Lufia
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| Original title | エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 |
| transcription | Esutoporisu Denki |
| developer | Neverland Company |
| Publisher |
Taito Natsume Atlus |
| First title | Estpolis Denki (1993) |
| Last title | Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods (2010) |
| Platform (s) | Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance , Mobile Phone , Nintendo DS , SNES |
| Genre (s) | Computer role playing game |
Lufia ( Japanese エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 Esutoporisu Denki , literally: Estpolis biography ) is a multi-part video game series developed by the Neverland Company , of which only parts 2 and 3 have been released in Germany. Taito , publisher of the first part, secured the rights to the name Lufia .
individual parts
Estpolis Denki
Estpolis Denki ( エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 , Esutoporisu Denki ; in North America Lufia and the Fortress of Doom ) was published in 1993 in Japan for the SNES .
Estpolis Denki is about the descendant of the hero Maxim, who has to fight against the resurrected lords of hell, and his girlfriend Lufia in the foreground. The prologue of the game consisted - as a retrospective - of Maxim's fight against the lords of Hell, the final battle of the later 2nd part.
Estpolis Denki 2 / Lufia
Estpolis Denki 2 ( エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 ２ , Esutoporisu Denki 2 ; in North America Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals ) was published in 1995 in Japan for the SNES. In Europe this game was released under the title Lufia .
In Estpolis Denki II , which is a prequel to Estpolis Denki is, it's about Demon Hunter Maxim, which is commissioned by the mysterious prophetess Iris, against the Prince of Darkness ( 四狂神 , literally, four crazy gods ) Gades, Amon, Erim and Daos to fight. However, this is only possible with the legendary "air sword".
The Dual Blade ( デ ュ ア ル ブ レ ー ド Dyuaruburēdo ) was named in the German version as an air sword , which led to some confusion and blooming of style in the German localization of the third game, which appeared on the GBC. The end of this game references Estpolis Denki with a teaser .
Estpolis Denki II was characterized by many innovations. Estpolis Denki clearly stood out from earlier SNES role-playing games in terms of graphics. The combat system also differed from other well-known titles such as B. Final Fantasy ; The so-called anger bar of the game characters, which can be used for the use of special abilities, rises due to the attacks of the opponents .
In addition, the game offered a feature rare for this genre at the time: opponents are always visible in dungeons, which means that you are only forced to random battles on the world map. Capsule monsters are also available.
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Lufia: The Legend Returns ( エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 ～ よ み が え る 伝 説 ～ , Esutoporisu Denki - Yomigaeru Densetsu ) was released in 2001 in Japan, the USA and Europe for the Game Boy Color .
Chinmoku no Iseki - Estpolis Gaiden
Chinmoku no Iseki - Estpolis Gaiden ( 沈 黙 の 遺跡 ～ エ ス ト ポ リ ス 外 伝 ～ , German Ruins of Silence - Estpolis Extra Chapter ; in North America Lufia: The Ruins of Lore ) was published in Japan in 2002 and in the USA in 2003 for Game Boy Advance .
Estpolis Denki DX - Inishie no Dōkutsu
Estpolis Denki DX - Inishie no Dōkutsu ( エ ス ト ポ リ ス 伝 記 DX ～ い に し え の 洞窟 , German Estpolis biography DX - Ancestral Cave ) is a mobile game.
This uses the graphics of Lufia II. However, only the ancestral cave is playable.
Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods
Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods is a remake of Estpolis Denki 2 , released on February 25, 2010 in Japan for the Nintendo DS , again developed by Neverland and distributed by Square Enix . On October 12, 2010 it was released in the US under the name Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals .
Elementary properties of all air parts
- hero
- Descendant of a wearer of the air sword.
- Erim / Lufia / Iris / Seena
- Lufia (part 1), Iris (part 2) or Seena (part 3) are also the princess of hell Erim.
- Lords of hell
- Hell lords are Erim, Daos, Gades, Amon
- Supreme Prince of Hell
- Arek (Lufia 2)
- Air sword ( デ ュ ア ル ブ レ ー ド Dyuaruburēdo , for English "Dual Blade")
- Legendary sword, put from the hand of the evil one into the hand of the hero.
- Ancestral cave
- The ancestral cave is a dungeon that is created by a random number generator every time you enter it and comprises several floors, with each character being set to status level 1 when entering the ancestral cave. Similar in idea to Rogue .
The cave demands perseverance from the player due to the many fights and the lack of save points. Whoever penetrates down too quickly at the beginning can no longer keep up with the strong opponents who appear later. If the party is defeated, the next time you enter the cave, it has to start all over again.
However, this is not the case in the fourth part of the game and they do not exist in the first part. The most popular of the ancestral caves is that of the second part, this was even implemented as a mobile game.
Official soundtrack
So far there are two individual music albums composed by Yasunori Shiono , which differ in their quantity.
Estpolis Denki II
The album Estpolis Denki II , released in Japan on February 17, 1995, includes pieces of music on Estpolis Denki and Estpolis Denki II . It consists of a total of 87 titles with a total duration of 2:28:18 hours. The pieces Win ( ウ イ ン Uin ), Lose ( ル ー ス Rūsu ) and Saishū Battle ( 最終 バ ト ル Saishū Batoru ) were omitted and two individual pieces of music were combined into one. Titles that were endless in the game were hidden after the second round.
Game Sound Legend Consumer Series Biography Estpolis Sound Track
Released in Japan on January 18, 2006, with a total length of 3:26:20 hours and 165 pieces of music, it contains the soundtrack to the first two Lufia games, including that of Lufia: The Legend Returns , the third part of the series. The three tracks missing from Estpolis Denki II are available this time, and the album also contains six unused tracks from Lufia 3 as well as 2 orchestrated pieces: Start of Journey , a version of Meidō ( 鳴 動 ) from Lufia 2 and, respectively, revised by Yasunori Shiono and Shinji Hosoe . 99 Nendo ( 99年度 ) from Lufia 1 and Battle # 3 , one of Shoichiro Sakamoto improved version of the fighting against the Prince of hell from Lufia 2, which elements from Saishu-Kessen ( 最終決戦 contains).
Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods
So far, a music album for Estpolis: The Lands cursed by the Gods , which was composed by Yasunori Shiono and Yukio Nakajima , has been released.
Web links
- Lufia series at MobyGames (English)