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In the Famitsu Cross Review, all 4 reviewers gave 7, for a total of 28 out of 40.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 22.7 out of 30.
In the United States it became the best-selling game in 1994-2, and Electronic Games gave it a rating of 93%, calling it "the best RPG so far this year".
It is the first title in the Lufia series of video games and the only game from the series released under the Taito label in North America.
Taito began to develop a port of Lufia & the Fortress of Doom for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, but the game, primarily intended for a North American release, was not released because of Taito America's closure in 1995.
Taito began to develop a port of Lufia & the Fortress of Doom for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, but the game, primarily intended for a North American release, was not released because of Taito America's closure in 1995.
At least two full-page advertisements were made in U.S. magazines, the second one announcing a delay to spring 1995, with the tagline "It's worth the wait".
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