▁America ▁and ▁Europe ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁by ▁N ats ume ▁and ▁N intendo ▁respectively , ▁for ▁the ▁Super ▁N intendo ▁Entertainment ▁System . ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁a ▁pre quel ▁to ▁L uf ia ▁& ▁the ▁Fort ress ▁of ▁Do om . ▁It ▁follows ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁main ▁character ' s ▁ancest or , ▁Maxim , ▁and ▁explains ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁between ▁man kind ▁and ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁gods ▁called ▁the ▁Sin istr als . ▁L uf ia ▁II ▁made ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁changes ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁game . ▁Dun ge ons ▁no ▁longer ▁have ▁random ▁enc oun ters ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁hundreds ▁of ▁puzz les ▁throughout ▁the ▁game , ▁r anging ▁from ▁simple ▁to ▁extremely ▁challeng ing . ▁It ▁also ▁introduced ▁new ▁skills , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁weapons ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁st un ▁mon sters ▁or ▁solve ▁puzz les , ▁and ▁IP ▁attacks . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Square ▁En ix ▁released ▁a ▁re - im ag ining ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁game ▁titled ▁L uf ia : ▁Cur se ▁of ▁the ▁Sin istr als . ▁ ▁Game play ▁In ▁L uf ia ▁II , ▁characters ▁walk ▁around ▁an ▁over ▁world ▁map , ▁enter ▁d unge ons , ▁fight ▁mon sters , ▁buy ▁or ▁find ▁new ▁equipment ▁and ▁sp ells , ▁and ▁set ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁quest ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁world . ▁The ▁player ' s ▁party ▁supports ▁up ▁to ▁four ▁characters ▁at ▁once , ▁along ▁with ▁a