Trivia / Lunar: Eternal Blue

• Feelies: Eternal Blue Complete came with a map of the game world, a replica of Lucia's pendant, a soundtrack CD, and a hardback instruction manual that included a walkthrough of the first part of the game.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Quite unlike Silver Star, Eternal Blue hasn't gotten nearly as much love in terms of re-releases or remakes (with the last full physical release and print run of the game happening in 1999-2000), and as a result, physical copies have appreciated in price substantially - the Sega CD version in particular is one of the most sought-after SCD collectibles, period. And of course, no (legal) digital version was available. Though thankfully, it was eventually averted in Japan when it was announced that the Sega CD version of Eternal Blue would be available for the Mega Drive Mini 2 in 2022, giving people a more accessible way to play the game legally. Unfortunately, the Sega Genesis Mini 2 that was released in North America does not have it or any of the other Working Designs translated games, because Sega and Victor Ireland were unable to an agreement on royalties.
• Multi-Disc Work: While the Sega CD version only takes up one disc like its predecessor, the initial Japanese release tossed in a bonus mini CD containing two songs and a few skits between the game's characters. Meanwhile, the Sega Saturn port was released on two discs, and the PlayStation port occupied three, both due to the large quantity of FMVs. Disc 2 was reached once you finally obtained a ship, and disc 3 marked the last act of the game being reached after the goddess tower. The PlayStation version also includes a soundtrack album and a bonus disc with behind-the-scenes features.
• No Export for You: The Sega Saturn version of the remake, because of the fact that the Saturn had failed and virtually lost all market share in the States by the time both it and the PlayStation version were released in Japan. (There being bad blood between Vic Ireland of WD and Sega management by that point didn't help matters.)
• Playing Against Type: Hikaru Midorikawa is known for playing intense characters, but Hiro is rather happy-go-lucky.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the remake, Lucia was supposed to have an entire animated musical number at Taben's Peak, just like Luna did on the boat in Silver Star Story, but it had to be scrapped.
  • Concept art also exists of older versions of the Silver Star cast, hinting that the game may have started development as a direct sequel.
  • Ruby was originally supposed to have a human form like Nall but was scrapped though the epilogue alludes to this with Ruby training with Nall. Concept art exists of Ruby’s human form.

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