Lunar 1 and 2 Collection - What's It All About?!

[@davidarkan]

I'm very happy, because these are one of those classic games (considered rarities within the RPG genre) that I've been waiting for so long, ever since the remasters and remakes started. Plus it will be multiplatform, so that many people can enjoy old school RPG games.

[@paulomarcos7418]

The first Lunar cemented my love for JRPGs. Loved from the start to finish. This series will always have a special place in my heart.

[@Dragonspirit-le8lt]

Same here I still have both Playstation games

[@noname72390]

Lunar 1 and breath of fire 3 are the games that have me still hooked on rpgs

[@KhronosCharlotte]

These remasters of both Lunar games are a must day 1 buy. Hopefully there will be an OST included

[@RolandHunterX]

Lunar 2 is my all time favorite game! This is super exciting news!!

[@TVsMrNeil]

Finally released from Working Designs purgatory.

[@Zylo1111]

We want more WD games to come back.

[@GTABOY03]

Alundra collection would be dope

[@FinnMcCool-b3e]

WD didn't own them, just the localization they did. Everyone hates WD but wed never have gotten a lot of legendary RPGs in the states without them.

[@JeannieLove]

I wonder who has the rights to the Growlanser 2 and 3 collecrion.

[@KaskelotenZebbe]

Imagine making a new localization being cheaper than buying the rights to the old one from Victor Ireland, who already made money on it.

[@ameerhamzakdurrani5949]

We need a remaster of Alundra" now

[@ScottPiwinski]

All ready have the original on PS1

[@eudiasneto]

Yes!

[@StomachPlug]

Do it as a collection, Alundra 2 deserves to be saved from purgatory even if it's not as good as the first. _Also let's do Threads of Fate, Bushido Blade, and Saga Frontier 2 while we're at it~_ 😳

[@bobjoemac1]

Honestly it's the best Zelda clone I've played. Needs to be ported/remastered.

[@Shigarui]

Agreed. I'm actually playing through it again now on a GKD Pixel. But that was one of my favorite PSX games back in the day. It was the best "Zelda" game besides A Link to the Past for a long time.

[@ShiroMatrix]

Great video, David. One slip up though... you had it backwards with Lucia when describing the 2nd Lunar game. She's from the BLUE Star (Earth), and travels to the Silver Star (Moon). She's called "Lucia of the Blue Star" throughout the game as well.

[@ThatOtherPerson]

Thanks. I was wondering if he was just rage-baiting us there! 😂

[@thequestingbunny]

Ghaleon even called Lucia "Princess of the Blue Star".

[@ShiroMatrix]

@@thequestingbunny Yes, that line and how he says it is stuck in my head! Hope they do opt to reuse his lines.

[@OcarinaEsmer]

So glad someone corrected this. My ears perked up when I heard this misstatement

[@kevintrjohnson]

If I remember right (and it's been a long freaking time since I played through the games), the reason people are on Lunar, the silver star (aka the moon) is that the blue star (the actual planet as opposed to the moon) became uninhabitable through war or an ecological disaster.

[@justainenglish3270]

Excellent Lucia collectable necklace. Glad to see some folks love Lunar as much as I do.

[@casualtom82]

This is HUGE. Ghaleon is no joke one of the greatest video game villains and characters of all time! Gonna be quite the spring with this and the Suikoden remasters coming out at the same time. Been dying for a Lunar 2 remake and I'm getting emotional at the thought of getting my son into this series.

[@iJakku]

I remember being so angry at Ghaleon when i was a little kid. He robbed me of my favorite healer and woop my ass for years. As i grew older and wiser i eventually won.

[@stephentrader9142]

I think Zophar was a better villian as he was legit more evil

[@JesterGamer-qu5ws]

I also got Lunar Legend on GBA

[@PAINNN666]

It's first game which you can done for 8-9 hours lol.

