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Ogre Battle
TheOgre Battlelogo used inOgre Battle 64
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing,real-time strategy
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Creator(s)Yasumi Matsuno
Platform(s)EZweb,Game Boy Advance,iMode,Microsoft Windows,Neo Geo Pocket Color,Nintendo 64,Nintendo Switch,PlayStation,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,PlayStation Portable,Sega Saturn,Super NES
First releaseOgre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
March 12, 1993
Latest releaseTactics Ogre: Reborn
November 11, 2022

Ogre Battle[1]is a series of fivetactical role-playingandreal-time strategyvideo games developed byQuest Corporationand is currently owned bySquare EnixthroughSquare'sacquisition of Quest. There are five main games in the series, starting with the release ofOgre Battle: The March of the Black Queenin 1993.

Overview[edit]

The first video game in the series,Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen,was released in 1993 for theSuper Nintendo Entertainment Systemin Japan, and two years later in North America. The title was areal-time strategyrole playing game,set in amedieval fantasyworld.[2]The second game in the series,Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together,was released in 1995 in Japan. It was a turn-basedtactical role-playinggame making use ofisometric graphics,and the title is largely considered to be "exceptionally influential" to the genre.[3][4]Two subsequent games in theOgre Battleseries –Ogre Battle 64andOgre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia– follow the real-time strategy gameplay of the original title in the franchise, whileTactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodisfollows the turn-based tactical role-playing gameplay elements of the second game in the series.

The Knight of Lodis,released in 2001, is the last original release in the franchise. In 2010,Tactics Ogrewas remade for thePlayStation PortableasTactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune,but the characters, story and setting are identical to the 1995 release. The creator of the series,Yasumi Matsuno,directed the remake of the game. Matsuno was also responsible for another highly influential title,Final Fantasy Tactics,originally released in 1997. Though the title bears no relation to theOgre Battleseries,Final Fantasy Tacticsis considered by some critics to be a spiritual successor toTactics Ogre.[5]As of 2016, the franchise mostly remains active through re-releases of the first two games for the Nintendo'sVirtual Consoleservice in Japan, North America and Europe.

Both "Ogre Battle" and "The March of the Black Queen" were titles toQueensongs from their 1974 albumQueen II.In addition, "Let Us Cling Together" is the subtitle to their song "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"from 1976'sA Day at the Races.

Video games[edit]

Main series[edit]

Title Original release date

Japan

North America

PAL region

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen March 12, 1993 (SFC) May 1995 (SNES) July 3, 2009 (Wii VC)
Notes:
Tactics Ogre October 6, 1995 (SFC) May 1, 1998 (PS) February 25, 2011 (PSP)
Notes:
Ogre Battle 64 July 14, 1999 (N64) October 7, 2000 (N64) March 26, 2010 (Wii VC)
Notes:
  • Real-time strategygame.
  • Released onNintendo 64in 1999; this version was later released forWiiVirtual Console(2010) andWii UVirtual Console(2017).
  • Originally released in Japan under the titleOgre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber(オウガバトル64 パーソン・オブ・ロードリー・キャリバー,Ōga Batoru Rokujūyon: Pāson Obu Rōdorī Kyaribā).
  • The English subtitle translates to Japanese asShidōshataru Utsuwa o Motsu Mono( chỉ đạo giả たる khí を trì つ giả ).

Side stories[edit]

Title Original release date

Japan

North America

PAL region

Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia June 22, 2000 (NGPC) — —
Notes:
  • Real-time strategygame.
  • Side story originally titledPrince no Shō: Let us walk on together, so as not lose our way(プリンスの chương Let us walk on together, so as not lose our way).
  • Released onNeo Geo Pocket Colorin 2000.
  • Originally released in Japan under the titleLegend of Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia(Vân thuyết のオウガバトル ngoại vân ゼノビアの hoàng tử,Densetsu no Ōga Batoru Gaiden: Zenobia no Ōji).
  • Only game in the series not to be released outside of Japan.
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis June 21, 2001 (GBA) May 7, 2002 (GBA) —
Notes:
  • Tactical role-playinggame.
  • Side story originally titledOvis no Shō: Lodis no Kishi(オウィスの chương ローディスの kỵ sĩ ).
  • Released onGame Boy Advancein 2001.
  • Originally released in Japan under the titleTactics Ogre Gaiden(タクティクスオウガ ngoại vân,Takutikusu Ōga Gaiden).

