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AGalacticOutLawStar Mar 8 @ 7:33am

So im going to ask this out of nowhere question(sorry if theres already a thread)

Is there a possibility the dev behind this collection can some how help produce a Lunar 3 game? or is that not possible i hope so i know alot of people would love to see it happen

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JunglePredator has LUNAR Remastered Collection

Mar 8 @ 7:52am

That's a hard one to answer; since Game Arts & GungHo are both involved it's not out of the realm of possibility.
However I don't believe any one has publicly spoken about whatever the legal troubles were or perhaps are. It's a good sign that the game has finally been released on Steam.
For my money I'm betting Victor Ireland is responsible for all the problems.

AGalacticOutLawStar Mar 8 @ 8:28am

Im happy xbox is getting the collection but seeing a Lunar 3 would be perfect i mean it should also be a good sign the game collection got a remaster so a Lunar 3 should be more than possible right?

Last edited by AGalacticOutLawStar; Mar 8 @ 8:30am

JCKLNTRN Mar 8 @ 9:51am

It's not impossible, but I think it's very unlikely. Lunar series originally went on pause due to legal disputes between Studio Alex and Game Arts. Studio Alex worked together with Game Arts to produce the Sega CD originals. Game Arts worked alone on the Saturn and Playstation ports (except Lunar Magical School on the Saturn, which was primarily Studio Alex again), and Studio Alex felt they weren't properly compensated for those remakes, launched a lawsuit, lost, and went out of business. That might be simplifying it a bit, but that's the gist.

Game Arts would then put out Lunar: Dragon Song, but it was a poor effort and received a very harsh negative reception, leading Game Arts to essentially shelve Lunar in favor of focusing on their other RPG series, Grandia, which is also dormant these days.

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bschaff2001 has LUNAR Remastered Collection

Mar 8 @ 11:11pm

Originally posted by JunglePredator:
For my money I'm betting Victor Ireland is responsible for all the problems.

Always a safe bet whenever that clown is involved. He's the reason the Lunar games didn't come to the Genesis Mini 2 in the US despite being some of the most asked for games by fans over here.

As far as your question OP, best anyone can tell, GungHo owns the rights to the franchise and could make a 3rd game if they chose to do so. As has been mentioned, there's been quite a few legal battles over the franchise, but given that this collection is even happening at all I'd imagine that there isn't any ongoing litigation and if this collection does well then hopefully the 3rd part of the planned trilogy can finally see the light of day. According to some of the original creators, there were internal discussions about making Lunar 3 after 2 did so well, but there were concerns about the Sega CD console being at the end of its life span so they didn't move forward with it at the time. The lawsuits that JCKLNTRN mentions happened shortly after that, so any chance of the game being made totally ended with that. The boss designer of the first 2 games has said that the ideas they had for Lunar 3 essentially make up the Epilogue portion of Lunar 2, so there's that.

Last edited by bschaff2001; Mar 8 @ 11:26pm