Comments on: Estpolis Trailer Takes Lufia II To Third Dimension

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:48:56 +0000

I'd expect the Famicom originals for DQ1-3, they'll be banking on nostalgia. Mobile versions won't keep DQ off VC either, Romancing Saga came out on imode last March and now it's already on VC. These aren't competitive markets really.

It's less a matter of “if” and more a matter of “when”. My guess would be leading into DQX.

By: Tokyo Guy

Tokyo Guy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:33:51 +0000

Oh I wouldn't be too sure about DQ. Enix just released DQ3 for the mobile phones here and making a VC version would hurt the market for that. And then it would be a matter of porting itself: which version? The SFC ports? The GBC ports? The mobile phone versions?

Personally I'd like to see a remake of DQ 1&2 and DQ3. As in remade in “3-D” like the DS games.

By: Tokyo Guy

Tokyo Guy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:14 +0000

It comes out in less than 3 months…clearly Square (“Taito”) has almost finished the game already. Why didn't they announce it earlier I wonder? It could have been at E3 or at least the TGS…

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:56 +0000

It's less a matter of “if” and more a matter of “when”. My guess would be leading into DQX.

By: TokyoGuy

TokyoGuy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:33:51 +0000

Personally I'd like to see a remake of DQ 1&2 and DQ3. As in remade in “3-D” like the DS games.

By: TokyoGuy

TokyoGuy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:30:14 +0000

It comes out in less than 3 months…clearly Square (“Taito”) has almost finished the game already. Why didn't they announce it earlier I wonder? It could have been at E3 or at least the TGS…

By: Tim Nguyen

Tim Nguyen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:44 +0000

This looks great. Music is a blast from the past. Game play, TOTALLY different, but I'm a sucker for this kind of game.
I can barely even remember the story of the original Lufia 2. Will this be the same?

By: denpanosekai

denpanosekai — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:30:44 +0000

Hey Spencer, you didn't mention that the official Estopolis website is up (with a hilarious COMNIG typo)

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/est/

So let's have a poll, WHEN and IF this comes to North America, will they keep the Estopolis name or change it back to Lufia??

I say they use Lufia.

By: NickyD

NickyD — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:17:56 +0000

You n' me both. Ahh, such memories linked to that music.

Even if it looked shoddy, I'd still support Lufia all the way to the grave, but this makes me feel a little more confident in buying it.

Seems like most of the gameplay footage dealt with puzzles, so at least they're pushing ahead with that.

Mmm, if this is the future of Lufia/Estopolis, I'm okay with that. Just so we can get to a real ending to the franchise someday. Nothing more satisfying than that.

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:58:32 +0000

FF3-4 DS did really well, yet they came to Virtual Console. I bet we'll see DQ1-6 as a promotional lead in to DQX in another year or two.

By: MadMirko

MadMirko — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:52:31 +0000

I'd be happy to see you win that bet, but DQ remakes sell very well and people are used to them, but is there a comparative success story for DQ ports?

By: eliel

eliel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:47:03 +0000

i played the original Lufia 2 4 the supa nes and wow i wish it was like this back in the day, i think it was a good idea to take out the Turn base combat can't w8 to c the English trailer

By: neurozero

neurozero — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:45:40 +0000

I really Like it, hay que darle una oportunidad, se ve fantastico. Go Lufia! :)

By: jarrodand

jarrodand — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:31 +0000

This seems more likely. SE seems to be timing remaining major VC releases with new franchise releases (FF series with FFIV After, Romancing SaGa series with SaGa 2 DS). I bet we start getting DQ next year too.

By: honorless

honorless — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:01:24 +0000

That music…damn. Strongest wave of nostalgia I've felt all year.

I think they just sold me a copy, even though I really dislike polygons and ARPGs. For Lufia, I'll give both a chance.