Despite dazzling CG wizardry and graphical leaps made in recent years, an old school animated RPG such as Lunar Silver Star still holds big appeal. Rehashed a few times now on various consoles, the newly revamped GBA release boasts large sprites, very clean cinema stills, and impressive detailing in-game. Due to the 8 megabyte cartridge rom size limitation, vocal stylings and animated cinemas are gone from this version but the game retains the charm and overall experience of it's big console forebears. 

   The start of summer appears blockbuster-free this year with no heavy hitters scheduled for June. There are some interesting titles which will do well and a Gamecube import schedule is forthcoming. World Fantasista marks Square's entry into soccer games. Previous forays by the company into gaming genres best left to others make WF a dubious prospect. Yes, it's carrying bad baggage but we'll preorder it mindlessly regardless because it's from Square. We'll never learn...