I heard about this a while ago. I picked up Rune Factory 4 after hearing it was "Secret of Manimal Crossing." While it didn't quite live up to what that portmanteau suggests, I still enjoyed it. Well, I'm still playing it, off and on. Just triggered the third storyline, but now everyone has looped back around to old dialogue and it's getting stale.
And Lufia... the two snes games were fantastic. No idea why they went all weird with the DS remake.
At any rate, it's always sad to see a developer go under, especially at this time of year.