[@Hell_Is_Other_People]

This is the best news I’ve heard in a long time! I was literally thinking the other day how amazing this would be and wondering whether it would ever be remastered! What a time to be alive!! It’s almost like we’re living through a renaissance of the golden age of jrpgs!! Now I know how it must have felt to live in Italy during the 15th and 16th century!

[@mjdf122]

Lunar Silver Star and Lunar Eternal Blue amazing games happy they’re getting more recognition as the decades go on

[@ryu210gonzales9]

I pray they don’t censor this.

[@TMH713]

I just replayed both of these last year, for the first time since like 2003. I couldn’t believe how well they held up!

[@ericswanson411]

As someone that played and loved these as a kid the news of a remaster is fantastic news! Now the two series of games that need a remaster on top of these are Breath of Fire and Arc the Lad. These three series of games were my go-to games when I wasn't playing Final Fantasy, Legends of the Dragoon or Xenogears.

[@teefa85]

I just adore the whole Mystere part of Lunar 2 because the party's reactions and Ruby's snarking are completely hilarious!

[@feiwong3634]

I have them in PSX, keep them like a treasure, but i'm supporting this by buying this collection on Steam, playing on the Steam Deck classics like these is so cool being portable.

[@YouTubdotCub]

I missed the Sony State of Play, saw the Japanese trailer for this collection just now and IMMEDIATELY came here to see you covering it (because I knew you would've) because I knew you'd be as excited as I am and I wanted to bask in that glow. Cannot frickin' wait!!

[@wilmepelin589]

I'm only going to post about the combat systems for the PS1 games. The general idea with how it's set up with your fighters getting multiple attacks is that it's ideal for your mages to go first and "soften up" the enemies and then your fighters go in and clean up. For example: Lunar SSSC was so mind-numbingly dull. In regular fights, Nash uses Thunder Bomb, your fighters use regular attacks, and Mia contributes whatever she can. This only changes when Mia gets her Wind Staff and if you give Nash the Ghaleon's tear, so instead he attacks all enemies physically with his last two Bows (one has sleep and the other instant death). Bosses are fought exactly the same, Alex/Kyle power up and use their single target attack skill, Mia/Nash use their strongest magic, and Jessica heals. Neither game makes much use of positioning, so while do you have stuff like line attacks, they are barely used. Lunar EB introduces the much needed crest system, but it still wasn't implemented that well. The problem is you only have one mage (Lucia is uncontrollable and Leo is a fighter) and she's your slowest member. The game adjusted its difficulty for this, unless you put two Chiro crests on Lemina (making her always go first), and then the game is totally broken. Every enemy in the game until the final dungeon (and one specific dungeon where magic is useless) is weak to fire and ice. That makes the other elemental crests mostly a waste of time (and you can't even get fire and ice ones until the end of the game) aside from a dungeon where physical attacks don't work. Status ailment crests only target one enemy and are worthless, ones like Ogre/Archer don't seem to do what they say they do, and one of them you don't even get until the epilogue. My opinion, the crests should have been introduced in the first game. It would break up the monotony a bit and also help the creators work out the kinks. EB should have made Lemina (or Ronfar, I guess) the fastest, made the status ailment crests hit all enemies and put more emphasis on the elemental ones, that way you can experiment on what enemies are weak to, such as sleep, wind, etc. Instead of just finding two Chiro crests and breaking the game.

[@otakudaikun]

The anime cutscenes look so much better than the compressed versions on PS1. The trailer song uses Working Design's localization. Also, nice flex with the Lucia pendant. I too cherish my Lunar 2 box set.

[@Enclave.]

As soon as I saw Lunar I teared up, was completely unexpected but entirely welcome. My wife didn't realise how special this series is to me, it helped get me through some pretty tough times in highschool.

[@Zezlemet]

My childhood has returned again! I remember getting the box with all the bonuses like bound books with guides of the first section and the second with the necklace.

[@syn3232]

We just need a Breath of Fire Collection, now. Your turn to bat on this Remastered/Remake thing Capcom.

