History VideoGame / LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom

This is ''Lufia & The Fortress of Doom'' or ''Estpolis Denki'' (''Biography of Estpolis'') for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}. Published by Creator/{{Taito}} before it closed its doors in America and developed by Neverland, ''Lufia'' is a rather simple turn-based {{JRPG}}. The first in the ''{{VideoGame/Lufia}}'' series, it would introduce the series setting, the Sinistrals, and the Dual Blade. Gameplay-wise, it was your typical JRPG. You had a party of four characters with preset roles. Some such as Lufia could use magic while others bashed baddies on the head with large and deadly weapons like swords and axes.

* ATasteOfPower: You start the game off playing as the legendary heroes off to fight against the Sinistrals at level 80 and a good stock of potions. Oh, and for good mesure, two of your characters have the Mirror spell.

* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler:Lufia is actively fighting the resurrected Sinistrals. Until she learns that she is Erim, the Sinistral of Death, and it was her initial resurrection that caused the others to return. She betrays the party in her despair of learning all of this, and fights alongside the other Sinistrals in the eponymous dungeon.]]

%%* BittersweetEnding

%%* BrokenBridge

%%* DegradedBoss

* DubNameChange: In the original Japanese version, [[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ESTFAN/media/Lufia/lufiachar1.png.html Jerin's name was "Jurina", Aguro was "Aguros"]] and [[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ESTFAN/media/Lufia/lufiachar2.png.html Selan was "Serena" or "Selena"]]. This was presumably because of the 5-character limit for character names, which is much less restrictive in Japanese than in English.
* EasingIntoTheAdventure: Averted - the first dungeon is the final dungeon of the second game.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: The party consists of two males (Hero and Aguro) and two females (Lufia and Jerin). [[spoiler:Although Lufia left your party right before encounter at Doom Island, she rejoined in the final boss battle.]]
* AGirlInEveryPort: The party can progressively talk to up to three women throughout the world with sailor boyfriends. Lufia gets vocally suspicious that it's the same sailor after the second one, and the third one is crying after finding out she's not the only one.

* TerritorialSmurfette: Lufia is the only female party member for much of the game and strongly opposes Jerin joining because she's jealous of Jerin.

%%* AllInARow

%%* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Take a wild guess.

** The manual doesn't explain the intricacies of the game's CombatantCooldownSystem, and ''no-one,'' not even the FAQ writers, really knows exactly how equipment Weight works. Also, while you can look at a spell's description by pressing the X button, there are no item descriptions for consumables or equipment, so you have no idea what they actually ''do.''

%%* HiddenElfVillage: Elfrea.

* NintendoHard: As was pretty much par for the course for early 16-bit [=JRPGs=]. The amount of grind you need to go through, combined with the clunky combat system, meant the game was no pushover to get through.

* ATasteOfPower: The first level has you playing as Maxim's band of veteran heroes. Then you spend the rest of the game levelling the next generation up to the point where they are as powerful as their predecessors. It even provides the page image.

* GuideDangIt: The manual doesn't explain the intricacies of the game's CombatantCooldownSystem, and ''no-one,'' not even the FAQ writers, really knows exactly how equipment Weight works. Also, while you can look at a spell's description by pressing the X button, there are no item descriptions for consumables or equipment, so you have no idea what they actually ''do.''

** It is possible with lots of LevelGrinding to reach the bottom floor of the Ancient Cave before going any further in the storyline. Doing this is a GameBreaker, obviously.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lufia.

* CharacterExaggeration: Of the legendary heroes who don't speak nearly as formal in the second game.

* TemptingFate: When you meet Guy he proudly tells you that he's "over 100 and still kicking". [[spoiler:Then he ''immediately'' dies of old age.]]

* ChangeOfHeartRecruitmentScenario: Lufia, though the title character, is initially denied to join the player on their journey. Her initial dialogue is asking if he's "going somewhere dangerous again", suggesting that they know each other well. When trying to convince the player, as he refuses to take anyone with him, she stops pleading and instead talks about the NoodleIncident in jokes ("I'm still mad at you about the pie!"); the way that the hero character responds reveals that this has hit a nerve, and so shows that she was a childhood romance, and equally that he is a caring character.

* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Take a wild guess.

* HelloInsertNameHere: The Hero.
* HiddenElfVillage: Elfrea.

* PhysicalGod: Four of them, in fact!

* ATasteOfPower: The first level has you playing as Maxim's band of veteran heroes. Then you spend the rest of the game levelling the next generation up to the point where they are as powerful as their predecessors.

* BadassGrandpa: Guy, now over 100 and is "still kicking". [[spoiler: He [[{{Pun}} kicks the bucket]] before we see him doing anything else.]]

%%* AmnesiacDissonance

* FollowTheLeader: It bears similarities to ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar''.

%%* NintendoHard

This is ''Lufia & The Fortress of Doom'' or ''Estopolis Denki'' (''Biography of Estopolis'') for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}. Published by Creator/{{Taito}} before it closed its doors in America and developed by Neverland, ''Lufia'' is a rather simple turn-based {{JRPG}}. The first in the ''{{VideoGame/Lufia}}'' series, it would introduce the series setting, the Sinistrals, and the Dual Blade. Gameplay-wise, it was your typical JRPG. You had a party of four characters with preset roles. Some such as Lufia could use magic while others bashed baddies on the head with large and deadly weapons like swords and axes.

This is ''Lufia & The Fortress of Doom'' or ''Estopolis Denki'' (''Biography of Estopolis'') for the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}. Published by Creator/{{Taito}} before it closed its doors in America and developed by Neverland, ''Lufia'' is a rather simple turn-based {{JRPG}}. The first in the ''{{VideoGame/Lufia}}'' series it would introduce the series setting, the Sinistrals, and the Dual Blade. Gameplay-wise, it was your typical JRPG. You had a party of four characters with preset roles. Some such as Lufia could use magic while others bashed baddies on the head with large and deadly weapons like swords and axes.

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This is ''Lufia & the Fortress of Doom'' or ''Estopolis Denki'' for the SNES. Published by Creator/{{Taito}} before it closed its doors in America and developed by Neverland, Lufia is a rather simple turn-based JRPG. The first in the ''{{VideoGame/Lufia}}'' series it would introduce the series setting, the Sinistrals, and the Dual Blade. Gameplay wise it was your typical JRPG. You had a party of four characters with preset roles. Some such as Lufia could use magic while others bashed baddies on the head with large and deadly weapons like swords and axes.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: The party consists of two males (Hero and Aguro) and two females (Lufia and Jerin). [[spoiler:Although Lufia left your party right before encounter at DDoom Island, she rejoined in the final boss battle.]]

* GuideDangIt:
** It is possible to visit a town that wasn't meant to be visited yet as soon as you get your boat, merely by sailing in a different direction than what they tell you to. Doing this gives you access to equipment miles better than what you are normally supposed to be using at the time. The equipment is expensive, but with enough grinding, it is easily do-able.
** It is possible with lots of LevelGrinding to reach the bottom floor of the Ancient Cave before going any further in the storyline. Doing this is a GameBreaker, obviously.

* DubNameChange: In the original Japanese version, [[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ESTFAN/media/Lufia/lufiachar1.png.html Jerin's name was "Jurina", Aguro was "Aguros"]] and [[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ESTFAN/media/Lufia/lufiachar2.png.html Selan was "Selana"]]. This was presumably because of the 5-character limit for character names, which is much less restrictive in Japanese than in English.