Line #8 VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar


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2	The first game in the Creator/GameArts-developed ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series of [[EasternRPG console role-playing games]]. The game has gotten multiple [[VideoGameRemake remakes]] and/or [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced re-releases]] over the years on multiple platforms. The titles are:
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4	* ''Lunar: The Silver Star'' for the Platform/SegaCD. The English version was released by Creator/WorkingDesigns.
5	* ''Lunar: Silver Star Story'' for the Platform/SegaSaturn and its updated re-release for the Platform/PlayStation. Working Designs localized the [=PlayStation=] version as ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete''. It had a [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer Windows PC]] port, which never left Japan (or South Korea) due to technical problems during the localization process.
6	* ''Lunar Legend'' for Platform/GameBoyAdvance. English version was released by Creator/{{Ubisoft}}.
7	* ''Lunar: Silver Star Harmony'' for Platform/PlayStationPortable. English version was released by Creator/{{XSEED\|Games}}.
8	* ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch'' for Platform/{{iOS\|Games}}. Released by [=SoMoGa=] Games.
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10	All five games tell the story of a young man named Alex who sets out on a classic [[TheHerosJourney hero's journey]] with all the trimmings. The details vary a bit from version to version, but have the same underlying structure: the protagonist, Alex, [[HeroWorshipper admires a famous hero]] named [[PrecursorHeroes Dragonmaster Dyne]] who died 15 years prior. So, when [[TheHerald a dragon offers him the call]] to adventure, he [[JumpedAtTheCall jumps at it]], seeing it as an opportunity to follow in his idol's footsteps. His journey gets him [[CantRefuseTheCallAnymore mixed up in a conflict]] between the forces of good and a villain called the Magic Emperor, with the fate of the world at stake. By facing this foe, Alex gains the wherewithal to make all his dreams come true. He goes on a grand adventure, prevails against the baddie [[NearVillainVictory when it seems like all hope is lost]], gets the girl, and saves the world.
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12	Story and gameplay are expected for an EasternRPG (though when launched in 1992, the plot twists caught some players by surprise), but the music, engaging characters and colorful dialogue full of {{shout out}}s and [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]] humor gave it its staying power.
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14	The original ''Lunar: The Silver Star'' was released in North America back in 1993. In 1999 the widely-played ''Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete'' remake was released on [=PlayStation=], and it strongly influenced the versions to follow. ''Lunar Legend'' was released in 2001, early in the life of the [=GameBoy=] Advance; opinions on it are mixed. Most recently, ''Lunar: Silver Star Harmony'' was released on [=PlayStation=] Portable, serving as remake of ''Silver Star Story''. It is heavily based on Working Designs' version of ''Silver Star Story''; the new publisher XSEED even brought Jennifer Stigile (fan-favorite singer/voice actress from the Working Designs talent pool) on board to re-record English versions of the songs.
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17	!!''Lunar: The Silver Star'' and its remakes provides examples of:
18	* AccidentalPervert: The novelisation contains a scene where Alex stumbles upon Luna bathing in a spring in the woods. She is none too pleased when she spots him.
19	* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Subverted. Just before the final confrontation, Ramus recognizes Alex as a true hero, and allows you to take any item you want from his shop for free.
20	* AdaptationalModesty: ''Lunar Legend'' replaces [[spoiler:Dark Althena's]] thong and thigh highs with black pants during the scene where she raises Althena's Fortress... However it's only during this one scene, her outfit is exactly the same in every other scene.
21	* AdaptationalVillainy: Dross the jeweler in the town of Meribia. In the original version, he's just a con man who steals the dragon diamond from Alex & Co. and flees into the sewers. When the heroes catch up with him, he hands over the diamond fairly easy, and forks over a good amount of cash, and Mel promptly bans him from Meribia. In the remake, in addition to stealing the diamond, he sends his pet dragon after the heroes with the intention of them being murdered. [[note]]In the original, there's still a dragon in the sewers you have to fight, but there's no indication it belongs to Dross.[[/note]] He also coughs up far less money in the remake.
22	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Vile Tribe in ''The Silver Star''. The remakes add exceptions.
23	* AllInARow: How the party behaves when not in dungeons.
24	* AncientKeeper: Damon, the elderly, beard-sporting, robe-wearing keeper of knowledge and provider of {{Plot Coupon}}s.
25	* AntiGrinding: Of a sort; in the remake the entire first half of the game seemed to be designed with the expectation that players shouldn't spend too much time grinding by virtue of the fact that enemies give pretty crap EXP. The only non-boss enemy encounters to break 100 in the first half of the game are the rare ice mongrels in the cave of trials, and the last monster area, the Nanza barrier, has battles worth around 70 exp at best. However, once you reach the Marius zone the very first monster area you visit has battles worth around 350 exp at the minimum, with the best yielding twice that, and every area after steps up the exp yield by increments of several hundred each time. If you are under leveled in the first half, you can catch up with very little effort in the second.
26	* ArtificialBrilliance: In the PSP remake; it's important to protect Jessica against the final boss because he actually [[ShootTheMedicFirst goes after her first]]!
