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Lunar (Video Game)
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A series of Role-Playing Games started in 1992, developed by Game Arts. All the entries in the series are set on the eponymous world of Lunar. It is a stock sword-and-sorcery fantasy world, but with an Alien Sky dominated by an object called the Blue Star. The twist is that Lunar is indeed a moon — and according to legend, one that was empty and lifeless until a goddess transformed it and moved people there from the Blue Star... according to legend. The reasons (and long term effects) of this become important plot points.First developed for the Sega CD, at a time when role-playing games were a niche outside of Japan, it became a Sleeper Hit in the console's short lifespan, ending up as its second highest selling title. A sequel came, entitled Lunar: Eternal Blue (no numeral), and the series has been producing remakes and spin-offs ever since, with the PlayStation remakes, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete being the best known to English-speaking fans.The series' release list is as follows, with remakes grouped and split release dates comparing first Japanese release date to the U.S. date: Lunar: The Silver Star — Sega CD (1992/1993) Lunar: Silver Star Story — Sega Saturn (1996) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete — Sega Saturn (1997, Japan only, required an add-on card called the MPEG adapter) PlayStation (1999/2000), PC (1999, Japan and Korea only) Lunar Legend — Game Boy Advance (2002/2002) Lunar: Silver Star Harmony — PSP (2009/2010) Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch — iOS (US: 2012) Lunar: Eternal Blue — Sega CD (1994/1995) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue — Sega Saturn (1998) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete — PlayStation (1999/2000) Lunar: Walking School — Game Gear (1996) Magic School Lunar — Sega Saturn (1997) Lunar: Dragon Song — Nintendo DS (2005/2005)There are variety of other Lunar-related media that never left Japan - novelizations, manga, drama CDs, even a short anime film made for Magic School Lunar!. The one exception is the Silver Star Story novelizations, which are available in English via Kindle. | |
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Boom Stick | |
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Boom Stick: Mages tend to have staves as their primary weapon, which attack through spells rather than hitting the enemy. | |
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Heroic Mime | |
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Heroic Mime: Alex comes pretty close to being one of these in Silver Star, but averts it with a few lines of dialogue here and there. Hiro in Eternal Blue averts it quite thoroughly. | |
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Godiva Hair | |
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Godiva Hair: Employed in Fanservice bathing scenes throughout the series. | |
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Feelies | |
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Feelies: The Complete remakes on the PlayStation came with mini-strategy guides, cloth maps of the overworld, and a life-sized replica of Lucia's pendant (in the case of Eternal Blue). | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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The Althena/Lucia relationship in particular is popular target of fan speculation. Lucia and Althena know each other's purposes, and are similar enough that Lucia can assume Althena's powers. Lucia seems deeply hurt that Luna-Althena chose to become mortal (read: Lucia will never see her again). Luna-Althena, for her part, was clearly concerned about how Lucia would take it, to the point that she recorded a message explaining the situation, her reasoning, and some words of encouragement for Lucia. So what the hell is their relationship? Sisters? Mother-daughter? They're obviously very similar physically, and at the start of the game Althena is the only person Lucia actually cares about... so what are they? We've now hit the twenty-year mark on this and fans still don't have any straight answers or payoff on the question, not even in the extra material. The closest answer the fans will (probably) ever get came from an FAQ from a Japanese artbook: | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: A meta example. The changes between the Sega CD, PSX, GBA and PSP versions of the first game have many glaring differences in the storyline. There's no official word on which one is canon. | |
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Bag of Sharing | |
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Bag of Sharing: Averted (in all the games up to the Eternal Blue remake): Each character can carry a set number of items, and only those can be accessed in battle. Any extras can be left with Nall/Ruby. Played straight in the Eternal Blue remake and every game since. | |
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Playing with Fire | |
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Fire and Ice: Mia Ausa and Lemina Ausa. | |
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In the Hood | |
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In the Hood: In Silver Star Story, Royce the Fortune Teller plays this straight, wearing one to give her a dark and mysterious appearance. On the other hand, Jessica averts it, wearing a hooded cape for the sake of a White Mage look. In Eternal Blue, Lemina initially wears a hood, to both hide her identity and play the part of a mysterious fortune teller... and the rest of the characters call her weird for it. | |
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Magical Incantation | |
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Magical Incantation: In the Childhood's End and Vheen Airship Story mangas, it's stated that humans need to use either incantations or prayers to use magic. When someone can cast magic without this, it's a dead giveaway that they're actually a member of the Vile Tribe. | |
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Earth That Was | |
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Earth That Was: The humans of Lunar all came from the Blue Star, which is now a frozen wasteland. | |
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Status Effects | |
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Status Effects: Nash and Jean have status-inflicting magic. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: There's a number of missing parents in the series, but one of particular notice is the father of Mia, the husband of Lemia Ausa... or any male in the Ausa line, for that matter. While he's simply never mentioned in the game, bonus materials turn this into a Justified Trope, explained best in Lemina's backstory novel: the heiresses of the Ausa family keep their romances and marriages a secret from the public, to separate their family life and their responsibilities to the Guild as much as possible. Suddenly, it makes sense why there's no mention of Lemia's husband, and why the series makes a point of avoiding confirmation on whether or not Mia and Nash hooked up. Which means there's plenty of open territory for fan speculation about who Mia's father is. One popular theory is that it's Ghaleon, but the Tale of the Vane Airship manga suggests that it's more likely to be Dyne. | |
