TSS was the first experience I'd had with an RPG showing off animation like that, so even if only from classic status, TSS.

Actually I voted for the SSS opening even though otherwise I like playing the original TSS much more but the opening of SSS and the boat scene with Luna singing during the trip to Meribia were definitely two highlights of the remake.
Also if it is for sure somehow cool and I also feel nostalgic about those old style openings on the Mega-CD or PC-Engine I somehow felt the music style of the TSS opening being a little out of place, even though again I can enjoy the rest of the music much more than the one from the remake (I for example always miss the mysterious music when I enter the Black Rose Street in SSS, why didn't they put another track in the game for that, it sounded so cool in TSS ).

Old poll, but still felt to write that

TSS easily. Though it gave me more of an 80's vibe than 90's, which is part of the appeal for me. It really got me pumped up. I still love SSS' opening though. It just doesn't get me quite as pumped up. It sets a very different mood.

I like the SSSC video and the TSS music, putting them together wouldn't work lol. I slightly like the SSSC opening better, probably because iv seen it more times and i think i saw it first, since i was very young (2) when TSS came out here, theres a good chance i saw it later on but don't remember. The SSSC music is good for the first few times but sorta gets blah the more you listening to it, but still isn't that bad, I just love the TSS music more

TSS has a cool opening but the song's campiness always kind of embarrassed me, and the vocal work is not so hot. (The Japanese version somehow managed to be even worse about that.) On the other hand I LOVED the look of the SSS opening, and the song does not make me feel embarrassed. The English lyrics bug me though. What is the "it" that I'm supposed to instantly see and have time to grow to be, anyway?

I'm happiest with the Japanese version, even though I like Jenny Stigile's voice better than Kyoko Hikami's.

Definitely. The intro was so much better in TSS. I think it represented what Lunar 1 was all about, beating the odds up against formidable evil. The intro was very unique compared to other RPGs which is a plus. Like you said, SSSC was way too sugary and clean, when Lunar isn't about that, but in the remake I think they tried to make it that way. Luna doesn't stay with her parents, Alex's parents and town get sent to the Talon mines, the dragons end up getting killed, ect. The hardship was sort of taken out and replaced with something that, I guess, they thought would appeal to more gamers. Sort of like how Alex went from playing the "uncool" harp to the ocarina that Zelda made popular.

After watching the intros again, the lyrics are so much better in TSS.

SSSC's song is about the emotions of the first part of the game, when Alex and Luna happily set out on their big adventure. There are very few bits of animation in it that suggest strife of any sort.

The first two lines of TSS's song (with WD's lyrics) cover that part. The rest is about the second part of the game, when there's evil to defeat and battles to fight. Even without the lyrics the visuals suggest doing something other than just going off to see the world.

I know what Shiva Indis means about the song being kind of embarrassing, but at some point it stopped bothering me. Maybe even before I saw SSSC's for the first time. The quality of the TSS vocals suits me just fine, for whatever reason.

Tough call, but I voted SSSC. I'm biased though, as that was my first Lunar game. Still, I love how much the TSS opening pumps you up and gets you excited to play the game. SSSC just holds a lot of nostalgia for me and never fails to make me smile.

How can people be expected to choose? It depends on the mood. If you're feeling up to hearing an engaging and ambitious opening, TSS. If you're wanting to hear something tranquil and equally great, SSSC.

I really loved the SSSC opening but I like the original better, mostly because its more jammin' lol I also really liked the older style of the music.

I have to say TSS, only because of the style of the music and the more theatrical opening. I like SSSC's opening but it just reminds me of any opening to an anime series, and didn't feel as unique to me.

Just cast my vote for TSS. Same reasons as above.