When Lunar made his debut in North America in 1993, it was a star on the emerging Western market of Japanese RPGs. Lunar presented detailed and animated cinematographic cinematographic cinematics, many vocal actors, high quality music and, more importantly – an endearing story filled with engaging and memorable characters. Although this is not the first JRPG based on the CD-ROM to arrive on the market, it is the one that left a powerful impact on all those who played it.
A suite, Two PlayStation Remakes, a PSP outing and more widened the public for Lunar. More than 30 years after the beginnings of the series, Lunar and Lunar 2 return to the kingdom of PlayStation with the Remastered lunar collection. To give an overview of what makes special lunar games – and to arouse good memories among longtime fans – we talked to Matthias Pergams, producer at Gungho Online Entertainment America.
Silver standard
“Lunar was one of the first JRPGs on the CD-ROM format, with animated cutscenes, a game of voice in the game and even an opening theme song,” explains Pergams. “The series has won a dedicated follow -up both inside and outside Japan, opening the way to its whole.
The original lunar was redone and reissued several times for various platforms (with Lunar 2, to a lesser extent), we were therefore curious to know why the “complete” versions of the two games were chosen as the basis for the remasters. “Each version is different and has unique merits, so we had a lot of trouble with this question.
As it is a “remaster” rather than a “remake”, we wonder if there were changes in gameplay or major history that the players familiar with the original games would notice. “The global story and the gameplay will remain the same as the original version,” said Pergams. “We believe that the original is holding today and wanted to preserve the gameplay because it was envisaged by the arts of the original developer game. Battles.
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“In this Remaster collection, we have prepared a classic mode for fans who prefer to play the game with the points because they were at the time – an environment where you can play the game with almost the same graphics as in the PlayStation 2. – Matthias Pergams
Remastered chandelier
So what is new and improved in this remaster? “The most visible changes are graphic updates, which include remastered graphics, effects in the game, a user interface, animated cutscenes, bromides (collection card elements in the game), and more. The other is “classic fashion”, which allows users to play games with the graphics of the original PlayStation version.
A major discussion subject among longtime lunar fans is vocal action. When the publication of advertisements went up here on the PlayStation blog, it has been revealed that there would be a brand new casting. How did the team select the new voices? “Our priority during the recording was to ensure that we preserved the identity of each character through their new vocal actors.
“We also had all the vocal songs in Lunar 1 and 2 sung by the vocal actresses of Luna and Lucia respectively, which we modeled after the original Japanese version of the game,” noted Pergams.
“We asked Mr. Iwadare to write a new song for this play. – Matthias Pergams
The famous kinematics also get a retouching. “One of Lunar's main characteristics is animated cutscenes, so we took a lot of care with them during the remastering process.
All these updates and these changes were made with the blessing and supervision of the original staff. “Throughout the development, we have frequently consulted Game Arts, the original development studio and have incorporated their comments,” explains Pergams. “We have also consulted other members of development staff, including the original composer, the scenario and the designer of characters.
One of those individuals who revisited Lunar for this remaster is the famous designer of Toshiyuki Kubooka characters. The team was only originally if it would be on board. “He is extremely busy these days, so when we contacted him for the first time, we did not know if he would accept our offer!
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Pergams also transmitted a message from KuBooka-Sensei to fans. “At the beginning, I was surprised because it's been a while since I worked on anything for Lunar, but I was really happy to have the chance to draw the cast.
New borders
Lunar was well loved in North America and Japan, but as the aforementioned PSP version – the presence of Lunar in Europe was nonexistent. We asked the pergams to publish for the first time Lunar 1 and 2 in Europe, and if they have something, they would like to say to the players who plan to try these games for the first time. “First of all, please consider the Lunar series!” Provide. “”
To finish things, we wanted to see if Pergams had advice for the new players. “Don't be afraid of objects!
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