Welcome to Lufia World, a gaming site dedicated to bringing you in-depth coverage on the Lufia RPG series, and on several other classic video games. The Lufia games are all fantastic, with captivating storylines, deep characters, and well-developed dungeons. Four games long, the series will offer players some of the best moments in video gaming. And when you think it's all over, the famous Ancient Cave will provide you with extra challenges for a long time to come!
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Information from Interview - 10 Comments
14:49 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Notes:
- Hajime Kojima is the producer of Estpolis DS
- Naoyuki Ukeda is the main programmer from the first Lufia game, XLION Engineer and Trick Constructor from Lufia II and is also listed for Special Thanks in Lufia TLR.
- Masahide Miyata is the Director and Scenario writer from Lufia I, II and TLR
Anyway, quoted from http://zepy.momotato.com/2009/11/18/new-lufia-game-details/
# Square Enix asked them if they would like to do a new Estpolis game
# The second game’s system was a lot more refined, the scenario and music were well liked, and it took place before the first game too, so we decided to use the second game as the motif (Kojima Hajime)
# We didn’t want to do a straight port (Ukeda Naoyuki)
# Square Enix told us that we’re free to do whatever we want (Ukeda)
# So that’s what we’ll do! (Ukeda)
# Turn based command battle systems aren’t new anymore, so we’re making it an action rpg now (Kojima)
# It’s not just a remake, we’re rebuilding the story, the characters, and the world settings (Miyata Masahide)
# The hadou weapons will be a key component of the story, the world is different from the SFC version (Miyata)
# The bottom screen will only be used to switch characters (Kojima)
# The game will revolve around the D-pad more than the touch pen (Kojima)
# Boss battles will use two screens, it has its own special code for that part (Ukeda)
# Boss battles will be hard if you don’t know what to do against each one of them (Miyata)
# “It will satisfy action game players, but players that are bad with action games will be okay too” by Kojima
# Scenario is based on the second game, there are parts where we are deliberately letting them say the exact same words as in the original game (Miyata)
# But basically, everything is rewritten (Miyata)
# The number of towns that are appearing in the game is different from the original two games (Miyata)
# There will be parts in the game which will make fans of the series smile (Miyata)
# Miyata has surprisingly not changed at all. He’s just embarrassed reading his scenario from 15 years ago (Ukeda)
# The music is being brought over from the original two games (Ukeda)
# We changed the sound quality without messing with the melody line (Ukeda)
# The main staff from the SFC versions are making this game. It’s rare to have something like that 15 years after the last game (Ukeda),
# Stuff such as “Mahou no XXXX Magical XXXXXX” from the original are still in the game (Kojima),
# We changed a lot in the game, but we constantly kept in our minds that “we should keep the parts that made the series what it is” (Kojima)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Estpolis DS - Gameplay - 9 Comments
21:03 PST | Posted by SinReVi
More news =P
Estpolis DS is an Action RPG remake of the second Lufia game. An official site with trailer will be opened on November 25.
Anyway, some news about the gameplay!
Gameplay takes place on the top screen and the dungeons will have puzzles in them. The bottom screen shows a map and also faces of your partymembers. If you tap on them you'll be able to switch the person you're playing/fighting as. You'll also need to switch characters to be able to make some of the combos and to finish dungeons.
When you get in a boss battle, both screens will be used for the action. And I think that's an IP bar under the HP bar =P
Sources: 1up.com, ign and Andriasang.com
the list of voice actors was translated by Sheepdude86 from the Lufia.net forum (http://www.lufia.net/phpBB2/)
More news about the new game - 11 Comments
13:50 PST | Posted by SinReVi
The new Lufia game will be released for the Nintendo DS on the 25th of February 2010 in Japan. The developer is indeed Neverland Company as I suspected =P
Unlike the previous games in the series, this will be an Action RPG instead of a turnbased RPG. It's also known that there will be 3D graphics and voice acting in the game.
