The Lufia series is pretty famous, and in this Lufia & the Fortress of Doom Review, SuperDerek asks if it's really worth $30? Super Derek recounts the tale of purchasing the game, and the trials of beating it. Buy Lufia using this affiliate link to support the channel! https://amzn.to/2NWFgtN When I was young shortly after being awe-struck by Earthbound, I remembered going to a local game shop and demanding another game like it. The clerk, he furrowed his brow. They didn't have many RPGs in stock, he said, but he found one game on a shelf. He carefully pulled down the cartridge from its roost and blew off a cloud of dust. "Here you go kid" he said, "I uh, hear this one's pretty good!" Without hesitation I forked over weeks of my carefully saved allowances and returned home with my prize. On the car ride home, I gazed giddily at the cover, imagining all of the adventures that it might take me on, and the stories it would tell. Fast-forward 15 years, and I still haven't beaten this game... Until now. Welcome back to The Game Collection, I am SuperDerek and this is Lufia and the Fortress of Doom! Lufia and the Fortress of Doom was the first game released in the Lufia series. it was released exclusively in Japan and the United States in 1993. Strangely, the events of the game take place 100 years after the events of the game's much more renowned and well loved sequel, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals. Lufia and the Fortress of Doom was developed by Neverland and published by Taito, now part of Square Enix. Neverland is well-known for developing the Lufia and Rune Factory series. The story follows the descendant of a legendary hero and his childhood friend Lufia, as they travel the world with an elf and a soldier in order to prevent the resurrection of the Sinistrals: 4 god-like warrirors that nearly destroyed the world 100 years ago. This quest takes you from town to town, tower to tower, and cave to cave fighting hordes of monsters at every single turn. Visit http://www.SuperDerekRPGs.com for more RPG Reviews ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL4ModRVotk

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Social Links: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/superderekrpgs Discord: https://www.discord.me/superderek JRPG Weekly Update Show Notes: Good morning to you, we’ve got some new games announced release date updates new fan translations, music and TV shows, but before that we’ve got some headlines! Headlines: • The latest issue of Famitsu goes over some of the new features in P5R o We already knew about a whole new 3rd semester was incoming o New Places to go and activities to do o New individual character events for all members of the Phantom Thieves o New battle mechanics o Details can be found here: https://www.frontlinejp.net/2019/07/18/persona-5-the-royal-new-information-18-july-2019/ o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUq2e-PDbCI New Game and Port Announcements: • Kickstarted indie Strategy RPG, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark will come to Switch August 14 o Originally released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on October 30th o Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark Is A Final Fantasy Tactics inspired RPG that was kickstarted in 2017 o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BehyjM2Taa4 • Everreach: Project Eden o This is a third-person shooter Action RPG inspired by Mass Effect, Destiny, Halo & Gears  Features some of the writing talent from the Mass Effect series o Coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One o PC and Xbox One launch in September, PS4 to follow o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmRxoVpXEA   Localization and Release Date Updates: • Free-to-play mobile MMO Caravan Stories has been delayed in North America o The game was originally planned to launch July 23rd on PS4 and Mobile o Developer Aiming Inc. is requesting patience while they improve gameplay  No updated release date has been given.  It’s a mobile Free to Play MMO, I wouldn’t give a date either o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWCPyvczBM • Vanillaware’s 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim got a trailer o Vanillaware makes Odin Sphere, Dragons Crown, Muramasa o Features gameplay footage and a release date o Coming out in Japan November 28th o No US release announced at this time. o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0CrmunBUw Other News: • The Witcher series is getting a Netflix Adaptation, and it has a trailer now: o I was skeptical before, but this looks great for a TV show, so far  That said, I haven’t played the games yet so my opinion may not mean much, what do you think? o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSqi-8kAMmM • Falcom President talks about the Switch in an Interview with USGamer.net o Says they love the Switch, but just don’t know how to develop for it o Also says they believe their core audience are mostly on the PS4 o Sounds like they may be open to another port from NIS for Ys IX though  Quote from Toshihiro Kondo: I personally love the Switch. In Japan when this question comes up, it always, we get this weird thing where it's like "Falcom doesn't want to work on Switch," or "Falcom doesn't like Switch," or something. And that's not... The plain and simple truth of it all is that we just don't have the knowhow and the ability to be able to work on Switch games right now. o https://www.usgamer.net/articles/nihon-falcom-president-interview-feature-trails-of-cold-steel-3-switch-ys-9 Community News: • Majin Tensei, received a translation into English o Release by DDSTranslation o Atlus developed Strategy RPG for Super Famicom o With this release, all SFC SMT games have been translated o The patch is currently available on Romhacking.net   o • Do you like Valkyrie Profile? Do you like Death Metal? o The Legendary Zoltan will be releasing a new album this week  Features several original tracks inspired by VP and other PRGs  Not a cover-album o Check out his YouTube channel for details! SuperDerek News: • This week I celebrated my 6 year anniversary on YouTube with a 2.5 hour live-stream Q&A free-for all o During the stream I responded to almost every question, if not every single question posted in the comments last week o I’ll be editing it into shorter videos over the next few weeks, and will put out a full stream archive later on my archive channel New RPGs this Week: • Fire Emblem: Three Houses o Latest entry in Nintendo’s long-running Strategy RPG series o Comes exclusively to Switch on Friday July 26th • Wargroove o Advance-wars inspired strategy/tactical RPG o Already on switch, PC and Xbox One, coming to PS4 this week • Date-A-Live: Rio Reincarnation o Compile Heart game o Coming to PS4 and PC this week Voicemail Hotline: • Question Of the Week: • If you could choose the next game I review after Star Ocean 2, what would it be and why? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9sNYHFtzA