{"id":126485,"date":"2022-07-12T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-134391"},"modified":"2022-07-12T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:30:00","slug":"watch-live-a-lives-demo-is-worth-checking-out-and-so-is-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/12\/watch-live-a-lives-demo-is-worth-checking-out-and-so-is-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Live A Live&#8217;s Demo Is Worth Checking Out (And So Is The Game)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e1ce711e29d55\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e1ce711e29d55\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e1ce711e29d55\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"NsyRBuxB_mM\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Back in a Nintendo Direct earlier this year, Square Enix revealed that they were remaking the little-known 1994 SNES RPG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/live_a_live\">Live A Live<\/a>, in their trademark HD-2D style. Not a lot of people watching the Nintendo Direct knew what it was, and although many of us were curious about the game, it seemed a little out of the blue.<\/p>\n<p>And so, we brought together three people to discuss the game, after having played the demo (available now): Zion Grassl, our video star and fan of obscure JRPGs; Kevin Kenson, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPUfqC93SzLDOK2FC_c7bEQ\">Kevin Kenson Gaming<\/a>, who also loves obscure JRPGs; and Kate Gray (hello!), who doesn&#8217;t know much about obscure JRPGs, but has played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/chrono_trigger\">Chrono Trigger<\/a>. And the Live A Live demo, of course.<\/p>\n<p>We sat down to discuss the intrigue of a seven-character RPG, the incredible innovation that Live A Live introduced in the early &#8217;90s, and the disappointing sales that led to the game flying under the radar. Our verdict on the game? You&#8217;ll just have to watch the video to find out, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p><em>Let us know if you enjoy these longer-form video game chats in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Back in a Nintendo Direct earlier this year, Square Enix revealed that they were remaking the little-known 1994 SNES RPG Live A Live, in their trademark HD-2D style. Not a lot of people watching the Nintendo Direct knew what it was, and although many of us were curious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}