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Sleazy Politician | |
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The first town in Lunar 2, Larpa, embodies the trope more fully. It is cheerfully given over to drunken carousing, petty theft, and racketeering. (That last one is mostly courtesy of the crooked mayor.) | |
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Beergasm | |
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Beergasm: There is quite a bit of alcohol consumption in the series. Almost every town contains an Alcohol Hic NPC, and in Silver Star Story/Harmony many of them go out of their way to sing the praises of the local brew. A number of player characters indulge at several points as well, most memorably Kyle, although Jessica, Ronfar, and Jean show signs of inebriation at various points as well. | |
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After the End | |
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Worth noting: the Blue Star looks exactly like Earth. You can clearly identify Africa, Europe, and North America in various shots. The backstory detailed in the Eternal Blue remake makes it clear that this is Earth After the End, and even includes a cutscene that shows the final battle where Earth is destroyed. | |
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Official Couple | |
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Official Couple: Alex and Luna in the first game. Hiro and Lucia in the second. With Beta Couples of Kyle and Jessica, Nash and Mia in the first as well (sort of). Ronfar and Mauri in the second. | |
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Assist Character | |
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Assist Character: Nall and Ruby both fill this role in battles. They spend most of the time flying around in the background, but will jump in to help at the end of some turns. | |
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Fortune Teller | |
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Fortune Teller: Royce in Silver Star Story, Lemina in Eternal Blue. | |
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Hyperactive Sprite | |
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Hyperactive Sprite: The player characters constantly walk in place in most games in the series. The exceptions are Magic School, Dragon Song, and Silver Star Harmony. | |
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Guest-Star Party Member | |
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Guest-Star Party Member: Tempest, Laike and Ghaleon in The Silver Star. Gwyn in Eternal Blue. | |
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Wretched Hive | |
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Wretched Hive: The line is quoted in Silver Star Story by an NPC next to the pub in Saith. The first town in Lunar 2, Larpa, embodies the trope more fully. It is cheerfully given over to drunken carousing, petty theft, and racketeering. (That last one is mostly courtesy of the crooked mayor.) | |
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Alien Sky | |
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Alien Sky: Inverted, played straight and Justified. The Blue Star is always visible and is always huge in the sky. This is because Lunar is actually the Blue Star's moon that's been terraformed (the Frontier and the ground that the Azure City/Fortress of Althena passes over becomes rather moon-like). Worth noting: the Blue Star looks exactly like Earth. You can clearly identify Africa, Europe, and North America in various shots. The backstory detailed in the Eternal Blue remake makes it clear that this is Earth After the End, and even includes a cutscene that shows the final battle where Earth is destroyed. | |
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Mysterious Waif | |
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Mysterious Waif: Luna in the first game, Lucia in the second. | |
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True Blue Femininity | |
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True Blue Femininity: Several female character designs reflect this, to the point of having blue hair. | |
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Elemental Powers | |
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Elemental Powers: Some characters will have elemental magic in their special abilities. Ghaleon has one of each, except for Lightning. Fire and Ice: Mia Ausa and Lemina Ausa. Lighting: Nash Wind: Hiro Earth: Leo | |
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2D Visuals, 3D Effects | |
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2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The Complete remakes feature animation sequences by Studio GONZO, and this trope is their calling card. Silver Star Story (Complete) and Harmony, have a computer modeled ship from the "Wind's Nocturne" song sequence and the exterior of The Very Definitely Final Dungeon. Eternal Blue Complete has many computer modeled objects, such as the building where Lucia sleeps on the Blue Star, most shots of the Dragonship Destiny, and Zophar's first form. | |
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Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: Fur trim is a favored costume element, especially in The Silver Star. | |
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Fantastic Ghetto | |
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Fantastic Ghetto: The Frontier, a locale that appears in both Lunar 1 and Lunar: Dragon Song, is an inhospitable desert to which the enemies of Althena's children are exiled. | |
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Big Fancy House | |
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Big Fancy House: The Guildhouse in Vane, which also serves as the home of the Ausa family. By the time Eternal Blue, it's still standing despite the Guild itself (and with it, the Ausa family's money) being almost gone. But by that point, it has a large, unpatched hole in the roof... | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
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Both versions of Eternal Blue, Zophar, despite being sealed away, pretty much rules the world. The Four Dragons are sealed away and his minions have pretty much created a Crapsack World. Once he gets released, Zophar successfully hijacks Althena's power, but the heroes stop him before he can create his "age of darkness". | |
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Dual Boss | |
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In The Silver Star, Alex must fight a Dual Boss against the Dragon Angels to get Althena's Sword. In the remake the Dragon Angels were Adapted Out, and the trial by combat was replaced with a good old sword-in-the-stone scenario. The champion's sword was right under everyone's noses all along. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise: Played (ahem) straight by Kyle in the first remake, but played for laughs by 'Mystere' (Leo) in the second remake. | |
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Useless Useful Spell | |
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Useless Useful Spell: Status effects in general. | |
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Shock and Awe | |
