<s>
Tactics	B-Device
Ogre	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Knight	I-Device
of	I-Device
Lodis	I-Device
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Quest	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
(	O
GBA	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
,	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
Ogre	O
Battle	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
mission	O
based	O
,	O
with	O
combat	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
grid-based	O
battlefields	O
and	O
revolving	O
around	O
character	O
classes	O
and	O
character	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
began	O
at	O
Quest	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
heard	O
about	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
hardware	O
,	O
envisioning	O
a	O
portable	O
successor	O
to	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
replicate	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphic	O
style	O
of	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
on	O
the	O
platform	O
while	O
also	O
making	O
a	O
more	O
approachable	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Quest	O
was	O
absorbed	O
into	O
and	O
rechristened	O
as	O
Square	O
Product	O
Development	O
Division	O
4	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
created	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
Advance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tactics	B-Device
Ogre	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Knight	I-Device
of	I-Device
Lodis	I-Device
offers	O
a	O
strategic	O
field-and-class	O
based	O
combat	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
side	O
story	O
set	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Ogre	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
March	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Queen	I-Application
,	O
Ogre	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
64	I-Application
:	I-Application
Person	I-Application
of	I-Application
Lordly	I-Application
Caliber	I-Application
and	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
:	I-Application
Let	I-Application
Us	I-Application
Cling	I-Application
Together	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
began	O
after	O
series	O
developer	O
Quest	O
Corporation	O
heard	O
about	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
gameplay	O
successor	O
to	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
tradition	O
of	O
mature	O
storytelling	O
,	O
the	O
narrative	O
of	O
The	O
Knight	O
of	O
Lodis	O
was	O
made	O
more	O
approachable	O
for	O
younger	O
audiences	O
than	O
the	O
original	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
art	O
design	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
evoke	O
a	O
cute	O
deformed	O
aesthetic	O
for	O
characters	O
,	O
although	O
adhering	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
established	O
dark	O
aesthetic	O
made	O
creating	O
fields	O
that	O
showed	O
well	O
on	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
screen	O
a	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iwata	O
was	O
pleased	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Sakimoto	O
again	O
,	O
but	O
found	O
music	O
production	O
challenging	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
his	O
first	O
job	O
for	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
budget	O
series	O
of	O
GBA	B-Device
titles	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
reviewers	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
each	O
gave	O
the	O
title	O
high	O
praise	O
,	O
lauding	O
its	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
noting	O
pacing	O
issues	O
due	O
to	O
unskippable	O
battle	O
animations	O
and	O
scaling	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
text	O
on	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
five	O
reviewers	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
all	O
gave	O
it	O
high	O
scores	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
review	O
summary	O
praising	O
it	O
for	O
its	O
"	O
masterful	O
RPG	O
and	O
strategic	O
action	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
staff	O
said	O
that	O
future	O
Ogre	O
Battle	O
or	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
projects	O
would	O
be	O
decided	O
upon	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
wishes	O
rather	O
than	O
external	O
factors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quest	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
restructured	O
to	O
form	O
Square	O
Product	O
Development	O
Division	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
first	O
project	O
for	O
Square	O
would	O
be	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
Advance	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
for	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
.	O
</s>
