Square Enix announces new Lufia game, platforms unknown
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 12th 2009 at 1:00PM }
Update: It's been brought to our attention that the Famitsu article actually reveals that Taito (which Squeenix owns) is working on a new installment in the Lufia franchise (known as Estopolis in Japan), which looks a lot like "Luffa," so you really can't blame us for getting confused. No platforms have been announced, but the team from the original Lufia & the Fortress of Doom will be behind the wheel, so it should be fairly reminiscent of the classic SNES RPGs of yesteryear. Also, it probably won't help you clean yourself in the shower. Sorry about that.
[Via Andriasang]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
hector88 @ Nov 12th 2009 1:07PM
I bet it'll be on the DS :(
koehler83 @ Nov 12th 2009 1:15PM
+1 for intuition
LaughingTarget @ Nov 12th 2009 3:42PM
If the graphics in that star are in-game textures, you're probably right.
bm @ Nov 12th 2009 5:27PM
Put that frown upside down.
I bet it'll be on the DS. :)
A system where developers are still unafraid to use great pixel art, without the pressure to have to include all the latest threedee bloom and shader crap that the kids like. For now. Don't worry, soon all commercial 2D games will disappear and you can have your super detailed emo teens with every single hair in their spikey haircut rendered in perfect threedeeeeeee.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 1:07PM
That was a bit of a charlie foxtrot...
Aren't the shower things called 'loofahs'?
Granger @ Nov 12th 2009 1:10PM
Of course not, they're called "Axe Body Buffers."
...
*vomits*
Orchard Pear @ Nov 12th 2009 1:08PM
Please be anything but the Wii or DS...
Ghede @ Nov 12th 2009 1:17PM
Wish granted! DSi Exclusive!
Uncontrol @ Nov 12th 2009 1:09PM
swing and a miss
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 12th 2009 1:22PM
WTH is up w/ all this DS hatin'? Drinkin' the haterade much?
I understand if you don't like the Wii due to lack of HD graphics, excessive shovelware, & the like...however the DS is a great system for RPG's.
Douglas Peroni @ Nov 12th 2009 2:19PM
It's not hate of the DS, it's just that every Snes RPG is released on Nintendo DS, it end's up looking like the same as before (it looks better, but feels the same) and the franchise suffers, since it's not being ''upgraded'', you know ?
bm @ Nov 12th 2009 5:21PM
Appropriate how you put "upgraded" in quote marks. i.e. most modern sequels to older games are not being upgraded at all, on the contrary sometimes. Most of these DS games are better sequels than they would likely ever have been on the PS3 or 360 in THREEDEEE plus added linearity and hand-holding.
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 12th 2009 1:28PM
I have realized that joystiq is full of people hating Nintendo for "lack of HD grahpics" yet think PC gamers are elitists & 360 / PS3 fanboys are always at each other's throats.
Yep...that pretty much sums it up.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 1:29PM
That's nice.
I detect a hint of troll in your voice.
hector88 @ Nov 12th 2009 1:36PM
I could care less about HD graphic. However, I believe the DS should stick to 2D sprites and not bother with hideous 3D.
koehler83 @ Nov 12th 2009 2:34PM
Spoken like a dude without an HDTV.
Avatar @ Nov 12th 2009 3:02PM
Newsflash: We PC gamers are elitist, and console fanboys ARE always at each other's throats. Now quit stating the obvious.
Tim @ Nov 15th 2009 2:23AM
The problem with many a western gamer is that it tends to be a major GRAPHICS WHORE... in America!
Martin @ Nov 12th 2009 1:29PM
I'll purchase whatever platform it is if I don't already own it. Lufia 2 just barely eeks out FF6 as my top SNES RPG of all time. I loved the logic puzzles and the random dungeon (which is where my games usually stopped, lol).
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 1:29PM
No Chrono Trigger love?
Martin @ Nov 12th 2009 1:31PM
That'd be fourth, behind FF4. And that's mostly because FF4 was the first RPG I ever played :) But yes, CT gets lots of love in my house.
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 12th 2009 1:51PM
I wish I had bought that (SNES) copy of Chrono Trigger @ the flea market a few months ago.
When I get the extra cash I need to pickup the DS Chrono Trigger sometime. Especially considering its like $20 now.
I picked up FF Dawn of Souls & FF IV Advance used @ Gamestop not that long ago. For $10/each I consider it a worthwhile purchase.
Sarge @ Nov 12th 2009 5:05PM
You have excellent taste, sir. Granted, Chrono Trigger is at the top of my list, but is closely followed by Terranigma, Lufia II, and Final Fantasy 6.
There's no question that this is good news, especially if this is given the care that Lufia II received. The last two entries have been pretty weak.
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 12th 2009 1:47PM
@ Darth:
I don't detect anything troll-like. Unless you'd consider the trolls I recently defeated in Oblivion. Fanboyism is a worldwide epidemic...no matter how much you try to combat it, it will never be enough to stop it.
Every system (PC included) has it's pluses & minuses in regards to games that are or are not available (or how crappy the port of the game may be).
@ hector:
I agree about the sprites. I have FFCC Ring of Fates...I think it would have worked better w/ sprites instead of 3D.
carmaction @ Nov 12th 2009 1:54PM
Cool troll joke, bro.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 12th 2009 4:23PM
I'm the chairman of the ATDF. If I say you're trolling...you probably are.
NintendoJunkie @ Nov 12th 2009 4:26PM
Care to enlighten me on what the ATDF is?
Automatic Troll Defense Force?
Slust @ Nov 12th 2009 1:53PM
Hell yeah!
Loved the monster raising aspect of it, for some reason. Hope it's a little more robust this go around.
David @ Nov 12th 2009 2:00PM
congratulations, joystiq, you just pulled your own "internet protocol"
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/23/why-you-shouldnt-get-your-video-game-news-from-the-wall-street/
Chris Lawrance @ Nov 12th 2009 3:02PM
http://aviationweek.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/21/failure.gif
Seriously I've been going to joystiq for almost 10 years and this is one of the funniest things I've seen. Golden
Timett @ Nov 12th 2009 3:26PM
I loved Lufia II. It's one of my favorite classic RPGs. Here's hoping for some crazy difficult puzzles. I remember later Lufia games going with randomized dungeons though... hope they don't do that. I love the Ancient Cave in Lufia II but a whole game full of random dungeons doesn't really suit me.
Mike @ Nov 12th 2009 5:47PM
Hope it's Wii, if not then DS, needs to stick to Nintendo. Please not 360 or PSP, ugh, it would sell like crap on those. PS3 would be okay though.
hpv @ Nov 12th 2009 8:15PM
YES YES YES!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adrian @ Nov 12th 2009 7:09PM
Lufia? Heck yes!
TheRaffle @ Nov 13th 2009 3:17AM
Good one. HD remix please.