[@Davethawave1999]

Capcom has been doing amazing remakes/remasters for years. They just seem to be ignoring their Jrpgs...

[@GrindingMadness]

I nearly fell off my chair when i saw that these were being brought alive. To this day I still have my physical copies. 😊

[@iCABALi]

I wish the Sega CD versions were also included in this to make it the definitive package. I'm highly doubtful it will include them. The first Lunar feels like a completely different game on Sega CD with the difference to battles and some of the story beats.

[@pepsimanlljk]

I agree about the Sega CD one feeling like an almost different game due to the story beats. In the Sega CD one, it felt like the Dark Emperor had a beef with the fact humanity having to rely the Goddess, while the in remake, the Emperor seemed more upset the Goddess wanted humans to forge their own future. Felt like a complete 180 in terms of motivation.

[@oneprojekt]

I love the original soundtrack from the SegaCD which you could add to your itunes library when you had a mac with a disc drive.

[@oneprojekt]

@@pepsimanlljkinteresting i never picked up on this.

[@pepsimanlljk]

@@oneprojekt Well in part 2, lots of people blindly followed the Cult of Athena which led to a lot a shenanigans occurring. I wonder if the change in motivation was to avoid people thinking maybe that the villain was right for questioning this blind devotion.

[@NAzo.]

Dude I was just made a comment about wishing it included the Sega CD routes but I would take the inclusion of the Sega CD with the remake too. Likewise with Lunar 2. In Lunar 1 early in the game there was a big scene change if anybody recalls. In the trailer we saw the "night sky" but for those that know in the Sega CD ver there is no night sky. It would add replayability to the game if both routes were included.

[@arcanewargaming]

I remember playing both of these on the Sega CD. Amazing JRPGs and worth a play if you never tried Lunar.

[@kingoverseas9052]

Back in the day... I used to post on a forum called RPGDreamers, and I remember rhe Lunar series being held in high regard. Though being from the UK, I never got to experience these games so I always felt I was missing out. But now I can finally experience the journey, super stoked!

[@otakudaikun]

Oh snap, the Bromides. Gonna have to dig out a guide for those cuz I remember they're very missable.

[@shaifs5072]

Don’t forget to get Borgan’s bromide.

[@otakudaikun]

@@shaifs5072 He needs a spanking.

[@andrewberthiaume7323]

@@shaifs5072second he started talking about them that was the first to come to mind and I was very much all “not that one, not that… DAMN IT lol”

[@BlueSurf77]

These two games are some of my favorites from the PS1 era! I’m super excited that they are bringing them to modern platforms. This is a day one purchase for sure and I’ll definitely double dip when the physical edition releases later on. I have such fond memories of this game.

[@nanoglitch6693]

Lunar is one of those games that just a whiff of the soundtrack makes me nostalgic to play again. I'm HYPED for this!! 🥳🥳

[@alanwattie6093]

I was over the moon (pun intended) when I heard this news. Lunar was one of the games that made me a Jrpg fan back when I played it on Sega CD. Hard to find many games that match this series level of charm and I’m so excited to play them once again and happy for all the people who never had the opportunity to finally get to experience these classics!

[@jobi1kawobi317]

The way David is gushing over these Lunar games is making me even more excited to finally try them 😂 😍

[@milodoiing2280]

Omg.... It will be on steam. I have been waiting for this forever.

[@NAzo.]

Oh shiet! It is coming for Steam! I didn't see the Steam logo just PS5 and PS4. AWESOME!

[@adamokon358]

Finally. As an European who is a Mega Drive owner for 33 years, it always broke my heart, that Lunar never came to my place. Not even the Playstation version. Hope this time, my waiting is finally over.

[@rivlasdezerai]

No freaking way, those games are absolutely iconic. Very combat heavy but a ton of fun, I orginally played it on the playstation remasters.

