A charming enough port of Lunar. It might lack the voice acting and anime cutscenes but there's some great spritework at play here. The localization is a mixed bag, thankfully it doesn't have the poorly aged punchup of Working Designs' translation, but Ubisoft(!) provides one that's just a little too dry. Though thankfully it doesn't have the bloat that WD introduced in their localizations of previous Lunar games; the GBA port might be the quickest to play through since the numbers aren't cranked up to prolong the game. It only took me about 10 hours and I never had to grind.
It's not the best version of the game but there's something to be said for how quaint it is that this exists; they could have repeated the same plot beat for beat but much like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, each retelling of Lunar keeps the broad strokes but changes plenty of individual plot beats. I think that's neat as all hell!
It's not the best version of the game but there's something to be said for how quaint it is that this exists; they could have repeated the same plot beat for beat but much like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, each retelling of Lunar keeps the broad strokes but changes plenty of individual plot beats. I think that's neat as all hell!