Lunar Magic School

Even though there are no more Lunar games scheduled for release on the Saturn in the U.S., Japanese gamers are still getting plenty. The latest Lunar game, an upgrade/remix of the popular Game Gear RPG, Lunar! Magic School, has just been released for the Saturn in Japan, and so far, it looks great. Like Lunar: The Silver Star and Lunar: Eternal Blue, Magic School offers classic overhead 2-D graphics and traditional RPG gameplay mixed with a compelling story, lots of voice acting and loads of fullscreen, fully animated seguences. The character designs are a little bit more childish by nature (after all, this WAS a Game Gear game at one point), but the overall quality of the game just screams GameArts. Sadly, it may be too tough for U.S. gamers to play because of all the Japanese text.