Lufia SNES Series Review - SNESdrunk 

Never played Lufia 1, but i did play lufia 2. I loved it so much, and not just me, my mom and uncle even loved the game. Their favorite part was the ancient cave. They both reached the ending a couple of times but never cleared it. Sadly my mom passed away not long after having the game for a few months and (this is stupid i know) to honor her i made it my mission to clear the ancient cave. I did and never touched the game ever again.

This review really sparked my interest for Lufia 2 and I was able to get my hands on a physical copy of it today and cannot wait to play it!

if I was forced to play only one snes game for ever, then Lufia 2 it would be. The gameplay is nice, it is funny, it has loads of secrets, lots of items and monsters to experiment with and then there are all the minigames: The casino games with slotmachines and a very decent cardgame and the ancient cave which is a new game unto itself (especially when you unlock newgame++ mode) There is just so much to do in this game.

Another thing to add about Lufia II is that even though it's a prequel, they added a lot of new lore on top of what the first game set up. The introduction of a fifth Sinistral, a certain someone's alter ego in the form of the prophet Iris, the idea that the battle against the Sinistrals was actually a test of humanity's heart, and the extra bit of ending we got to see after the Sinistrals were defeated. And speaking of the ending, it's incredible that even though you know how it ends if you played the first game, it's still a gut-wrenching conclusion to Maxim's story. Fantastic storytelling.

lufia 2 is an amazing game, one of my all time favorites even pushing forward into newer platforms with better graphics, the gameplay and dungeon puzzles are absolutely brilliant and i would much rather play a game like lufia 2 rather than a newer age rpg with superb graphics. Sure it is rather easy as far as the combat side of the game goes, but there are more than a few puzzles that not only make you think, but stumped me as a teenager for days on end(before there were internet guides and easy access to them).

You forgot to mention that Lufia 2 has pokemons and dragonballs!

The opening, the Town theme music, learning about Japan's association of earthquakes with giant subterranean Catfish, being jealous that Guy was so much more strong than Max, Foamy!!! I have loved this series for a very long time. Thank you for spreading awareness of it

How did I not know about Lufia? This is awesome. To me this is 2 brand new SNES games. I'm so excited. I'm going to be starting the new year off with a bang! Thanks for the honest review.

Lufia 2 is the best soundtrack on SNES hands down. Also probably a top 10 game for SNES too.

I like them both, but Lufia 2 is much better. Every time I play it, I spend like 20-30 hours on the Ancient Cave alone...it's so addicting.

Sometimes I don't feel so confident, then I remember that I am a French man who played through this English game called Lufia at 8 years old. I am lucky to live in a bi-lingual country but basically loved video games and stories so much that I taught myself English earlier than other kids to play this "Awesome story game" my 17 year old cousin had beat. I remember crying at the end cause it felt so beautiful. I can't wait to replay this and it's sequel as an adult.

... Lufia 1's actually one of the JRPGs in which i feel the battle theme doesn't really get old. I mean, yeah, you hear it *A LOT*, but it's honestly one of my favorite battle themes ever. It's just so rockin' and unusual for the genre and even the game it's in. I have a lot of personal nostalgia for it and think it's colorful and has good dialogue and a nice story but it's still essentially "Dragon Warrior 2 but longer and with better graphics" when it really comes down to it. But yeah, Lufia 2 is the shit. It's a crying shame that none of the later entries in the series came even anywhere close to its level of quality, and its own 'remake' gutted so much of the game and made it a Ys clone for no reason, but it's definitely up there as a must-play RPG. Also is the Sinistral battle theme one of the best boss themes ever or what?

Lufia 2 was very good in my opinion. I remember playing this over and over, years ago. The 99 floor dungeon was so interesting also.

Easy my ass. The puzzles were hard as hell. Zelda was a cake walk. Ask anyone who played that game about the yellow/red block puzzle.

most underrated game on snes . i don't think the story get's enough credit honestly, the interplay between the characters makes them stand out pretty uniquely amongst all the other RPG's out there, in my opinion.