Besides that, the cast includes:
- Maxim - Voice actor: 中村悠一
- Selena (Selan)- Voice actor: 井上麻里奈
- Tia - Voice actor: 豊崎愛生
- Guy - Voice actor: 三宅健太
- Hydecka (Dekar) - voice actor: 浪川大輔
- Artea - voice actor: 千葉進歩
- Lexis - Voice Actor: 緒方賢一
- Iris - Voice Actor: 沢城みゆき(note: this is Iris(Airisu) from Lufia II, not Iris(Irisu) that was in Lufia The Legend Returns)
- Jimmy - Voice Actor: 杉田智和 (note: Berty and Bart's japanese names are Jimmy and Tommy)
Jamie - Voice Actor: 花澤香菜 Jamie is probably a new character because I don't remember any Jamie in the japanese version of Lufia II
Gades - Voice actor: 小西克幸
and
Daos - Voice actor: 銀河万丈
You should recognize these characters if you've played Lufia II =P Sorry, I can only read katakana, so I left the voice actors in Japanese.
I also found some scans on a japanese site (2ch to be more exact) Selan More Selan
Thursday, November 12, 2009
SURPRISE! =D - 24 Comments
19:41 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Guess what? A new Lufia game has been announced! There isn't much information about the game right now, except that Taito/Square Enix is the publisher and that the game is made by the people who worked on the original game, so I guess that means the developer will be Neverland Company and not Atelier Double (developer for Lufia The Ruins of Lore). It's still unknown for which platform it will be released and there's also no release date yet. According to Famitsu there should be more information coming at 19 November =D
And here's some artwork.
The logo
A floating island. Doom Island?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Even more Lufia music - 4 Comments
19:56 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Ho ho ho merry Christm... uh... I mean... here is a nice Lufia II medley!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Lufia: The Legend Returns Text Cleanup - 27 Comments
01:21 PST | Posted by Chrisvivify93 is leading a very interesting project in our forums. Sick of "stupid" item names in Lufia: The Legend Returns, vivify93 is changing them to make more sense and be more consistent with the other Lufia games. This quote explains more:
Basically, I got sick of stupid item names in Lufia: The Legend Returns. They're allowed ten letters for equipment and eleven for items--why put in stupid stuff like "Wake Rng" or remove the word "Green" from "Green Tea"? Why change a Cappucchino to an Espresso, when Cappucchino fits perfectly fine?
IGN Music Hub Launches - 1 Comment
21:04 PST | Posted by Chris
Excuse me while I promote something that has nothing to do with Lufia (this is a one-off - promise!)...
A site I've been heavily involved with launched today: IGN Music Hub. The site is focused on three upcoming games: Guitar Hero 5, DJ Hero, and Band Hero, and was built using wiki technology (everyone is invited to contribute to the music wiki!). Take a quick look round if you have any interest in these Hero games.
Again, sorry for the shameless promotion, but this will explain to you why I've been missing from the forums recently. It might be worth taking a look at how well integrated the wiki is to the site... a similar wiki setup might work at Lufia World.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Haaaaaaaappy Estpolis Day again! - 5 Comments
18:56 PST | Posted by SinReVi
It's Estpolis I's 16th anniversary! *throws balloons in your face*
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Priphea Flowers (Lufia's Theme) Orchestral - 6 Comments
10:13 PST | Posted by ChrisAnthony from our forums shared a link to a rather nice orchestral version of the Priphea Flowers music (aka Lufia's Theme) from the first game in the series. Have a listen:
Sunday, May 3, 2009
RSS Feed and Twitter - 3 Comments
00:41 PST | Posted by Chris
Our news system has received a small update, in that it now produces an RSS feed. If you are interested in subscribing to our news, the link to our feed is below:
http://www.lufiaworld.com/news/newsdata.rss
Additionally, we now have a presence on Twitter! If you are a member of the site, please do follow us. Our news should automatically appear on our Twitter page within 30 minutes of being posted.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
New Lufia Fan Game: Help Needed - 3 Comments
01:57 PST | Posted by Chris
Another Lufia fan game is in the works, under the leadership of forum member Foomy. Foomy wrote in this forum thread:
Alright so I don't know about everyone else, but I'm tired of waiting for a new Lufia fan game. So I've decided that I'll have to do it. As usual I'm gonna need help so if anyone would like to volunteer you can contact me on AIM. My screen name is Ultimatetracuer. You can also contact me on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/toby_7525I have all the tools I need to make the game itself. What I need is ideas for the story.
It would be fantastic if a Lufia fan game could really get off the ground, so please do visit this forum thread and let Foomy know if you can help.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
New Lufia World: Ideas? - 8 Comments
02:18 PST | Posted by Chris
Later in the year I would like to revamp Lufia World in a big way. While I would like to do the obvious thing and freshen the layout, I would like to make some more significant changes, the biggest of which would be to introduce a collaborative model for keeping the game pages up-to-date. Other changes would bring in features available elsewhere but very much missing here: RSS feeds, comments, online submission of fan fiction, and so on.
