#lunar 2: eternal blue complete

[just-ghaleon]

how about those lunar 2 concepts? of any one(s) you like https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/just-ghaleon/730989800799322112

Lunar 2 Concept Outfits Mia, Luna and Jessica be upon ye! Enjoy! :3 (Pose Meme by @mcnuggyy)

[pandor-pandorkful]

@primiera The free-association is off the rails today.

[lunarweek]

LUNAR WEEK is running July 14th thru 20th this year! Reblog to spread the news!

[pandorkful-dolls]

@indigozeal sent me a surprise SKULMUST present and I'm over the fricken moon OuO

The full set of Lunar chibi keychain figurines!!!

I never thought I'd have even one of these guys, let alone the entire set of six, since American ebayers tend to demand $300+ for a full set.

But indigozeal picked these guys up on one of the Japanese auction/2nd hand sites for a reasonable price!

(Which is not helping my resolve in regards to avoiding getting addicted to yahoo-japan again ahahaha... what if I managed to find the Lunar model kits at a good price?? Haha nah, impossible. ...unless.......)

They're so stinkin cute, they make me wish I had Blender and 3d printing skills so I could make the rest of the cast in a similar style ;;~;;

At the very least, I'd like to get them 3d scanned with my Ghaleon punching Puppet head, so other folks could print and paint their own... :3c

I've kinda lost track of who said they could scan for me, tho :o maybe I need to look into 3d scanners myself at this point... :B

ANYWAY! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH, @indigozeal !!! I adore themmmmmm!!! >u<

Ghal: I love and appreciate my good kids.

Alex: ...what did I do??

[pandorkful]

TONIGHT'S EXPERIMENT: Dragons! Dungeons! IT'S TIME FOR MORE LUNAR 2!!!!!

[demonfox38]

Completed - Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete

Never sleep in the nude. Especially not when an emergency might happen. Like, say, a home invasion.

Have you been keeping up with the latest hot debate in video games?

Recently, video game publisher Naoki Yoshida revealed a perspective that surprised American audiences regarding the term J-RPG. While seen in the west as a classification of a certain flavor of role-playing games produced in Japan, it is seen as derogatory and reductive to Japanese developers, particularly in how many people use the term to mock design choices in both the game rules and story structure. Which, man, it sucks to hear that it causes pain and sour feelings. Like, a lot of the best video games I've played fall under that categorization. Hell, I grew up in the era where Japanese companies were the most trusted and revered in game development. I'm not saying that the likes of Nintendo, Konami, and Capcom are perfect little angels, particularly when it comes to overworking staff members. But, even today, I still have a positive bias towards Japanese games and developers. Hell, that was my first major link to a culture outside my own. To think anyone would consider them inferior when they both saved the goddamn industry and continue to make major contributions to it is infuriating.

It was definitely a weird time to play "Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete," all things considered. Because man, is "Lunar 2" ever the most game of that game type.

"Lunar 2" takes place about 1,000 years after its predecessor. A silent threat is building behind a false front of benevolence, triggering a strange woman to come blasting to Lunar to stop it. She subsequently gets nerfed so hard that even a paper weight could take her out. Lucky for her, a hero named Hiro (lucky that!) comes to her aid. Through various tribulations, Hiro, the strange woman from the Blue Star, and their friends manage to quell the rising threat without using the same destructive power that once killed an entire celestial body. And then, when the strange lady ditches the planet to return home, Hiro re-discovers space travel to reunite with her.

Like, buddy. She says she loves you, then ditches you hard enough that you have to create NASA? Maybe think twice about this.

Are you old enough to remember "The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Clichés" website? Like, pre-TVTropes TVTropes? This game could literally be that list codified. Like, there are several rules on that page that are named after both "Lunar: Silver Star Story" and "Lunar 2" characters and situations. It's not to say "Lunar 2" is derivative, necessarily. A lot of the party members are creative in the same way that a teenager's fantasies are brashly unique. It's just what you'd expect out of an RPG story. Church bad; dragons good; Satan's a thot; only your girl is pure enough to fight them.

"Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete" gets strange when put into the context of time. Like, this remastering was released in 2000. This poor game was released in the same year as "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" and "Final Fantasy IX." Like, holy shit, right? It's wild how much technology varied between 1999-2001. Absolute cowboy years of gaming. I can't find sales numbers for this particular variant, but if it were sentient, I'd have to imagine it took to drinking with "Wild Arms 2." What a rough time to roll out. Hell, depending on how you look across international markets, even the original game would have had spicy competition from "Shin Megami Tensei" 1 and 2, "Final Fantasy 6", and "Phantasy Star IV." Aspects from those RPGs might make this one look sweet and baby-faced by comparison.

There is one major structural difference between "Lunar 2" and most games. This is the inclusion of its post-game epilogue, where Hiro strives to reunite himself with his lost love. Honestly, this may have been one of the earliest games to try this narrative structure out. Like, it's so unique that I thought this was added to the Playstation version to quell angry players of the Sega CD version. (It's not, but more on the Sega CD version at the end.) It's probably most comparable to "Tales of Graces F" or more recent "Pokémon" games, in terms of content addition. Despite some hang-ups I have about Hiro's relationship, I do think it is critical to play through. It's an additional 15-20 hours on top of the 24 it took you to get to it, but honestly, it feels wrong to let this plot thread hang. Might as well do all you can!