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Lighting: Nash | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: Scenes at the end of Eternal Blue recall ones from the beginning. Lucia appears in the Blue Spire; Lucia returns home from the Blue Spire. Lucia awakens on the Blue Star, sensing trouble on Lunar; Lucia awakens on the Blue Star because Hiro has come to stay with her. Also, we first meet Hiro as he's hanging upside down and being a bit of a of a lovable dork. The final non-credits scene has him hanging upside down on Lucia's hibernation crystal, smiling and waving at Lucia like the most adorable dork ever. The Silver Star remakes add book ends. The game begins at Dyne's monument, and reprises that scene after the credits roll. | |
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Auto-Revive | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5334fb89 | comment |
Auto-Revive: Many games in the series have Angel Rings - rare, equippable accessories that resurrect the user once, then vanish. Falls firmly in the Too Awesome to Use category for almost all of the game. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5334fb89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5334fb89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_5334fb89 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_53b6ab6a | type |
Jumped at the Call | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_53b6ab6a | comment |
Jumped at the Call: Both Alex and Hiro. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_53b6ab6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_53b6ab6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_53b6ab6a | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_54321e11 | type |
Innocent Fanservice Girl | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_54321e11 | comment |
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete makes Lucia an Innocent Fanservice Girl. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_54321e11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_54321e11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_54321e11 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5539b84f | type |
Corrupt Church | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5539b84f | comment |
In the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue, the Corrupt Church is called Althena's Cult. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5539b84f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5539b84f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_5539b84f | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5941d75 | type |
Beta Couple | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5941d75 | comment |
With Beta Couples of Kyle and Jessica, Nash and Mia in the first as well (sort of). Ronfar and Mauri in the second. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5941d75 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5941d75 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_5941d75 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5ceb9939 | type |
Alcohol Hic | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5ceb9939 | comment |
There is quite a bit of alcohol consumption in the series. Almost every town contains an Alcohol Hic NPC, and in Silver Star Story/Harmony many of them go out of their way to sing the praises of the local brew. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5ceb9939 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5ceb9939 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_5ceb9939 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5fff364d | type |
Combat Medic | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5fff364d | comment |
Combat Medic: Lunar healer characters come from the Dungeons & Dragons cleric mold - let 'em Carry a Big Stick or an Epic Flail and they can crack heads. Jessica can hold her own with maces and claws. Ronfar too, but it's usually better to give him crests that enable magic spells. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5fff364d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_5fff364d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_5fff364d | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Vile Tribe. In the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue, the Corrupt Church is called Althena's Cult. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | type |
Random Encounters | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | comment |
Random Encounters: Played straight in the original games, but completely averted in the remakes. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_64fa0ea8 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_65815c3 | type |
Feathered Dragons | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_65815c3 | comment |
Feathered Dragons: All of the adults dragons in the series have feathers. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_65815c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_65815c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_65815c3 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_68f95429 | type |
That's No Moon | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_68f95429 | comment |
That's No Moon: Inverted: yes it is! According to the Creation Myth of the setting, the Goddess Althena made Lunar habitable and populated it with people from the Blue Star, Lunar's omnipresent Weird Moon. All myths being true, the Blue Star isn't a moon, (the fact that it's called a star has to do with "star" being an acceptable equivalent for "planet" in Japanese,) but Lunar actually is. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_68f95429 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_68f95429 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_68f95429 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: Jean, for the first portion of the game, fights with dancer fans. Bladed dancer fans. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a2ae11f | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: That's what it's all about! | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6aada778 | type |
Only the Chosen May Wield | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6aada778 | comment |
Only the Chosen May Wield: Heroes must be judged worthy to carry Althena's Sword, though the means of determining worthiness varies from game to game. In The Silver Star, Alex must fight a Dual Boss against the Dragon Angels to get Althena's Sword. In the remake the Dragon Angels were Adapted Out, and the trial by combat was replaced with a good old sword-in-the-stone scenario. The champion's sword was right under everyone's noses all along. In Lunar 2, Nall is the keeper of Althena's Sword, and he eventually decides to give it to Hiro but only after he succeeds in saving the world. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6aada778 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6aada778 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_6aada778 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6f189981 | type |
Unusual Ears | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6f189981 | comment |
Unusual Ears: Name a beastperson, any beastperson. Both of the main types are seen in their species. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6f189981 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_6f189981 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_6f189981 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_71bd62b9 | type |