[@alecsabin1224]

This Video made me all misty eyed such fond memories with both games I'm so excited to revisit them

[@DragonKingX78]

Classic games deserve to be on all systems, I can't wait, I do hope it gets a physical release.

[@alexgrunde6682]

Normally with nostalgic remasters/remakes, I’m like “oh that’s cool I remember that,” have some fun playing it. This announcement though, it got me feeling unusually emotional. The combination of coming out of the blue after decades of dormancy, and the series having so much heart in its writing, story, and characters, makes this one something special.

[@twistedlime1975]

OMG OMG HE HAS THE PENDANT!! I have to find mines now that Iknow this is coming out!

[@andyreichert499]

I replayed these games over the past couple summers and they are always a joy. I hope they keep the translations and bringing back as many voice actors as possible is a MUST. I don't think I need a 3rd copy of these games, but I'm excited for others to finally be able to play them.

[@selfeffect]

Man oh man, I remember heading to the local game shop and picking up lunar and vay when I was a kid. That magical journey was so incredible to me. I hope they look at other titles like lunar here and give them the same treatment

[@FinalCataclsym]

This takes me back and I've been wanting to replay it for awhile now. I remember helping Shotgunnova finalize a guide back on GameFAQs ages ago where we first met.

[@1DangerMouse1]

I like the ideas of playing it on an actual console with some quality of life improvements. They allow you to use old school graphics, which I will. However, redoing the sound without an option to use the original voices and music is not good.

[@Stickman0660]

Perhaps they lost right to the original music?

[@1DangerMouse1]

​@@Stickman0660 good question/point!

[@mohammedallha61]

This is by far the best new I have ever heard in almost a decade what a great time to be a gamer

[@CanuckleHead_94]

Thank goodness for you being a fan of this series, cause I didn't know about this news until I came across this video! I love both these games, and had been begging for Lunar 2 to get some form of re-release. This made my day, and will definitely be a day 1 purchase!

[@caretaker808]

Yes! Now I get to hear the evil reveal laugh in HD! Ghaleon had the best evil reveal laugh ever

[@JesterGamer-qu5ws]

Working Designs needs to Make Lunar 3 and 4 for the Two Baby Dragon of Blue & Black because in Lunar 1 they did Nall the White Dragon and Lunar 2 Ruby the Red Dragon so I think making Lunar 3 for the Baby Blue Dragon and Lunar 4 for the Baby Black Dragon

[@iCABALi]

Lunar 3 already is a thing, unfortunately.

[@letterm6656]

WD is the publisher not the developer.

[@stephentrader9142]

Lunar 3 is not a thing. Dragon song was a spinoff

[@zodivamp]

this when i announced i teared up. im so happy this series is getting love. it is worth then as it is now. i will purchase for switch and ps5 and buy this for friends.

[@kewoshk]

It’s been a JRPG renaissance for the last two years and I’m eternally grateful 😭😭❤️

[@MeetSylvie]

I will always have a special place in my heart for 16-bit era JRPG's. They are the very definition of the best years of my life. The remake years are upon us, and I am truly thankful for the development teams who are doing this.

[@mikeduff2070]

Both Lunar 1 and 2 are some of my favorite rpg's. I love every bit of them.

[@garygorrent9917]

I was always interested in the Lunar games and my first one was Dragon Song.... Glad to see this collection is being released so I can play the good games in the series. :)

[@JohnRambo1947-July-6th]

I love these games! The PSP Remake of Lunar 1 is my favorite. Love the visuals

[@Crinbo]

Could not be MORE excited! I hope WD's translation shines through.

[@gxrrett]

I feel like cutscenes and voice acting in a game really help immerse the player!! This game looks like it has amazing quality in all departments 🥰

[@meitomiyazaki9848]

I never had the opportunity to play lunar 2 but growing up I was able to play lunar 1 with the game boy advance and psp ports. Such a timeless classic.

