Front Mission 1st review at 1up.

"Why the Front Mission series has never found its audience outside of Japan (and even there it isn't exactly a bona fide hit) stands as one of videogaming's little mysteries. Taken on its face, turn-based tactical combat with mechs wrapped up with Square's flair for dramatic presentation certainly sounds like the makings of a winner. Yet neither Front Mission 3 on PlayStation nor Front Mission 4 on PS2 made much of a splash here, leading to the decision not to even bother bringing over Front Mission 5. Nintendo's DS, already proving a welcoming home to both classic and tactical games, presented a uniquely well-suited opportunity to reboot the series and give it another shot. So, over a decade after its 1995 debuted on the SNES, the original Front Mission finally arrives in North America."

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