| SaGa Frontier character | |
|---|---|
| Fuse | |
| ヒューズ (Hyūzu?) | |
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| Sprite | |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human |
| Age | 27 |
| Class | |
| Appearances | SaGa Frontier Emperors SaGa Imperial SaGa Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe |
| Type | Playable |
Fuse (ヒューズ Hyūzu?) (short for Crazy Fuse (クレイジーヒューズ?)) is a recruitable character from SaGa Frontier. He is a patrolman for IRPO. He excels in hand-to-hand combat and is generally geared towards learning all the martial arts moves in the game.
In SaGa Frontier Remastered, he is a playable character on the same level as the original seven playable characters. Fuse was intended to be the eighth playable character in the original PlayStation version, but he was cut due to time constraints. This became one of the most discussed topics in the series' history, eventually leading him to be reinstated as a main protagonist for the remaster.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Fuse is a tall man with short red hair. His outfit is a black suit. He wears a black shirt and black pants. He wears a red tie and a flesh-colored belt. He wears a leather jacket with fur trim by the neckline. He wears black gloves and black shoes.
Personality[]
As befitting his codename, he has a short temper and does handle his anger well. He is talkative and gets bored easily. Although Fuse has training in Zen Buddhism and meditation techniques, he is dismissive and contemptuous of IRPO's mental training.
Fuse personifies the "bad cop" in the classic "good cop, bad cop" duo, with his former partner Ren being the "good cop." Fuse has a great deal of respect for Ren as a colleague and an officer. They've also gone drinking together, although Fuse hates it because Ren cries and becomes sentimental when he drinks.
He regularly flirts with female colleagues, even those who openly despise him such as Doll. Fuse also dislikes Silence, both because Silence's mutism drives Fuse crazy and women tend to find Silence more attractive.
Fuse's Crazy Investigation Log[]
Fuse's crazy investigation log is a ten day diary of his adventure during the story of SaGa Frontier. It is contained in the book Essence of SaGa Frontier (p 6-63) and records his interactions with all the main and side characters, tying together the story.
Since the 2021 remastered version of the game, we can conclude that part of the epilogue is no more canon i.e. Emelia leaving Ren for good and developing a crush on Fuse, while also Doll being part of the love triangle (or love square).
Fuse's scenario on SaGa Frontier remastered goes along with the novel up to the epilogue, where the canon outcomes are:
- Emelia and Ren's wedding with Gradius and IRPO as guests;
- The whole Emelia's scenario plays out like Fuse's investigation as seen on the 2021 remaster. She's sent to Despair as a mean of protection from Joker, Ren gets influenced by the Mask and turns into Joker. Gradius helps Emelia evade and, finally, Fuse and Emelia confronts Joker and free Ren from the Mask's influence.
- Lute's becoming Yorkland's representative in the negotiation table with Trinity and the other Regions;
- Orlouge is arrested by Fuse for kidnapping underage girls, he's defeated, stripped of his powers and sent to Despair;
- Asellus becomes the new Charm Lord of the Chateau d'Aguille, her chohorts are Ildon, Rastaban, Zozma, Princess White Rose and Red Turnip;
- TimeLord and Kylin are "rescued" by Fuse before either Blue or Rouge could fight them for their Gifts; both of them assists Fuse on the final battle with Mondo;
- T260G saves the regions beating RB3;
- Red avenges his family, putting an end to BlackX. Alkarl strips him of his super hero powers;
- Suzaku is rescued by Fuse, Rouge, Gen, Emelia (as Pink Tiger) and becomes an IRPO's officier;
- Gen rebuilds Wakatu;
- Riki transfers Margmel's inhabitants out of the region before its destruction;
- Rouge defeats Blue merging the two of them in the ultimate magician. Goes to save Fuse and Suzaku from Hell's attack on the Magic Kingdom and confronts Hell's Lord. He is trapped in Hell by the Magic Kingdom while he defeats the Monarch of Hell and manages to break free thanks to Fuse believing he'd be back to see each other again. Rouge then saves Fuse again in the final battle, using Vermillion Sands to stop a barrage of rockets and blowing up Spriggan's core. He thanks Fuse for believing in him and shake his hand. Following the battle Rouge goes travelling the Regions again, sending pictures to his experiences to Fuse;
- EngineerCar and ZEKE join IRPO, much to Fuse's delight;
- Nakajima Robotics's business blooms;
- Fuse's effort are recognized but, declines an office job as IRPO's chief.
Recruitment[]
Red's Quest[]
He questions Cindy Campbell along with Red in the C.T.C. Building in Manhattan. He later joins Red briefly when he helps him defeat Nomad and her pirates who hijacked the Cygnus.
With (clockwise from left) Rabbit, Silence, Cotton, Doll and Ren
Fuse later joins Red in Manhattan by talking to him in mall's cafe, though this is actually optional to do. He can also join the party if Red seeks the Shield Card in the Arcane Quest before talking to him in Manhattan. Interestingly, if Fuse is recruited in Manhattan and the player goes to IRPO to start the Shield Card quest, Fuse will simply hand it to over to Red without ever going to Mosperiburg. While this will allow the player to easily complete one of the Arcane Magic quests, it also means forgoing a chance to obtain the treasures in the dragons' cave as well as recruit Suzaku Jr.
Emelia's Quest[]
Fuse interrogates Emelia about the murder of her fiancé Ren.
He joins her if she completes the Mosperiburg mission to obtain the Shield Card.
Lute's Quest[]
He joins him if he completes the Mosperiburg mission to obtain the Shield Card.
Other Quests[]
He joins the party if they complete the Mosperiburg mission to obtain the Shield Card.
Gameplay[]
Fuse's scenario becomes available after completing at least one of the other seven scenarios. This gives the opportunity to the player to embark on the Arcane Quest on one of the scenarios where he is available and build him.
Fuse starts with the Gift of Mind Magic and the Kick Martial Arts Tech. This is quite ironic considering that Fuse has a low chance to spark Slide from Kick, one of the techs required for DSC.
Fuse has high affinity to both Gun and Martial Arts Tech and is goin to spark Quick Shot, Guns Akimbo, Bounding Shot, Suplex, Collapse and Giant Swing pretty easily. This way Fuse can deal high amount of damage even when DSC isn't available, like in the Earth Dragon fight, and being able to restore HP on his own using Mind Heal.
To maximize Fuse's damage output one can go all out and use Awaken, drastically increasing stats for the cost of doubling Ammo, WP and JP used.
Fuse cannot get the gift of Rune Magic. To get the Gift for Arcane Magic the player starting point must be IRPO, for the Shield Card. This will however lock Emelia out of the gift since she's in Baccarat and recruitable only during the Gold Card Quest.
Other appearances[]
Imperial SaGa[]
Emperors SaGa[]
SaGa Compilation Trading Card Game[]
Fuse appears as an obtainable card.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Related to the above, Fuse has a shadow in Omble.
- Fuse's real name is Lostar. The name is often spelled as Roster or Lordstar.
- A title screen sprite exists in the original game's data along with a janitor costume for Fuse to wear when sneaking into Despair with Annie for the Rune Quest. These sprites have now been brought back with higher resolution for the remaster.
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