Lunar: The Silver Star

Lunar: The Silver Star

North American boxart
Developer(s) Game Arts
Studio Alex
Publisher(s) Mega-CD
PSP
Artist(s) Toshiyuki Kubooka
Composer(s) Noriyuki Iwadare
Hiroshi Fujioka
Isao Mizoguchi
Yoshiaki Kubodera
Series Lunar
Platform(s) Mega-CD
PlayStation
Sega Saturn
PlayStation Portable
Release date(s) Mega-CD
  • JP June 26, 1992
  • NA December 1, 1993
PSP
  • JP November 12, 2009
  • NA March 2, 2010
Genre(s) Role-playing video game
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s)
  • VRC: MA-13 (Sega CD)
Media/distribution 1 CD-ROM (Sega CD, PlayStation and Saturn)
UMD (PSP)

Lunar: The Silver Star (ルナ ザ・シルバースター?) is a role-playing video game developed by Game Arts and Studio Alex for the Mega-CD console. Originally released in Japan on June 16, 1992 to critical acclaim, the game was translated and released in English by Working Designs the following year. Designed as a "different kind of RPG",[1] Lunar: The Silver Star made use of the up-and-coming disc format by featuring CD-quality audio, video playback, and voice acting to narrate a fantasy story set in a magical world. As the number one selling Sega CD title in Japan, the game sold nearly as many copies as the system itself, and remains the second highest-selling Mega-CD title of all time.[2] The first game in the Lunar series, it set the standard for other follow-up titles, and was followed by a direct sequel, Lunar: Eternal Blue in 1994.

The game centers on the exploits of Alex, a young boy from a small town who dreams of one day becoming a great hero like his idol, Dragonmaster Dyne. When a childish adventure later turns to discovering an ancient dragon, Alex and his friends must journey across the world to gather the necessary power to become the next Dragonmaster, and save the world in the process.[3] Since the game's original release, three enhanced remakes have been produced for various systems: Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete in 1996,[4] Lunar Legend in 2002, and Lunar: Silver Star Harmony in 2009.[5]

Contents

Gameplay

Lunar: The Silver Star is a traditional, top-down role-playing video game featuring two-dimensional characters and environments. The player must navigate towns, fields, and harsh environments to complete story-based objectives that move the plot forward, as well as interact with non-player characters to expand the script and gain various rewards.[6] Making use of the Sega CD's disc hardware capabilities, short video and audio interludes accompany the game's narrative, including full or quarter-screen animated images and redbook audio sound files. Players record their progress by saving to either the Sega CD's internal RAM, or a separately purchased RAM cartridge that fit into the accompanying Mega Drive/Genesis.[3] While traveling in the game's world, players randomly encounter enemy monsters that must be defeated or avoided to progress. Battle sequences utilize a turn-based approach, with the player and enemies acting in accordance with their "speed" rating. The player issues commands to each controlled character in their party, which are then carried out in sequence until the battle ends. While on the battlefield, players may choose to move their characters to attack the enemy, retreat into a corner, stand their ground, or flee the battle entirely, with characters only able to strike enemies if they are close enough to their target or use a ranged attack. Nall, a supporting character not directly involved in combat, is present throughout the game to analyze enemies before battles begin, gauging their relative strength to the player's group.[7] Players may find weapons, equipment, and assorted items during gameplay that increase the effectiveness of characters in battle, such as causing more damage to opponents and increasing their stamina. Winning battles grant experience points that go towards making characters stronger and able to battle progressively more difficult enemies.[8] Upon defeat, a player may choose to load a previous save file, or re-start their game at an automatically saved checkpoint.

Plot and setting

The game takes place in the fantasy land of Lunar, a small habitable world orbiting the massive, barren Blue Star, forming a loose parallel between the game's world and the Earth and its moon. Centuries before the start of the game, the Blue Star was rendered unlivable by years of war.. The powerful and benevolent goddess Althena relocated humanity to the Silver Star, the world of Lunar, and entrusted four dragons to safeguard the elements of the new world. From this point on, those who would use the power of the dragons to serve the goddess and protect the world were known as "Dragonmasters", and no such Dragonmaster was more revered than Dyne, a legendary hero who defended the goddess and succumbed to an unknown fate. The stories surrounding Dyne's exploits would form the life model for a young boy named Alex, the game's protagonist and central character, who also aspires to become a Dragonmaster himself.[9] Many of the locations of Lunar: The Silver Star were given a deliberate "northern" feel to present an environment that was cooler than the settings of most role-playing games, if only to allow the characters to wear more clothing.[10] Many towns and locations were based on areas of Russia and Medieval Europe.[11]