If you are interested in contributing to the brainstorm at this early stage, please do visit this thread and make your voice heard! I am hoping to begin work on the "new" Lufia World in August-September 2009.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
New Server, New URL - 28 Comments
15:35 PST | Posted by Chris
Lufia World has been moved over to a new set of servers. The benefit of this is that pages should now load much more quickly than they did before. We had to change our URL as part of the process however, so please update your bookmarks and links to the following:http://www.lufiaworld.com/There is a good chance that the server move introduced some new bugs to the site and forums. If you find any, please either e-mail me directly, or reply to the comments thread associated with this news post. Thanks!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Muuuuusic! - 12 Comments
20:34 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Since it's Estpolis II's 14th anniversary, I thought this would be a nice moment to post some more Lufia music!
Estpolis II 14th anniversary - 14 Comments
11:44 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Today is the 14th anniversary of Estpolis II (Lufia 2), so HAPPY ESTPOLIS II DAY!!! Wheeee!
For The Savior Remix - Comment!
20:33 PST | Posted by Chris
Spike, who remixed Lufia: The Legend Return's Forest Theme earlier this month, has sent in a remix of one my favourite tracks from the game: For The Savior (log into FilePlanet to download it). This is the track that plays when you are ready to fly Doom Island and face the final boss (I am sure you will recognise it). Thanks Spike for another great MP3!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Remix of the Forest Theme from Lufia: The Legend Returns - 2 Comments
11:17 PST | Posted by Chris
Spike e-mailed me a few days ago, attaching a remix of the Forest Theme from Lufia: The Legend Returns. He kindly allowed me to upload it to this site and make it available for download. You can download the MP3 directly from here (you will need to log into FilePlanet to get it; simply sign up for a free account), or you can get to it via the soundtrack page for Lufia: The Legend Returns.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Battle themes on Mario Paint. - 1 Comment
13:16 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Lufia II - Battle 1 on Mario Sequencer
Lufia I - Boss Theme on Mario Paint Composer
Monday, August 4, 2008
It's music time! - 2 Comments
20:56 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Lufia II Boss battle
Lufia I - battle
Lufia II Village
Lufia II Boss battle
Fortress of Doom in Mario Paint Composer.
Lufia II Sinistral battle in mario paint composer
Iris' theme
Lufia II Boss Battle
Fortress of Doom
More Fortress of Doom
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Mister Vain: New Dekar Fanlisting - 2 Comments
22:43 PST | Posted by Chris
If you're a fan of Dekar from Lufia II (who isn't?!), go and check out Mister Vain, a brand new fanlisting dedicated to the character. As well as a list of members, the site provides a tonne of Dekar related media and information, so is worth checking out even if you don't intend to sign up.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
15th Anniversary - 10 Comments
13:15 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Today is 15 years after the release of Estpolis Denki (Lufia I)! Haaaaaappy Estpolis Day!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Lufia V: For the Savior - 13 Comments
03:08 PST | Posted by Dekar The Great
The day is almost upon us, the release of the demo to the game that will continue the epic story of our beloved Lufia series! Keep checking in for updates and be sure to take a look in the Lufia V forum for more information! We hope that this game will find a place in your heart as the other Lufia games have.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Estpolis I Commercial - 1 Comment
20:41 PST | Posted by SinReVi
If you want to see a TV commercial of Estpolis I (Lufia & The Fortress of Doom), go here! http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=7367(first 12 seconds)
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Happy Estpolis II Day 2008! - 5 Comments
19:09 PST | Posted by SinReVi
Happy Estpolis II Day! 24 February 1995 was the day Estpolis II was released, so that means today is Estpolis II's 13th anniversary!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
New Game Studio Bidding for Lufia Rights - 15 Comments
22:07 PST | Posted by Chris
I've been in contact with the marketing director and lead designer of a brand new game studio that is set to break ground in the third quarter of 2008. He has informed me that they are currently trying to acquire the rights to develop a brand new Lufia game for a next-generation console. The studio already has some exciting plans for the next game and will be making them public if/when the rights are acquired.
In my opinion, this is exciting news whether or not they manage to acquire the rights. If they acquire them, we'll have the first console Lufia game since the original SNES ones to play! If they don't manage to acquire the rights, then it may indicate that Natsume/Neverland have plans of their own for the series.
