LUNAR on the DS, Part 1 - November 2004

More recently there has been some talk of a Lunar DS. Back in October 2004, Nintendo of Japan's Nintendo DS release list listed a "LUNAR" title under development from a Marvelous Interactive. There's a small bit at a Japanese site called "Nintendo iNSIDE" that has a page for this game. Originally this information popped up on Lunarhope.com, and even there they still don't know what the game actually is. It's now being referred to as "LUNA Lunar", and is almost certainly NOT a new Lunar game from our beloved series. I'm not saying it's not, but from what Kizyr gathered over at LunarHope, it's likely not related to our series. Rumors also began flying from this, and a news story on GamesAreFun and even a rumor in the magazine GMR came about. If there is any hope for a new LUNAR, put your money on that untitled GameArts RPG for the DS that's also on Nintendo of Japan's DS release list, because it's likely not the Marvelous Interactive "LUNAR". There's been a number of posts on this subject here on our forums. To finish up here, I'll quote Kizyr from one of the specific threads on this subject:

"It's more complicated than that.

LUNA is only the name given on the DS site, along with .ru.na. in katakana.

LUNAR is what it's called on Marvelous Interactive's site, along with the same .ru.na. in katakana.

LUNAR is trademarked by Game Arts; .ru.na. is trademarked by Kadokawa Holdings. There's no record of them having sold the trademark or allowing anyone else to use the name. That's why it's really unlikely that LUNAR is even the final name of Marvelous Interactive's game -- much less that it has anything to do with the Lunar series at all.

We've had this topic for over a month now on LunarHope's MB. There's little point in any further speculation until Marvelous Interactive releases more info about this title, and Game Arts says something about their "New RPG" for the DS. KF"

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