Lunar Eternal Blue is a masterful JRPG on MegaCD. Hiro and Lucia's story in a world of magic and legends. Emotional writing, orchestral CD music, unforgettable characters. A genre masterpiece.
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RPG1 player12+
Description
Hiro and Lucia face Zophar to save the world in this sequel to the Lunar JRPG with anime animations and full Japanese voice acting. Published by Game Arts, released in the United States in September 1994. Turn-based JRPG with anime-quality CD animations, complete Japanese voice acting, epic storyline with endearing characters. US edition.
Lunar - Eternal Blue review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Toshiyuki Kubooka's character designs favour round, expressive features that the animated cutscenes unfold at full screen, using the CD format to deliver sequences worthy of a feature-length anime. Painted backdrops, from floating cities to the bluish lunar ruins, hold a chromatic clarity that makes every region instantly recognisable.
Still signed by Noriyuki Iwadare, the sequel unfurls broader themes and vocal songs of an overwhelming emotion, carried by the CD format. The music embraces the fate of Hiro and Lucia with a rare tenderness and grandeur. This melodic richness, a peak of the CD-era JRPG, moves the heart at every moment of the adventure.
To save a mysterious girl fallen from the sky, a boy from the remote lands confronts a god bent on annihilating the world. Vaster and more moving than its forerunner, this sequel weaves faith, sacrifice and love with rare generosity. Elevated by its animated scenes and its music, it remains a peak of the CD-based RPG.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Pushing through a generous storyline, watching your heroes gain spells and levels and then clearing the next dungeon weaves a progression that always pulls you "just to the next scene." Turn-based battles, polished dialogue and secrets to uncover chain rewards and revelations together. The backtracking and random encounters weigh a little, but the warmth of the tale keeps a lasting hold.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Accompanying Hiro and Lucia against Zophar unfolds a long JRPG carried by an epic story and endearing characters, elevated by the CD medium's animations and voice acting. The generous main quest is savoured unhurried, across dungeons and battles. That narrative density, a hallmark of the Lunar series, explains the lasting attachment of Japanese-RPG fans.
Working Designs' Eternal Blue Complete edition reissued in a North American jewel case, gathering the complete Eternal Blue content, the Hiro's Adventure epilogue and the vocal arrangements from the Japanese version. This final compilation has become the pillar of Working Designs Mega-CD collecting in the United States, more accessible than the Japanese longboxes while preserving documentary depth through an English-translated songbook.
Is Lunar - Eternal Blue still worth playing in 2026?
A direct sequel to the Game Arts JRPG, Lunar Eternal Blue extends the adventure in the Lunar world with a more mature and ambitious narrative. The turn based combat system remains classic but effective, the animated cutscenes admirably benefit from the CD support and the English dub (in the Working Designs version) sublimates the experience. For anyone fond of classic narrative JRPGs and wishing to discover one of the hidden peaks of the Mega CD, an absolutely unmissable recommendation today still here truly indeed.
