This can easily get players stuck if they came in unprepared. What makes the Asellus scenario more difficult than the other routes is that the story is later developed by semi-random boss meetings, sometimes in places where you least expect it.
This should let you carry her for a good portion from the beginning of the game. To make things easier, you can buy a very powerful sword at the beginning of the game at the expense of Asellus’ Life Points. It’s also a bit unclear what you need to do to develop her story going forward, and requires talking to certain NPCs almost like an old school adventure game. Asellus starts the game relatively weak and threw in the middle of the blink to start his scenario. Route overview: The Asellus route is not exactly the most beginner-friendly in the SaGa Frontier. Asellus’ specialty: Semi-mysterious abilities of human growth.This page is a general guide overview to provide details about each character’s scenario to get a general idea of which scenario might be best for you to start.
However, playing each one requires a lot of experimentation and some time to really understand how to play any character effectively. Instead of a single protagonist, you can choose one of eight individual heroes to experience their unique story. The Quest for Humanity.SaGa Frontier is a fairly unique game, like a lot of SaGa series. Asellus in SaGa Frontier- Lesbianism on PS1. Choosing the Gay Option- LGBT Themes in Video Games.
An image of this scene appears below, and all of the endings can be found in this walkthrough.Īsellus takes Gina as her princess in the “bad” Mystic ending.
In her “bad ending,” Asellus becomes a full mystic, takes the place of Lord Orlogue, and marries Gina and several other women. In her “half-mystic” ending, Gina is an old woman Asellus regularly visits with other friends, including White Rose. Her “fully human” ending results in her getting married and having kids. The other character with whom Asellus has a potentially romantic relationship is Gina, who tailors Asellus’s outfits and discusses having a deep attraction to her, an example of which can be seen in the image above.Īsellus’s storyline has three possible endings. Deny it all you want, but I’m telling you it’s not healthy. Zozma: Didn’t White Rose just tell you to live in freedom? Maybe it’s time for you to come out with it. A screenshot of an English translation of the game includes the following conversation about White Rose between Asellus and another character: Asellus runs away from the realm with White Rose. According to one source, the explanation of the relationship between Asellus and White Rose was cut from the English translation of the game, but several sites suggest that their relationship has some lesbian subtext (see here, here, here, and here). One is White Rose, who Lord Orlouge tasks with her care of her (Lord Orlouge plans on one day making Asellus one of his brides). There are two NPCs in particular with which she is described as having a possibly romantic relationship. Many players suggest she is meant to be read as a lesbian character, though some descriptions suggest the attraction others feel for her stems fromLord Orlogue’s mystic blood, which he used to bring her back to life after running over her with a carriage. Asellus is one of the seven protagonists in SaGa Frontier (she is the one with the green hair in the image above).