It's New Frontier.

What's a young adventurer to do, when the city life gets too stifling? Head for the frontier, of course! Adventure! Excitement! Wide open spaces! Malevolent man-eating monsters!

Welcome to the great outdoors with It's New Frontier, a hybrid farm simulator-type game from Square Enix made for the I-Mode phone network. Players take on the role of one of five pioneers who are hoping to make a new life in a new land: the slightly arrogant Lior, the down-to-earth Peneloa, the optimistic Claus, the mysterious (and short) Chelusha, and the tough Barokk. Each of the five comes with their own special skill, ranging from increased carrying ability to the power to encourage plant growth.

This particular project's development was headed by Akitoshi Kawazu of SaGa fame. This is a guy who really knows how to create interesting worlds for characters to inhabit, though in the past his implementation has been a little hit or miss. An open-ended (apparently), exploration-oriented frontier experience is the sort of thing that sounds right up his alley. The music sounds good, too.