27	* AscendedExtra: In the Sega-CD game, Luna is in the party for about a fourth of the game and doesn't have a major role until she gets kidnapped [[spoiler:and brainwashed into the evil goddess]] around the halfway point. In ''Silver Star Story'', she stays with the party until the aforementioned kidnapping.
28	* AwardBaitSong: Tsubasa/Wings and Wind's Nocturne from ''Silver Star Story''/''Harmony''. Both songs fit the description to a T. Especially the Working Designs PSX version of the songs, whose lyrics actually sounds like something written at Disney.
29	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite all their fighting, Kyle ''breaks out of stone'' to save Jessica.
30	* BadassNormal: Despite being part of a group that also contains three magic users and guy who dreams of becoming a Dragonmaster [[spoiler:and eventually does]], Kyle is content with taking a sword and slaying monsters with brute force.
31	* BaseOnWheels: The Magic Emperor's Grindery, a castle on huge tank treads.
32	* BatmanGambit: The Magic Emperor uses the heroes' altruism to help him achieve his goals. [[spoiler:There's a bit of dramatic irony there because Ghaleon's introduction makes him damn close to ObviouslyEvil. But he ''is'' a VillainWithGoodPublicity who actually uses his [[TheDragon right-hand woman]] to deflect suspicion off of himself.]]
33	* BeautifulSingingVoice: Luna is known within her village for her extraordinary singing voice.
34	* BelligerentSexualTension: Jessica and Kyle.
35	* BettingMiniGame: The original ''Lunar'' features a TabletopGame/{{blackjack}} mini-game with Brett in Saith. A bit of advice: ''do not'' take up his offer for a double-or-nothing game. He's a [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Cheating Bastard]] from Reza, the game's designated [[ViceCity city of thieves]]. As it turns out, there is another NPC in Reza who will play the same game with you, but she proves less of a jerk by playing fair.
36	* BoisterousBruiser: Kyle - party resident crude, muscle-bound leader of a band of (friendly!) bandits. In the remakes he fools enemies with a considerably ugly and unconvincing WholesomeCrossdresser disguise. Another example is Master Mel - a crude, muscle-bound former leader of a band of ''pirates''.
37	* BodyguardCrush: In the intro to ''Harmony'', Dragonmaster Dyne acts like a schoolboy trying to work up the courage to ask Althena to the big dance. Ghaleon might have had a thing for her, too. He's either a devout believer in the Goddess, or he's crushing on her, hard. Or both.
38	* BodyToJewel: The dragon diamonds, of the SolidGoldPoop variety.
39	* BonusDungeon: The aptly named "Forbidden Forest". It houses some of the strongest monsters in the game, which all give garbage experience/silver, making it useless for grinding. There's no boss or InfinityPlusOneSword waiting for you inside; there is, however, the [[FanService women's hot spring]]. Annoyingly, the springs close down partway through the game, meaning you need to fight your way through when you're likely severely underleveled (though the Dragon Grief spell helps a lot).
40	* BoringButPractical: The Sega CD version gave the characters ''several'' more spells for all characters -- including attack songs for Luna -- but several of these were just multi-target variations on existing spells or were too overspecialized to be useful (curing only sleep instead of all status effects, for instance). ''Silver Star Story'', in contrast, gives each character only up to eight spells, tops.
41	* BrattyHalfPint: Nash is actually a little bit older than Alex, but matches this trope in personality with his conspicuously overinflated opinion of himself. His errors of judgment throughout the story bring him near, if not firmly into, JustEatGilligan territory.
42	* BrokenBridge: Played with. In Meryod, your party members literally break a bridge themselves.
43	* BrownNote: One of the girls in ''Silver Star'' fancies herself a potential kidnapping victim, since the Magic Emperor is collecting singers, but... "tone deaf" is putting it nicely. Also, [[spoiler:Luna/Althena's singing under the Magic Emperor's influence can cause pain and illnesses.]]
44	* ButThouMust: Occasionally Lampshaded; one NPC that does this to you says that he can keep this up much longer than you can. Better still, it's a villain, asking you to let him go since he's [[DefeatMeansFriendship learned his lesson]]...
45	** You will always [[spoiler:get the White Dragon Wings stolen from Nall, regardless of whether Nall even ''has'' them]].
46	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The sword in Dyne's Monument.]]
47	** [[spoiler:Alex's ocarina. You start with it in your inventory, and you never use it until the very end of the game.]] May also count as a GuideDangIt.
48	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Luna's FirstGirlWins cred? Unbeatable.
49	* ClingyJealousGirl: Any time a female NPC flirts with Alex, you can expect the next page of text to be an angry remark from Luna.
50	* CovertPervert: Ramus, debatably. His shop ''does'' have a rather large selection of saucy pictures featuring cute girls...
51	* CrutchCharacter: Laike, whenever he tags along. Particularly notable in that he doesn't lose his edge over the hero late in the game. [[spoiler:[[PassingTheTorch Given who he truly is, that's hardly surprising]].]]
52	* CuteMonsterGirl: A lot of the Vile Tribe appear as goblin-like monsters. However, the three witches who lead them are hot chicks in {{stripperiffic}} outfits.
