History VideoGame / LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals

^%** TheGunslinger: Artea

* WeaponOfChoice
** Swords: Maxim
** DropTheHammer: Guy
** RingsOfDeath: Selan
** TheGunslinger: Artea
** ImprobableWeaponUser: Tia and her suitcase. A suitcase that [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs shoots boxing gloves and grappling hooks at things]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Selan.
** Dekar's traded his blue spikes for more subtle spikes. [[RealMenWearPink Pink subtler spikes.]] And on the other hand, Tia goes from blue to orange.

* MageKnight: Since magic spells are tied to weapons in this game, everyone can be this.

* TheReveal: [[Spoiler: The Dual Blade. See Cosmic Retcon section.]]

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* GeniusDitz

''Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'', the fifth game in the {{Lufia}} series, is a remake of the game ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''. Developed by Neverland, published by Creator/SquareEnix 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.

''Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'', the fifth game in the {{Lufia}} series, is a remake of the game ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals''. Developed by Neverland, published by SquareEnix 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.

* FiveManBand: Fits to a T
** TheHero: Maxim
** TheLancer: Guy
** TheSmartGuy: Selan, Lexis in a non-combat role
** TheBigGuy: Dekar
** TheChick: Tia
** SixthRanger: Artea

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: His wife goes with him too, though beating the NewGamePlus changes this.]]

* {{Random Drop}}s: The Ancient Cave blue chests.

* ShoutOut: Natsume's localization team clearly noticed Lexis's resemblance to Doc Brown from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and has Maxim referring to him as "Doc" and Lexis himself exclaiming "Great Scott!" occasionally.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The game gets a lot of scorn because it's not the same Lufia that it was on the SNES, and the change to a [[SchizoTech Schizo]]-[[Magitek]] setting in an Action-RPG wasn't well-received by veterans of the franchise, but the scores on gaming sites and critic opinions speaks pretty well of it across the board. Best to play this game with an unbiased opinion.
** Then again, most of the complaints were because of the Mons system, which added, from a handful of choices, a seventh, CPU-controlled, beast NPC on your side, and how much of the old game's sidequests, locations (we're talking about a BIG part of the world map) and characters, even villains, were axed from the DS version, so they're partially justified.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The game gets a lot of scorn because it's not the same Lufia that it was on the SNES (which, quite frankly, was [[FollowTheLeader yet another fantasy-medieval turn-based RPG]] that, back in the 90's, didn't got much attention exactly because of that), and the change to a [[SchizoTech Schizo]]-[[Magitek]] setting in an Action-RPG wasn't well-received by veterans of the franchise, but the scores on gaming sites and critic opinions speaks pretty well of it across the board. Best to play this game with an unbiased opinion.

** Then again, most of the complaints were because of the Mons system, which added an extra, CPU-controlled, beast NPC on your side, and how much of the old game's sidequests, locations (we're talking about a BIG part of the world map) and characters, even villains, were axed from the DS version, so they're partially justified.

** Then again, most of the complaints were because of the Mons system, which added an extra, CPU-controlled, beast NPC on your side, and how much of the old game's sidequests, locations (we're talking about a BIG part of the world map) and characters, even villains, were axed from the DS version, so it's justified.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The game gets a lot of scorn because it's not the same Lufia that it was on the SNES (which, quite frankly, was [[FollowTheLeader yet another fantasy-medieval turn-based RPG]] that, back in the 90's, didn't got much attention exactly because of that), and the change to a [[SchizoTech Schizo]] slash Magitek setting in an Action-RPG wasn't well-received by veterans of the franchise, but the scores on gaming sites and critic opinions speaks pretty well of it across the board. Best to play this game with an unbiased opinion.

* LoveItOrHateIt: The game gets a lot of scorn because it's not the same Lufia that it was on the SNES (which, quite frankly, was [[FollowTheLeader yet another fantasy-medieval turn-based RPG]] that, back in the 90's, didn't got much attention exactly because of that), and the change to a [[SchizoTech Schizo]]-Magitek setting in an Action-RPG wasn't well-received by veterans of the franchise, but the scores on gaming sites and critic opinions speaks pretty well of it across the board. Best to play this game with an unbiased opinion.

''Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'', the fifth game in the {{Lufia}} series, is a remake of the game ''VideoGame/Lufia2RiseOfTheSinistrals''. Developed by Neverland, published by SquareEnix 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.

''Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'', the fifth game in the {{Lufia}} series, is a remake of the game ''Lufia2RiseOfTheSinistrals''. Developed by Neverland, published by SquareEnix 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.

* AffablyEvil: Berty and Betty. They're thieves, and proud of it, but they joke around constantly, [[LargeHam are larger than life]] and [[spoiler: actually help Maxim out when he really needs a hand.]]

* RandomlyDrops: The Ancient Cave blue chests.

* SequelHook: 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 LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Keep striking a dead enemy before it disappear nets you more EXP and gold, so why not?

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Tia though she starts dating Dekar this time around

* TokenRomance: Selan and Maxim. Tia and Dekar could be considered this as well.

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