Related software[edit]

A prerelease demo ofTactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Togetherwas made available in early October 1995 for theSuper Famicomadd-onSatellaview.It consists of a battle in a preset map where the player has full control over two opposing teams, similar to the training mode in the full version of game.[6]

In 1996, Bothtec Corporation released in Japan a CD-ROM containing a collection of images and artwork used inTactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.The package is titledTactics Ogre Complete Worksand also includes icons, wallpapers, databases and a screen saver. It is available forWindows 95andMac OS.[7][8]

Reception[edit]

Sales[edit]

The series has sold over 2 million copies worldwide,[9]placing it among thebest-selling Japanese role-playing game franchises.

Sales
Title Year Console Japan USA Total Ref.
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1993 SNES 400,000 400,000 [10]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 SFC 515,311 — 515,311 [11]
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - Limited Edition 1996 PS 59,817 47,655 107,472 [11][12]
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1996 SS 48,449 — 48,449 [11]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1996 SS 78,993 — 78,993 [13]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1997 PS 13,963 16,940 30,903 [11][12]
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber 1999 N64 200,770 76,529 277,299 [14][15][11]
Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia 2000 NGPC 14,283 — 14,283 [16]
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2001 GBA 282,838 100,390 383,228 [17][18][11]
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 2010 PSP 279,207 Unknown 279,207 [11]
Total sales: 2,135,145

Critical reception[edit]

Among critics, the series was acclaimed both in Japan and North America. According to thereview aggregatorGameRankings,the SNES release ofMarch of the Black Queenhas an average aggregate rating of 84%, while the PlayStation port ofLet Us Cling Togetherhas an average of 81%.[19][20]Ogre Battle 64has an average of 86% andThe Knight of Lodis84%.[21]In Japan, gaming magazineWeekly Famitsuscored the Super Famicom releases ofMarch of the Black QueenandLet Us Cling Together33/40 and 34/40, respectively.[22][23]The magazine also provided high scores forOgre Battle 64(33/40) andThe Knight of Lodis(34/40), whilePrince of Zenobiareceived a slightly lower score, 28/40.[24][25]The PSP remake ofLet Us Cling Togetheris the most critically acclaimed release in the series, with an average of 88% at GameRankings and a score of 36/40 from Weekly Famitsu.[26][27][28]

Critical reception from publications which reviewed five or more entries in the series
Release Publication score
Title Year Platform EGM Famitsu GameInformer GamePro GameSpot IGN
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen 1993 SNES 31.5/40[29] 33/40[30] 6.75/10[31] 15/20[32] – 9/10[33]
1996 PS 30/40[34] 32/40[35] 6.5/10[31] 16.5/20[36] 7.8/10[37] 6/10[38]
1996 SS – 28/40[39] – – – –
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 SNES – 34/40[40] – – – –
1996 SS – 30/40[41] – – – –
1997 PS 33/40[42] 31/40[43] 8/10[31] 4.5/5[44] 7.9/10[45] –
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber 1999 N64 25/30[46] 33/40[47] 9/10[31] 13/20[48] 9.1/10[49] 8.8/10[50]
Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia 2000 NGPC – 28/40[51] – – – –
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2001 GBA 24.5/30[52] 34/40[53] 8/10[31] 4.5/5[54] 9.1/10[55] 8.5/10[56]
Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fate 2010 PSP 7/10[57] 36/40[58] 9/10[31] 4.5/5[59] 9/10[60] 8.5/10[61]
Tactics Ogre: Reborn 2022 Microsoft Windows – – – – – –
2022 Nintendo Switch – – – – 8/10[62] –
2022 PlayStation 4 – – – – – –
2022 PlayStation 5 – – – – – –

See also[edit]

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