Skies of Arcadia Legends

Skies of Arcadia Legends is an enhanced GameCube port of Skies of Arcadia. It follows the air pirate Vyse and his companions as they explore a world of floating continents and oppose the Valuan Empire, which seeks to awaken the ancient Gigas using six powerful Moon Stones. Players travel by airship, explore towns and dungeons, recruit crew members, discover hidden locations, and engage in turn-based character and ship battles. The GameCube version retains the original story and gameplay while adding new characters, side content, backstory, collectible items, music, and changes to the reputation and battle systems. Content previously distributed online for the Dreamcast version is also included within the game.

The game takes place in the fictional skies referred to as Arcadia, where six civilizations coexist on floating continents orbited by six moons of different colors. Thousands of years prior to the present time of the game, the civilizations, one of which existed for each moon, developed technologically to the point where each created a Gigas, a colossal living weapon of mass destruction, controlled by a Moon Crystal. Using the Gigas, the civilizations warred with one another, threatening the extinction of humanity. The most advanced, the Silver Civilization, used their Gigas to summon the Rains of Destruction, which pulled meteors from the orbiting moons and crashed them down onto the planet's surface. The catastrophic destruction stopped the rampage of the Gigas, as well as nearly destroyed the other five civilizations, thus ending the war. A seal was placed on the Silver Gigas to prevent it from being used again, and the Moon Crystals were hidden away, while each civilization worked on rebuilding itself. Vyse and Aika are members of the Blue Rogues, a faction of Robin Hood-minded air pirates gathered together to resist the militant and tyrannical Valuan Empire. Led by Empress Teodora, the empire seeks the Moon Crystals to reawaken the Gigas and take over the world. Teodara directs the Valuan Armada, a fleet of warships led by admirals Galcian and Ramirez, to find them. Upon the Silver Civilization learning of this plan, they send Fina to find the Moon Crystals first. She is captured by the Armada, but saved by Vyse and Aika, who, with mutual enemies, agree to help her mission.