La-Mulana - Indy Meets Castlevania

The Tingler

New member
Hadn't heard of this game before today, but I'm just going to give it a try as it sounds utterly brilliant. It's heavily influenced by Indiana Jones, and done in the style of the Metroid/recent Castlevania games.

It's out for WiiWare later on, but there's a simpler version available for PC to download for free.

The official website is here, and, well, just read this:

My name is Lemeza Kosugi. I teach Archaeology at a University. I?m not a professor, just an assistant professor.

When I was a child, I liked a certain movie which my father used to watch with me. When I?m not lecturing at the University, I spend my time off looking for unknown ancient ruins all over the world. Even so, I?ve never longed to become a hero.

One day after wrapping up a lecture, I returned to my office to find a dirty envelope laying on my desk.
Like a bad joke, it had no sender and no postmark. I didn?t know how the letter got there, but it was obvious. After all, this envelope was in my home.

?Finally I found it, the game is mine!?

The familiar handwriting written inside the crappy looking notebook seemed to mock me.

A Poem titled ?An ancient legend? was written on the back.
There was a gold coin in the inner part of the envelope. It had a strange pattern that I had never seen before, but I knew the letters which curved inside the gold coin too well.


My father had finally found it. He was the reason why I started my career and he, too, was also an avid archaeology addict. He told me about a scholar who went into ruins with just a whip, all on his own.

He was an awesome father who challenged me to find ruins like a child ? even at his age.

?The unknown ruins of an ancient civilization and the origin of all cultures. This research, almost his life?s work, had finally paid off.
The short letter read like triumphant child beckoning me forth with the usual signal. He said to come.

But would I still get to have my vacation?

He was willing to look for treasure and take advantage of me yet again, but this was the end. It?d be time for us to part ways.

Honestly, I?d found it such a great subject of research; one that I couldn?t find again, even if I lived 500 years. That didn?t matter much if only I could get a jump on my father.

I couldn?t help being an archaeology junkie, too.

I packed my favorite laptop for researching, a useful whip as my partner, a gun and some lucky stuff in my bag and went to the airport.

My destination was ?LA-MULANA? the legendary place and, as they say, the origin of all culture and all lives.

Though everything was confiscated at the airport, except for the laptop and whip?I complained that the latter was a souvenir.

Let?s settle this. I will bring back something worth the return flight.

Sounds quite fun, and the designers are obviously a lover of all things Indy. An Indiana Jones 2D free-roaming platformer? For FREE? Sign me up! (y)

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Morning Bell

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I've seen pics for this game and it definitely reminds me of Indy. If I hear good things I may have to check it out for myself.
 

michael

Well-known member
I was just visiting Game Informer's site and found out about this, and was gonna make a thread until I searched!

release date info:
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/06/01/la-mulana-has-japanese-release-date.aspx

http://la-mulana.com/en/character

Lemeza_Kosugi_001.png


Lemeza Kosugi (Player)
Occupation: Archeologist
Age: 31 years old
Nationality: Third-generation Japanese
Lemeza is an archeologist who explores ruins using sneaking techniques taught to him by his grandfather, a descendant of ninjas. Quite conflicted, he is proud of yet resents his archeologist father, Shorn Kosugi, who abandoned Lemeza when he was just an infant. It’s rumored that Lemeza became an archeologist to spite his father.
What you would call a PC fanboy and very able computer engineer, Kosugi always has his Mobile SuperX personal notebook computer handy.
You should know, his favorite dish happens to be curry, but there’s nothing in particular he really dislikes.

O RLY????
 

Caidanbi

New member
That looks like a cool game, definitely reminds me of Indy! Unfortunately, unless they release a DS or a Mac version, I'll never get to play it :(
 

IAdventurer01

Well-known member
Hmm, well apparently someone did find this before me. I randomly found this on Steam today. The full version is available on Steam now as of April. It seems well reviewed, fun, and definitely has some Indy influences.

I may pick it up. Has anyone else tried this game out?
 
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