scea hardly considered bringing them to the u.s., thinking that the role-playing video game market was not an important one. working designs, then known in the u.s. for publishing rpgs, actually tried to license "arc the lad", but sony of america turned them down. years later, scea came under new management, and with the popularity of other rpgs like "final fantasy vii", working designs was able to publish all three games at once with the japanese release of "arc the lad iii".