Support NeoGAF

[Drakken]

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5091

Looks like Lunar: Dragon Song won the poll Lunar-NET & Ubi did awhile back. There are 3 new characters named Jian, Lucia, and Gabriel. They're on a quest to convert "Forces of Darkness" into "Beings of Light." It doesn't appear to be a card-based RPG, but some people might think it is, because of the "Battle Cards" which you can use to upgrade your characters' skills. Also, there's no mention of it being a strategy RPG, like Nintendo listed it as in the E3 brochure.

Also, "the original creators of Lunar: The Silver Star" are working on it. Whether that means Game Arts or the specific people who created it isn't clear.

This is the DS Lunar prequel, for those who don't know. It's coming out in July.

 

[Mejilan]

Oh man oh man I cannot wait.

US release?

 

[Ironclad]

US release date is listed as 7/26.

 

[belgurdo]

Dragon Song?

O I SEE WHAT U DID THERE LOL

 

[disabledHeliocentric]

DS is getting some RPGs too. The pot is getting too sweet for me to not buy a DS now.

 

[Mejilan]

US release date is listed as 7/26.

Wait, what? Whatever happened to hearing about an RPG and then maybe getting it a year or two later? Huh.

 

[Spiritreaver]

"Hi!"




EDIT: In all seriousness (that and I don't think many would have gotten the joke), I have hopes for this in the same manner I had hope for Lufia: Ruins of Lore, nearly none at all. There's a small chance this could actually be a rather decent RPG though, but I think I'm going to actually have to wait on word of mouth this time around, I feel so silly for snagging up Lunar Legend so quickly.

 

[djtiesto]

US release date is listed as 7/26.

Cool, that's my birthday And that's awesome DS is getting an RPG, and Lunar turned out to be not a card based battle game or an RTS game.

 

[demi]

stop whoring your site

 

[Mejilan]

Lunar Legends was kinda nice in that it retained some of the original's charm and was, of course portable. I also liked how it tweaked some of the scenarios a bit, added a new dungeon or two, added all kinds of new items, and retained the length of SSS Complete.

Of course, I did not like the dumbed down combat, FF7-style limit breaks, complete lack of difficulty, the HORRIBLE save bug that effectively made you invincible, and the gimped music. The effortless translation didn't help.

Collecting the enemy cards was actually kinda fun. Though, they didn't do anything at all useful.

The fact that some of the original people may be involved gives me more hope for this than I had for Lufia RoL (a thoroughly uninspired and insanely slow RPG that, for all of its flaws, somehow charmed me enough to get me to play it through twice.)

 

[MrDaravon]

Does it scare anyone else that a month ago we barely knew anything about the game, then learning it's going to be some kind of strategy/RPG with cards, and that it's going to be OUT in less than two months? Bad vibes man, bad vibes.

 

[Mejilan]

Apparently, it's gonna be a straight RPG, and the cards will only play a role in enhancing skills and magic.

Or something.

 

[demi]

I'm buying day 1 nevertheless

 

[Mejilan]

I'm buying day 1 nevertheless

Damn straight, beeyotch!

 

[Lindsay]

Apparently, it's gonna be a straight RPG, and the cards will only play a role in enhancing skills and magic.

Or something.

Soooooo it's basically extra armor ala L2EB:C's rings system?

 

[Mejilan]

I have no idea. Very little info to glean from Ubi's new Lunar DS web page. Regarding combat, it just mentions acquiring cards to augment your abilities and whatnot. I'm assuming that the cards themselves will not be playing a primary role in combat. By 'assuming' I actually mean 'hoping'.

I'm not totally against card combat RPGs (Baten Kaitos pulled of a very memorable version of that), but neither do I want Culdcept in Lunar's clothing.

 

[MrDaravon]

I'm buying day 1 nevertheless

Since when do you pay full price for games?

 

[Kiriku]

Anime cutscenes!?!

 

[demi]

Since when do you pay full price for games?

When I feel like it.

 

[Spiritreaver]

I'm buying day 1 nevertheless

Oh good, the fate of my purchase lies in your impressions.

 

[MrDaravon]

When I feel like it.

Do you even feel?

weeping, weeping

 

[demi]

Do you even feel?

weeping, weeping

I am a robot

beep beep

 

[Tellaerin]

Does it scare anyone else that a month ago we barely knew anything about the game, then learning it's going to be some kind of strategy/RPG with cards, and that it's going to be OUT in less than two months? Bad vibes man, bad vibes.

'Hey! Listen!'

It doesn't appear to be a card-based RPG, but some people might think it is, because of the "Battle Cards" which you can use to upgrade your characters' skills. Also, there's no mention of it being a strategy RPG, like Nintendo listed it as in the E3 brochure.

And no, I for one am not scared. I'm happy--for once, we haven't been bludgeoned to death with a million and one pre-release previews, developer interviews, and work-in-progress status updates on a new game. I don't think every new game needs to have its development chronicled from inception to completion in painstaking detail.

 

[Rorschach]

stop whoring your site

They stole our Wall Guy!!!

 

[demi]

They stole our Wall Guy!!!

Seriously

Stealing content and acronym and whoring your site

that's like a triple whammy

 

[SantaC]

A july US release huh, did this game came out of nowhere.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Well even though its a prequel, atleast its not the one about Dyne, Ghaleon, Lemia and Mel so that still has to have a chance to be made in proper form.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Dragon Song?

