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[Miburou]

No idea yet. Only found out about it because of the pic, there has not been any offical news out of the event yet, so there could be more that was announced. As it stand we only have the pic for now, as soon as that changes ill update the OP.

I took that (crappy) pic. They just showed the Vita with the game's title screen on it. It was pretty noisy, and mostly in Japanese. I asked one of the Playism guys if they just announced La Mulana on Vita, and he said it's "a La Mulana game", so I took that to mean it could be more than one game. (that was before they showed the Vita in the pic).

I guess we'll get a clearer announcement soon.

 

[eighty(one)]

I took that (crappy) pic. They just showed the Vita with the game's title screen on it. It was pretty noisy, and mostly in Japanese. I asked one of the Playism guys if they just announced La Mulana on Vita, and he said it's "a La Mulana game", so I took that to mean it could be more than one game. (that was before they showed the Vita in the pic).

I guess we'll get a clearer announcement soon.

Job well done!

I'm glad you were on the scene,to report this back us readers of GAF.

I salute you. Totally excited for this.

 

[Odrion]

Awesome news. The Vita really is starting to accumulate all the best indie games out there.

Now it just needs DUST.

 

[Lord British]

Vita purchase confirmed, goshdarnit.

 

[Nosgoroth]

Awesome news. The Vita really is starting to accumulate all the best indie games out there.

Now it just needs DUST.

Must resist obvious joke...

 

[kuppy]

Nice, will finally play it on Vita then.

 

[I speel my dreenk]

Will damn sure double dip

 

[RadarScope1]

Vita on a mad roll, yo.

 

[IncandescentPrecept]

Is the Vita every indie games fans' system of choice yet?

 

[Tohsaka]

Will grab this version for sure, a couple of my friends have been talking about the game all the time lately and I'm not really a big fan of PC gaming.

 

[so1337]

It's nothing like it. The only thing they got in common is that they both have platforming elements (Spelunky more than La-Mulana).
La Mulana is a metroidvania oriented towards puzzle and riddles resolution with a gigantic amount of content (20 to 30hrs depending on how much you use a guide). The game is also very hard and you will need to retry some boss battles a lot to get through them.
The platforming is stiff but you can do nice things with it when you master it.
The OST is boss : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-rfhi6I84hM

The riddles/puzzles get really tough to resolve once you hit approx. the middle of the game (Gate of Illusion) so there's no shame in using a guide when you get there to at least know where you should be going since the map is so fucking huge. There's also a few riddles that will make you say "that's bullshit and you know it" but it's part of the game (I'm talking Numb3rs levels of fuckedness here). It's still manageable to beat the game without a guide but it's five-months-old-baguette hard.

All in all, depending on how the game clicks with you it can range from being an obtuse and weird piece of software to one of the best/the best metroidvania ever made. One thing's for sure and it's quoted in the store page : we may never get another game like La-Mulana. (EDIT : this was before La-Mulana 2 was announced so you can guess I'm pretty happy)

Thanks for the explanation. The last Metroidvania I played was Guacamelee and I thoroughly enjoyed that. Definitely giving this a shot.

 

[Hesemonni]

Awesomesauce !

 

[Green Wiggly]

Awesome! This has the potential to be a system seller for me far more than any Vita title I've seen so far.

 

[GodParticle]

Awesome game. I predict many broken vitas haha

 

[Waldo Lydecker]

I took that (crappy) pic. They just showed the Vita with the game's title screen on it. It was pretty noisy, and mostly in Japanese. I asked one of the Playism guys if they just announced La Mulana on Vita, and he said it's "a La Mulana game", so I took that to mean it could be more than one game. (that was before they showed the Vita in the pic).

I guess we'll get a clearer announcement soon.

I really like your avatar...

 

[Guevara]

Fuck yeah! Seriously my most wanted Vita port.

 

[Crayons]

Based Sony.

I have way too many Vita games but not a Vita.

 

[OverBlood 3]

I much prefer this over Spelunky, been waiting for this on the Vita.

 

[Noisepurge]

fuguyeah, this and Spelunky both on Vita

 

[Kamina]

What is it exactly?

Looks like Castlevania with Indiana Jones as main character.

 

[FlyingSaucer]

Looks like Castlevania with Indiana Jones as main character.

Actually, this...

The Dark Souls of Metroidvanias.

... may be the best way of describing what La Mulana is about.
(yes, I know, 'dark souls' has just turned into another convenient hype word, yada yada; but it's true)

 

[Noisepurge]

Thanks for the explanation. The last Metroidvania I played was Guacamelee and I thoroughly enjoyed that. Definitely giving this a shot.

This is pretty different from Guacamelee too as you wont get instant health back from magic fountains and only have a few attacks for a long time going in. In that sense its more like Dark Souls, you will die a lot and need to do serious backtracking to safehouses etc.

But it really is an Adventure Game!

 

[BearChair]

Any chance of this coming to Mac or 3ds? I really want to play this and have nothing to try it on.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Bought! They should release this and the sequel. Perfect way to promote a combo pack or even both seperately.

 

[Voror]

Fantastic. I'd been wanting to play this for a while now but kept holding off for a variety of reasons. Glad to hear that will pay off as I love playing this kind of thing on handheld.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Gerat news. Indies are the best thing in gaming right now. Well them, From and Platinum.

 

[R.I.P]

Yes please, double dipping for this!

 

[Xater]

Oh that's cool. Now i'll finally get this game. Would have gotten it earlier if it had a Mac version.

 

[coolasj19]

Well, GAF has me hyped. And I've haven't been let down yet. Media blackout until release. Except maybe not.

 

[Servbot24]

YES. I've been waiting for this.

 

[Skyzard]

Will try it since it's on Vita, although spelunky is next up.

 

[encephalon]

Hopefully this is made official soon. I'd like to see the Japanese release date.

 

[nailbombxx]

Can't wait to finally play this.

 

[Hours Left]

I hope it has the extra DLC content.

 

[Xedah66]

oh god this thread is making me want to play la-mulana again. I wonder how it looks on wii u in wii mode

 

[Bluemercury]

Lets hope for a 3ds port with some map in second screen and other stuff to ease the game.

 

[Noisepurge]

Lets hope for a 3ds port with some map in second screen and other stuff to ease the game.

careful now.

 

[encephalon]

Officially reported by 4gamer by now. Didn't see any sign of a release window or anything like that though.

 

[Raytow]

Lets hope for a 3ds port with some map in second screen and other stuff to ease the game.

Port begging?
Any more news from the event?

 

[NinjamicWZ]

The best news for me, seriously.

Spelunky
1001 Spikes
La Mulana

...Vita's Indie Jones Holy Trinity

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Port begging?
Any more news from the event?

Here were the main announcements!

• La-Mulana Vita port
• Tengami for PC through Playism
• Unholy Heights coming to Steam SOON (no greenlight)
• Playism helping individuals publish on PS platforms in Japan

 

[Deleted member 47027]

A bunch of people excited for this that haven't played the game may be in for a surprise - you may actually hate this game. It's not for everyone. It is for me though, and I love it, but...it's not for everyone.