It does have some great throwbacks to it. Not that SaGa Scarlet Grace doesn't also have a few shout outs to the franchise. It was made for the series 25th anniversary so it has some subtle callbacks to the series proper.

As for the DS remakes getting brought over here. I don't think it's going to happen. Maybe if the GB collection does well but I'm not holding my breath, Thankfully the fan community has translated it. I actually picked up a DS emulator to play SaGa 2 so that might be my next ''new'' SaGa game I'll do for this thread.