Agitatius / Aikurisu (Kris Love) / Alan / Amahterasu / AngryCaveman / Annakratos / Arctiq / Asheel Eturna / Ashish M. / Ayro / Bard / Bluto2U2 / Carmen / ChibiBombThing / Chris E James / Churroszx / CLUTCH / Collins / Corleth the Fey / CrazyArcadia / Croissounet / Darius Murphy / Dars / Daveodeth / Dubbmobile / dxman / Ed McGlone / Fayez Al Amoudi / Flagship / GoblinHordeStudios / GunyenTony / healfriend / Heather Alexandra / Jae Covington / Jerome / John Tate / Jonny / Justin F. / Keith / Kevin / KillySG10 / Marvie / Masterostrich / Max / McNum / megachao24 / Michael / Michael H. / Midori / Misu Yamaneko / Molly / never / Nick Fisher / Nick M / Nimbus / Noseguy / Nuurtti / Oculin / PageCartoons / quentin56k / RJ / Ryan / Sam / sgreturn / Sher / Skystroll / Spain_82 / Talbyn / TanookiTom / Ted M / Tets / The Shambles / Timoneiro / TreeofMana / VacantShade / Vyse / wheretheresawil / witapepsi / Wrexis / Xelie / Zach / Zachary Morris / Zebra
あいかわいちご / 有島 / おきのどく / てくね / てんた / らぴらぴ / ラルフ / わたらせ

• My friend advice and tbe adventure/ sky feeling in It [Misu Yamaneko]
• My friend gave me Skies of Arcadia and Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker at the same time. I decided to play Skies of Arcadia first to save the best for last. But Skies of Arcadia became my favorite game of all time instead! [Ashish M.]
• I had it recommended as an upbeat RPG about Air Pirates. All of that sounded interesting. [McNum]
• I got it as a gift, and the cover art looked so cool! The screenshots and description on the back were exciting as well. [Noseguy]
• A friend lent it to me to try, then i bought it [KillySG10]
• Friends [Masterostrich]
• 知人から譲り受けたため [おきのどく]
• Game looked really interesting and a friend highly recommended it. Borrowed her version. [Collins]
• Friend bought me the game! [Zach]
• I saw my brother playing it and I was enraptured [Annakratos]
• 母親に誘われて [あいかわいちご]
• The glimpses I’d seen as my sister played the game intrigued me. I wanted to sail around in the airships and meet the characters. [Molly]
• My cousin had it when I was just a kid and I remember thinking how cool it looked. When I got older and had my own money, I decided to buy it myself and experience it for real. It was magical. [Zebra]

• Great reviews [Nick Fisher]
• Great word of mouth from magazines and an online community I was part of [healfriend]
• I like rpgs, and reviews at the time of its release gave Skies of Arcadia high scores so I bought a copy. [Sam]
• Magazine reviews, beutiful world and art. [John Tate]
• Read an article about the best Dreamcast games [witapepsi]
• Great reviews, looking for a JRPG [TanookiTom]
• reviews [Daveodeth]
• Strong reputation [Ayro]
• I was looking for a good RPG, Skies of Arcadia is still the best one i ever played [Churroszx]
• I had just bought a Dreamcast and wanted a single player RPG as a counterpart for Phantasy Star Online. From what I had read in magazines, it seemed like a unique adventure and setting. [Jerome]
• I was 10 and saw an ad for it in a gaming magazine. I was immediately enraptured by it, but I didn’t have the money to buy a Dreamcast. But still, I kept thinking about it and looking up things for it until one day, a remaster was announced for Gamecube — a console I had! It felt like fate. I bought it as soon as I could and never looked back. [Carmen]
• Curiosity past braving early RPG fears, and seeing the uniqueness of the environment that was Arcadia (floating wooden/metal ships, fighting against TOWERING constructs, with magic　plasma weaponry… and the ground aspect of being a ‘good pirate’ was incredibly fresh… I never saw anything like that before and those were what helped turn me around).　Said first knowledge of SoA involved borrowing a former friend’s magazine covering the game (it was for the DC version, but I regretfully missed the boat as that console fell in the new millennium). Overtime, that magazine article gave me a lot of time to ponder and question what I was looking at when stuck with nothing but said magazine in a wedding reception hall for hours, trying to flip my childset mind around to grasping what I saw before realizing this game was VERY different from the Final Fantasy VII mill. I was proven right when getting the game in high school years, and it was a great light in a relatively dark time of life amidst seemingly aimless darkness and bigotry; even had some solid lessons to help me out, like tasting a glimpse of Vyse’s disbelief of the word “Impossible”. [sgreturn]
• 当時ファミ通の付録だった@barai版を遊び、バルア帝国の列車の上をガルシアンから逃げるヴァイスとアイカを見て「これは絶対に面白い！」と思ったから。 [わたらせ]
• I played the demo so much as a kid that I was shocked to find the Gamecube version in Gamestop a few years later [Arctiq]
• @barai版の入手 [てくね]
• The trial edition that came with the Dreamcast Magazine [GunyenTony]
• Exciting demo and cheerful characters! [Heather Alexandra]
• The demo got me hooked as a child [PageCartoons]
• I loved the demo. It pulled me in like no game had ever done before. [Darius Murphy]
• Demo was brilliant [Corleth the Fey]
• Playing the demo, I found the fantasy setting, story and characters to be captivating. The visuals, vivid colours and variety. Exploration and adventure. The orchestral soundtrack. The gameplay was good for the time. [Flagship]