Characters

The characters of Lunar: The Silver Star were designed by anime and manga artist Toshiyuki Kubooka.[11] The main characters include Alex and his companions, each of which have their own reasons for joining his quest:

[12]

Major supporting characters include the three surviving members of the Four Heroes, a legendary band of adventurers who aided Dragonmaster Dyne in protecting the Goddess Althena years before the game's story, whose ranks include:

The party is aided by:

Many of the character's original Japanese names were altered for the game's North American release, such as Killy to Kyle, Faidy to Quark, Temzin to Tempest, and Pilya to Fresca; Mel's original epitaph, "Hell" Mel, was changed to "Deadly" for censorship reasons.[14] A witch named Xenobia serves as a secondary antagonist and Ghaleon's right hand servant.

Story

Much of the plot of Lunar: The Silver Star was written by novelist Kei Shigema, and involves a world of high fantasy and with emphasis on folklore and legend.[10] The game begins in the small mountain town of Burg, where a young Alex frequently visits the monument to the fallen hero Dyne, his idol. At the behest of Ramus, eager son of the town mayor, Alex embarks on his first real adventure with his friends Nall and Luna to the mysterious Dragon's Cave in search of a valuable diamond. Making their way through the cavern, the group meets Quark, an aged dragon who senses great potential in Alex, and urges him to complete the trials of other dragons to become the next Dragonmaster, champion of the Goddess Althena, and protector of the world. Quark shows an interest in Luna as well, remarking that she has a familiar aura about her. Obtaining the diamond from Quark, Ramus finds he cannot sell it in Burg, and must travel to the major trade city of Meribia to claim his fortune. The group then makes their way to Saith, a small port town to the south, where Luna leaves the group to stay with Alex's family.

Across the ocean, Alex, Nall, and Ramus enter Meribia, where they meet one of the legendary Four Heroes, Mel. Attempting to sell his diamond, Ramus is swindled by a jewel dealer who flees into the sewers. After reclaiming it, Ramus slyly bargains the owner's life for his entire shop, and leaves the group to pursue his dream of becoming rich. Alex and Nash depart for the city of Vane where they meet Mia, daughter of the city's ruler and Nash's love interest, who informs them of Ghaleon, head of the guild and former great hero who fought with Dyne years ago. Seemingly intrigued by Alex's quest, Ghaleon sends Alex on a mission to investigate the appearance of a false Dragonmaster in a faraway town. Upon arrival, Alex meets Jessica, daughter of Mel and aspiring priestess, who helps him locate the imposter before returning to Vane. Pleased with his success, Ghaleon accompanies Alex back to his hometown to meet Quark and discuss Alex's future, when he suddenly attacks and kills Quark in a fit of rage. Citing the loss of his friend Dyne, who died protecting the Goddess, Ghaleon swears revenge on both she and her dragons and departs after kidnapping Luna. Distraught, Alex and Nall return to Meribia to find it under attack by a band of monsters under Ghaleon's command. Regrouping with Jessica, the group fights back a wave of invaders before witnessing Mel turn to stone from a dark spell of Xenobia, Ghaleon's top general. Wanting revenge, Jessica accompanies Alex to Vane, also under siege, and assists Nash and Mia with a similar invasion before they too join the group.

Realizing they must make Alex a Dragonmaster to confront Ghaleon and save Luna, the team heads to the border town of Nanza to enlist Kyle, Jessica's boyfriend, in letting them cross into foreign land. After traveling to a town of inventors, the group obtains a floating device that leads them to the lair of the Red Dragon, who is destroyed by Ghaleon just before they arrive. The dragon grants Alex her power before disappearing, and the group departs for the Blue Dragon's cave behind a musical town. Again, the dragon is defeated before their arrival, and the team must travel to the distant and barren Frontier to seek the final trial. Meeting the black dragon, it attacks the team in a mad rage induced by Ghaleon, who defeat it in defense. With the final dragon's blessing, Alex and his companions make their way to the fabled Goddess Tower to face the final trial, where Alex finally becomes Dragon Master, Nall learns he is in fact a juvenile dragon, and Luna is revealed to be a reincarnation of the Goddess Althena.