Like its predecessor, "Lunar 2" has a generally likable cast. Most of them are flawed, but still endearing (particularly, alcoholic gambling addict/ex-priest Ronfar, assassin-turned-dancer Jean, and money-hungry, driven mage Lemina.) Even some of the villains are surprisingly kind, once you kick their ass. (Although, Lunn and Borgan probably should have had some subsequent ass beatings for what the hell they pulled. Fucking karma escape artists.)

There was one major character hang-up I had, and that was with the main heroine herself. Like, I get that Lucia is a weird space girl from thousands of years ago, so she might not have the best sense of social cues. But, there are several times where she tries to ditch the party to continue her mission alone, only to end up putting either herself or the party in danger. She initially bails on helping a sick baby because it might take too much time. She gets weirdly prudish as she starts falling in love with Hiro, which seems backwards. Then, there's the whole ditching humanity to go back into a freezer to wait for the Blue Star to recover. Like, hello? Girl? What the hell? Did you learn nothing this entire time about working with humans to accomplish your goals? Could you not have learned about agriculture or the fine points of sustainable space travel? Did you think any less of your goddess for going mortal and abandoning both the Blue Star and Lunar? Do you think any new life on the Blue Star would automatically revere and listen to you like in the past? How are you a princess of a dead planet? What's the governance on that? Is this mike on? Hello? 

Oh, well. At least she didn't nuke anybody.

The gameplay of "Lunar 2" is pretty much the same as it was in the first game. It's mostly mazy dungeon exploration + turn-based combat + inventory management on lean funds. I didn't have to stat boost Hiro as much to get through bosses this time, but there's definitely an item in the epilogue that makes stat boosting totally spammable. Absolutely worth it. While Lucia is in your party, you have no control over her actions. It's weird (and honestly irritating in some circumstances), but comparable to the Sega CD variant of Luna from the first "Lunar" game. I don't think you'll find anything too surprising here. It's just mostly about stacking your dominoes in the right order.

The engine for this game is so similar to the first game that I literally encountered the same audio-loading hard lock bug. This time, it hit with a vengeance. Like, if I did not own a disc repair machine, there's a good chance I would not have been able to beat this game. The discs were just in that rough of shape. I guess I can't blame a game for failing if its physical media is melting into sludge. It did make for some frightening moments, though.

Seriously—don't get into physical media collecting if you're not going to put the work into keeping your collection functioning. A lot of the games I like are running on consoles that are between 20-40 years old. It's only a matter of time until a clock battery runs dry or an electrolytic capacitor blows or even a disc reader fails. You've got to be ready for when that happens. Otherwise, you're just making an elaborate garbage pile.

Media degradation isn't the only way this game is rough. A lot of the translation is very of-the-times. Which, for the late 90s/early 200s, means that there is a significant amount of crude language. Like, I gave "Final Fantasy VII"'s translation shit for Tifa's single R-bomb. Ronfar is handing them out like party favors. I'm assuming if you're reading this on Tumblr, you're also well aware of the international discussion of terms used to describe those of the Roma ethnicity. And, okay. I want to be a good international citizen. So, I try to be mindful about the wrong term in the same way one has to be careful about using Eskimo, Indian, or Oriental. And then, Jean literally shouts "Gypsy magic!", and I end up snorting pop up my nose. Like, goddamn. Times really change, don't they? And that's not even getting into one character being solely dragged for his weight! Shit, man.

Oh my God. Anybody remember that bit with the woman in Zulan having amnesia and forgetting she was a mom? That was pretty fucked, too. Like, imagine how horrific being in that position would be for all parties considered. Although, I guess that’s also the plot to "Overboard", in a way. 🙃 Jeepers. Times change, indeed.

This is a minor nitpick, but Hiro's run option was driving me nuts in game. I'm used to using it like you would in an old "Pokémon" game to blast through everything as fast as possible. Hiro's run is very limited. Like, maybe 4-6 tiles out limited. Also, don't expect to gain any invincibility frames from it. The damn thing is really near useless, especially when trying to evade enemies. But, I guess it's there, so…thanks?

If you are interested in playing this game, definitely play "Lunar: Silver Star Story" first. It does add a lot of meaning to the game, although you could probably follow along without that experience. The Playstation version of this game is a must, particularly for those in the NTSC region. I mean, those of us in the U.S. are used to companies dicking around with international releases. There's beefing up enemy stats and increasing item costs, and then there's consuming the experience points used to beef up spells so that you can save your game. Like, okay, Satan. As if 40 hours of grinding weren't enough already!

Whatever you decide to do, I hope you come away from this introspection with at least one important thing to remember. Keep your games clean. And I don't mean linguistically. Although, it can be thoughtful to do that, too.

There's no reason to shit up the world before Space Satan does it.