• It was an RPG for DC. Pirates are cool. Pirates in the sky are cooler. Ship battles! [Tets]
• Colorful JRPG [Ed McGlone]
• Liked the design of characters and the setting overall [Amahterasu]
• Looks amazing [Jonny]
• Style and setting. [wheretheresawil]
• 雑誌で見てヴァイスが格好良いと思ったから [らぴらぴ]
• The characters, the themes, the art style, music, everything! [Aikurisu (Kris Love)]
• The world, characters, and atmosphere [dxman]
• Looked good [Marvie]
• Setting, world, graphics and music. Ship battles were good also! [Spain_82]
• it looks interesting from the settings of the floaty islands to the pirates & flying ships and the art is beautiful and full of charm. [Fayez Al Amoudi]
• Story and base building [Ted M]
• Character designs, colorful artwork and screenshots, and reviews of the game at the time. [Dubbmobile]
• Interesting looking world and ship battles, as well as a lovely visual and aural aestethic [Nuurtti]
• Development team, visuals, art direction, music and story! [Asheel Eturna]
• Being a sky pirate looked interesting. [Kevin A]

• I liked RPGs and pirates so it looked like something I’d be into [Nimbus]
• The world (mostly because of the whole “oceans are skies” thing), the game design [Max]
• The characters’ design and story [Midori]
• Pirates and flying ships [Croissounet]
• The art style and genre [ChibiBombThing]
• It looked so cool! [VacantShade]
• The cool cover art along with the world and character design [Jae Covington]
• 絵柄がそこそこ好みだったから [ラルフ]
• By the cover of the game, gamecube version [Dars]
• The cover art looked amazing and my uncles and cousin’s were all playing it and it looked incredible, I was instantly hooked. [GoblinHordeStudios]

• Cover art looked cool and the intro music was fun [GZA1999]
• 空賊がとてもキャッチ―だったのと星樹先生の絵に惹かれたため [てんた]
• 星樹先生のイラストを見て [有島]
• Big fan of the genre and its creators. [Kevin]
• From team that did Phantasy Star [Keith]
• It sounded incredible! [Talbyn]
• Atmosphere [Vyse]
• Airships! Pirates! Adventure!!! [Alan]
• Enjoyed the aspect of “free world exploration via ship” [Bluto2U2]
• The vast open skies and the thrill of exploration. [Ryan]

• Adventure, Endless skies, Pirates, Magic, Myths… [quentin56k]
• Interested in pirates. Back then, the cover looked adventurous and fun. [Chris E James]
• It looked like an interesting adventure [Agitatius]
• The promise of ADVENTURE! [Bard]
• The grand adventure feeling and it having an amazing soundtrack. We loved games that truly absorbed us into their worlds. [TreeofMana]
• It looked bright and happy and adventurous. [Wrexis]
• I finished Grandia 2 and I wanted to play another big adventure. [AngryCaveman]
• Love of rpgs [Skystroll]
• I thought it looked cool as a kid who loved jrpgs. Pirates and adventure, how could it go wrong. [Zachary Morris]
• I was looking for JRPGs on the GameCube. [Oculin]