At no point did I ever feel these games were anywhere near being a "zelda clone". lol

Mannnn, when the original game came out I loved it so much. You have to find the members of your party in the world. I feel like that game is one of the best on the SNES. It definitely feels different than anything else on the system. Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III are great too.

The track that plays in the Fortress of Doom, which is how the game starts, is just so dope.

It's one of my favorites,Lufia II that is.It's got a powerful ending(that endgame is intense),i like the humor and the battle system is neat.

Having played Lufia 2, it's impossible to play Lufia 1. I love Lufia 2 because it has a bit of everything, it has Zelda puzzles, Dragon Balls, Pokemons, Limit Breaks, New Game+.

I just finished this game and randomly found your review. I have to say this was a very well-done review. You got straight to the point, explained things perfectly, and got it all done under 6 mins. Well done, sir, I'll check out your other vids!

I loved Lufia I, at the time of go fetch side quest were a lot of fun. Maybe I would find them annoying now but as a kid I just enjoyed them.

hey what about the monster system! thats half the fun! you get to discover these different creatures and feed them items and they can evolve! and each evolution give each creature different abilities its awesome

I was fortunate to experience beating the first game before Lufia 2 was released. Stopped in a game shop, opened a magazine and saw news that Lufia 2 was set to release the following month. The surprise and hype swarmed over me that day. It was one of the best hype trains you could be on in the 90s. Lufia 2 was a whole-new-level exciting when you had so much untapped mystery around Maxim and his party. Lufia 1 was an amazing appetizer. Would love if developers could do these reverse prequels more often. It's a very fun ride to be on when the first game builds you up.

I was just researching about Lufia 2 and found your video. Nice work, subbed!

Omg how about lufia 1's first song of the game omg it gets me so pumped

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals is pretty good, I added it to my snes mini

As a young stupid child I didn’t understand starting in medias res and was upset from the intro because I thought I was playing someone else’s file and couldn’t start my own, so I had my mom return the rental 😩

This is one my favorite games ever. It’s a shame it’s not popular

Probably would recommend those new to Lufia should play II and then go back and play I...even though II was the better presentation. Great review.

Lufia will always have a special place in my heart. When I was a young child, perhaps 5-7, I was able to play with a friends gameboy some Final Fantasy game, and it turns out that's when I realized I loved RPGs. I didn't have a gameboy but I did have a SNES and Lufia was the first RPG I've ever bought. I remember I had fond memories playing that game :) Didn't think anyone remembered it.

I played both Lufia 1 & 2 when they were fairly new games. They completely changed my view of what stories and endings could be in ANY game, ESPECIALLY for cartridge based games. For that alone, I sing the praises of both these games to this day, and still occasionally revisit them. While they're not perfect, they're absolutely timeless and thoroughly enjoyable by ANYONE who enjoys RPGs or a great story.

Lufia 2 is awesome. But I still awesome recommend that a gamer plays the first game before it. It just enhances the whole experience. However, if you only care to play one game, yes, Lufia 2 is easily superior. And one of the most underrated RPGs on a console packed with great ones.

2 things; First, I love your review of the Lufia series on the Snes. Second, the Ancient cave is a feature in all of the Lufia games- the 2 on the snes, the gbc game, and the gba game. It's a primary dungeon in every game.

The Lufia series is top 10 in the snes rpg category.

The view of enemies like in the Mother games is cool and I think more games should have it I think.

Maybe it's the microphone you had at the time or just how you spoke back then compared to now, but for some reason it sounded like as if you might have had a cold or something. Not like it matters because you still explained everything very well so once again as always another like for your video

I never played Lufia 2 back when I was playing snes rpgs, I got kind of burnt out of those games for a long time and never bothered. I recently finally played through lufia 2. It's probably my favourite jrpg of all time now. Those zelda style dungeon puzzles are great. It adds some much needed gameplay to a genre that lacks it at points. And, I know it always gets talked about, but the ancient cave is a pretty neat implementation of a roguelike. It'd be cool to see some of those ideas developed into a standalone roguelike. Combined with some kind of diablo like item system, the blue chest, deeper runs mechanic would be pretty fun.