Making their way to Ghaleon's mobile fortress, The Grindery, the team is attacked by a brainwashed Luna and retreats to a nearby town to recover. Laike appears after the team recuperates and tells them that he is in fact Dyne, and that Alex must defeat Ghaleon to save the world and Luna. Making their way back to Grindery, the team forces their way inside, making their way into the fortress's inter sanctum where they defeat Xenobia and face Ghaleon, who transforms into a more powerful form before being destroyed by Alex. Confronting an insane Luna, Alex makes his way to her alone, braving her lightning bolts while playing a song on his harp which sparks her memories. Coming to her senses, she re-unites with the group as they leave the tower, with peace restored.

Development

Lunar: The Silver Star was developed by Game Arts in an attempt to create a role-playing game that would both primarily focus on animation and storytelling.[11] The team turned to scenario writer and novelist Kei Shigema to craft a story that would break away from "hum-drum 'model'" games that "had stories, but had no story-telling".[10] Using the Sega CD's video playback capabilities, animator and artist Toshiyuki Kubooka oversaw the planning of several video sequences that would be coupled with voice-overs to better tell the story of the Lunar world. Settling on an overall fantasy approach as opposed to the popular role-playing alternative of science fiction, the team wanted to explore the mythos and history of a fictional world that would gradually reveal itself to the player over time.[11] Having mostly developed side-scrollers and scrolling shooters for the Mega Drive and PC Engine, Game Arts formed its subsidiary company, Studio Alex, named for the main character of this title, to oversee most of the game's development. Due to time constraints, nearly one-third of the Lunar project was scrapped by the game's release.[2]

Lunar's English version was handled by Working Designs, a small California-based publisher who had previously localized smaller games for the TurboGrafx-16 and TurboDuo. Their biggest project yet, the team, headed by company vice president and chief writer Victor Ireland, took to the project seriously, often collaborating with the original Japanese team themselves.[15] New gameplay elements were often added at Ireland's request, including new sequences such as playing Alex's harp to awaken Luna near the end of the game.[16] Working Designs also put extra effort into the game's packaging, giving the instruction booklet embossed lettering, and having seven separate stamps, each with different artwork, produced for the front of the game discs to increase collection value.[17]

The English script was nearly four megabytes in size, yet Working Designs completed the translation in only eight weeks after a marathon programming session.[18] During translation, the developers did find time to inject some of their own humor in to the game's text, dropping in sentences such as Have you ever tried swimming in lemon jello?, and numerous light-hearted pop culture references not seen in the original version, including allusions to American commercials, celebrities, colloquialisms, products, and role-playing game clichés.[19]

Audio

The music for Lunar: The Silver Star was composed by Noriyuki Iwadare, Hiroshi Fujioka, Isao Mizoguchi, and Yoshiaki Kubodera, who utilized the Sega CD's sound capabilities to create CD-quality redbook audio.[20] The game features the opening theme "Lunar", performed by Mayumi Sudou in the original Japanese version.[21] The untitled English version is a slightly arranged piece performed by vocalist Shiya Almeda which features new lyrics by Victor Ireland, who intended the song to sound less "lovey-dovie" with a greater "sense of urgency".[22]

On April 22, 1992, the Lunar: The Silver Star Original Soundtrack was released exclusively in Japan by Toshiba-EMI Records, two months before the actual release of the game.[23] The album features full versions of the Japanese opening and ending themes, as well as karaoke arrangements. Most of the game's background themes are presented as multi-song medleys rather than separate tracks. Although an official North American version was never released, many of the songs present on the album were featured as special arrangements on the bonus soundtrack found in the Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete collector's edition, including the English opening theme.[24]

Voice

Both the Japanese and English adaptations of Lunar: The Silver Star contain roughly fifteen minutes of spoken dialogue from a number of prominent voice actors. Though the game has a number of main and supporting characters, only five are actually voiced during specific story sequences. The Japanese version features Kikuko Inoue as both Alex and Luna, Rei Sakuma as Nall, Kōichi Kitamura as the white dragon Quark, and Rokurō Naya as Ghaleon.[25] The English version comprised mostly new talent and associates of Working Designs' staff, such as a young Ashley Parker Angel as Alex, Rhonda Gibson as Luna, Jackie Powers as Nall, Hal Delahousse as Quark, and John Truitt as Ghaleon.[25] While the entire Japanese cast was replaced for the game's remake on the PlayStation, all of the original English cast would return to reprise their roles.[26]