Calling Your Attacks | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_71bd62b9 | comment |
Calling Your Attacks: Attaching voice clips to special moves was the new hotness when the Lunar remakes were first made, but the characters don't strictly call their attacks by name - magic spells, for instance, get invocations. Everyone yells different things for different attacks; some will spout a Catchphrase. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_71bd62b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_71bd62b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_71bd62b9 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7537b028 | type |
Dragons Are Divine | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7537b028 | comment |
Dragons Are Divine: In the Lunar series, the Four Dragons were created by the Goddess Althena as guardians of Lunar and humans hold them in awe. The Four Dragons form a sort of magical bulwark around the Goddess, and they judge the worthiness of humans who aspire to be the Goddess' hero, the Dragonmaster. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7537b028 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7537b028 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7537b028 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7603b45b | type |
Furo Scene | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7603b45b | comment |
Furo Scene: The sole reason why the Althena's Spring locations exist. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7603b45b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7603b45b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7603b45b | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | type |
Healing Hands | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | comment |
Healing Hands: Jessica and Ronfar's magic. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b4ac30a | type |
Status Buff | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b4ac30a | comment |
Status Buff: All characters with swords usually have a spell to boost their stats as well, while mages will usually have a spell to boost the stats of another character. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b4ac30a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b4ac30a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b4ac30a | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | type |
Curtains Match the Window | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | comment |
Lucia and Jean were textbook examples of Curtains Match the Window, with the former having blue hair and blue eyes, and the latter having green hair and green eyes. In the remake they were both broken out of it, as Lucia's eyes were changed to green and Jean's were changed to brown. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7b6f0622 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7c8ef64d | type |
Portal Pool | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7c8ef64d | comment |
Portal Pool: The Springs of Transmission used used to enter Vane in The Silver Star and Eternal Blue. The entrance to the Goddess Tower in Eternal Blue. The Silver Star had another one as the entrance to the Frontier. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7c8ef64d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7c8ef64d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7c8ef64d | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7ea8f5ce | type |
Knight in Shining Armor | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7ea8f5ce | comment |
Knight in Shining Armor: The Dragonmasters. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7ea8f5ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7ea8f5ce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7ea8f5ce | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7eb09e49 | type |
The Four Gods | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7eb09e49 | comment |
The Four Gods: The color of the four dragons of Althena are White, Red, Blue and Black. Even more explicit in Dragon Song, in which the White Dragon is tiger-like, the Black Dragon is turtle-like, the Red Dragon resembles a phoenix and the Blue Dragon looks like a Chinese dragon. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7eb09e49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_7eb09e49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_7eb09e49 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_80b5924 | type |
Left Hanging | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_80b5924 | comment |
Left Hanging: Fairly deliberately done to a few of the wider "mythos" plot points, especially in Eternal Blue. For example, they never completely explain the relationship between Althena and Lucia - it looks like they could be related, and Lucia herself says "Althena led the people to Lunar, while I..." and then just leaves it there as stuff happens. Also, since it is pretty obvious that the Blue Star is Earth, the exact origins of Althena, Lucia and Zophar are never explained. It seems like they all know the answers, but player is never privy to them. And exactly what is the origin of the Vile Tribe and their relationship to Zophar? He seems to have some control over them, Ghaleon especially (what with the resurrection thing and all) but this is not elaborated on at all. Some of these may be deliberate Sequel Hooks, but since Lunar 3 has been in Development Hell since 1996... The Althena/Lucia relationship in particular is popular target of fan speculation. Lucia and Althena know each other's purposes, and are similar enough that Lucia can assume Althena's powers. Lucia seems deeply hurt that Luna-Althena chose to become mortal (read: Lucia will never see her again). Luna-Althena, for her part, was clearly concerned about how Lucia would take it, to the point that she recorded a message explaining the situation, her reasoning, and some words of encouragement for Lucia. So what the hell is their relationship? Sisters? Mother-daughter? They're obviously very similar physically, and at the start of the game Althena is the only person Lucia actually cares about... so what are they? We've now hit the twenty-year mark on this and fans still don't have any straight answers or payoff on the question, not even in the extra material. The closest answer the fans will (probably) ever get came from an FAQ from a Japanese artbook: | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_80b5924 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_80b5924 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_80b5924 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_81f909f2 | type |
Dishing Out Dirt | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_81f909f2 | comment |
Earth: Leo | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_81f909f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_81f909f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_81f909f2 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
The Silver Star played it straight and gave the final boss a second, monstrous form, complete with epic Large Ham transformation. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_82d2715f | type |
Magitek | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_82d2715f | comment |