53	* DamselInDistress: Luna is the number one example, since she spends half the game in captivity and only the hero can free her. Mia and Jessica, otherwise very capable girls, fall victim to this trope when they contract an illness in Pao. None of the boys are effected.
54	* DamselOutOfDistress: In the remakes, Jessica and Mia have one in the Talon Mines. Xenobia snares them in magic bonds and forces Alex and Kyle to duel one another. Afterwards, Kyle and Jessica pretend to have an argument, giving Jessica enough time to break herself and Mia out of Xenobia's spell and escape.
55	* DarkestHour: Right before the final dungeon. BigBad just leveled you in a HopelessBossFight? Check. Kyle drinking himself blind? Check. Nash completely convinced that you're screwed and everything has been for naught? Check. [[spoiler:Girlfriend just turned into a Goddess of death and destruction? Check. All life being drained from the world? Check.]] You even lose your [[spoiler:Dragonmaster duds]] and revert to civilian clothes for the whole sequence.
56	* DeathGlare: Done for laughs with Mel's introduction, capping off a CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon threat.
57	* DifficultyByRegion: The original game saw six bosses have their HP increased, with two of them also getting buffs to their Attack stat. However, the real culprit here is the Playstation remake - similar to the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue, Working Designs buffed up enemies pretty much across the board - nearly every enemy in the game got a 45% higher Attack stat, gives out roughly 14% less EXP and 10% less silver, as well as having 10% less HP. The amount bosses scale to Alex's level is also increased, the amount of silver received from treasure chests is halved, and several puzzles are made more difficult. Somewhat famously, the bromides were also moved to new locations and/or have new triggers in the North American version, [[GuideDangIt some of which are virtually impossible to find without a guide.]]
58	* DistressedDude: Nash ends up as this on two occasions: first in his introduction when he's caught in a trap he fell for, and second when the Magic Masher suit he dons in the Frontier begins acting on its own and Alex and the others have to break him out of it.
59	* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:Burg is razed by the Magic Emperor, while all its inhabitants are kidnapped and pressed into slavery (they're rescued eventually).]] Only in the original version, though, as this was left out of the remakes.
60	* DoubleEntendre: Among the primary reasons the PSX is so beloved is for the sheer amount of these.
61	-->'''Guard:''' When Jessica returns from her studies, I'm gonna be assigned to guard her bedroom...\
62	'''Nall:''' Isn't he holding onto his sword just a ''bit'' tight?
63	* TheDragon: Xenobia of the Vile Tribe. In the remakes, she is joined by [[spoiler:her sisters Royce and Phacia.]] The skeletal remains of the Black Dragon in ''The Silver Star'' arguably counts.
64	* DramaticIrony: In the PSP remake, if you choose to let Laike help you in the ambush, Luna will joke about Alex's skills, saying that if he doesn't improve quick enough, then there wouldn't be anyone to save her. Anyone who has played the earlier versions of the game know just how dark the meaning behind her words are.
65	* DubInducedPlotHole: In Working Designs' translations, they change "Mel governs Meribia" to "Mel founded Meribia," which completely alters the franchise's mythos.
66	* DuetBonding: Used for blatant ship tease in the remakes, as Alex and Luna perform duets together with ocarina and vocals. It shows up most memorably in Lyton, where only a duet of true love can open the path to the Blue Dragon's Shrine. So, Kyle and Jessica try it, as well as Nash and Mia... unfortunately, all four are lousy singers and fail, but the ship tease is still pretty heavy. Alex and Luna, on the other hand, are able to open the shrine despite Luna being nowhere in sight, hearing the song through the pure [[ThePowerOfLove Power of Love]].
67	* EmptyLevels: Ramus gets hit by this hard towards the end of his portion of the game. Although his stats level up comparably to Alex, Luna, and Nash, the start tailing off the further along you go and eventually he gains no stat increases at all when he levels up. This typically happens at about the point when he leaves the party for good.
68	** Even worse in the remake, where the ONLY stat of his that increases upon leveling is HP, and that will eventually drop to zero. The only way to increase his other stats past base level is through equipment.
69	* EternalEngine: Might's Tower, Taben's Tower, and the Grindery are all machine-themed dungeons.
70	* EverythingFades: Be they monster or NPC, everything in the game disappears into nothingness when they die. In fact, the fact that [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] ''doesn't'' fade away and leaves behind a body when you defeat him is a pretty big tip-off that he's NotQuiteDead.
71	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Nash presumes his crush on Mia is something no one else knows about. Unfortunately for him, his infatuation would only be slightly more obvious if he had a sign around his neck reading, "Take me, I'm yours."
72	* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Luna. Also, observe the progression of Ghaleon's Four Heroes costume, his Premier outfit, and the Magic Emperor armor. And his final costume exhibits BishonenLine.]]
73	* EvilOverlord: The Magic Emperor is this and CardCarryingVillain for the most part, and pulls off the traditional Evil Overlord look ''[[EvilIsCool with style]]''. There is some hidden moral ambiguity in his reason to conquer the world, though.
74	* EvilLaugh: [[https://youtu.be/ySESWeKO7TM?t=4m19s The Magic Emperor]] at his 'coming out' party.
75	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Ghaleon.]]
