Lunar to be pulled from shelves December 31
[10.13.99] » If the world is still around after New Year's Eve, Lunar: Silver Star Story won't be.
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Lunar 2000 magazine ad |
Working Designs, the company behind the localization and translation of Lunar: Silver Star Story (and numerous other RPGs) has announced that, beginning on January 1, 2000, consumers will no longer be able to purchase Lunar in retail stores. According to the company, the decision was made in order to "maintain the unique aura of the game's presentation."
While no specific sales figure was divulged, Working Designs boasts that Lunar has been the second-highest RPG seller in 1999 so far, after Final Fantasy VIII. The company will be running an ad campaign (visible to the right) in the December and January issues of most gaming publications to promote the move. "The accompanying ad jokingly
pokes fun at people searching on eBay for rare titles and paying
significantly for them," the company says, "but it is known that mint in box copies of the
original SEGA CD LUNAR and LUNAR 2 sell for 25-50% MORE than they sold
for at retail." (Ironically, Working Designs still has copies of the Sega CD Lunar 2 in stock at normal retail prices.) Since the small-print text may be difficult to read, we've reproduced it below:
On that day, sales to retail of LUNAR: Silver Star Story for the PlayStation game console will cease. Forever. The end. Omega-time. Sales have far exceeded our expectations, and being the mentally-challenged non-MBA gaming-types we are, we thought it would be kind of cool to say "Enough! All the cool people that know what's up have already bought the game anyway. Had the experience. Are probably listening ot the free soundtrack and fondling the other free stuff right now, laughing at the ignoramuses (or is that ignorami? We never can remember...) who still call anime 'that freaky Speed Racer stuff.' Why not keep this game at least a LITTLE bit of a secret and make the penny-pinchers who haven't bought it yet end up paying too much on eBay when they realize what a terrible mistake they've made?"
So, if you think that passing on the "Ghaleon Experience" has something to do with floating Spanish doo-dads, you're definitely missing the boat. In that case, about all we can offer you by way of consolation is "Ignorance is Bliss. Keep your damned tainted burger-emporium-earned money, you freaking spaz. You're not worthy. And don't count on your mamma savin' your sorry butt with her awesome foresight, 'cuz she already spent the family dough on wunder bread and kool-aide. Bon Appetit!" |
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