What's your favorite thing about Lunar?
Everything, really. But, if I had to choose, I'd say the characters, the music, and the graphics. Practically every character in the Lunar series is lovable and most of them are very unique. Nobou, eat your heart out. Iwadare does by far the best RPG music I've ever heard! So far, all of the Lunar games have been 2D, other than some 3D models in the cutscenes, and they are the best 2D graphics I've seen, especially in Silver Star Harmony.
Favorite scene?
Many of them. Spoilers ahead.
Luna's "Nocturne of the Wind" in SSSC. It was very, very bad in SSH, but in SSSC, it was beautiful.
Luna as the Dark Goddess in SSSC. Oh, my gosh. That song still continues to send chills down my spine. In SSH, however, I cannot help but notice how much she sounds like either Vocaloid Lola or Cher performing some dark chant. But, it always sends chills down my spine.
"We will always be together..." By far my most favorite scene in SSSC, not so much in SSH, is where Alex finally rescues Luna. This scene made me cry a bit, with sadness and happiness. I was actually amazed at how much Alex talked in this scene. And, for me more Alex = more happiness.
And, last but not least, whenever Alex and Luna "die" whenever the Azure City falls into the water. I especially like the SSSC version, because Nall sounded ever-so-cute and the piano piece that Working Designs added to that scene. And then Jessica, Mia, and Luna hug each other, and I can't possibly be the only one who has noticed that Nash starts to comb his hair at very end of the scene. Lol, Kyle's smile. When Jess and Nall were crying, I started to sniffle a bit with them.
Since it would be extremely long to name ALL of my favorite scenes in Lunar 2, I'll just name my two most favorites.
The dragons destroying the Holy City to reveal the Azure City (Ha ha, Holy City to Azure City) in EBC, for one. Seeing the black and blue dragon in full-body was very cool, and it was nice to see Nall's dragon form again. Same for Ruby. She's so cuuute... and Nall would agree with me! *Brick'd*
Okay, I confess, I actually found myself crying a bit when Lucia had to leave in EBC. Poor Hiro, he finally found himself a girlfriend, and then she just leaves him... and then I found myself laughing whenever the scene ended and Hiro picked up her pendant. "Lucia's Pendant - I'd rather just have Lucia."
Favorite character(s)?
Excluding Lunn, I love all of the characters in the "core" Lunar series, but if I had to choose, Nall for both games, Alex for Lunar 1, and Ruby for Lunar 2.
What weaknesses does Lunar have/what missed the mark?
All of the games, save Walking/Magic School, which wasn't even released in North America, have males as the main protagonist, while the so-called "heroine" doesn't even play much part in the story and usually has to be rescued. Of course, Lucia (and when I say Lucia, I mean the ORIGINAL Lucia, not the Dragon Song chick) was a party member until the very end of the main story, but Luna is
kidnapped very early in the game, and then we only see a bit of her afterwards, and we finally see her more when she
becomes the Dark Goddess. I've never played Dragon Song, but I'm sure that Lucia Collins is kidnapped early in the game. That is pretty much the only thing that bothers me.
What would you like to see more of?
Like I said before, more females as the main protagonist. Also, I'd like to see more protagonists like Hiro, in which their personality is still determined by the player in some ways, but they still have their own personality. As for games, I'd like to see Lunar 2, which, mind you, hasn't had a remake for 12-13 years. I'd like to see "Eternal Blue Harmony/Melody" on the PSvita, PSN (so PSP owners who don't have a Vita could play), and maybe even on WiiWare, and you could play it with a GameCube or Classic controller. A sequel to Dragon Song might be nice, and I'd love a game about Dyne and the other four heroes. But, most of all, a remake of Magic School that would actually make it into the US!
Reactions? Theories?
Cannot really think of any...