76	* FakeDefector: In the original ''Silver Star'', [[spoiler:Xenobia appears before the party just after they have acquired the dragon helmet, and instructs Nash to bring it to her. He agrees, but not much later reveals this apparent defection to have been a ruse to learn the secret entrance to the Frontier. He returns to your party injured after having barely escaped from Xenobia's wrath, with the dragon helm in hand, and you can either forgive him or... [[ButThouMust forgive him]], although he really was on your side the whole time.]] This was changed to a genuine FaceHeelTurn in the remakes.
77	* FakeKing: Xenobia replacing Lemia Ausa in ''Silver Star.''
78	* {{Fanservice}}: The bathing springs. There are actually two of them, one for the women and another for the men, so there's equal opportunity for beefcake and cheesesake. However, while the men's spring is easily accessible on the world map, the women's spring requires travelling through a forest filled with some ''very'' strong monsters.
79	* FantasticRacism: Between humans and the Vile Tribe. Humans regard the Vile Tribe as AlwaysChaoticEvil and the Vile Tribe hates them for exiling them to a barren wasteland where they can barely eke out a miserable existence.
80	** Subverted for beastmen: Jessica and Hell Mel's appearances are barely worthy of comment.
81	* FightingAShadow: [[spoiler:The first battle against "Ghaleon" in the remakes.]] It went down '' a little differently'' in ''The Silver Star''.
82	* FillingTheSilence: ''Silver Star Story Complete'', when [[spoiler:Ghaleon makes his FaceHeelTurn official]] Creator/WorkingDesigns fills what would otherwise be silence with EvilGloating.
83	* FinalSpeech: [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] gets one after you kick the tar out of him, following a NotQuiteDead moment.
84	* FireIceLightning: Interestingly played with in ''Silver Star Story'' on, where Mia covers fire and ice magic while Nash covers lightning.
85	* FloatingContinent: The magic city of Vane. The first time you go through, you have to pass through a large dungeon with enemies that are highly resistant to physical attacks. Once you make it to the end of the dungeon, you don't have to visit it again.
86	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The books at the top of Damon's Spire hint at events that will happen later in the game, and some even allude to what will happen in ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue''.
87	* GameBreakingBug: ''Silver Star Story Complete'' has an exceptionally cruel example. Before the game was released, there was playable demo available wherein it is possible to transfer Alex's ocarina out of his inventory. In the full version of the game, it is not possible to do this, with good reason: the ocarina has a ''single'' required use. At the very end of the game. AFTER you defeat the final boss. And, unfortunately, at that point Alex is on his own, with no one else in the party - if the ocarina isn't in his inventory, the game becomes UnintentionallyUnwinnable.
88	* GenerationXerox: The original and current generation of heroes. Made very explicit in the intro to Harmony.
89	** Hell Mel and Lemia bicker like Kyle and Jess.
90	** Dyne rescues Althena like Alex rescues Luna.
91	** Ghaleon is devoted to Althena in a way similar to Nash's feelings for Mia, [[spoiler:and they both sort of FaceHeelTurn because of that person.]]
92	* GenreBlindness: The main cast, when they initially meet him, have not the slightest hint of an idea that [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] is [[ObviouslyEvil eviler than evil]], despite all the pretty silver hair and evil eyes and such. Amusingly, as ''Lunar: The Silver Star'' was one of the first [=JRPGs=] where characters were represented by more than just small blocky sprites to land in the West, a lot of people actually fell for it.
93	* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Despite her mild-mannered and shy personality, Mia slaps Nash hard enough [[spoiler:to undo his FaceHeelTurn]]. Of course, the mere fact that Mia was angry enough to strike him would be enough to change Nash's mind, but the slap still leaves a visible mark.
94	* GetOnTheBoat: From Caldor Island to the main continent and back. In the original game, Luna stays behind and wishes Alex good luck, but in the remake, she stays with you for quite a while...[[spoiler:just long enough to get kidnapped by Ghaleon.]]
95	* GoodParents: Alex is a rare RPG protagonist who still has two living parents, and his father helps you get through the game's first dungeon. After this, however, they don't play much of a role in the plot.
96	* GuestStarPartyMember: Luna, Ramus, Tempest, Laike and Ghaleon.
97	** In the remakes, while Luna and Ramus are still only with you temporarily, it's still through several dungeons at least, and you can change their equipment and give them items to carry. Laike, Ghaleon, and Tempest, however, each only accompany you for about one dungeon or so before leaving, and their inventories are locked.
98	* GuideDangIt: Getting all the Bromides and secret items. These are instances of DifficultyByRegion in the Creator/WorkingDesigns versions.
99	** WD changed the triggers for some items in ''Silver Star Story Complete'' so that they were nigh impossible for the player to find without instructions. No such changes were made in ''Harmony'', so the secret items are easier to find.
