Editing Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon (section)

== Development ==
The game was produced by [[Koichi Nakamura]], the founder of [[Chunsoft]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ricciardi |first=John |date=November 1997 |title=New Square RPGs |url=https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-100-november-1997_202106/page/n31/mode/2up |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=100 |pages=28 |access-date=2024-01-07 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It also marks the solo composing debut of [[Masashi Hamauzu]], who prepared both the soundtrack and an arrangement album named ''Coi Vanni Gialli''.

The game appeared in a booth at [[Tokyo Game Show]] 1997, but did not appear in playable form, only having a complete video presentation of the game on the company's video wall along with ''[[Front Mission 2]]'' and ''[[Front Mission Alternative]]''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=IGN Staff |date=1997-09-06 |title=TGS: Chocobo's Mysterious Absence |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/09/06/tgs-chocobos-mysterious-absence |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref> Upon its release, it was bundled with the "Mysterious Data Disc", a bonus containing a number of movies from unreleased games and a playable [[Game demo|demo]] of ''[[Xenogears]]''.<ref name=":0" /> In early 1998, it was still the 10th best-selling game in Japan according to [[Famitsu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=IGN Staff |date=1998-02-06 |title=N64 Takes a Bashing in Japanese Sales |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/02/06/n64-takes-a-bashing-in-japanese-sales |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[IGN]] |language=en}}</ref>