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

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User Reviews

A mediocre game with very few highlights	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Not only is it the best DC rpg but the best rpg in a while.	MasterMegid (801)
Beautifully rendered sky pirate RPG! Arrrrrrrrr matey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	lado (24)
The best RPG ever	Ben Burton (6)

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The Press Says

Game Vortex	Dec 08, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Revolution	Nov 01, 2000	A-	91
Eurogamer	Jan 09, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2001	18 out of 20	90
GamersMark	Jul 04, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Game Critics	Feb 28, 2001	9 out of 10	90
SegaFan.com	May 10, 2003	8.9 out of 10	89
SegaFan.com	Mar 17, 2002	8.1 out of 10	81
Gamekult	Jan 16, 2001	8 out of 10	80
Thunderbolt Games	Nov 04, 2004	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Normally whenever you insert a Dreamcast game into the CD-ROM drive of your computer, you cannot access any of the data that is on it (this is because Dreamcast games are GD-ROMs). However, if you insert either Disc One or Disc Two of Skies Of Arcadia into your computer, you can save to your hard drive a cool looking wallpaper of Vyse, Aika and Fina!

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Rogee

(517) on May 10, 2001.