The current series ends with the Sinistrals' final defeat in Legend Returns, which takes place 101 years after Fortress of Doom.

The first game in the Lufia series made for the Super Famicom published in Japan in June 1993 (under the name Estpolis Denki) and later that year for the SNES in North America.

Released in Japan in 2001 as Estpolis Denki: Yomigaeru Densetsu, and later the same month in America, Lufia: The Legend Returns is the series' first handheld adventure on the Game Boy Color.

Lufia: The Ruins of Lore was released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan in 2002 as Estpolis Gaiden: Chinmoku no Iseki and a year later in North America.

It consists of the "Ancient Cave" scenario from Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, featuring characters and enemies from the original game.

For a time, development of the title ceased, but was picked up and heavily remade in both story and graphics, being renamed Lufia: The Legend Returns.