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Kid Fenris
Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 301
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:51 am Post subject: The Lunar II that never was |
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Ah, the Lunar games. Perhaps they’re now archaic, but the first and best two introduced many a sheltered American kid to the ways of Japanese RPGs, including that honored convention of setting a sequel hundreds of years after the first game. Lunar II did exactly that, and abandoned most of the original Lunar’s characters in the process.
That wasn’t always the plan. GameArts’ original ideas for Lunar II: Eternal Blue called for the main cast from Lunar: The Silver Star to return, older and perhaps as supporting characters. That’s what some early concept illustrations from Softbank’s Lunar I and II artbook show, anyway. I’ve never seen these online anywhere, so I decided to scan them and finally get some use out of the book.
Alex, the hero, was a kid with a harp and a fur hat in the first game. For the second, he became a lumberjack and grew one hell of a mullet, while his passive love interest, Luna, started wearing makeup.
Mia looks a lot like she did in the first game. Oh well.
Alex’s fat, worthless friend Ramus, who stayed in the party for about five minutes in the first Lunar, got a monocle and cigar for Lunar II. From the look of it, Jessica didn’t change much at all.
The book also has illustrations of Nash and Kyle, but they looked exactly like they did in the first game. You can see Kyle drunk and passed out in this storyboard shot. I don’t know if it’s a planned scene from Lunar II or an unused movie sequence from The Silver Star.
Finally, I scanned this. It could be a discarded idea for a mini-game, but that's...unlikely.
If anyone’s interested, I'll scan some of the production art featuring Lunar II’s actual characters. Lucia, the heroine, went through a bunch of redesigns, and there’s a drawing or two of the beast-people Leo and Mauri as centaurs. Oh, and Ruby’s human form, which I don’t believe we ever saw in the game.
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neomerge
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 351 Location: Woodstock GA!
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Wow very interesting find. I wonder what made them decide to totally scrap the original characters and make a sequel set 100 years in the future. |
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ArnoldRimmer83 Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 540
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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I'd like to see that stuff. Concept art is always fun to look at. |
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handofg0d
Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 455 Location: PA
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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I really would have preferred a direct sequel.
Also Dragon Song was so bad |
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rbudrick not rubrdick
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 549
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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The chick in the last pic laying down appears to have a labia hanging out the side of her suit. Don't blame me. I didn't draw it.
-Rob |
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Smeg Staff
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 1600 Location: beneath enemy scrotum
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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rbudrick wrote: | The chick in the last pic laying down appears to have a labia hanging out the side of her suit. Don't blame me. I didn't draw it.
-Rob |
If you examine the position of her derriere, you'll see that's not really possible. Not that there's anything wrong with a little labia. |
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MathUser2929
Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 203
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen the human ruby before, and in different recolorings also. |
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Deadguy2322
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Inside your mind...
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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deespence2929 wrote: | I've seen the human ruby before, and in different recolorings also. |
So, that WAS a labia, after all, was it? |
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AirRaid
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 32
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Re: The Lunar II that never was |
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Very interesting stuff, Kid Fenris, thanks!
I wish you could find some stuff on Phantasy Star IV: Return of Alis for Sega CD.... The PSIV that never was..... |
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rbudrick not rubrdick
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 549
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:05 am Post subject: |
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Smeg wrote: | rbudrick wrote: | The chick in the last pic laying down appears to have a labia hanging out the side of her suit. Don't blame me. I didn't draw it.
-Rob |
If you examine the position of her derriere, you'll see that's not really possible. Not that there's anything wrong with a little labia. |
Oh, I see. Ever see one of those pics where if you look at it one way it's a duck, but if you look at it another way it's a frog or something?
Well anyway, if you look at it a certain way it seems like the front are her hips are facing the front, not laying on them. That's the perspective I saw, but now that you mention it, yeah, she is laying front down.
-Rob |
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Kaiyasky
Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 1
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:04 am Post subject: Re: The Lunar II that never was |
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Kid Fenris wrote: |
If anyone’s interested, I'll scan some of the production art featuring Lunar II’s actual characters. Lucia, the heroine, went through a bunch of redesigns, and there’s a drawing or two of the beast-people Leo and Mauri as centaurs. Oh, and Ruby’s human form, which I don’t believe we ever saw in the game. |
Im very interested in seeing more, iv been wanting to see production art for a long time and havent found any |
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Tongueman
Joined: 27 Feb 2004 Posts: 631 Location: Japan
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: |
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rbudrick wrote: | The chick in the last pic laying down appears to have a labia hanging out the side of her suit.-Rob |
a labium. Ahem. |
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rbudrick not rubrdick
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 549
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Tongueman wrote: | rbudrick wrote: | The chick in the last pic laying down appears to have a labia hanging out the side of her suit.-Rob |
a labium. Ahem. |
Coming from someone named Tongueman, it figures.
Because, umm, that means he speaks well. Yeah.
-Rob |
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