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* ''Lunar 2: Eternal Blue'' for the [[Sega Saturn]] and its [[Updated Rerelease]] on [[Play Station]], ''Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete'', English version released by [[Working Designs]]
''Lunar 2'' takes place a thousand years after ''[[Lunar:
Yes, it's a [[Corrupt Church]] plot...that well-worn trope which drives the storyline of many a late 90s [[Eastern RPG]]. But when ''Lunar 2'' debuted in 1995, the corrupt church plot was new to video gaming - in fact, ''Lunar 2'' may have even been the pioneer. Be that as it may, the fact that the game held up well enough for a remake is testament to ''Lunar 2'''s other strengths - the fun characters, the entertaining, humor-laden writing, and the fantastic soundtrack. The remake, released in the twilight of the PS1 era, is notable for: being the ''only'' remake of ''Lunar 2'', (unlike ''Lunar 1'' which developers can't seem to leave alone) and having a lot more in common with its Sega CD original than its counterpart, ''[[Lunar
Sample our [[Lunar Eternal Blue
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=== ''Lunar 2'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Hiro, when he comes across Lucia while she's bathing and then runs for cover... after a [[Distracted
* [[Actual Pacifist]]: Jean, when she is first introduced in the remake. {{spoiler|She hates her violent past so much, she is reluctant to fight even to save her friends.}} Not so in the original version, where she doesn't seem to mind re-purposing her dancing ability for combat at all.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: This is Hiro's "profession" at the beginning of the game; the introduction even features a long [[Death Course]] complete with a [[Indy Escape|rolling boulder chase]].
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Story-wise, female Ruby plays much the same role in ''Lunar 2'' as male Nall does in ''Lunar 1''.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: Hiro's devotion to Lucia. So much so, in fact, that the [[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]] calls this trope [[Console RPG Cliches 1 to 24|the Hiro Rule]].
* [[Dragon
* [[Easter Egg]]: Working Designs were fans of this trope.
** When fighting the game's first boss, the Guardian, It is possible for Hiro and Gwyn to faint in positions that will block the Guardian's movement and prevent him from reaching Lucia (who cannot attack in this battle). In this unlikely event, Ruby will swoop down and use her fire-breath on the Guardian, destroying it in one hit. Not only a very cool bug fix, but also a bit of [[Foreshadowing]].
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** Also applies, after a fashion, {{spoiler|to the dragons and any human they know, lovers or otherwise. Nall outlived all of his original close friends by a ''millenium''; in Lunar 2, Ruby finds the concept that she'll almost certainly live to the point that Hiro could be practically ''forgotten'' a very, very hard pill to swallow.}}
* [[Miser Advisor]]: Lemina, and how!
* [[Naked
* [[Names to Know In Anime]]: The Japanese version of Lunar 2 is a roster of top seiyuu talent of the 90s.
** Hiro - [[Hikaru Midorikawa]], a.k.a. [[Gundam Wing|that other Heero]].
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* [[Retcon]]: Seemingly averted, as ''Eternal Blue Complete'' ignored several of the new plot points introduced in ''Silver Star Story'' {{spoiler|such as Luna being the only time Althena ever incarnated as a human.}}
** {{spoiler|Not really, if Lunar: Dragon Song is to be believed. The pink-haired Lucia was said to be (iirc) Althena's first incarnation.}}
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Ghaleon. Well, re-death in his case. An interesting example, sort of a combination of [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and a [[Double Subversion]] of [[Rewarded
* [[Restraining Bolt]]: {{spoiler|Ghaleon is only kept alive by Zophar's power}} meaning Zophar can kill him at any time, just by no longer supplying it. While that would work with a case of [[Ambition Is Evil]] {{spoiler|it's not a big deal to a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|type IV]] [[Anti-Hero]] who didn't mind dying once he'd achieved his goal the first time around.}}
* [[Reverse Mole]]: {{spoiler|Ghaleon. Interestingly, in the original version of the first game, which this follows from, Nash pulled this on him, which is probably part of why he's so [[Genre Savvy]] about it.}}
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: Lunar 2 has a fair number of these, what with {{spoiler|the revelations that there's a lot more backstory to the game than initially suggested and a lot of it is unexplored, Hiro going to live with Lucia, and then there's the matter of that big fortress on the Blue Star, which would sure make a ''lovely'' dungeon, wouldn't it.}} Lunar 3 was in various stages of development in the late 90s and very early 2000s, but then stalled out over legal disputes between management members. The hooks have been left dangling for over a decade in some cases, now.
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: In the remake. Vane and the Grindery are not where they were left at the end of ''Silver Star Story''/''Harmony'', but remain in the spots they occupy at the end of ''The Silver Star''.
* [[Stay
* [[Stealth Mentor]]: {{spoiler|Ghaleon}}.
* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: The name of the hero in ''Lunar 2''? Hiro.
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* [[Talking to Himself|Talking to Herself]]: Jenny Stigel voiced both Jean and Ruby. If not for the pitch-change applied to Ruby's voice, they would sound exactly the same.
* [[Teach Him Anger|Teach Her Anger]]: This trope is {{spoiler|Jean}}'s backstory in a nutshell. {{spoiler|She was kidnapped by a cult of assassins, where an [[Evil Mentor]] taught her to fight, to feel nothing but anger, and to channel her rage into a killing instinct. Eventually she realized what an awful thing she had learned, and was so dead-set against following her master's teachings anymore that she turned into a [[Actual Pacifist|pacifist]]. In fact, when Hiro meets her, she is ashamed after she loses control and opens a can of whoopass on a monster to save her new friends. Over the course of the game, she becomes more of a [[Martial Pacifist]] as she [[Character Development|learns that she can use her strength to help people, not to kill]].}}
* [[A Twinkle in
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Hiro's party to certain degree. {{spoiler|Zophar allowed Hiro's party to humanize Lucia enough so that she could not bring herself to cast the ultimate spell on Zophar, which would have destroyed Lunar as well. Zophar took advantage of this and captured Lucia, stealing her power to make himself even stronger.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Lemina loves to prefix words with "mega-" for emphasis.
* [[Villainous Glutton]]: Borgan.
* [[We Are
* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|Midgame wham - The Althena Church is obviously corrupt, but it turns out to be the front for Zophar's world domination efforts. And it's effectively succeeded already. Lategame wham - Lucia is a destroyer after all, though unintentionally. If she uses Althena's power to destroy Zophar, it will un-create the world.}}
** {{spoiler|The first ending, in which Lucia decides to go back to the Blue Star and leave Hiro behind.}}
* [[What Happened to
** Given that it's a thousand years later, and geography can change quite a bit in that amount of time, Caldor is highly likely ''gone'' by now. Especially seeing as the world maps no longer match up very well at all, and the area that roughly corresponds to where it used to be seems to be one massive glacier now.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: In essence, Lucia's [[Character Development]] is learning it (among other things).
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