• I love JRPG’s [Michael H.]
• I loved jrpgs [never]
• Enjoy JRPGs [Nick M]
• Fan of RPGs, ship battles sounded fun & unique [Justin F.]
• Like role playing games [Michael]
• Love for JRPGs, atmosphere of adventure and the setting which reminded me of a favorite fantasy book. [CrazyArcadia]
• I very much like RPGs [CLUTCH]
• My love for jrpgs and pirate theme [Timoneiro]
• I like JRPGs [The Shambles]
• I always heard the game was good, and as a SEGA games fan I always wanted to try it, but I finally caved in and bought a copy in 2013 after being mesmerized by Rogue’s Landing in Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed. [Xelie]
• Bought it on a whim. [megachao24]

• It’s so hard to pick one aspect. The game did such a fantastic job crafting realistic characters and capturing the wonder of exploring an unknown world while still driving a meaningful plot [Annakratos]
• 全部ではありますが、特にBGMとストーリーとキャラが一人一人個性的な所が大好きです！！ [あいかわいちご]
• There are lots of them, you know, lots! How can I state only one? [Amahterasu]
• 直球王道の明るいストーリー／空に浮かぶ島々や複数の月、空賊、発見物といった世界観／魅力的なキャラクター達／シームレスに変化する音楽 [らぴらぴ]
• The world exploration! The ship battles! The compelling story! [Aikurisu (Kris Love)]
• Its charming characters, colorful world, upbeat tone and amazing sense of adventure. [Oculin]
• All of it [Marvie]
• Exploration and graphics (impressive on the Dreamcast when it was launched). To manage your ship, crew and island. [Spain_82]
• Can’t decide. So many iconic places and situations. [quentin56k]
• Villages, exotism, music, vibrant colors, enthusiastic characters [Vyse]

• The worldbuilding, story, and gameplay. [Kevin]
• The sense of exploration, the music, the cheerful positive characters [The Shambles]
• Characters and their designs, the gameplay, the soundtrack, the environments, even just the concept [Collins]
• 全部！　あえて言うなら物語や世界観すべてを含んだ雰囲気。とてもまっすぐで元気をもらえるゲーム。 [てんた]
• 王道なストーリーとかたくさんのキャラクターが生き生きとしているところとか月と煌術の設定が世界観としてきっちり作られている所とか色々書いたけどまあ全部好きですね！！！ [有島]
• The engaging story, it’s uniqueness and World building, and the characters [Jae Covington]
• Story, Discoveries, building a crew for your ship, and developing your base island. [PageCartoons]
• The story and combat [wheretheresawil]
• 遊び終わった後の清々しさ [ラルフ]
• Going into North Ocean, up until the 2nd breakout in Valua. The game really opens up at that point, raising the emotional stakes such as Drachma’s past and apparent demise, as well as gaining powerful allies and a ship of your own. And of course, I love the spotlight Ramirez gets in this section. [Carmen]

• I liked the story and the gameplay. [CLUTCH]
• ストーリー [おきのどく]
• Rich story in the world [Flagship]
• The story and airship combat. [Kevin A]
• The story and characters [TanookiTom]
• Theme and story [Timoneiro]
• The main characters but also building up your base and recruiting shipmates. [Ed McGlone]
• The characters [Arctiq]
• I love the characters and Airship battles. [Darius Murphy]
• The characters & pure sense of adventure [Justin F.]

• The friendship between the main characters! [CrazyArcadia]
• Characters. [Corleth the Fey]
• The characters are happy and optimistic. A lot of JRPGs at the time were dark. Skies of Arcadia was bright! [Wrexis]
• Whenever something funny happens to Aika, such as: Aika goes splat on the rail car, she thinks she saw a ghost, she’s upset when there’s no treasure at Daccat’s Island, when she pushes Enrique off the boat, when she makes fun of Enrique’s seasickness, when her imagination goes wild, etc. [GunyenTony]
• The three protagonists [Midori]
• The characters [ChibiBombThing]
• The characters and the world they live in [GoblinHordeStudios]
• The worldbuilding and use of descriptive environmental text [Alan]
• The world, characters, and atmosphere [dxman]
• 世界観や未知の世界を明らかにしていく過程 [てくね]

