On November 27, 1993 Enix published Gaia Gensōki (ガイア幻想紀 in Japan for the Super Famicom.
The game developed by Quintet would later be distributed by Nintendo in America, Europe and Australia either under the name Illusion of Gaia or Illusion of Time.
Being the game pushed by Nintendo in the west it is no surprise that it was quite popular in those regions, even more than the revered Secret of Mana.
This thread is dedicated to Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, he vanished as mysteriously as Quintet did in early 2000.
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Key members:
Moto Hagio is a manga artist known as a founding member of the shōjo genre.
She did character design for Illusion of Gaia and as you can see below it is very different (and very shōjo) from the arts american and eurpean players got in their manuals.
Mariko Ōhara is a science fiction novelist who was responsible for the story in Illusion of Gaia.
He is the man behind the excellent original soundtrack in Illusion of Gaia, of which you can listen a few samples below.
His most recent work was the soundtrack of Dokuro for Playstation Vita.
For Quintet fans he shouldn't need any description as the man co-founded with Masaya Hashimoto Quintet in the late '80 after they left Nihon Falcom.
He is responsible for the design/scenario of most Quintet games so if you feel strongly nostalgic towards some of their games Miyazaki is probably one of the main responsible for it.
Character design in the various manuals:
Japanese manual
American/European manual
French manual
Music
A few music samples from Illusion of Gaia soundtrack
Returned memory
Title theme
World map
Town theme
Sky garden
Shiwreck theme
Ending theme 1
Ending theme 2
Dark space
Boss battle
Illusion of Gaia World Map
Connection with the other Quintet RPG
Turbo the Dog is everywhere (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Robotrek, Terranigma)
Beta title screen
Gaia Gensoki / Illusion of Gaia / Illusion of Time
JP: 200,000
NA: 300,000
EU: 150,000
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Japanese TV commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOW3JXXhM1s
US Print Ad
Bonus
Rare Quintet english interview around 1997 when they were , with Game Arts, one of the most prestigious member of GD-Net:
Japanese interview
Some other JIFs:
Clan of the Grey Wolf's review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJmn1rhPook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3r59RgF-4g
Other GAF anniversary thread:
Metroid's 25th anniversary
Secret of Mana's 20th anniversary
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