Summon Night is a Flight-Plan tactical RPG on PS1 with a summoned familiar combat system. Accessible scenario and endearing kawaii characters. Turn-based strategy gameplay enriched by summons. An original niche tactical JRPG that launched a long franchise in Japan on PS1.
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Tactics1 player7+
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Japanese Flight-Plan and Banpresto tactical RPG, where the Summon Master calls partner creatures to defend Lyndbaum from extra-dimensional incursions. Created by Flight-Plan and Banpresto, released in 2000 in Japan under the Summon Night title. Grid-based tactical turn-based combat, choice between four partner Summon Beasts with distinct abilities, over thirty hours of adventure-and-relationship scenario and cheerful orchestral soundtrack. Japanese edition under the Summon Night title.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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An underrated gem
A tactical-RPG tinged with visual novel, blending grid battles and long dialogue stretches where you forge bonds with companions from another world. Never translated, it stayed the preserve of the initiated. Its warm writing and its affinity system will delight strategy fans who love growing attached to their characters.
Is Summon Night still worth playing in 2026?
A Banpresto tactical RPG, Summon Night launches a saga blending grid based turn combat, summons and a story centred on characters from other worlds. The polished art direction, the bonds between protagonists and the depth of the summoning system appeal to genre fans. The Japanese language barrier and a measured pace limit Western access. A narrative, warm tactical to recommend for fans of Japanese strategy and intimate fantasy storytelling.
