Live A Live

Live A Live is an RPG by Square. (Now Square Enix.) It was developed for the Super Famicom on September 2nd, 1994 and has only been released in Japan. However, it does have an unofficial English translation.

Gameplay
The game plays like a standard RPG. The characters explore towns, dungeons, defeat enemies in turn-based combat on a 7x7 grid, and gain experience. However, it sets itself apart from other traditional RPGs by getting rid of MP and money. Also, the player is healed between battles.

Plot
When the game is first started, there are seven different chapters to choose from. These chapters all follow seperate storylines with different characters. After beating all seven, two final chapters open up which link the stories of all the characters together. The first chapter, Contact, follows the story of a caveman named Pogo. The second chapter, Secret Orders, follows the story of a ninja named Oboro-maru. The third chapter, Inheritance, follows the story of a kung-fu master named Xin Shan Quan. The fourth chapter, Wandering, follows the story of a gun-slinging cowboy named The Sundown Kid. The fifth chapter, The Strongest, follows the story of a wrestler named Masaru Takahara. The sixth chapter, Flow, follows the story of a young psychic orphan named Akira Tadokoro. The seventh chapter, Mechanical Heart, follows the story of a self-aware spherical robot named Cube. The eighth chapter, King of Demons, follows the sad story of Oersted, who sacrifices himself to become the Demon King, Odio. In the final chapter, (No Name) Odio summons the seven protagonists for a final battle. It is revealed that Odio's different incarnations were all the final bosses in the first seven chapters,