100	** Raise your hand if you knew right away that you were supposed to [[spoiler:play music to Luna at the end of the game so she won't fry you with lightning]]. While there definitely are some hints, [[note]]One of the first things Alex does upon finding Luna is play his Ocarina. Alex playing his Ocarina [[spoiler:has the power to reach Luna across far distances, allowing passage to the Blue Dragon Shrine]]. Likewise in the most telling scene, [[spoiler:Alex first becomes the Dragonmaster he manages to break Ghaleon's brainwashing spell by playing his Ocarina! Ghaleon even comments about how strange (and pitiful) it is that this managed to work on such strong magic right before brainwashing her again.]][[/note]] upon looking back the main thing that makes this a Guide Dang It is that it's played so casually in the game itself that it's easy for the player to forget about it! WD actually added the tricky bit to their versions, so ''Lunar Legend'' and ''Silver Star Harmony'' are more straightforward.
101	* HalfWittedHillbilly: In most English versions, the town of Meryod is populated by inbred hicks who seem to delight in mentioning their {{squick}}y [[KissingCousins close interrelation with each other]]. This element was added to the game by Working Designs, and thus only present in versions of the game that use or adapt their scripts.
102	* HealingCheckpoint: There are stones found in the world map that heal the party when used.
103	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Nash from ''Silver Star Story Complete'']] counts. [[spoiler:It takes a huge slap from his mistress and beatdown by the party to knock some sense into him.]]
104	** [[spoiler:Phacia]] from ''Silver Star Story Complete''.
105	* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Zigzagged, because while the Dragonmaster outfit comes with a red helmet, [[spoiler:Alex]] only wears it in his portrait; the in-game sprite goes without it. Averted in ''Lunar Legend'' however, Dragonmaster [[spoiler:Alex]] always wears the helmet in his sprites.
106	* HeroicBSOD: Dyne's [[spoiler:supposed]] death is one of the reasons [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] [[FaceHeelTurn turned to the side of evil]].
107	** Luna has one of these as well [[spoiler:just before she gets kidnapped by Ghaleon.]] [[http://lunar-net.com/sssc/screens/18/images/image_86_07-19-2004_61432.68.jpg It's pretty epic too.]]
108	* HeroWorshipper: Alex really, ''really'' loves Dragonmaster Dyne...but [[HoYay not in that way, of course]]. He actually gets a chance to [[AscendedFanboy live out his dream]].
109	** Ghaleon towards Althena in the intro to Harmony: appropriate, since she ''is'' a goddess.
110	* HilariousOuttakes: In the first remake, you're treated to a bunch of these if you watch the credits roll completely. Unsurprisingly, the VA for [[LargeHam the Magic Emperor]] gets the lion's share of these. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7qrr_RfS7Y Here are links]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZZpgVZFtB0 for all]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2UCrzgehks of them]].
111	* HillbillyIncest: The English localization has the rural village of Meryod being populated entirely by severely inbred hicks. Almost every single [=NPC=] in the village is some flavor of TheDitz. You're treated to this conversation when you first enter the village:
112	--> '''Nall:''' So this is Meryod... This is amazing, Alex. They built a city entirely of wooden planks suspended over the water.\
113	'''Nash:''' No, the amazing part is that these hicks managed to nail anything not related to them.
114	[[indent:18:This is entirely an invention of the localization. The original Japanese version doesn't even remotely hint at anything like this.]]
115	* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:The first fight against Ghaelon]] in the remake [[spoiler:after you defeat the fake Magic Emperor.]]
116	* HospitalityForHeroes: In the Sega CD version, near the end of the game, Ramus's store will start offering the game's best healing items to you at no charge, because he's your friend, he's become successful enough to afford it, and he wants to do everything he can to help stop the Magic Emperor.
117	* HubCity: Lunar 1 has the MerchantCity and ShiningCity types, played ''very'' straight and ''very'' faithfully.
118	** {{Mer\|chantCity}}ibia is the largest city in the setting and is ''the'' trade hub. It comes complete with the requisite BazaarOfTheBizarre, Black Rose Street.
119	** [[ShiningCity Vane]], located on a [[FloatingContinent island in the sky]], is the headquarters of the [[MagicalSociety Magic Guild]] and a center of learning, with typically self-important citizenry (but not JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly so). The city has a reputation a being the ace in the hole for the forces of good. [[spoiler:Which means you get to [[WatchingTroyBurn see it crash]] as the NearVillainVictory gears up.]]
120	* AHumanAmI: Luna.
121	* HumansAreBastards: Part of why [[spoiler:Ghaleon thinks Lunar needs a god.]]
122	* HumansAreSpecial: Why [[spoiler:Althena thinks that it doesn't.]]
123	* HypnotizeTheCaptive: What [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] does to [[spoiler:Luna]] after capturing her.
124	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:If Alex wants to survive approaching Luna/Althena at the climax while she assails him with lightning, he has to play his harp/ocarina first to reach out to her remaining humanity and love for him.]]
125	* AnIceSuit: The main characters come from a snowy village in the north, and the heroes wear modest, fur-covered winter clothing to help the "northern feel" of the setting.
126	* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: In the remakes of ''Silver Star'', Xenobia harbors an unrequited love for [[spoiler:Ghaleon]]. She even seems aware that he'll never return her affections, and claims it's part of what attracts her to him.
127	* InconsistentDub: There's a type of enemy that's called a "Puwa Puwa Bug" in dialog, but in battle they are referred to as "Puffy Bugs". The Prairie Tribe is also consistently referred to as well, the Prairie Tribe in dialog but in Tempest's introduction cutscene he says that he's of the Plains Tribe.