[@shin40k]

The thing I regret losing track of over time is my ps1 rpg collection. I legit got goosebumps seeing this announced. Now, if they could throw us an Arc, the lad collection, I would also be over the moon.🎉

[@VinnyS41]

As soon as I saw the announcement of this remaster I immediately thought about you and your love for the series. I recently finished the PSX version of the first game and fell in love with the series as well. The remaster looks fantastic, I hope both Grandia and Lunar come back to mainstream with new games.

[@davidvinc]

It's so good!

[@TrueProphecy22]

Silver Star Harmony was an absolute joy to play. I'm looking forward to playing Story and Eternal Blue for the first time.

[@FelicianoCookie]

I remember my brother buying the first one for the PlayStation and we sat out for the second one…still angry I didn’t pick it up when I could have because one of my best friends in high school let me play a little of her copy and I felt as much in love with it as I did the first one. Will most definitely be looking for this collection when it comes out because I hold both games very near and dear to my heart (Jessica is still my favorite character)~

[@MrEvilbyte]

Never played this series, but I adored Grandia 1 and 2. This looks like fun.

[@joeybuddy6]

I loved the ps1 version. Ashley Parker Angel from the boyband O-Town voiced Alex!

[@slashermaster28]

As if the Rhapsody sequels getting an English release wasn’t enough, this feels like a true miracle.

[@Morraak]

Nice, it's like they're actually listening to us when we say we want these retro games available! Between the Lunars, Suikodens, and Dragon Quests, we're definitely getting our fill.

[@Suiter]

I rented these games from blockbuster as a kid and LOVED them. To play the original lunar again as a teen I had to buy a copy off ebay. Cost me like 70 dollars, got the bible like manual and cloth map. It was incredible.

[@cmdrleonhart]

Have Lunar2 complete edition, but never got the first game for one reason or another. Super excited for this collection!

[@bandrew1442]

Super excited for these! The Lunar games have been in my backlog forever.

[@SethWilson]

OH MY WOW!!!!! I’m SO excited! I LOVE these games.

[@CalebByRamen]

I never had a chance to play these! This is a day 1 for me. So excited !

[@DHamblen]

I saw this on the Sony state of play, but I was so excited to get your take on it. Love that they are remastering and re-releasing this games. Such great stories and fun game play.

[@briancoy297]

Still have my original copies of SSSC and EB, but a remaster with QoL improvements is practically a day 1 purchase. Now if only I could get the same treatment or a sequel/s to Skies of Arcadia and Legend of Dragoon.

[@Earth2McKay]

I absolutely adore the first game. And I need to give the second game a true play through.

[@Kohakue]

I am so excited to see these games re-released and hopefully remastered. I loved them growing up! Thank you David for this news! ❤

[@davidvinc]

My pleasure!

[@CrowQuark]

I would love and really hope to see the bloopers come back those were so fun and hilarious in the original, I clearly remember ghaleon and Zophars bloopers.

[@HellPedre]

this video is perfect, I always had Lunar games on my old school JRPG catalog but never had any idea how they went... thanks David!

[@kartavianmacrath7219]

I love this series! My 40 year old backside was bawling watching this trailer

[@Mighty10917]

Definitely a highlight to bring back a beloved JRPG to modern consoles, can't wait to finish where I left off

[@CaptainJonjovi]

I get the same about Lunar that you do, being the first game I played that had voice acting. It was truly magical. Haha, nice bling too. :p

[@nightnine9128]

Ooohhhh, right on. I loved these games when I was a kid on PS. Im getting this.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I screamed when this showed up in the State of Play xD This was absolutely the highlight of the show (though I was also happy to see the Soul Reaver Collection too). I've never actually gotten to play Eternal Blue, and I've only experienced the original on GBA and PSP and loved both those versions, so I'm over the moon! I admit, I'll probably be getting this on multiple platforms xD

[@azure5216]

Loved both of them. I still have mint collectors edition for Eternal blue on PS1. Showing my age 😂😂😂

[@annamolitoris2012]

Oh I loved this series! Had them for Sega CD, PS1 remakes, and the spinoff. Ghaleon was so cool heh. I wonder who his VA will be...the OG was great!

