<s>
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Love-de-Lic	O
and	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
ASCII	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
officially	O
localized	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
it	O
influenced	O
Toby	O
Fox	O
for	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
his	O
2015	O
game	O
Undertale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Onion	O
Games	O
released	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
localized	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
Western	O
territories	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Windows	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
MacOS	B-Application
port	O
arriving	O
in	O
early	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Name	O
cards	O
"	O
are	O
cards	O
featuring	O
the	O
in-game	B-Application
characters	O
,	O
which	O
reveal	O
information	O
and	O
hints	O
about	O
their	O
background	O
and	O
wishes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
controlling	O
the	O
Hero	O
of	O
Fake	O
Moon	O
in	O
a	O
10-minute	O
game-within-a-game	O
,	O
Fake	O
Moon	O
being	O
something	O
of	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
Japanese	O
RPGs	O
(	O
JRPGs	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Application
era	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remix	I-Application
RPG	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
three	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Love-de-Lic	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
developer	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
former	O
members	O
of	O
Square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
Moon	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
over	O
30	O
independent	O
Japanese	O
musicians	B-Application
,	O
perhaps	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
The	O
Thelonious	O
Monkees	O
,	O
Love-de-Lic	O
'	O
s	O
internal	O
name	O
for	O
its	O
sound	O
team	O
,	O
headed	O
by	O
Hirofumi	O
Taniguchi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
the	I-Device
Best	I-Device
line	O
on	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
presentation	O
in	O
September	O
2019	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Yoshiro	O
Kimura	O
's	O
development	O
studio	O
Onion	O
Games	O
announced	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterwards	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
said	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
that	O
this	O
version	O
would	O
receive	O
an	O
English	O
localization	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Western	O
regions	O
some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
Japanese	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
worldwide	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
on	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
listed	O
Moon	O
in	O
its	O
top	O
120	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
for	O
scoring	O
32	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
Isekai	O
genre	O
of	O
Japanese	O
fantasy	B-Application
fiction	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
plot	O
involving	O
the	O
protagonist	O
being	O
sucked	O
into	O
the	O
fantasy-themed	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
of	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
designer	O
and	O
writer	O
,	O
Yoshiro	O
Kimura	O
,	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
Chulip	B-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
and	O
Little	B-Application
King	I-Application
's	I-Application
Story	I-Application
(	O
2009	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
indie	O
game	O
studio	O
Onion	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indie	O
developer	O
Toby	O
Fox	O
cited	O
Moon	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
inspiration	O
behind	O
his	O
2015	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Undertale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
