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* [[Back Tracking]]: You go through Soma Temple's upper sector three times, and late in-game, you need to keep revisiting cities to achieve similar events again and again.
* [[Back Tracking]]: You go through Soma Temple's upper sector three times, and late in-game, you need to keep revisiting cities to achieve similar events again and again.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Guy again isn't magically adept in any form. He doesn't need to be though.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Guy again isn't magically adept in any form. He doesn't need to be though.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: How the alternate ending is set up in a [[New Game Plus]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]: How the alternate ending is set up in a [[New Game+]].
* [[Battle Couple]]: Maxim and Selan.
* [[Battle Couple]]: Maxim and Selan.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Though if one plays through the [[New Game Plus]] Maxim and Selan will survive the end.}}
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Though if one plays through the [[New Game+]] Maxim and Selan will survive the end.}}
* [[Block Puzzle]]
* [[Block Puzzle]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Guy and Dekar.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Guy and Dekar.
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* [[Global Airship]]: Your only form of transportation in the game. The days of map walking are gone.
* [[Global Airship]]: Your only form of transportation in the game. The days of map walking are gone.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Some of the puzzles can get to be this.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Some of the puzzles can get to be this.
* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]: His wife goes with him too, though beating the [[New Game Plus]] changes this.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]: His wife goes with him too, though beating the [[New Game+]] changes this.}}
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Maxim is this for actual stats, while Dekar can use every weapon, though without the special moves their main users have.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Maxim is this for actual stats, while Dekar can use every weapon, though without the special moves their main users have.
* [[King of All Cosmos]]: {{spoiler|Arek the Absolute.}}
* [[King of All Cosmos]]: {{spoiler|Arek the Absolute.}}
* [[New Game Plus]]
* [[New Game+]]
* [[Noble Demon]]: {{spoiler|Iris/Erim.}}
* [[Noble Demon]]: {{spoiler|Iris/Erim.}}
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]: Logismos is regarded as this even within the game's story!
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]]: Logismos is regarded as this even within the game's story!
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: In the ending, Lexis mentions that {{spoiler|the Fortress of Doom}} landed in the ocean near the town of Arus in Westland. This is referencing its location in the original [[Lufia and The Fortress of Doom]].
* [[Sequel Hook]]: In the ending, Lexis mentions that {{spoiler|the Fortress of Doom}} landed in the ocean near the town of Arus in Westland. This is referencing its location in the original [[Lufia and The Fortress of Doom]].
* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]: Comparing Iris and Erim.
* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]: Comparing Iris and Erim.
* [[Shout Out]]: Natsume's localization team clearly noticed Lexis's resemblance to Doc Brown from ''[[Back to The Future]]'' and has Maxim referring to him as "Doc" and Lexis himself exclaiming "Great Scott!" occasionally.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Natsume's localization team clearly noticed Lexis's resemblance to Doc Brown from ''[[Back to The Future]]'' and has Maxim referring to him as "Doc" and Lexis himself exclaiming "Great Scott!" occasionally.
* [[Skyward Scream]]: {{spoiler|IRIIIIS!!!}}
* [[Skyward Scream]]: {{spoiler|IRIIIIS!!!}}
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: Why walking across platforms while carrying a box makes a key that opens doors, we will never know.
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: Why walking across platforms while carrying a box makes a key that opens doors, we will never know.

Revision as of 06:39, 26 January 2014

A series of four gods that call themselves the Sinistrals have come to the world and named themselves rulers of the world. They seek to subjugate the human race and eventually destroy the world. The only thing standing against them is a group of ragtag heroes led by the red-haired monster hunter Maxim.

Sound familiar?

Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals, the fifth game in the Lufia series, is a remake of the game Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals. Developed by Neverland, published by Square Enix in Japan and by Natsume in America, Curse of the Sinistrals is a very different beast from the original. Though the basics of the plot remain the same, the way in which the plot unravels is different. Characters too have been slightly altered or expanded upon personality and background wise. And boy, is the art style different. The biggest change is the gameplay however. The original was a turn-based RPG that made heavy use of puzzles in dungeons. This re-imagining of the cult classic is instead an action RPG. While the dungeons are still filled to the brim with puzzles the player now directly controls one of the six heroes in combat and can switch between them by clicking on their character portraits thanks to the Nintendo DS's touch screen. Yes, six heroes. Tia and Dekar who originally left the party for their own reasons are now permanent members of your party. Lexis has taken to being the group's transportation expert and plays no role in combat.

Obviously Curse of the Sinistrals is very, very different from the original. Despite this it is still very much a familiar experience and it does pay quite a bit of homage to the original game and its sequel (story wise anyway). The soundtrack in particular is worth noting as it is composed of new variations on the pieces found in the first and second game.


Tropes used in Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals include:
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