O I SEE WHAT U DID THERE LOL

Hey, give them a break. It's not like they're adding "Super" before every game title or "64" or "360" at the end of every one.

They're getting pretty creative with the game subtitles, actually. :lol

 

[Bog]

Well even though its a prequel, atleast its not the one about Dyne, Ghaleon, Lemia and Mel so that still has to have a chance to be made in proper form.

At least it's not? I'd way rather it be based on that.

 

[SantaC]

hmm appearently this game is developed by the creators of Lunar: The Silver Star released in 1993 on MegaCD

 

[SolidSnakex]

At least it's not? I'd way rather it be based on that.

I'd probably want that game done more than a completely new Lunar so I want it done in proper form. On a console, full voice cast and complete with the anime sequences.

 

[Bog]

I'd probably want that game done more than a completely new Lunar so I want it done in proper form. On a console, full voice cast and complete with the anime sequences.

When was the last console Lunar? I'll take what I can get.

 

[snaildog]

Hope the battle system is better. I have great memories playing the old games, but they're pretty dated now.

 

[jarrod]

It's not being made by GameArts, though they also have a DS RPG in development. The core Lunar staff left the company during/after Grandia iirc.

 

[John Harker]

What are all the RPGs currently in development for the DS (actual development, not just like "announced once") if anyone doesnt mind.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

It's not being made by GameArts, though they also have a DS RPG in development. The core Lunar staff left the company during/after Grandia iirc.

Hence my sadness that the Lunar 3 by GameArts rumor never came to fruition.

 

[duckroll]

It's not being made by GameArts, though they also have a DS RPG in development. The core Lunar staff left the company during/after Grandia iirc.

Seeing the quality of what Lunar games have become, I really question who these "core Lunar staff" are. As far as everyone knows, the "core staff" which would usually include the director, scenerio writer, character designer, composer, etc are all at Game Arts. In fact they've been working on the Grandia games. It's a misconception that Grandia has a completely different team than Lunar. So without any of the lead designers that provide the game's story, art and music.... who ARE these "core staff"?

 

[jarrod]

Well even though its a prequel, atleast its not the one about Dyne, Ghaleon, Lemia and Mel so that still has to have a chance to be made in proper form.

I still want Four Hero Story GBA.

Hence my sadness that the Lunar 3 by GameArts rumor never came to fruition.

I always thought Lunar 3 morphed into Grandia?

Seeing the quality of what Lunar games have become, I really question who these "core Lunar staff" are. As far as everyone knows, the "core staff" which would usually include the director, scenerio writer, character designer, composer, etc are all at Game Arts. In fact they've been working on the Grandia games. It's a misconception that Grandia has a completely different team than Lunar. So without any of the lead designers that provide the game's story, art and music.... who ARE these "core staff"?

I dunno, just what I've been told. Can't find any staff credits online for cross referencing either... happen to have them?

It'd make sense though I think, Grandia was really the last great title to come out of GA imo... all their stuff following has had a different "feel" from their PC/MD/MCD/Saturn era stuff.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

I always thought Lunar 3 morphed into Grandia?

Huh. I never thought of that. It must've been seriously retooled; the evolution of the engine married to a story that grew too far away from the Lunar storyline to be called a "Lunar" or something.

 

[jarrod]

Quick Lunar gameography!

Japan
-Lunar: Silver Star (Mega CD) GameArts 1992
-Lunar: Eternal Blue (Mega CD) GameArts 1994
-Lunar: Sanposuru Gakuen (Game Gear) GameArts 1996
-Lunar: Silver Star Story (Sega Saturn) Kadokawa Shoten 1996
-Mahou Gakuen Lunar (Sega Saturn) ESP Software 1997
-Lunar: Silver Star Story (PlayStation) Kadokawa Shoten 1998
-Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Sega Saturn) Kadokawa Shoten 1998
-Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PlayStation) Kadokawa Shoten 1999
-Lunar Legend (Game Boy Advance) Media Rings 2002
-Lunar Genesis (Nintendo DS) Marvelous Interactive 2005

USA
-Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD) Working Designs 1992
-Lunar: Eternal Blue (Sega CD) Working Designs 1995
-Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (PlayStation) Working Designs 1998
-Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (PlayStation) Working Designs 2000
-Lunar Legend (Game Boy Advance) Ubisoft 2002
-Lunar Genesis (Nintendo DS) Ubisoft 2005


...and Grandia...


Japan
-Grandia (Sega Saturn) ESP Software 1997
-Grandia: Digital Museum (Sega Saturn) ESP Software 1998
-Grandia (PlayStation) ESP Software 1999
-Grandia II (Dreamcast) ESP Software 2000
-Grandia: Parallel Trippers (Game Boy Color) Hudson 2000
-Grandia Xtreme (PlayStation 2) Enix 2002
-Grandia II (PlayStation 2) Enix 2002
-Grandia III (PlayStation 2) Square Enix 2005
-Grandia Online (PC) Gung Ho Online tba

USA
-Grandia (PlayStation) SCEA 1999
-Grandia II (Dreamcast) Ubisoft 2000
-Grandia II (PlayStation 2) Ubisoft 2001
-Grandia II (PC) Ubisoft 2002
-Grandia Xtreme (PlayStation 2) Enix 2002
-Grandia III (PlayStation 2) Square Enix tba