The GameCube release, Skies of Arcadia Legends, received slightly less positive reviews. The aggregate scores were still generally positive, with Metacritic giving it an average of 84 out of 100, out of 31 critics, and GameRankings giving it an 85%, out of 56 reviews. A common source of the lower scores were the game's graphics, with criticism coming from the fact that they had not been substantially improved despite more powerful hardware and over two years passing from the Dreamcast's release. Expectations in graphics had changed drastically in between releases—while the Dreamcast release was frequently compared to the weaker original PlayStation and Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX, by the time of the GameCube release, the game was compared against the likes of the much more powerful PlayStation 2 and its games like Final Fantasy X and Xenosaga. GameSpot named Legends the best GameCube game of January 2003.
