Video games are in the midst of a remake craze, especially RPGs. Just in 2025 alone, we’re seeing remakes of Dragon Quest I & II, Final Fantasy Tactics, Trails in the Sky, the Lunar Collection, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and more. And while there are any number of reasons to remake a game, I’d argue the best ones help save pivotal titles from being lost to time, while also helping visionary games reach their full potential. And if you’re talking about visionary RPGs, you simply can’t look past Sega’s Skies of Arcadia. While Skies of Arcadia clearly followed in the footsteps of games like Final Fantasy 7, there might not be a single game out there that better captures one of the core tenets of the role-playing genre — the spirit of adventure.
Skies of Arcadia was originally released on the Dreamcast in 2000, before getting a GameCube version in 2002 — but that’s sadly the only releases it's ever seen. We’ve never received a remaster or even a port on any kind of modern hardware, which has caused the game to languish in the past, and that’s a genuine shame for a masterpiece that felt so vibrant at the time — largely because of how much it went against the grain.
