All playable characters in Live A Live

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Live A Live, the remake of the storied Super Nintendo JRPG, is out now on Nintendo Switch, if you can believe it. Finally officially available in the West, players can look forward to unravelling a substantial story spread across eight chapters and with a bevy of a controllable characters. Each chapter is set in a different time period and has its own “main” character, but several also feature other playable party members too. Here’s the lowdown on who’s who in Live A Live.

The main character in the “The First” chapter, set in prehistoric times, is Pogo. He’s an excitable caveman kid who’s just come of age and is keen to get to hunting with his gorilla pal, Gori. Being a prehistoric caveperson, words aren’t exactly his strong point, but his powerful sense of smell can let him sniff out things in the wild. After discovering a young woman named Beru on the run from her own tribe, Pogo and Gori set off on an adventure that will change their lives forever.

“The Successor” will send players to Imperial China, inhabiting the shoes of the Earthen Heart Shifu, a kung fu master in search of someone to take up the gauntlet once he’s gone. Over the course of the chapter, you’ll meet three disciples: the kind and food-loving Hong Hakka, the brash bandit Lei Kugo, and the timid but determined Yun Jou. Each of these characters will train under the Shifu over the course of the chapter and one will prove the true successor to the Earthen Heart technique.

The chapter set in Edo Japan sees players infiltrating a fortress as Oboromaru, a fledgling ninja who hasn’t yet finished his training. Sent to rescue a