By Adam Smith on July 16th, 2012.
La Mulana is many things: a homage to the MSX system, the Indiana Jones Metroidvania game I always wanted, fiendishly difficult, beautifully designed. Now that the enhanced Wiiware version finally has its PC release, available at Playism for $14.99, I’ve settled on a new description that should excite most of the people who have somehow failed to be excited already. La Mulana is Dark Souls as a retro platform game, requiring thought and care, and punishing the over-confident. Trailer below.
By Kieron Gillen on April 2nd, 2008.
When Walker found this, he lobbed it straight at me: “Your Sort of Thing”, apparently. This is him implying I’m a disturbed onaninst who fruitfully ejaculates at the images of underage frogs in lingerie. Which is ludicrous – all the frogs are of legal age. Anyway, With its instruction video appearing just before the 1st, this existed in a “April Fools… or just Japanese Software Development?” file for a few moments. But, no, it’s real.
Yes, it’s the new game from Nigoro, the makers of last year’s aristocratic-slapping-game Rose & Camellia, and sees them really delving their unique idiom. Videos, awesome plot fragments and slander against podcasting comrades beneath the cut.
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