Based Lufia appreciators. Good to see people can appreciate Lufia 1 in spite of its jank.
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I'd like to think the cancelled PSX entry Ruins Chasers had more ambitious plans for the overarching story than what The Legend Returns eventually became - The original story blurb for Ruins Chasers mentions Arek teaming up with the Sinistrals for a final confrontation on Doom Island, humanitys technology having advanced to the steam age, some weird religious cult that controls the world after having allegedely saved it during a cataclysmic event, etc.
When the PSX entry fell through, I think what Neverland did was put the game on ice and made TLR as essentially a stopgap title until they would have the chance to make Ruins Chasers properly. Which, unfortunately, never happened.
Miyata did confirm he still has the story for Ruins Chasers written down and saved on his PC during a fan event a while back.