Lennus – 1992 Developer Interviews (Patreon)

http://shmuplations.com/lennus/

These rare Lennus developer interviews were originally featured in The Super Famicom magazine and the official guidebook. Clumsily localized as “Paladin’s Quest” in the West, Lennus is mostly remembered today for its striking visual aesthetic, owed in large part to illustrators Hiroyuki Katou and Keisuke Gotou.

Director and writer Hidenori Shibao sadly passed away in 2018; his archived personal webpage contains additional design notes about the making of Lennus and Lennus 2, which I hope to translate in the future (along with a “Chronicles of Lennus” timeline feature that gives some great background lore).