Great review! Completely agree with all your points. The second Lufia game was fantastic and the level 99 dungeon was a brilliant addition. One of the best RPG's on the system after the perfect Chrono Trigger & Terranigma.

No other videogame gets me as _stoked_ about shopping as the Lufia games. That shop theme has more enthusiasm than a shounen protagonist.

I don't know we there u left this out or don't know it exists but there is actually a lufia game for the gbc and it is very good and extremely unique with a nine member party system and all dungeons being random it is great fun and was recently put on the eshop so if you have a 3ds have at it

Haven't played these yet, but I have played Lufia TLR on gbc, and I liked it. Something I immediately noticed is that it seems like the randomized dungeon layouts that started with the ancient cave in Lufia 2 and continued on in this game could have heavily inspired the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games.

It was better than some of the english translated RPGs back in the day once you had played the other good ones. I loved the graphics. It was very simple though and repetitive. I had to estimate how long it would take from one end of the screen to the other as i only had limited time to play sometimes. And you just knew that although you could see your destination that the random battles would make it take 30 mins!

Lufia 2 is a good 16 bit gem. Some of my favorite music on the SNES. Thanks for posting. But if you’ve figured out how to beat gades there is nothing that can stop you.

I am one of those weidos who likes Lufia 1 more than 2. I think maybe because I just absolutely adore Lufia (the character) and her story arc. Also, Lufia 1 is just so, pure, unadulterated JRPG. It doesn't hold your hand. It forces you to pay attention. In the SNES days I prefered Lufia to the Final Fantasy games...

I've got a android compatible plug and play ROM box coming for Christmas. I'm going to play ff1, then dragon quest 1-5, then Lufia 1+2. This video got me hype for Lufia as it's pretty much the only jrpg for snes I've never touched

Greatest things of Lufia: Mimic, Mimicker, Red Core, Green Core, No Core. You only get it if you played.

The town in the lufia games where you can repurchase any lost/sold items needs to be in more rpgs.

I think the thing that frustrated me the most about the Lufia games was the pattern of "head to village, solve village's problem" done basically over and over and over. I guess that's the "episodic" nature of the game's story. It basically just felt like a series of side quests that didn't really mean anything for most of the game. I enjoyed Lufia 2 especially when it came out and I was much younger, but now, I pretty much just play up to the point where I get to the ancient cave, grind the heck out of that, and then call it quits.

I do love your short, sweet, and straight to the point reviews man. I played through most of Lufia 1 once on an emulator and, well... it just burned me out. What made me quit was when I loaded a Lufia 2 rom and was astounded how much they improved upon that game over it's predecessor. I probably should have just started playing that game, but I was under the impression it was a sequel rather than a pre-sequel.

Lufia II had some of the most challenging puzzles in video games. I tore my hair out as a kid figuring some of them out. Aside from that, I agree that Lufia II was pretty easy. A solid review, man.

Lufia 2 was my first jRPG after Mystic Quest. It felt brutally hard at the time and the ending was bitter sweet.

I love all 5 lufia games I've played. Takes me back to my childhood.

Lufia 2 is such a great game, I wish more people knew about it. It tends to get left out of the conversation when people list the best RPG's of the SNES era. The mechanics in it are interesting, I like the way they handled the item system and the battle system. Feeding items to your capsule monsters to get them to evolve was so much fun as a kid. Keep in mind this was BEFORE Pokemon was ever a thing. Lufia 2 is much better than Lufia 1, it's still worth playing though today imo. If you re-play Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger, this game is right up there with those imo

I have a lot of love for Lufia 1. Part 2 is objectively the better game, but if I had to pull one down to play, it's gonna be the first. It's a short, sweet, JRPG experience.

