quote

The newest issue of Weekly Shounen JUMP revealed that Square Enix will release the newest addition to its popular mech series Front Mission in Japan on December 29th. Previously, Front Mission 5: Scars of the War was only listed for a December release in Japan. The game's protagonist is Fen Walter, a soldier serving in the USN military. Heroine Lin Wainright is a female officer yielding from the same institution as Fen and cares about him. Front Mission 5 will feature a lot of dramatic event scenes focusing not only on the war, but also about the relationship between Fen and Lin as wel as the soldiers' everyday life.

Front Mission 5: Scars of the War will be available in Japan on December 29th. No price has been announced at this point.

quote

Square Enix's Front Mission 5: Scars of the War, which recently had a Japanese release date announced, has now been confirmed, courtesy of GameSpot, for a North American release as well. The PlayStation 2 title joins Front Mission 3 and Front Mission 4 as the only games in the mecha strategy RPG series to cross the Pacific Ocean to North America.

Front Mission 5: Scars of the War tells the story of Walter Fenn, a pilot in the military of the United States of the New Continent (USN), a super-state consisting of most of the North and South American continents. The USN has often found itself in conflicts with the other nations of the Front Mission world, including the Republic of Zaftra, the OCU, and the European Commonwealth. These conflicts typically play out in giant-sized robots, called Wanzers, which are operated by human pilots. Walter has a scar across his face from a childhood incident, and his Commanding Officer is named Lin Wainwright.

The game will ship in Japan on December 22, with a North American release pegged at March 1 2006.