is a 1993 science fiction

Science fiction

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 video game for the Super NES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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 which was released exclusively to a Japanese audience. It was published by the Enix Corporation

Enix

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.

Story

Taken from the game's introduction screens :

" In an age long past, mankind had attained the pinnacle of prosperity

Prosperity

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. Technology provided a limitless supply of energy

Energy

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, and the lives of the people were rich. That prosperity did not last long. Greed

Greed

Greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth, goods, or abstract things of value with the intention to keep it for one's self. Greed is inappropriate expectation...

 and lust

Lust

Lust is an emotional force that is directly associated with the thinking or fantasizing about one's desire, usually in a sexual way.-Etymology:The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient Roman lustrum, which literally meant "purification"...

 for conquest led people into battle, and everything was draped in the flames of war

War

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.

The Letum, automated machines powered by magic, that had been developed as a final trump in the war went berserk, and mankind faced extinction

Extinction

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. The survivors utilized ancient spirit magic to develop a weapon made in harmony with nature : tree

Tree

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 soldier

Soldier

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s called Junei.

And so, by the power of the Junei, the Letum were sealed away.

Several centuries later...

Vird II, King

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 of Balmondia, broke the seal on the Letum so he might harness their power to conquer the world. Arkfender, Lord

Lord

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of Algear, used the ancient spirit magic to revive the Junei and oppose the march of the Letum... "

This is where your journey begins...