Adventures of Lolo 2

Adventures of Lolo 2
North American box art
DeveloperHAL Laboratory
PublisherHAL Laboratory
ComposerHideki Kanazashi
SeriesEggerland
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: January 6, 1990
  • NA: March 1990
  • PAL: 1991
GenrePuzzle
ModeSingle-player

Adventures of Lolo 2 is a 1990 puzzle video game developed and published by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the seventh installment of the Japanese Eggerland video game series, as well as the fourth in the series to be released in European countries and the second to be released in North America,[1][2] but was never released in Japan.

Like its American predecessor, it is a collection of puzzles from Eggerland: Meikyū no Fukkatsu and Eggerland: Sōzō he no Tabidachi, plus some puzzles from the Japanese Adventures of Lolo. The American game also re-used cut-scenes and graphics from the Japanese one.

The Japan-exclusive Adventures of Lolo,[a] on the other hand, is a different game, consisting entirely of original puzzles. It was released for the Famicom and is the sixth installment in the Eggerland series.

The Japanese Adventures of Lolo was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on June 5, 2007. It was later released in Japan on the 3DS Virtual Console on April 9, 2014, on the Wii U's Virtual Console on September 3 the same year and via the Nintendo Classics service on December 12, 2018.


Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

Gameplay is virtually identical to the previous Adventures of Lolo (US), since both are compilations of puzzles from Eggerland: Meikyū no Fukkatsu and Eggerland: Sōzō he no Tabidachi. Some of the monster graphics were drawn differently, mainly Gol, Rocky, Skull, Medusa, and Don Medusa. Other differences include new puzzles and greater difficulty.

The game features a total of 50 different puzzle rooms; the player faces King Egger at the end. Also featured are four hidden Pro puzzle rooms, which are available for players who want to try very challenging rooms.[2][3]

The Japan-only Adventures of Lolo has mostly different and more difficult levels compared to the North American and European collection.

Release

Adventures of Lolo 2 was released in Japan on January 6, 1990.[4] And in the United States on March 1990.[5]

The American Adventures of Lolo 2 was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2008 for North America on January 21,[3] and in PAL regions on February 1.

Reception

Reviewers in Electronic Gaming Monthly found the game relatively unchanged in terms of gameplay from the first one. While one user said the first game did not get the recognition it deserved, another said the game was not overwhelmingly strong in terms of graphics, gameplay or music and only recommended it to puzzle game fans.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: アドベンチャーズ オブ ロロ, Hepburn: Adobenchāzu obu Roro; that is Adventures of Lolo

References

  1. ^ www.freewebs.com: The Eggerland Series Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Schwartz, Steven (1991). Big Book of Nintendo Games. Compute Books. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0874552486.
  3. ^ a b Marcel van Duyn (22 January 2008). "Review: Adventures of Lolo 2". nintendolife.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. ^ "All Famicom games sorted from the latest release to the earliest". Famitsu. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Stockhausen, Jim (1990). "Electronic Gaming Review Crew". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 9. Lombard, Illinois: Sendai Publications. p. 12. ISSN 1058-918X. Retrieved April 24, 2026 – via Video Game History Foundation.
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