Lufia 2 was the first RPG I've ever played and I still adore it 25 years later. Even when I didn't quite understand certain RPG elements when I was 6, I still got more than halfway through the game with just base weapons and armor. Then later when I got more familiar with certain RPG mechanics, I blazed through the entire game. Still yet to be the Jelly boss in the ancient cave and the egg dragon, but it will happen one of these days.

Playing Lunar Blue Star (Sega CD) & Phantasy Star IV. These are amazing RPGs and they are not even on SNES. Would love to see a review on those bad boys

Lufia 2 was the last snes game I bought. the pal version released sometime in 1997. *takes massive nostalgia hit*

Clearly I loved Lufia 1 more than you haha to me Lufia 1&2 are my favorites RPGs ever after Chrono, FF4 and Suikoden 2, on par with FF6 to me

0:26 music - now I know where 50 cent got his inspiration for "You Don't Know" =D

I remember renting Lufia 2 from blockbuster when i was a kid. I loved it! Would love to buy a copy, but sells for so much on amazon!

Oh yeah, and don't forget the hardest puzzle ever of any video game. I spent hours trying to get that dragon egg. No joke. Hours just staring at the screen and playing the puzzle. I even had a nightmare about it that night or the following night. I lost sleep over it. This was when the internet was still in it's infancy. One day I'll conquer that puzzle without a walkthrough.

The sinistral battle theme is still one of the best theme song on the snes ever

Awesome review! I enjoyed your information and storytelling!

I liked monster raising part of the game so cool.

I absolutely loved the Lufia games.

Lufia 1's intro song, Final Fantasy (Prelude), Super Ninja Boy (Peace Boom) & Zelda (fairy fountain). Best songs on the SNES. Have been in my head since my childhood.

Lufia 1 & 2 are awesome, as a kid. through an adults eyes, i can see the flaws, but gave me many good times and thats all that counts to me as a kid.

Probably my favorite SNES RPG next to Earthbound. I just like puzzles...

Lufia 2 is my favorite RPG in the SNES by far.

I played this back then and that Ancient Cave and the concept behind it is still one of the best ideas I remember back of that time. I never completed it, but thats ok.

Lufia II is one of the very few games (five in total) that have EVER managed to make it atop the peak of my "Olympus Mons" of RPGs. What I mean by that: There are GREAT RPG's like "The Witcher III" or "Deus Ex" that make it atop "Olympus" on Earth. Absolute peak of their craft. But then there are, in my opinion, RPGs that go so BEYOND that limit that even the highest mountain peaks on earth would not be worthy for them. So they go to the metaphorical peak of the enormous Olympus Mons. And Lufia II is one of these, at least for me.

Bro the Lufia 2 ending got me crying as a teenager, the two games creates such a strong character development and makes u bond to them aaaaaa and easy? Bro wtf

I missed out on Lufia 2 when I owned an SNES. But I played it as an emulator ROM and it quickly became one of my favorite SNES RPGs - the puzzles really made the game, and the dialogue was really interesting and different compared to the G-rated script of most SNES games. Highly recommended!

Sorry for your loss. I'm sure your mother is happy that you think about her and finished the game on her behave.

This is one of my favorite RPG’s on the SNES. Beat it twice

Lufia 1 is colorful with excellent graphics, especially for an early SNES game. The soundtrack is surprisingly great, too. It's may very well be the "ultimate" 16-bit RPG for its time, because it was built on the expectations of what 16-bit RPGs should be at the time: Colorful and fun with rocking music and lots of battles against GIANT 16-BIT BOSS SPRITES. I'm not saying Lufia 2 isn't better and much more modern in design, but 1 can still be a real joy to play. And part 3, btw, is Lufia: The Legend Returns on Game Boy Color, and that is even more underrated than Lufia 1.

Lufia 2 ist not that difficult, but the Ancient Cave is really hard to beat completely(!). I've done it on a real console, had to let the SNES run over several nights. One of the best and nerve-stretching gaming experience I've had.