Magitek: This trope pops up from time to time, and is most pronounced in the original Silver Star. The Grindery, the Big Bad's giant Base on Wheels in The Silver Star, is depicted as an unholy union of magic and machinery. There's nothing unholy about the Dragonship Destiny in Eternal Blue. It's such a Cool Boat that NPCs everywhere admire it. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_82d2715f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_82d2715f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_82d2715f | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_835f53f3 | type |
Pals with Jesus | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_835f53f3 | comment |
Pals with Jesus: Luna A.K.A. the Goddess Althena And of course, Lucia. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_835f53f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_835f53f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_835f53f3 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83adb272 | type |
Crystal Dragon Jesus | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83adb272 | comment |
Crystal Dragon Jesus: The people of the Lunar world worship Althena, a benevolent goddess who is reborn as a human and then returns to godhood every now and then, until she decides to embrace mortality forever. Depictions of the the Church of Althena vary from game to game in terms of the quantity of Christian elements. While The Silver Star's religion has ancient Greek trappings, Silver Star Story's Temple of the Goddess may as well be a Christian cathedral. (Silver Star Harmony dials this down.) All iterations of Eternal Blue are blatant examples, featuring missionary churches and "the end is nigh" preachings. Underneath the trappings of Christianity, worship of Althena parallels Buddhism and other Eastern beliefs. In particular, the Four Dragons are quite literally a Crystal Dragon version of The Four Gods, and the Four Heroes can be considered the Shitennou of Althena. One of the inspirations for Eternal Blue was the introduction of Journey into the West, in which Sun Wukong, despite all he had achieved and all the power he commanded, could not escape Buddha's palm. The writer (Word of God) considered it an insult to the 'power of humanity' that he could simply do nothing. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83adb272 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83adb272 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_83adb272 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83b89a9c | type |
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83b89a9c | comment |
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: Spelled out in Eternal Blue with five elements, and color-coded crests for each: Earth (orange), Fire (red), Lightning (yellow), Ice (blue) and Wind (green). | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83b89a9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_83b89a9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_83b89a9c | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_8485d41a | type |
Interspecies Romance | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_8485d41a | comment |
Interspecies Romance: Kyle and Jessica in the first game, Ronfar and Mauri in the second. In the Childhood's End manga, Alternate Phacia was involved in one, to the horror of humans and the Vile Tribe alike. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_8485d41a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_8485d41a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_8485d41a | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: There's one under Meribia which appears in The Silver Star and Eternal Blue both. And yes, it's filled with monsters. In Eternal Blue, Ramus turns it into a tourist attraction called the "Tunnels of Carnage." | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_87e661e8 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | type |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | comment |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: There are more that a few bosses for bosses sake in the Sega CD games, but many are cut from the remakes. Subverted in the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue. The Phantom Sentry is a one time boss that appears out of nowhere, makes some cryptic statements, and disappears just as quickly, never to be seen again until the Playable Epilogue, in which he becomes very important. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_91183950 | type |
Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_91183950 | comment |
Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism: The beastpeople, who are a cross between Little Bit Beastly (specifically Cat Girl) and Beast Man. Silver Star's catgirl is a halfcatgirl, and her features are rather elven. Leo and Mauri in Eternal Blue are more obvious beast people. Elaborated upon in an FAQ from a Japanese artbook: | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_91183950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_91183950 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_91183950 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Subverted with the Magic Emperor Ghaleon in SSSC since despite his final defeat, he still succeeded in awakening the goddess within Luna. Played straight with Zophar in the second game who, after getting defeated by Hiro and co. for the second time, completely loses it and declares he will destroy everything. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_957e5fc2 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_957e5fc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_957e5fc2 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_970c790a | comment |
The confrontation with the Big Bad in Eternal Blue is an ideal example of the trope, with three (or four?) stages, including Clipped-Wing Angel. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_970c790a | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9712e10 | type |
Sword of Plot Advancement | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9712e10 | comment |
Sword of Plot Advancement: Several in the form of the Dragonmaster's equipment, collected piece by piece. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9712e10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9712e10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_9712e10 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9c1c527b | type |
Hub City | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9c1c527b | comment |
Hub City: Meribia, the largest city in the setting, is the commercial capital. The flying city of Vane is the magical/academic capital; its citizens call it the center of the world. Both of the cities are cool enough to get their own introductory cutscenes in The Silver Star, and they're important locations in Eternal Blue as well. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9c1c527b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9c1c527b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_9c1c527b | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: There's a whole series of books in Eternal Blue which details what happened to the cast after the first game, and a number of returning locales. Several books throughout Silver Star Story foreshadow Eternal Blue. One book in Damon's Tower openly references Zophar and the plot of the sequel, though it stops short of naming him. During SSSC's Playable Epilogue, Lemia remarks that her descendants might not be as charitable as she or Mia. Hoo boy... | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Lunar (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | |
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DistressedDamsel | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9f5e99a7 | comment |
Silver Star had a respectable four-to-three ratio of lead characters, and that's only if you count Nall. This gets a tad diluted, though, considering one ends up as a damsel-in-distress for the majority of the game, and most of the Guest Star Party Members are male. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_9f5e99a7 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: Lunar: The Silver Star is not big on recurring musical themes, but Eternal Blue and the remakes sure are. Themes keep popping up in BGM throughout the games (and the general consensus is they're pretty darn good ones, too). Most notably, each game has a main theme which will show up in the introduction, the credits, and plenty of times in between. The Silver Star Story theme is Wings, and the Eternal Blue theme is Rondo of Light and Shadow. Many of the characters will get their own themes as well, which are listed on the Characters Page. | |
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Award-Bait Song | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a3eae597 | comment |
Silver Star Story (Complete) and Harmony, have a computer modeled ship from the "Wind's Nocturne" song sequence and the exterior of The Very Definitely Final Dungeon. | |
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Adaptation Dye-Job | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a4414a05 | comment |
Adaptation Dye-Job: A few occurred between the Sega CD games and their remakes. Luna's eyes are usually brown in Lunar: The Silver Star, especially in promotional art, but have been blue since Silver Star Story. Lucia and Jean were textbook examples of Curtains Match the Window, with the former having blue hair and blue eyes, and the latter having green hair and green eyes. In the remake they were both broken out of it, as Lucia's eyes were changed to green and Jean's were changed to brown. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_a4414a05 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a60f7120 | type |
Physical God | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a60f7120 | comment |
Physical Goddess: Althena. Also Lucia, when her power isn't drained. Also Zophar. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_a60f7120 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a6275bef | type |
Cool Sword | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a6275bef | comment |
Cool Sword: Everybody knows that Heroes Prefer Swords, and the Lunar series doesn't disappoint on that front. (Unless it's a Gaiden Game or Dragon Song.) The coolest sword in the setting is Althena's Sword, the weapon of the Dragonmaster. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_a6275bef | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a7aef9ff | type |
Obfuscating Stupidity | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_a7aef9ff | comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: Kyle claims to do this in Silver Star Story, but Ronfar in Eternal Blue is a better example. He uses this to try and duck out of helping Hiro, pretending to be a useless, Handsome Lech of a Gambler and not responding to the name 'Ronfar', up until he notices how serious Lucia's condition is. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_a7aef9ff | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_aaece264 | type |
Rousing Speech | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_aaece264 | comment |
In The Silver Star, Alex, Mia, and Jessica don't let the end of the world get them down, giving Rousing Speeches (well, not so much Alex,) to raise Nash's and Kyle's morale. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_aaece264 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ac6ea68c | type |
Near-Villain Victory | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ac6ea68c | comment |
Near-Villain Victory: A staple of the series. In Silver Star, the Magic Emperor's goal is control Althena's human incarnation. He succeeds, and takes over the world for about twenty minutes before the heroes come and kill him. In the remakes his goal is to have there be a god, which he succeeds in until Alex convinces Luna that she can become human again. Both versions of Eternal Blue, Zophar, despite being sealed away, pretty much rules the world. The Four Dragons are sealed away and his minions have pretty much created a Crapsack World. Once he gets released, Zophar successfully hijacks Althena's power, but the heroes stop him before he can create his "age of darkness". | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b2f26025 | type |
Genki Girl | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b2f26025 | comment |
Genki Girl: Jessica and Lemina. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_b2f26025 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9085a47 | type |
Summon Magic | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9085a47 | comment |
Summon Magic: The spells of the four dragons. | |
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1.0 | |
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Aerith and Bob | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: Alex, Jessica, Kyle... Ghaleon? | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | type |
Playable Epilogue | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | comment |
During SSSC's Playable Epilogue, Lemia remarks that her descendants might not be as charitable as she or Mia. Hoo boy... | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_b9e82f09 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | type |
Cool Boat | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | comment |
There's nothing unholy about the Dragonship Destiny in Eternal Blue. It's such a Cool Boat that NPCs everywhere admire it. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc19150b | type |
Demihuman | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc19150b | comment |
Demihuman: The beastpeople and the Vile Tribe both qualify as this, both with varying levels of humanity. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc19150b | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc331dff | type |
Capcom Sequel Stagnation | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc331dff | comment |
Capcom Sequel Stagnation: 2/3rds of the series are different versions of The Silver Star or Eternal Blue. There are three exceptions - the Gaiden Game Lunar: Walking School, its remake Magic School Lunar!, and the prequel Lunar: Dragon Song. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_bc331dff | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bd0415e2 | type |
Healing Spring | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bd0415e2 | comment |
Healing Spring: Lunar was ahead of the curve on averting the Trauma Inn trope, which was ubiquitous in the 90s. Instead, every game offers a free means of regaining health between missions - either NPC healers (The Silver Star, Magic School) or goddess statues (Eternal Blue, all the remakes) located in towns. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_bd0415e2 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bf927e82 | type |