128	* InformedAbility: Luna's singing is supposedly the most beautiful in the world. While the actress has a beautiful singing voice, she falls short of "God[dess]ly". The bar singers are also said to have beautiful voices... but they sing a pretty silly-sounding tune that's off-key to boot. It's notably ''averted'' in Meryod, however, whose songstress is just as bad as she's said to be.
129	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kyle. Because of the way he is, Jessica can't decide if she loves him or hates his guts.
130	* JustLikeRobinHood: Kyle.
131	* KaizoTrap: So you just beat the Magic Emperor. If you're playing ''The Silver Star'' or ''Silver Star Story Complete'', do remember to play the harp/ocarina, mmkay?
132	* LargeHam: The Magic Emperor. Also, Hell Mel to a lesser extent.
133	* LeftJustifiedFantasyMap: Played mostly straight. You start on an island in the Northwest corner of the game map and your overall progression is Eastward.
134	* LethalChef: When Jessica announces that she plans to make dinner, the staff ''panic''. Her utter inability to cook bothers her deeply, since she doesn't exactly like being unfeminine.
135	* LevelScaling: The bosses in ''Silver Star Story Complete''/''Silver Star Harmony'' adjust their statistics with Alex's level (up to level 50), making over-leveling impractical.
136	* MagicalSociety: The Magic Guild of Vane is the main body responsible for the research and instruction of magic on the Silver Star.
137	* MagicMusic: Luna's special attacks. Also [[spoiler:she can make people sick and raise [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the fortress of Althena]] with her music.]]
138	* TheMagocracy: Vane is home almost exclusively to magic users, as you need to display aptitude with magic to even be allowed access to the city.
139	* MetalSlime: The Ice Mongrels in Vane's Cave of Trials give pretty good experience and money for that point in the game, as well as a rare chance of dropping a useful accessory that boosts agility. However, they also have very high speed and a tendency to run away before your characters can get their turn.
140	* MindRape: Before the party can fight her, Xenobia casts a spell that forces each of the characters to face their own inner doubts in the form of an illusory evil twin.
141	* MisplacedWildlife: Fireflies in the middle of the ocean.
142	* MusicalSpoiler: In ''Silver Star Story Complete'', the Alex's Ocarina item functions as a music test. One of the tracks is titled [[spoiler:"Magic Emperor Ghaleon". Yeah...]]
143	* MusicForCourage: Luna and the other imprisoned girls in the Grindery when Alex is trying to raise the Blue Dragon Shrine.
144	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: In ''Harmony'', when Jessica mopes after the rest of your party gets turned to stone.
145	--> '''Jessica''': "My father... my friends... and Kyle..."
146	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: How exactly are you supposed to get to TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon when it's floating way up in the sky? [[spoiler:Well, it turns out Nall has you covered, since he's actually a baby white dragon. He always had the wings, of course... he just wasn't big enough for the party to ride on until he gains the ability to transform into a much larger dragon at the very end of the game.]]
147	* NintendoHard: The [=PS1=] version, in comparison to the PSP. The [=PS1=] hasn't the same item storage style, meaning less space. They also haven't limit breaks, meaning bosses are much harder (since you can't rely on Luna's Limit for most of the game to restore MP, or any of the attack Limits in battle). Also, experience seems to be slightly slower.
148	* NoLovesIntersect: The main party can be broken down into three perfect {{Official Couple}}s; the question is not who's going to hook up with who, but how. Possibly not the case for the previous generation, though.
149	* NoodleImplements: In ''Silver Star Story Complete'', you can check under a child's bed in Saith and Nall will laugh and say that he didn't realise you could make one of ''THOSE'' out of a stick of butter and a rubber band. What, exactly, you find is never explained, but Nall suggests you not tell the kid's parents, lest he wind up in big trouble.
150	* NotBloodSiblings: Luna is Alex's adopted sister. Thankfully, this fact is not brought up much, and they are presented more as childhood friends than as brother and sister.
151	* {{Not H\|imself}}erself: Lemia. She throws Alex and company into the dungeon upon their first meeting at the Vane magic guild. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that this Lemia was actually Xenobia, and the real Lemia was thrown in the dungeon and slapped with a crown that robbed her of most of her memory.]]
152	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] winds up lying face-down on the ground, apparently dead, after you beat him. However, a few seconds later when it's revealed [[spoiler:Althena has apparently lost all memory of her life as Luna, fulfilling Ghaleon's plans]], he lurches back to life for a FinalSpeech before dissolving into a ball of darkness.
153	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Althena's Sword is an example of the Sword in the Stone variety.
154	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: In ''The Silver Star'', Alex must journey to Althena's Tower as the final step to become a Dragonmaster. Two winged, humanoid dragons (the Dragon Angels) challenge him to a [[DualBoss two-on-one]] DuelBoss for the right to wield Althena's Sword and then later appear when [[spoiler:Alex is trying to save Luna]]. All of the remakes cut them out entirely and they never make an appearance in any version of Lunar 2 (probably because Ghaleon kills them at the end of the game).
155	* OutlawTown: Reza, home of the Thieves' Guild.