Sunk lots of time into the first lufia and loved it. Remember when i found the dragon sword after a ramdom fight at first cave

love these games both! very much. also the sentece 'i wont let you take me drunk' (0:23) is hilarious :D

started playing lufia about 7 months ago and made it to the bridge portion and I put it down. I really want to start lufia 2 so I just started from my save file and im going to finish this game, wish me luck!

This might be the first jrpg I ever beat. The music and graphics are some of the best on the snes given that it was such a late release. It was also the only jrpg I've ever seen to get a Dutch translation complete with a guidebook and everything.

4:54 Another huge plus [Lufia 2] has for it is the soundtrack *Lufia 1's boss battle theme starts playing* I do agree with the statement, but that was a strange choice of music...

I like how you named the main character "Drunk." lol

Also to add, when you beat both games, you get a save file that when you play again you get 4x exp points, and gold!

I would not say that Lufia 2 was very easy. There were sometimes when I came across a puzzle that I couldn't figure out for days. Being that, I don't usually play for hours and hours on end, but you just made it sound like the easiest thing in the world and that was jjust not my experience

I have no idea why, but Lufia 2 is impossible to find. I’ve checked mostly every retro game store in my area, and they say it’s a rare game. I’ve checked eBay, and it’s either just the manual, just the box or a reproduction cartridge. And I’m not about to emulate the game, partly because my computer doesn’t like emulators. I usually don’t get repro carts unless it’s a game that never released in North America, so I have no idea how I’ll be able to play the second game. Edit: Never mind, I managed to track down a copy of the second game.

As good as the plot twist was at the end, I kind of find it annoying that it came at the cost of the gameplay. Specially if you decided to level grind late, as most of the fight will be spent on resurrecting the constantly dying party member. I don't recall much of my playthrough itself, though (will have to revisit it someday), but I do clearly remember that by the end, I was kind of fed up with the dungeon exploration and it's random encounter rate, and just cruised through the final ones. The second game is WAY better. In a "you can kill a ghost ship by casting resurrection at it" kind of better.

Without a dout for me the best JRPG EVER! This one and the 1st one!

Attacking enemy groups isn't unique; Dragon Warrior 3 and 4 also had the same mechanic. The first Final Fantasy needed you to target specific enemies, and if one died before another character who targeted it had attacked it, that character would miss.

I didn‘t find Lufia 2 *that* easy, to be honest. Back then when I first played it, I was avoiding grinding for half of the game (until reaching the second continent) and that really came back to bite me in the ass. Many, many hours of grinding were necessary to stand any chance in the upcoming dungeons. Towards the end of the game, it again became hard as heck. So, in my opinion definitely not an easy game. But a really good one.

Haha i bought this game for 12$ at a local game shop. I thought i had gotten a prepayed copy and was at the final boss and felt bad restarting the file. They got me good lol

What a great game. I miss the time when you still had epic games like this to review. The library is kind of well explored already.

You left out the Pet Monsters and the Casino. Back then I loved the pet monsters. Always waited for their next evolution and spent quite some time playing Black Jack of the available card games. Still a good review and superb channel. Thanks for your work.

Randomly renting this from blockbuster, I had no idea what to expect. So when the plot twist happened I was totally caught off guard and really able to enjoy the story.

Never knocked out Lufia 2 but I remember tearing my hair out in Lufia 1 because of draconian save-point locations,

lufia 2 was my intro to rp gaming, loved it.

Lufia I is a solid RPG, but Lufia II makes my Mt Rushmore of pre-Playstation RPGs along with FF VI, Chronotrigger, and Shining Force II.

Lufia 2 is a masterpiece!

I couldn't finish Lufia 1, the encounter rate was much too high and the slow movement in dungeons was so annoying... Meanwhile Lufia 2 is probably one of my favourite games of all time. I loved the puzzles and couldn't wait to get to the next dungeon to see what clever puzzles the game would throw at me. As well, I became really attached to the characters with the great writing and witty dialogs, which did not help with the waterworks, even though I knew the ending already (from Lufia 1). I did like the IP techs in the battle system, innovative mechanic where you could strategize instead of just holding down A. But yes, the battles were too easy and the Sinistrals were cake.