Non-Human Sidekick | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_bf927e82 | comment |
Non-Human Sidekick: Nall, Alex's pet friend, who provides most of the game's jokes when interacting with townsfolk. Ruby in the second game, who does pretty much the same, but also breathes fire and has a crush on Hiro. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_bf927e82 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5ee8215 | type |
Magical Society | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5ee8215 | comment |
Magical Society / Wizarding School: The Magic Guild of Vane, which serves as a school as well as the governing body of Vane. Also, in Eternal Blue, the new city of Neo-Vane, now with more Fantastic Racism against Muggles. Also, the titular magic school of Magic School. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5ee8215 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | type |
Broken Bridge | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | comment |
Broken Bridge: Multiple games in the series include railroading that involves a literal bridge, but the most noteworthy example is an inversion in Silver Star Story: It's an actual bridge, and your party members are the ones who do the breaking. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_c5f23623 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Many of the Working Designs jokes consist of Shout Outs of various kinds. XSeed's translation of Silver Star Harmony has a Shout-Out to Castlevania II: Simon's Quest in the form of Nall having a dream about getting a silk bag from a graveyard duck during the camping scene in the Lost Woods, with Catching Some Z's: "Delays are temporary, mediocrity is forever." This line in Silver Star Story, uttered by Myght, is an allusion to Working Designs' frequent release schedule slips. Xseed kept it in Silver Star Harmony. "Mystere" introduces himself with the line "Never give up! Never surrender!" Xseed brought back Jennifer Stigile to perform the songs in Silver Star Harmony. 'Nuff said. In Eternal Blue, Giban's band has a large ratite bird called a chocob... err, chuckuboo, and this is exactly how this bird is described in-game. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c923e7a6 | type |
Metal Slime | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_c923e7a6 | comment |
Metal Slime: Cute, fuzzy creatures called Chiros, known in older translations as Ice Mongrels. They (along with their Palette Swaps, called Shiros/Ice Pups) yield above average experience in the Silver Star remakes, but in Eternal Blue and Eternal Blue Complete they are hard to encounter, hard to kill, and the XP is insanely good. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ca3a6dbd | type |
Informed Ability | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ca3a6dbd | comment |
Informed Ability: Luna and Lucia's singing is supposed to be incredibly beautiful... but at best, it's decent. It's even worse with the bar maids in Silver Star Story. Kikuko Inoue's singing as Luna in the Sega CD version was pretty convincing. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_ca3a6dbd | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_cc8564b3 | type |
Playboy Bunny | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_cc8564b3 | comment |
Playboy Bunny: There are bunny girl NPCs in both Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue. In the latter, there's even a martial arts dojo full of these, training in the art of Bunny Fist. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_cc8564b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_cc8564b3 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ccb2a89c | type |
Melancholy Moon | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_ccb2a89c | comment |
Melancholy Moon: With the Blue Star in the place of the moon, making it more like Melancholy Earth. The acclaimed Boat Scene in the Silver Star remakes is what this trope is all about, though. | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain: Phacia in Silver Star Story Complete and Leo in Eternal Blue. Ghaleon in Silver Star Story Complete is an arguable case, what with his noble intentions, but he acts like a Card-Carrying Villain most of the time. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_d001c42c | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d0a09849 | type |
Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d0a09849 | comment |
Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: In Lunar Legend Athena became mortal because she felt this about her own existence and she felt it was impossible for everyone to be equal so long as she was a goddess. | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_d0a09849 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d3327df0 | type |
Defend Command | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d3327df0 | comment |
Defend Command: One of the commands in battle. Amusingly, in Eternal Blue Complete, Lemina's defending animation has her open an umbrella and hold it in front of her like a shield. | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d88e125e | type |
Our Dragons Are Different | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_d88e125e | comment |
Our Dragons Are Different: Dragons are noble and wondrous beings which are closely associated with the Goddess Althena, as seen in Dragons Are Divine above. Most (but not all) of them are Feathered Dragons, and the games rarely depict them with reptilian traits. Dragon party members are Delightful Dragons, and they are so cat-like that they are frequently mistaken for cats. | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_dbd8e795 | type |
Gaiden Game | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_dbd8e795 | comment |
Gaiden Game: Lunar: Walking School / Magic School Lunar!. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_dbd8e795 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_dbd8e795 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1793de | type |
Updated Re-release | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1793de | comment |
Updated Re-release: Lots of 'em. Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a major overhaul of Lunar: The Silver Star. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete refines the scenarios of the original Lunar: Eternal Blue and shifts cutscene placement around. Magic School Lunar on Sega Saturn is a major expansion of Lunar: Walking School on Game Gear, with more characters, more magic, more chapters... more of pretty much everything. Japan only, though. Lunar Legend for Game Boy Advance, also built on The Silver Star, swaps in some plot points from the Japan-only novels and adds a collectible card element. Lunar: Silver Star Harmony for the PSP builds on Silver Star Story a bit, including more Mythology Gags and inverted Continuity Nods. (For example, one person will mention that Ramus' shop will stay in business for centuries. It lasts for a millennium, as seen in Eternal Blue.) | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1793de | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1a0454 | type |
Fantasy Pantheon | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1a0454 | comment |
Fantasy Pantheon: Althena, goddess of love, beauty and song, and her Four Dragons, keepers of the world's mana and judges of aspiring Dragonmasters. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_df1a0454 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e18a3c59 | type |
