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What are the other 4 Chapters of Ogre Battle?

Arqade Asked on February 12, 2021

I have the Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen on the Playstation and Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber on the N64 and I just brought Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for the PSP.

I went to google the play order and when I came to wikipedia it said The March of the Black Queen was the 5th chapter, Let Us Cling Together was the 6th chapter and Person of Lordly Caliber was the 7th. There’s 2 other games but it says they are side stories and even then it fall short from the missing 4 chapters which seem to come before The March of the Black Queen (as it’s listed the 5th).

So what are the other 4 Chapters of the Ogre Battle series?

2 Answers

If you click through to the Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen link on Wikipedia, it says

Listed as the 5th chapter of the entire saga; twenty-five years prior to the beginning of the game, Empress Endora conquered the continent of Zetegenia. During her reign, a resistance organization called the Liberation Army forms to free the continent from her rule.

So it would seem that the first four chapters are Empress Endora conquering the continent. They have not been released as games nor on other media. They are glimpsed only as historical background in the games.

You might find more information on Wikia although they warn about spoilers. The Wikia for Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen says

It is the first installment of an episodic series (although it is supposed to be the fifth episode, the previous episodes have not yet been produced)

Confirming that the first four chapters have not been released as games and were not written in some other media prior to the games being released.

If there are names for the first four chapters, I'm not finding them. The story seems to be that good Queen Endora of Hyland was worried about invasion from another continent and went around trying to convince the other four countries on the continent to unite. They decided that she was wrong and weak, so they united and invaded her. She defeated them and became the evil Empress of the continent. It's not clear how that divides into chapters.

Note the parallels to the Star Wars saga. In 1993 when the first game was released, the middle three movies had been released. They skipped the first three and started with episode four. Similarly, Ogre Battle starts in the middle of the saga and doesn't seem to have released the first four episodes in the series. Also, in Star Wars, Darth Vader starts as a hero and becomes a villain in those skipped episodes (now released). Similarly, Endora starts as a hero and becomes a villain prior to the first game. Rebel alliance, etc.

I would regard the initial chapters as something of a homage to Star Wars. This is what it looks like if no one ever fills in those historical pieces. Contrast with the actual Star Wars, which did.

Answered by Brythan on February 12, 2021

Starting at Chapter 5 is definitely an homage to Star Wars by the creator Yasumi Matsuno. He loves to pay homages to other works.

The other 4 Chapters do not exist and most likely never will.

It is very unlikely that the other chapters have anything to do with Endora conquering the continent, a lot of how that happens is revealed in March of the Black Queen and most of what happens is bad with very little room to tell any kind of story where heroic deeds can be shown.

A more likely plot point for a previous chapter would be that of the Five Heroes. This took place over the course of 10 years between 70-80 years before March of the Black Queen. This would set the stage for what Endora and Rashidi would do 50 years later.

Another chapter could be the original Ogre Battle itself where the Three Knights and the Twelve Disciples fought against the Ogres thousands of years ago.

But all of it is pure speculation unless you can get Matsuno himself to tell you on twitter.

Answered by Sendoh Jin on February 12, 2021

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