheduled to ship February 2006 and offers a never-before-seen world, an original storyline, and more than 300 enemies. The newly launched website www.MSSaga.com will feature the latest information about the story, characters, mechanized vehicles, and customization features that makes this a game that both casual and RPG fans will enjoy.

MS Saga: A New Dawn features an original storyline, characters and world with dozens of mobile suits that can be customized with 60 optional parts, 200 interchangeable pieces and weaponry for a unique RPG experience. These mechanized warriors can be specialized for ranged attacks or transformed into agile melee combat machines. It’s up to the gamer to determine the right balance for the beautifully detailed characters designed by Akira Yasuda, best known for his work with the Turn-A Gundam and Street Fighter series.



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