Reception

 Reception
Review scores
Publication Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly 7.6 / 10[27]
GameFan 97%[28]
Game Informer 8.5 / 10[29]
GamePro 4.5 / 5[30]
Game Players 79%[31]
VideoGames 9 / 10[32]

Lunar: The Silver Star was well received in Japan, selling an estimated 100,000 copies, its entire production run, in its first year after release, nearly as much as the Mega CD itself.[33] It is considered the Mega-CD's first hit game, which Sega credits solely for pushing the system's sales in that region.[2] The game remains the best-selling Sega CD title of all time in Japan, and second highest selling worldwide behind Sonic the Hedgehog CD. Readers of Japanese magazine Megadrive Beep voted it the number one Mega Drive role-playing game for seventeen straight months before being trumped by Shining Force II.[33]

The English version released the following year met with a similar response, with Skid of GameFan magazine calling it "far and away the best RPG I have ever played in English", praising the game's graphics, sound, and story as "well conceived and executed".[28] The magazine's editors would later name it as the greatest role-playing game of 1993.[2] GamePro similarly reviewed it as "not just the best Sega CD RPG ever, but one of the best on any Sega system", giving particular merit to the game's translation.[30] Game Players described it as a "solid RPG, and well worth your time" but found fault in the game's small character graphics that "look like every other RPG" and the virtually non-existent replay value.[31] Electronic Gaming Monthly granted the game an average 7.6 or "worthy" rating, commending the game's background music but dismissing its battle sequences as "dull".[27] In 2006, Lunar ranked 113th in EGM and 1UP.com's "The Greatest 200 Videogames of Their Time", celebrating the two-hundred games that were considered the best during their original release.[34]

Legacy

Main article: Lunar (series)

As the first game in the Lunar series, The Silver Star established many of the themes and characters that would be seen in later installments. The game was followed by Lunar: Eternal Blue in 1994, a direct sequel that takes place one thousand years in The Silver Star's future, and contains many references to the original title. Other follow-ups, including Lunar: Walking School in 1996 and Lunar: Dragon Song in 2005 would act as the game's prequels, taking place many hundred years before the game's story.

Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

Main article: Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete

Lunar: The Silver Star has been re-released several times for a number of consoles, often with graphic and sound enhancements as well as an expanded script. The first such remake, Lunar: Silver Star Story, originally appeared on the Sega Saturn in Japan on October 15, 1996, and featured redrawn graphics, a polished script, and new music by Noriyuki Iwadare.[35] This version was soon expanded in July 1997 with the addition of an MPEG expansion card that allowed full-motion animated video playback interspersed throughout gameplay.[36] The updated MPEG version was later ported to the PlayStation in 1998, and was eventually translated into English by Working Designs for a North American release in May 1999 under the title Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete.[37] A Windows PC version was released the same year exclusively for Japanese and Korean audiences, with the North American version later cancelled for "technical issues".[38]

Lunar Legend

Main article: Lunar Legend

Lunar Legend is a role-playing video game for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance developed by Japan Art Media and published internationally by Ubisoft, who also provided the translation. It is in the Lunar series of games and is a re-telling of the events of The Silver Star. However, like Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, the game contains deviations from the original. All the characters from the original game re-appear, yet the dialog and situations they find themselves in are often different. For example, Nash now joins the party at the start of the game. Also, the game lacks voice acting and full motion videos, although it features stills from the FMVs in Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Originally released in Japan in March 2002, Lunar Legend made its way to North America the following year. However, since Working Designs, the company that originally published the Lunar series outside of Japan, was not involved in this project, the game's dialog and character interaction is different from that in all other versions of Lunar: The Silver Star. The localization of previous games was known for its very American and kitschy humor whereas Ubisoft presented it a little differently in this title, without all the pop-culture references added.

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star (ルナ ハーモニー オブ シルバースター?) in Japan) is a remake[39] for the PSP, which has been released in Japan and North America.[40] The game was featured in the Japanese game magazine Famitsu, with a two-page spread highlighting some of the game's upgrades over past releases. Along with a new isometric view, the game also features a hand-drawn style for the characters and backgrounds, a talking lead character (Alex), as well as new music and an expanded story. On May 29, 2009, Xseed Games announced Lunar: Silver Star Harmony for North America; originally set to be released on February 12, 2010, the game was later delayed until Feb. 23, then March 2. At release, a limited edition of the game was also available, which includes a soundtrack CD and full set of bromides featuring the female characters.

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External links

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