New Lunar title for DS?!!!!

[stack99]

From the original creators of Lunar: The Silver Star comes the next installment in a classic series, exclusively for the Nintendo DS!

At the dawn of time, when the legends of dragons were first born, an age of darkness descended on the world of LUNAR. Join the untried hero Jian and his friends in their quest to save LUNAR from powerful forces of evil.

Battle through an original adventure as three new heroes – Jian, Lucia, and Gabriel – to convert the Forces of Darkness into Beings of Light. Collect Battle Cards to strengthen the skills, spells and battle attacks of your entire team. Use your wireless connection to share rare and unique items with friends.

Features:

• From the original creators of Lunar: The Silver Star!
  
• Exclusive RPG for the Nintendo DS™ platform.
  
• First RPG for the Nintendo DS platform.
  
• Discover the events prior to Lunar®: Silver Star Story in an epic prequel storyline, involving all new characters in the Lunar universe.
  
• Players must battle the forces of evil by transforming Dark enemy creatures into beings of Light.
  
• New characters: Three new main characters make their debut to the Lunar universe.
  
• New Battle Card system: Find different Battle Cards during your quest to augment the abilities and powers of members in your party.
  
• New weapons and items: Lunar DS features all-new items and weapons never seen before in any Lunar title.
  
• Wireless LAN connectivity: Players can connect via wireless LAN to share rare and unique items within the Lunar DS world.
  

Ubisoft currently has Lunar: Dargon Song down for a July 2005 release across North America, with no word of a European launch just yet.

Source: http://www.cubed3.com/viewnews.php?storyid=3953

 

[CrazyGoon]

From what I read, it was announced as a Real-time strategy game, not an RPG. Though some publishers wouldn't know the difference anyway.

Couldn't find any info about it on the Game Arts web page. Not a fan of Ubi-soft, and I take it they will be doing the english translation. I'll hold back my excitement until it is released and read some feedback about it.

And Dargon Song is a typo.

 

[lordofduct]

LU... LU...... LUNAR!!!!!

A NEW LUNAR!!!!!

::faints::

::somehow hums Lunar tunes while in comatose state::

::comes too::

Oh my dear god, thank the lord, I must go to the bathroom now and commit mass genocide!

 

[lordofduct]

Grrr, but why does it have to be on the DS... I don't own a DS (sold all of em'). Thing is, I NEED to play this game. I need to play EVERY version of this game, I own (well I sold Lunar2 for SegaCD to DUD... but I still have it backed up and will buy it again in the future).

So dilemma time, I need to buy a DS now just for this freakin' game. MAN! DAMN YOU CORPORATE BASTARDS!

 

[Dud]

Originally posted by lordofduct@Sun, 2005-06-05 @ 02:04 AM

Grrr, but why does it have to be on the DS... I don't own a DS (sold all of em'). Thing is, I NEED to play this game. I need to play EVERY version of this game, I own (well I sold Lunar2 for SegaCD to DUD... but I still have it backed up and will buy it again in the future).

So dilemma time, I need to buy a DS now just for this freakin' game. MAN! DAMN YOU CORPORATE BASTARDS!

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I know what you mean, in a way it kind of sucks that DS has good games coming out for it. It's getting Sonic Rush too. Now I'll have to buy one.

 

[lordofduct]

Hrmmm, it doesn't look like a real time strategy game.

Crap I forgot to copy the link for the place I got that... well I typed "Lunar DS" in google and it was like the 4th link down... nintelligent.net or something.

 

[CrazyGoon]

Originally posted by lordofduct@Mon, 2005-06-06 @ 11:58 PM

Hrmmm, it doesn't look like a real time strategy game.

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That's what I thought, too.

 

[stack99]

Story takes place 1,000 years before Lunar Silver Star, following a new hero; gameplay will take advantage of the portable's dual screens.

A new installment in Sega CD's hit Lunar role-playing game series is coming to the Nintendo DS. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Marvelous Interactive will release Lunar Genesis on the double-screened handheld on August 25 in Japan. The game is being distributed in North America by Ubisoft sometime between July and September.

Lunar Genesis will play as a new 2D RPG rather than a port of the previous two installments released on the Sega CD in 1992 and 1994. The game takes place 1,000 years before Lunar Silver Star, with a new adventure following Gien Campbell, a 15-year-old delivery boy who works in a port town. Party members in the game include Lucia Collins, a 14-year-old magic-using girl who is like a sister to Gien, and Gabiriel Ryan, a half-beast girl who is good at claw-fighting and has the ability to absorb and use enemy attacks.

Gien's story starts off when he one day receives a request to make a delivery to the town of Heelritz, a place also known as the town of half-beasts. Excited about his visit to the legendary city, Gien makes his way there despite of a lot of hardships. However, what he sees when he gets to Heelritz is far from the utopia that he had imagined.

Lunar Genesis takes advantage of the DS's hardware, letting players move around the map by touching the point where they want to go. The battles use both the top and the bottom screens to show the enemies on the ground and in the air. One interesting feature is that players can order their characters to run away from battles with the DS's microphone. Whether players can also order other battle commands via voice is currently unknown.

Development of Lunar Genesis is currently 90 percent complete

here is more info thanks to gamespot for the info.

 

[rid]

Lunar Genesis... wow. Must get a DS just for this game. I know I shouldn't, but, damn. Must get the import too. Anyone know if the American DS can play Japanese DS games?

--rid

 

[Malakai]

Yeah, that's pretty tempting. I didn't really want a DS, but Lunar is one of my favorite RPG series.............

 

[mal]

Originally posted by rid@Sat, 2005-06-11 @ 11:10 AM

Lunar Genesis... wow. Must get a DS just for this game. I know I shouldn't, but, damn. Must get the import too. Anyone know if the American DS can play Japanese DS games?

--rid

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The DS is region free. I've already played games from both the US and Australia on a Japanese DS.