• The world! [Asheel Eturna]
• I really liked the overall vibe. The world is just really fun and colorful [Nimbus]
• Daccat’s island is a fantastic puzzle temple and when the gang finally get back together after being separated from eachother.　Just simply talking to Aika and Fina on Crescent Island at night was also a magical culmination of their friendship. [Zachary Morris]
• Escaping the Grand Fortress [healfriend]
• Getting the Delphinus [Ted M]
• The separation arc is always fun! They really went the extra mile, making Aika playable and adding unique dialogue for her on every interactable object, not to mention the whole Treasure Island feel of surviving on a deserted island and solving puzzles and traps in the pursuit of treasure! [Noseguy]
• Rescuing Fina in Valua. Fighting in the coliseum. [Heather Alexandra]
• The escapes from Valua, both times, always proved amazing missions and moments complete with new allies and circumstances. Each time was also hallmark moments in Vyse’s ‘pirate cred rep’ throughout the world, breaking out or THROUGH the most impenetrable defense made by man in Arcadia’s New Era. [sgreturn]
• The forgotten city of ice [Misu Yamaneko]
• The beautiful, rich world filled with wonder and exploration. [Xelie]

• The sky. The ships. The world. The people you meet. The sky. [Ashish M.]
• The variety of locations and things to explore. [VacantShade]
• The exploration! [Skystroll]
• 空の果てを目指すロマン、男気、熱い冒険活劇。その全てが揃っているところ。 [わたらせ]
• Traveling worlds [Jonny]
• Exploring the world and making discoveries. [Jerome]
• finding Discoveries and learning more about the world. [Bluto2U2]
• Exploring with the Ship [Michael H.]
• I love the exploration. In other RPGs, it mostly feels like you’re going from place to place. In this game, you are almost always DISCOVERING new places and shaking the very world. The map is constantly changing and the known world is expanding. Eventually, you become the one to discover the world is round! [Zebra]
• Looking for treasures, and leveling up my characters and gaining magic spells. [Ryan]

• Building up your island and exploring the world [never]
• The sense of adventure and optimism. [Nick M]
• the adventure aspect of the game is phenomenal. going on a grand adventure full of secrets & discoveries was never this good. [Fayez Al Amoudi]
• The feeling of being on a grand adventure with cool airships everywhere. Getting the airship and flying around the world map was a milestone in most RPGs at the time. Skies of Arcadia is about doing that from the start. [McNum]
• Discovering the different environments for the first time and of course the giant gigas boss fights using the ship! [Dubbmobile]
• sense of adventure and base building [Keith]
• Sailing through the sky, discovering the various wonders of the world. I also really enjoyed the plot. It honestly reminded me a bit of One Piece’s plot with Luffy going against the government multiple times. [Chris E James]
• Cruising the skies with my crew [Agitatius]
• The setting, its fantastic to move around in your ship and see inventive places, and hunt down hidden secrets [KillySG10]
• The ADVENTURE! [Bard]

• The exploration and the discovery of new towns. [TreeofMana]
• The sense of adventure. Most jrpgs are very linear and Skies of Arcadia uses its sky pirate setting to make the game feel much bigger than it actually is. [Sam]
• The sense of exploration [Talbyn]
• Exploring a newly found world. Flying the ship. Avoiding random battles high or low in the sky. [John Tate]
• Exploration [Masterostrich]
• Exploring [Max]
• Sailing across the map with the delphinus [Croissounet]
• Mostly about the adventure with the ship and discovery. [Dars]
• The sense of adventure, mystery, and liberty throughout the game. Also, the part where we escape the Valua fortress is great. [AngryCaveman]
• The Whole Adventure! [Zach]

• The music and characters. [megachao24]
• All the final battles against Ramirez, every animation of his and the orb boss was amazing and well done, the music too was very good. [Churroszx]
• Producer Reiko Kodama [witapepsi]
• the setting [Michael]
• The flying ships and ship battles [Nuurtti]
• ships [GZA1999]
• So many. Vyse’s ranking system [Tets]
• The ship battles [Nick Fisher]
• I adore the discovery system. It encourages you to explore the far-flung, hidden parts of the world, and it adds this feeling of wonder to the world by keying you into the sense of the unknown. [Molly]
• Discoveries [Daveodeth]
• Airship battles, sense of scale and discovery [Ayro]