[g4zdtechtv]

Cinematech's Trailer Park - Lunar Remastered Collection (Multiplatform)

Not starring Ashley Angel from O-Town.

[bancho-zx]

【PlayStation】

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete | LUNAR２ エターナルブルー ~Opening

// Credits

// MiSTer FPGA / PSX core // Y/C Composite // Sony KV-13TR20 CRT TV

[thegeasswriter]

Since Lunar Remastered Collection is coming up Spring 2025, that might turn into a future long hyperfixation. Could also turn a possible rp blog of Lunar muses. Dunno yet. But, highly possible. We'll wait and see.

[pandor-pandorkful]

And she's like over 6ft tall. <3

eternal blue is a trans narriative because it's about picking up a cool gf from a dungeon and everyone declaring her to be the great satan for serving cunt to hard

[just-ghaleon]

LUNAR STEAM PAGE UP!!!!! OuO

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[pandor-pandorkful]

What are your biggest hopes for Lunar 1 and 2 Remastered?

Oh gosh, I think my BIGGEST hope is that Remastered introduces the series to a whole slew of enthusiastic folks who missed out on Lunar due to the series being console-locked for 3 decades. (And that it inspires more fan creations and discussions!!)

Another big hope is that the new script treatment removes most of the worst of the 90's bigotry and ignorance, while broadening the room for more queer and neurodiverse interpretations. (Or at least, avoids stepping on the toes of the interpreters. :B)

Also, if Remastered does well, dare I hope for Magic School to finally get an official translation and release?? (I know there's one animated cutscene that needs to get altered or removed. That scene scuttled a fan translation patch several years ago, due to the team being unable to hack around it successfully/getting into heated arguments over whether it needed to be removed or censored. My assumption is the a full Remastered version of Magic School would be able to do surgery on that part of the game, in ways a fan hack couldn't.)

At the very least, I reaaaallllyyy hope they change Jean's battle cries. But we've already discussed that at length. XD

[lunarweek]

Lunar Week 2024 may be over, but I'll continue featuring posts as I find them over the next few weeks! So feel free to continue posting to the lunar week and lunar week 2024 tags, that's the easiest way for me to catch them! (Or feel free to @ me/send posts to me if I've missed any!)

Meanwhile, let's work on locking down next year's schedule: did July work out or should we move back to June? Should we do Lunar Week earlier or later in the year??

Likely more polls to come based on the responses to this one. ^^;;

[pandor-pandorkful]

5 needs more loooove >w< Amano's art is so dreamlike and absolutely stellar, its hard to go wrong with that choice!! Tho I think the dancer outfit is my fave for Bartz:

(As interpreted in Dissidia) So fabulous. :3 <3

And speaking of games that need more love, I highly recommend the Lunar series to anyone who enjoys the sprite era of Final Fantasy. ;3 My main man Ghaleon would like to personally invite you to join him at the Magic Guild of Vane:

(As seen in Lunar: The Silver Star on SegaCD, and in the PS1 remake Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete)

Additional Lunar Propaganda, here are the game intros:

Eeeheheheheheheheee >:3c

8 for character meme.... and the character I choose will be....... Ghaleon, if you know the Lunar series? (If not, then Bartz from FF5. Or Cecil from FF4. ^^;; )

I dont know this character so ill go with Bartz since I barely talk about 5 even if I love it!

My fav design of him is the Amano one obv. Hes a dashing boy. I dont really know for jobs outfits since its mainly well, sprites (but if youre curious, I always make him my healer)

[archoneddzs15]

Sega Saturn - Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete

Title: Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete / ルナ２ エターナルブルー

Developer: Game Arts / Vanguard / Ikusabune / Gonzo

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten / Entertainment Software Publishing (ESP)

Release date: 23 July 1998

Catalogue No.: T-27906G

Genre: RPG

If you've never played Lunar 2 then you've never played one of the best RPGs of its time. Simply stunning is the word you'd use to sum up this game. Do yourself a favor and enjoy a true classic RPG from a time when shoving them full of overrated CG crap wasn't the main focus.

 The first thing that struck me was that Lunar 2 uses CRI ADX sound format like 80% of Dreamcast games do which results in Lunar 2 having some beautiful sound. (Riven The Sequel to Myst, Welcome to Pia Carrot, and Falcom Classics 2 use this codec also) Another thing that did surprise me was that the game uses Cinepak for the FMV. This led me to believe that all the FMV would be in a box with awful quality like practically every other game that uses Cinepak. To my surprise, Lunar 2 has some very nice quality FMVs. The intro alone shows this. Some scenes don't have the slightest hint of blockiness that plaques Cinepak FMV. Just check out the video link below to see how beautiful the video looks in this game.

I hope to get time to play this in the future but for now, at least I can look at the instruction book and map of the area shown below.

This first print of Lunar 2 Eternal Blue also comes with a set of Sega Freak cards showing some of the characters used in the Lunar series. Just take a look. They're very nice indeed.

[pandorkful]

One of the Lunar things I drew on the most recent stream! mewthemew wanted Lunar characters as Animal Crossing villagers, so I went ape. :3