156	* PartyInMyPocket: In the remakes, only Alex appears onscreen in dungeons, probably to simplify the [[RoamingEnemy non-random encounter system]].
157	* PercussivePickpocket: Happens to you at the gate of Reza, a [[OutlawTown town of thieves]].
158	* PermanentlyMissableContent: In ''The Silver Star'', Alex needs to have his magic potential unlocked at Black Rose Street before he can start learning any spells when he reaches certain levels. If you spent time level-grinding past those levels, kiss the learned spells involved goodbye. The remakes avoid this by giving him non-magical skills, later supplemented by Dragon Magic.
159	* PortTown: Saith, the town where your party [[GetOnTheBoat gets on the boat]].
160	* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Right before his return voyage to CaldorHonmel Island, Alex has a dream that Luna gets taken away from him. Guess what happens when he actually goes back?
161	* PunBasedCreature: There are overworld enemies that look like shrubs until they attack. They're called Ambushes.
162	* QuitYourWhining: Jessica gives Kyle this treatment when he and Nash are having their pity party after losing to Ghaleon.
163	* RazorWind: Kyle's "Sonic Riser" attack, which is lampshaded with a kamaitachi reference in the description: "release weasel."
164	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Most evil or possessed characters get red eyes in ''Silver Star Story''. Most notably, [[spoiler:Luna's]] eyes turn red after [[spoiler:she is both revealed as the Goddess Althena and brainwashed by the BigBad.]]
165	* ReferenceOverdosed: The English translation goes nuts with this. Characters will talk about anything from Courtney Love to Wheaties.
166	* ReplayMode: ''Story Complete'' has a theater where the player can watch any of the anime cutscenes from the game, as well as the character bromides and other extras. Being one of the first games to offer this sort of content, it was considered innovative at the time.
167	* RetiredBadass: Laike [[spoiler:[[ThatManIsDead the man once known as Dragonmaster Dyne]]]]
168	* SamusIsAGirl: The Red Dragon is the only one of the four dragons that is female. Even Nall is surprised to meet this "Lady Dragon."
169	* SarcasticClapping: The Magic Emperor, after Alex defeats the Black Dragon in ''The Silver Star''. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice job breaking the seal on Althena, hero.]]
170	* SaveGameLimits: The Sega CD version gives three save slots. There's also some locations where saving isn't allowed.
171	* SayMyName:
172	-->'''Alex''': "LUNA!"\
173	'''Luna''': "ALEX!"
174	* SceneryPorn: The remake is full of it, especially in the opening and Dyne's monument.
175	* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: [[spoiler:Luna's]] outfits before and after her FaceHeelTurn.
176	* ShouldersOfDoom: [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] wears these in the remakes.
177	* ShrinkingViolet: Mia's sheltered upbringing makes her nervous around strangers, and she's unsure she has what it takes to fill her mother's shoes. [[HiddenDepths She learns she's a lot tougher than she imagined she was.]]
178	* SignatureInstrument: Alex has a harp in the original Sega CD game and an ocarina in the Playstation remake and all subsequent remakes and ports. The ocarina itself serves as an item that functions as a sound test and even serves as ChekhovsGun near the end of the game.
179	* SinsOfOurFathers: The Vile Tribe was banished to a wasteland generations ago, and now they view fighting "Althena's children" as a fight for their own survival.
180	* SolidGoldPoop: What dragon diamonds are made of. This isn't a translation gag, either. It's in the Japanese version as well.
181	-->'''Quark:''' Don't they know that they're my sh-
182	* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Played straight in the original versions. Ghaleon and Laike join your party for a single mission each, and you can take all their equipment and sell it. They're both ridiculously powerful, and can usually beat whatever comes to them bare-handed.
183	** Mostly averted in the remakes, as the equipment menus for most of the [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Party Members]] are locked down. However, it's still played straight with Ramus and Luna, although you do have opportunities to empty their inventories before they leave permanently.
184	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Sega CD version, [[spoiler:Ghaleon murders Quark, the Red and Blue dragons are apparently DeadAllAlong, and the party accidentally kills the Black Dragon themselves. In ''Silver Star Story'', Ghaleon instead captures all four dragons alive and uses them to power the Grindery]].
185	* SpoilerOpening: In ''Harmony'', the prologue either gives away or strongly hints at just about every major spoiler in the game. The opening animation in both ''Story'' and ''Harmony'' also openly shows [[spoiler:Nall's adult dragon form and Alex as a Dragonmaster.]]
186	* SympathyForTheDevil: Luna expresses this towards [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] during the epilogue of Silver Star Complete and it's remakes. The citizens in Meribia will express their shock and disgust at [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] for what he had done, but Luna instead expresses sorrow for him. Luna understands that [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] was only doing what he felt was right, but his actions were horribly misguided.
187	** Laike also expresses sadness for [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] in the epilogue. But Laike feels [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] died standing up for what he believed in and he wouldn't have had it any other way.
188	* ATasteOfPower: In ''Harmony'', the prologue sequence involves controlling the Four Heroes in their prime. They're all based on what the main cast would eventually become (though missing a member - Ghaleon doubles for both Jessica and Nash).
189	* TakenForGranite: Hell Mel.