Hilarious Outtakes | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e18a3c59 | comment |
Hilarious Outtakes: Working Designs always included some after the credits, even Lunar: The Silver Star, had one. Xseed produced some outtakes for Silver Star Harmony as well. | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e18a3c59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_e18a3c59 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | type |
Dub Name Change | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | comment |
Dub Name Change: Name changes are common in the two main games; generally, fans accept them as effective alterations. On the other hand, Lunar: Dragon Song averts this trope - the names of the main characters match their Japanese counterparts pretty faithfully. The Silver Star favored prosaic name changes. Ahres (アレス; derived from the English word "earth") became Alex, Killy (キリー) became Kyle, Temzin and Pilya became Tempest and Fresca. Eternal Blue took the opposite approach, making names more exotic. Rainus (ライナス pronounced like Linus) became Lunn and the Masked White Knight became Mystere! | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: The art has changed a lot over the years. Toshiyuki Kubooka, the series character designer/animation director, has links to the anime production company Studio Gainax, so in the early 90s the art resembled Nadia. In the latter half of the 90s Lunar took on an Eva-like look...and has gone in other directions from there. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Lunar (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e567510d | comment |
Determinator: As a rule, the series is keen on Heroic Spirit. It's also keen on Near-Villain Victory, because there's no better way to demonstrate Heroic Spirit than rising up against impossible odds. In The Silver Star, Alex, Mia, and Jessica don't let the end of the world get them down, giving Rousing Speeches (well, not so much Alex,) to raise Nash's and Kyle's morale. The entire party of Eternal Blue. In fact, this is referred to as the "power of humanity": the ability to absolutely never give up, no matter how hopeless everything seems, so long as there is still anything left to fight for. | |
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Lunar (Video Game) / int_e567510d | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | type |
GameplayAndStoryIntegration | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | comment |
Gameplay and Story Integration: A couple of subtle instances of this, involving Lucia in Eternal Blue. First and most obvious, when you first get her, she can solo the enemy encounters with ease. Once she's cursed by Zophar, she's helpless in combat and over the course of the game gets better as the party gains levels. Additionally, despite being a pure spellcaster she doesn't have an MP display...and then you realize, oh yeah. She's basically a Physical God. She has infinite mana, or at least the source of her power is so fundamentally different from the other mortal party members that the game doesn't even bother tracking it. Finally, you'll note that she's on AI control all the time (partially to avoid having the player abuse that infinite mana pool). As the story progresses, her AI will change. At first she focuses on using her massive AoE to blast everything in her path; after she's cursed, she does nothing but run away from enemies; when "forced" to travel with Hiro & co., she focuses on buffing herself and attacking; but after she has second thoughts about abandoning the party, she starts using her buffs and heals on everyone, but with a bias toward Hiro (even over herself). Another one is in the epilogue sequence in Silver Star (at least in Harmony). Alex's MP meter disappears since he gave up his magic to save Luna, just as Dyne did 15 years prior. | |
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Dark Is Evil | |
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Dark Is Evil: The Magic Emperor is described using dark magic, Zophar is described as a dark god that is revived by the dark side of humanity. | |
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Blow You Away | |
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Wind: Hiro | |
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Oddball in the Series | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_f068cba | comment |
Oddball in the Series: Dragon Song attempted to update the series gameplay, but its plotting and characterization are rather sparse. This seems an odd path to take with a series that's known for old-school gameplay and well developed stories and characters. | |
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Last-Second Word Swap | |
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In Eternal Blue, Giban's band has a large ratite bird called a chocob... err, chuckuboo, and this is exactly how this bird is described in-game. | |
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Floating Mask | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_f4d03277 | comment |
Floating Mask: D, the personification of Demon Castle D in Lunar Walking School and Magic School Lunar! appears as a mask, although its design changes between the Game Gear and Saturn versions. The Five Princes of the Black Star added to Silver Star Harmony also take the form of masks. | |
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Cool Big Sis | |
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Cool Big Sis: Jean plays this role to Alice in the Childhood's End manga. | |
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Call of the Wild Blue Yonder | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_f86eb054 | comment |
Call of the Wild Blue Yonder: Ghaleon's big brother in Tales of the Vane Airship starts building his airship after developing a fascination with the flight of birds. Young Ghaleon only starts to understand the appeal of flight once he decides to finish his brother's project. | |
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1.0 | |
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_f8e010ce | comment |
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: The Magic Emperor Ghaleon, who could not understand why Althena and Dyne chose to relinquish their powers, and Zophar, who underestimated the power of humanity. | |
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| Lunar (Video Game) / int_fc33ff16 | type |
One-Winged Angel | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_fc33ff16 | comment |
One-Winged Angel: A veritable auto-include, but some games in the series play with this trope. The Silver Star played it straight and gave the final boss a second, monstrous form, complete with epic Large Ham transformation. The Silver Star remakes...avert this. No monster form. No multiple stages. Just one incredibly hard-hitting Well-Intentioned Extremist. The confrontation with the Big Bad in Eternal Blue is an ideal example of the trope, with three (or four?) stages, including Clipped-Wing Angel. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
| Lunar (Video Game) / int_fd4f8299 | comment |
The Silver Star remakes...avert this. No monster form. No multiple stages. Just one incredibly hard-hitting Well-Intentioned Extremist. | |
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