History VideoGame / LaMulana2

-->-- The end of the first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc1koMMXWaY trailer.]]

''La-Mulana 2: The 0th Body, The 9th Spirit'' is a {{Metroidvania}} PlatformGame developed by NIGORO and the sequel to ''VideoGame/LaMulana''. The game was announced in 2014 and it was successfully funded via a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playism/la-mulana-2/description Kickstarter campaign]]. It was released for PC and Mac via Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle and PLAYISM on July 30, 2018. A version for Linux is currently in development. Versions for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch were released in June 27, 2019 in Japan while the west received the game in 2020 alongside the first, courtesy of [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]]. Said console versions contains several characters from other indie titles and an updated soundtrack.

* NintendoHard: This is a sequel to ''La-Mulana''. '''''You will die.'''''

* AncientAstronauts: The Mother was one, of course, and that continues to be a major part of the plot. Also, [[spoiler:the [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Anunnaki]], AKA the Sky People, who followed the Mother across space. Anu, a Guardian, is one of these 12. The Dark Star Lord is also the only one permitted to travel between Eg-Lana and Nibiru, their prehistoric space station orbiting the earth. You also obtain what is essentially a space suit, complete with laser-eyes.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Urd and Verdandi, the remaining two Norns, can be fought in out-of-the-way locations during the CollapsingLair sequence after beating the 9th Child]].

* BareYourMidriff: Lumisa does this in her Valkyrie and Little Demon outfits, with the former being a ChainmailBikini and the latter being essentially a Baphomet cosplay.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:[[ArcVillain Ra]] chimera-fied anybody who opposed him, either transforming them into animals, or [[FusionDance absorbing them into himself]]]]. We see Nekhbet, who was transformed into some cross between a vulture and a toucan for siding with Horus.

* DifficultyLevels: Hard Mode returns, and it's activated the same way as the previous game. The only difference is that it can be activated in ''the first few minutes of the game'', even before entering Eg-Lana for the first time.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Like in the previous game, hints and solutions to puzzles you don't even know exist yet are engraved onto tablets you can read long before you reach the area where the puzzle is located. Except, in this game, ''far more'' of them are disguised as straight up FlavorText.

* All of [[spoiler:King Gyonin]]'s speaking animations mimic those of ''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Miles Edgeworth]]''. Later he pulls out a fan and does the [[ShowWithinAShow Steel Samurai]] pose.

''La-Mulana 2: The 0th Body, The 9th Spirit'' is a {{Metroidvania}} PlatformGame developed by NIGORO and the sequel to ''VideoGame/LaMulana''. The game was announced in 2014 and it was successfully funded via a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playism/la-mulana-2/description Kickstarter campaign]]. It was released for PC and Mac via Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle and PLAYISM on July 30, 2018. A version for Linux is currently in development. Versions for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch were released in June 27, 2019 in Japan while the west is set to receive the game on early 2020 alongside the first game, courtesy of [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]]. Said console versions contains several characters from other indie titles and an updated soundtrack.

* PressXToDie: Once you have learned all the mantras, reciting them all at once will kill you. [[spoiler:To prevent this, one needs to collect all of the Dissonance. It's necessary to be able to start the final boss fight.]]

* ArcSymbol: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagram The regular hexagram]] is found ''everywhere'' in Eg-Lana ruins, from the one-way pushing doors, to the entrances to the Corridor of Blood, to Bifrost where you fight Heimdall. It seems to represent either the Eg-Lana ruins themselves, or the dissonance amassed there by the constant infighting between the first six Children.

** Another shopkeeper in the ruins is named [[spoiler:Megarock]], as in [[spoiler:[[ContemptibleCover Bad Box Art Megaman]], with looks to match.]]

** On the [[spoiler:enhanced map of Gate of Guidance, there's a clearly marked transition to what would be Spring in the Sky, but there's no known way to access it. Nearly two years later, ''Tower of Oannes'' would be announced. The trailer shows Lumisa indeed climbing the ruins of the destroyed Spring in the Sky, meaning the entrance will finally be made accessible.]]

** Next is Eurydice who requires you to [[spoiler:buy the Harp for 1000 coins and the Enga Musica app for 1500 coins-- though showing Orpheus the harp first will lower the latter price to 50 coins]].
** Buying the Harp requires you to buy an item which increases your wallet capacity for 200 coins.

* Catch22Dilemma: In order to enter the Eternal Prison the normal way, you need an item which gives you [[PlayingWithFire the power of fire]]; but the person who gives you that item asks for an something else which can only be found in the Eternal Prison, meaning you have to find another way in there.

* CameBackWrong: As of the recent patch, [[spoiler:''every single boss'' from Spiral Hell, including Ratatoskr, had their sprites updated to make them look like horrifying undead corpses brought back to life by the 9th Child, with most of them decomposing or missing a head. Despite this, they still retain their strength.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Even after killing his true form, Ratatoskr comes back as a zombie in order to kill you in Spiral Hell. Thankfully, he can be skipped.]]

** Fairies are now summoned in a sequential pattern instead of randomly when you touch a summoning point. You also do not need to memorize and recognize the patterns of stars zipping around when a fairy is being summoned, as now the stars have a distinct color for each fairy.

On May 16, 2021, [[DownloadableContent DLC]] was finally announced for the game: ''Tower of Oannes'', which boasts [[PlatformHell difficulty to rival the first game's Hell Temple]].