190	* TemporaryPartyMemberToVillain: BigBad Ghaleon joins the party briefly for an EscortMission... [[BodyguardingABadass you're the ones being escorted]]. He has a host of spells that do max damage to all enemies, full MP and HP, and, despite being a magic-type character, can do three attacks each for far more damage then the main melee.
191	* TinTyrant: The Magic Emperor.
192	* TomboyishName: Royce, apropos of nothing.
193	* TooDumbToLive: Nash apparently in his introduction in the ''Silver Star Story''/''Harmony'', though he's [[IdiotBall not that bad in rest of the game]]. The party comes across a very ObviousTrap, commenting that [[SchmuckBait only a complete idiot would fall for]] such a thing. Cue Nash screaming for help.
194	* {{Troperiffic}}: The head writer knew that the twists in ''Lunar 1'' were easy to read. [[WordOfGod That's what he was was going for]] - rewarding veteran players by [[TropeTelegraphing playing to their expectations]].
195	* {{Tsundere}}: Jessica, who as a priestess-in-training has a sensitive side, but also a very mean streak...especially when her boyfriend Kyle does something stupid. (Which is rather often.)
196	* UnwantedRescue: In Silver Star Harmony, Jessica berates Kyle for jumping into the waters of Meryod to save her despite not being able to swim, pointing out that she was raised by a pirate and can swim just fine.
197	* UnwittingPawn: Alex's party. See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.
198	* UselessUsefulSpell: Dragon Grief. It immediately sucks all non-boss enemies present into a void and destroys them, instantly ending the battle. Unfortunately, you don't get any experience or silver for doing so, meaning that running away would have the exact same effect without costing 15 MP. It does have a few uses (particularly for clearing out the Forbidden Forest), but it's overall pretty disappointing for being the last dragon spell.
199	** Virtually all of Nash's status-effect spells also qualify.
200	** There is also an element that qualifies; wind. There are some enemies in the game vulnerable to wind element, but the only wind type attack spells are used by enemies, and the only way the heroes can exploit this weakness is through a pair of wind themed weapons. Kyle gets a decent wind element sword, but the other is the wind staff for Mia, who will almost never be using her regular attack.
201	* VanillaEdition: ''Silver Star Story'' got the {{Feelie\|s}}-free Fanart Edition three years after its original U.S. release, and ''Silver Star Harmony'' released regular and limited editions simultaneously.
202	* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: In ''Lunar: Silver Star Story'', there is [[spoiler:The Fortress of Althena/Azure City of Althena]] which is a [[spoiler:huge floating city with the Goddess Tower located in the center, and sucks out the life energy of the land, essentially turning the surface of the world into something like our moon.]] Not to mention that as soon as it appears, the entire sky turns dark. Everyone is afraid of it and once it has been risen, everyone seems to lose hope in life.
203	* VillainsOutShopping: Though he's never shown tending to it, the Magic Emperor keeps a garden. A garden full of pixies, to boot. Could count as a PetTheDog moment, since most of the pixies think he's genuinely nice, if out of touch with reality. The first time the party meets him [[spoiler:as Ghaleon]], he's also shown to be good with a lute.
204	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Ghaleon]] milks this one as well as anyone, effectively turning the heroes into his minions.
205	* VisibleSilence: Alex is the king of this.
206	* WeaponTombstone: In the remakes, Dyne's Monument has his sword stuck in it. [[spoiler:Eventually, Alex pulls it out and uses it to become the Dragonmaster.]]
207	* WelcomeToTheBigCity: All the party members are thrilled to arrive in the bustling MerchantCity of Meribia early in the game. Being that the story is [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism high in idealism]], just about everyone in Meribia is as friendly and well-meaning as can be. That doesn't keep the party from getting robbed by a crooked jeweler, though.
208	* WellDoneSonGuy: Ramus' dad, the mayor of Burg, won't accept his son's insistence on leaving the continent for any reason. [[spoiler:He also refuses to believe that Ramus became owner of a very successful item shop in Meribia.]]
209	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Magic Emperor, albeit much more in ''Silver Star Story'' than the original.
210	* WhamEpisode: ''The Silver Star'': [[spoiler:Midgame wham - Ghaleon is revealed as a traitor, kills Quark, and kidnaps Luna. In the span of about 2 minutes.]]
211	** ''Silver Star Story'': The above, plus [[spoiler:lategame wham - Alex goes to rescue Luna after the final fight with the Magic Emperor. But then, YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle! Luna is BrainwashedAndCrazy, and spectacularly raises TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon out of the earth. And Ghaleon's death? All a ruse.]]
212	* WhamLine: "Now... who shall be my queen?" [[spoiler:(Camera zooms in on Luna, still in the middle of her HeroicBSOD)]]
213	* WhatTheHellHero: The reason for [[spoiler:Ghaleon's]] FaceHeelTurn in all versions, although the details vary.
214	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: [[spoiler:Ghaleon, who is secretly the [[BigBad Magic Emperor]] despite being a former hero.]]
215	* WorldHealingWave: Lunar gets one after [[spoiler:Alex rescues Luna/Althena from the Tower of Althena]]. It provides the current image for the trope page.

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