Postby Lord Yggdrasill » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:39 am

For those who havent played Lufia 1, you may google it and see what you find. The similarities are mostly related to the two heroines: Luna and Lufia



1. Both games have long blue haired heroines.

Luna has Blue hairs, so is with Lufia. Luna's hairs do not look long in the game, but if you go through the ending you will find that she does have long hairs.



2. Both heroines have a dominant personality, can get jealous from time to time.

In both games, the heroines get upset 'cause the heroes initially do not wish to take them on their journeys, considering its too dangerous. Gotta love Luna's facial expressions when Alex touches Mia's bed. For Lufia, well, she bullies Jerin constantly 'cause she believes Jerin is also interested in the hero.



3. Both heroines are goddesses that possess divine power.

Luna is the reincarnation of Goddess Althena, no need to explain much. Lufia apparently has strangely powerful magic power way surpassing most elves, since shes after all the sinistral Erim.



4. Both heroines turned their back on the heroes at a time, as they are somewhat being controlled by the villains.

Luna is kidnapped by Ghaleon, she aint even aware of what's going on. For Lufia, her memory as Erim returns and she becomes confused and leaves the party. The good thing is, well, in both cases the two heroines are able to recognize the heroes near the end of the games.



5. Both heroines are central to the storyline and root of the crisis.

This may sound a bit harsh, you know its true though. Luna is used by Ghaleon to obtain divine power as he believes the world needs a god, while Lufia actually is the one reviving the evil sinistrals. There wouldnt be a drama without them.



6. Both heroines lose divine power and become normal humans in the end.

Another interesting point Id say. At the end of Lunar 1, we see that Althena no longer exists and Luna is the last reincarnation of Althena without her supreme power. In Lufia 1, same thing happens, although the damage is more complete as Lufia has lost all her money along with her magic power. The difference is that, well, many people feel bad that Althena is gone for good, while in Lufia its a perfect ending.



7. Both heroines share the three letters in their names: lua.

This must be a coincidence, but still I find it funny.



8. Both heroines are strongly connected to the series title.

Luna and Lunar are similar, thats no secret. I believe that Luna is named after the series/world of Lunar. For Lufia, there isnt much to say about it, the series is named after her.



9. Both games have preludes at the beginning of their games for you to control the previous four heroes.

In Lunar Silver Star Harmony, we control Dyne, Mel, Lamia and Ghaleon to fight the evil sorcerer Eiffel, although this is not present in the original game. In Lufia 1, we control the four heroes Maxiam, Selan, Guy and Artea for their final battle on Doom island fortress.



10. Both series only do remakes or spinoffs, no main titles will ever be produced.

This may sound terrible, but you know its true. Lunar 1's remakes are like almost everywhere, but no one is bothered to make a new game for this series. Lufia's story is pretty much the same, the franchise is seemingly dead.



Of course there are other similarities I can list, such as both are the heroes' only love interests and both can use magic/heal, but they aint unique similarities only shared by the two games so I wont bother. There are also significant differences between the two. For instance, Luna is not part of the party for most of the time, while Lufia accompanies with the hero till the very end(despite a short time of absence). On the other hand, Althena is clearly a benign goddess, while Erim is an evil goddess. Anyway, I am intrigued to find that these two games share this many similarities. Unfortunately, Lufia 1 only has a SNES version, which is somewhat difficult to play through due to the graphics and high encounter rate. It has a great main storyline, but the character development aint comparable to Lunar 1. A game worth playing, though I wont consider it as good a game as Lunar 1.



On a side note, the Lufia community is close to release their fangame Lufia V, which looks very interesting. I was wondering if a Lunar III fangame is being made here, just sorta curious.