[@derekminna]

Fingers crossed for a physical. This is a day one buy for me. I loved these games in middle school. Cant wait to revisit them with my kids

[@opjwathe1]

Besides the Ghosts "sequel" coming out, this is tied with the excitement factor... I absolutely loved and played these games so much. I cant wait to play them again!

[@sdpc9182]

I've been an off and on gamer since I became an adult and didn't have a console of my own to take to college. Consequently the first consoles i owned myself were the Wii and PS2 then 3 shortly after. Consequently I missed the PS1 glory days of RPGs entirely (did experience the first golden era of the SNES though). To whit I'm just now playing FF7 for the first time ever because it went on sale on the Switch around my birthday (I know)! All of the above to say that I have never heard of Lunar but I bet I'd love it based on your review! Not just because your videos are always so entertaining ("Guess what, guess what, guess what? There's an EPILOGUE!") but that's why I keep watching!

[@ericgreenhill9569]

Super excited for this. I’ve played 1 and 4. 1 was one of my favorite games growing up. I would always grind ice pups? For their tails? In the one area before you get to that first city so I had a bunch of money haha. 4 was disappointing lol

[@JohnD131]

Really nice surprise that this is happening. Loved the first one, and this'll be my first time with the second.

[@martinist2005]

I played these last year and loved them both. Looking forward to going through them again.

[@joeypaschal958]

Lunar is my second favorite game Of all time, only behind Chrono Trigger. Absolutely stoked for this.

[@ColeFam]

I didn't know there was an epilogue. Guess that gives me something to look forward to when revisiting Silver Star Story!

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

I may have yelled in excitement at this announcement. Loudly. At work. I am so excited for this. I had Silver Star Story Complete at one time in the late 90s and was about halfway through it when my PS and games were stolen. I replaced almost all of my games, but I couldn't track these down for a reasonable price. I just hope there's going to be a physical release.

[@shard_the_sage1320]

I am so excited for this remaster and also Threads of Time released their trailer as well!

[@InitialDL84]

So happy that this collection is finally coming out, I never got a chance to play them when they first came out and always wanted to. I will be getting this as soon as it's released! Now if we can get a Shadow Hearts remastered collection 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@acidwizard6528]

This is cool. I really love the first Lunar game and rather enjoy the sequel. They are perfect games to package together in a single collection since they are directly related and have the same aesthetics and feel. I probably won't buy it since I already bought them 30 years ago, but if there's enough extra stuff added and the price is right, I could be swayed.

[@paoloadvento3713]

Oh man, the game that made me a JRPG fan my 1st RPG Game, Lunar SSSC❤️

[@keithace]

Lunar omg. So many fond memories! I played the sega cd version and the ps1 version still top tier rpg. I hope they add the extra content in the psp version.

[@Mous3v2]

As an older nerd, I'm happy more people are gonna get to play them. Sorta wanna dust off my ps one games and revisit that wonky translation. I wonder if they're gonna keep the working designs changes or if it's going to be more true to the release. Either way, I'm excited to add this to my library.

[@CrowsSalvation]

Wooo finally we get some lunar love. I remember when I bought lunar 2. I was a kid and looked at the back of the box and was like I need this. Lol

[@Terron29]

Highlight of the show for me. I know some may think its mad that a remaster of an ol 90s jrpg is the best news of the show but 1. I never got to play lunar and I am a massive jrpg fan especially snes and ps1 era jrpgs and 2. These remasters include combat speed up and other quality of life stuff that greatly enhances the games imo. (Gimme that skies of arcadia remaster next!) oh! You probably are already well aware but if not then check out the newly announced 'Threads of Time' Its going for that big budget 2.5D chrono trigger vibe!

[@rob_boros3832]

I can't wait I love all this games rgps we need back had amazing story lines with hours of game play