Arcadia is a world where continents float high above, and people travel by airships. Among the countries of this world, the most powerful one is the Empire of Valua. Guided by its greedy admirals, Valua strives to possess all the power in Arcadia. The boy Vyse and the girl Aika are members of the Blue Rogues - noble pirates who attack only Valuan war ships. During one of their confrontations with a battle ship, they encounter a girl named Fina, who is on an important mission whose secret she cannot tell yet. Involved in the conflict with the Empire of Valua, the trio of the heroes must explore the whole world of Arcadia in order to defeat the admirals.

"Skis of Arcadia" is a traditional Japanese RPG with turn-based combat and randomly appearing enemies. During battles, you can accumulate spirit points and then unleash powerful special attacks. Beside the usual party-based combat, there are also ship battles in the game, where you plan several turns ahead, using various kinds of ship weapons.

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Alternate Titles

"Project Ares" -- Early development name
"Eternal Arcadia" -- Japanese title
"エターナルアルカディア" -- Japanese Spelling

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Steampunk games

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Skies of Arcadia
	Skies of Arcadia for Sega Dreamcast	Dreamcast	$21.95
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User Reviews

A mediocre game with very few highlights	JazzOleg (53182)
Not only is it the best DC rpg but the best rpg in a while.	MasterMegid (715)
Beautifully rendered sky pirate RPG! Arrrrrrrrr matey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	lado (21)
The best RPG ever	Ben Burton (6)

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The Press Says

Gaming Age	Dec 06, 2000	A	100
Gaming Target	Dec 22, 2000	9.4 out of 10	94
IGN	Nov 14, 2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Defunct Games	Apr 24, 2005	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot	Oct 16, 2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Game Revolution	Nov 01, 2000	A-	91
Armchair Empire, The	2000	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2001	18 out of 20	90
HonestGamers	Jan 08, 2005	8 out of 10	80
Thunderbolt Games	Nov 04, 2004	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Skies of Arcadia was censored in its U.S. version. Some changes include Gilder's little smoking habit (he used to pop a cigarette into his mouth in some of his victory poses), making Loqua a juice instead of an alcoholic drink, changing Belleza's dancer disguise (it was semi-transparent in some of the more *AHEM*...conspicuous places...), and making Vigoro less of a filthy sex fiend in his passes to Aika (he was REALLY perverted in the Japanese version).

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Rogee

(518) on May 10, 2001.