Lufia
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The American Lufia series logo. |
Lufia (
Estpolis Denki in Japan) is a series of
computer role-playing games by
Taito for the
Super NES and
Game Boy Color/
Advance, most of them developed by
Neverland. The games combine RPG and
puzzle game elements. The player is provided an overhead 2D,
third person view.
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom
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Lufia & The Fortress of Doom American logo. |
The first game in the Lufia series made for the
Super Famicom published in
Japan in June 1993 (under the name
Estpolis Denki) and later that year for the
SNES in North America.
Lufia prided itself on its first-person battles and unique story which starts
in medias res. In this game you play a warrior who has taken it upon himself to rid the world from a group of evil beings known as the
Sinistrals, and the game begins with him and his allies storming their floating fortress. However, afterwards the game changes its protagonist, from hereon to the end of the game, to one of the warrior's descendants.
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
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Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals American logo. |
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, released in Japan for the Super Famicom under the name
Estoplis Denki II, is a
prequel to
Lufia & The Fortress of Doom that takes place a hundred years before the events of the first game occurred, and ends the same way the first game began. It was released in Europe as simply "Lufia" because Lufia & the Fortress of Doom was not released in Europe. This often causes a bit of confusion.
Lufia: The Legend Returns
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Lufia: The Legend Returns American logo. |
Released in Japan in 2000 as
Estpolis Denki: Yomigaeru Densetsu, and in the following year in America,
Lufia: The Legend Returns is the series' first handheld adventure on the
Game Boy Color. Taking advantage of the Gameboy's new enhanced color palette, the game features sophisticated 8-bit graphics,a new battle system and randomized dungeons. In this game, the player acts as a descendant of Maxim in the fight against the Sinistrals.
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
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Lufia: The Ruins of Lore logo. |
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore, released in Japan in 2002 as
Estpolis Gaiden: Chinmoku no Iseki and later in America in 2003, is a
gaiden or "sidestory" game that deviates from the normal
lore of the series. Made for the
Game Boy Advance, it was published by
Atlus.
Estpolis Biography DX
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The Estpolis Biography DX logo. |
Estpolis Denki DX or
Estpolis Biography DX is a
mobile phone game available for download only in Japan. In it, the player can play through the "Ancient Cave" scenario from
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, and features characters and enemies from the original game. There are currently no plans to bring this service to America or Europe.
Lufia: Ruins Chaser was a game being developed by Japanese software company
Nihon-Flex for the
PlayStation until they went bankrupt. For a time, development of the title ceased, however, it was picked up and heavily remade in both story and graphics, being renamed
Lufia: The Legend Returns.
Lufia: Beginning of a Legend was in development alongside
Ruins Chaser for the GBC, and was to be a prequel to
Lufia II as it told of Maxim's early days as an adventurer years before the Sinistrals strike.
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