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by Alunissage
Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Speedrun Bounty Announcement - I will be funding a bounty for Lunar 2 SCD's Speedrun World Record!
Replies: 4
Views: 15600

Re: Speedrun Bounty Announcement - I will be funding a bounty for Lunar 2 SCD's Speedrun World Record!

Just FYI, in the enemies I have stats in both games for (which is all of them up through Azado Tower), most enemies have around 25% more HP in the NA version, and from the Illusion Woods on, ATK and DEF are boosted around the same amount. (This is different from SSSC, in which WD boosted the ATK but...
by Alunissage
Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:46 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?
Replies: 14
Views: 19648

Re: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?

I played a bit yesterday, from Azado through getting the Destiny and stopping just outside the White Dragon Cave. One of my old Japanese magazines has a detailed walkthrough up to the end of Azado including enemy and boss stats so I finally did the comparison I've wanted to do with the numbers from ...
by Alunissage
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Lunar memes
Replies: 72
Views: 216903

Re: Lunar memes

Okay, I'm not a meme person at all, but Ramus and Stay On Topic did make me laugh.
by Alunissage
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Decompiling Lunar 2 for PS1
Replies: 16
Views: 29850

Re: Decompiling Lunar 2 for PS1

So, the EBC demo had some joke stuff in it that wasn't accessible while playing the demo normally -- the pajamas were called Bernie's Pajamas after Bernie Stolar, for one -- that one of the WD messageboard members found with a GameShark and similar. I would guess that the Dark Scimitar was also put ...
by Alunissage
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Speedrun Bounty Announcement - I will be funding a bounty for Lunar 2 SCD's Speedrun World Record!
Replies: 4
Views: 15600

Re: Speedrun Bounty Announcement - I will be funding a bounty for Lunar 2 SCD's Speedrun World Record!

Are you specifying NA vs JP version? I'm pretty sure there are enough differences for that to matter. Not thinking of the Lemina Bug since that would take a nontrivial amount of time to activate because of the M requirement, but the enemies' stats are a bit different. I have a project to compare the...
by Alunissage
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: The Statues/Pictures in the Sanctuary
Replies: 7
Views: 26899

Re: The Statues/Pictures in the Sanctuary

I was wondering that too while playing EB on the Megadrive Mini 2. It's been a while since we've done any detective work...
by Alunissage
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Lunar: The Silver Star
Topic: The path to sub 2:30. New route, New tech, New discoveries. Here's how we get there:
Replies: 12
Views: 51202

Re: The path to sub 2:30. New route, New tech, New discoveries. Here's how we get there:

I'll have to sometime too. I verified Elijah's original run for SDA, but that was a LONG time ago.
by Alunissage
Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:36 am
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: First impressions of Eternal Blue
Replies: 25
Views: 76368

Re: First impressions of Eternal Blue

Huh I thought PS3 is only backwards compatible with PS2, not PS1. Did you have to do something special to get it to play? For older systems like that btw I feel like I've more often just found a way to get the old system itself -- hence why I have a Japanese PS1 and Japanese Saturn (I still have my...
by Alunissage
Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:44 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3067182

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

Apologies, I sounded far more stiff and stern than I intended. I think it works in cases like FFX where the viewpoint character is also the stranger to the world because it allows the player to get to know the world and setting along with the viewpoint character, who is as ignorant as the player. Ti...
by Alunissage
Sun Dec 11, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3067182

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

The protagonist isn't always the main playable/viewpoint character. FFXII was similar, where Vaan was the viewpoint character but Ashe is definitely the protagonist. A similar argument could be made for Lucia and Hiro.
by Alunissage
Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:20 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?
Replies: 14
Views: 19648

Re: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?

I'm pretty sure Jean only makes the connection about Lunn in Pentagulia. She shows him the mask and he says something like "Jean, you always were my best student." And then locks her up, of course. Interesting to see the translation of the scene with the Phantom Sentry / Sieg. It's been ma...
by Alunissage
Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:07 am
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: First impressions of Eternal Blue
Replies: 25
Views: 76368

Re: First impressions of Eternal Blue

Ugh, that's quite annoying. Glad you made it through, though, and thanks for coming back and telling us!
by Alunissage
Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:04 am
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In
Replies: 30
Views: 46134

Re: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In

Gorgeous! I have always loved the colors in that particular piece of artwork.
by Alunissage
Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:40 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?
Replies: 14
Views: 19648

Re: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?

I did not know that about Leo's earth spell. I will have to check it out! I got sufficiently stuck in Zophar's castle that I looked in the guide (which I'd actually found on the shelf in a bookstore before I bought the game) and found that I had been mistaking a teleport pad for background art. Jean...
by Alunissage
Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:03 am
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?
Replies: 14
Views: 19648

Re: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?

Haha, I had the double-6 thing happen to me too. Wasn't sure if I should spoil it for you what it does. I think that's the only one with negative effects. Here, I'll c/p from my notes: Chance dice effects: 2 large damage to all enemies 3 mutes all enemies 4 poisons all enemies 5 paralyzes all enemie...
by Alunissage
Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:23 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In
Replies: 30
Views: 46134

Re: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In

Please do! I really need to do better by my collection and I'd love to see how you frame the poster for inspiration. We're in the process of having a basement added to our house, and while it'll primarily be a cat-free workspace for my husband I'm thinking I'll use some of the wall space and finally...
by Alunissage
Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:19 pm
Forum: Lunar: Eternal Blue
Topic: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?
Replies: 14
Views: 19648

Re: Playing through JP Eternal Blue: Things to Know?

I've only played up to just after Lucia is healed, so I'm pretty rusty too. I last played this game in Japanese in something like 2003, stopping just after Borgan. My distinct recollection is that Borgan is harder in the Japanese game than in the NA one, and he's legendarily hard in the NA one. The ...
by Alunissage
Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: General Lunar Discussion
Topic: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In
Replies: 30
Views: 46134

Re: Seeking Eternal Blue Mail-In

YAY! I'm so happy for you! :D
by Alunissage
Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch
Topic: iOS updates!
Replies: 22
Views: 80406

Re: iOS updates!

I should have mentioned that my cloud saves are once again available, though the number of save slots is now limited to 30 at a time. Apparently downloadable and therefore archivable that way, but I haven't bothered. And again, the Saturn music is really, really good. I'd known this but hadn't fully...
by Alunissage
Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:31 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: What Are You Currently Playing?
Replies: 1322
Views: 3067182

Re: What Are You Currently Playing?

My Megadrive Mini 2 arrived so I've played some Eternal Blue! It's been so ridiculously long since I played, and I think it was around 2003-4 when I played it in Japanese (up to just after Borgan). I knew there were a lot of little cutscenes that weren't in the remake but I don't remember much of th...