It began humbly with Game & Watch, moved then to Link's Awakening ... evolving yet again into the Four Swords-like design of Minish Cap on GBA, and finally residing here on DS with The Legend ...

Case in point, Luminous Arc fits in the same category as games like Children/Heroes of Mana, Etrian Odyssey, Deep Labyrinth, or to a lesser extent GBA's Tales of Phantasia, Summon Night ...