Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King

[Jeremy]

Nah, the earliest I'll get it is this Saturday, hopefully along with the guide.

[Captain Vegetable]

Cool. I'm probably going to return Champions of Norrath for it tomorrow, if my paycheck sucks, that is.

And, Jay, how are the Lupin DVDs with nudity and sexual crudeness? I'd like to buy them, but only if they appear in their Adult Swim cut, as the wife and I don't appreciate that whole nudity thing. Especially in cartoons.

[Jeremy]

CV, the nudity is pretty mild. The only nudity edits I can think of for them are Fujiko's bare butt in the shower in the first ep. of the second series, some edits in the nudist camp section in one episode on the fourth DVD volume, and a topless section in To Be or Nazi Be that would definitely be cut in an AS airing. That's for the second series DVDs, the content on the films and TV specials varies, but beyond some nudity in Dragon of Doom and tons in Secret of Mamo and the Secret of the Twilight Gemini, as well as some risque porno vid covers in Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure and a thong-clad Fujiko in the opening of the film it's pretty tame.

[Captain Vegetable]

OK. I sounds pretty mild all around. I have the Secret of Mamo, and there was a bit in that, but nothing over the top. I still don't appreciate it, but I can handle it.

Thanks, man.

Incedentally, are the DVDs available in an Adult Swim cut?

[Opaque]

Getting this tomorrow. In all honesty I think controlls and puzzles are gonna suck... but the atmosphere will win me over... Lupin is teh best EVAR!1!!!

[Jeremy]

CV, no, not for the second series. However, some of the flicks are available edited. Check out www.lupinthethird.org for a listing of them within the reviews, they are quite rare. As far as the game goes, I'm expecting something that does the characters and the license justice, and I'm hoping the puzzles are decent. Anything beyond that is gravy.

[Captain Vegetable]

Getting this tomorrow. In all honesty I think controlls and puzzles are gonna suck... but the atmosphere will win me over... Lupin is teh best EVAR!1!!!

The puzzles aren't bad, but the controls could be a bit more tight. They're a bit drunk, and by that I mean a bit sluggish and slow on the pick-up.

I poped this in the PS2 tonight (after I was done tooling around with Custom Robo), and it was just like I was playing a Lupin episode. The theme and character intros are all awesome when seen in 3D, and the voice acting makes the game. I don't know if I'll spend $50 on it, though.

I might wait for the price to drop, and I might not. But it's a pretty decent game, and it does Lupin justice.

[Roufuss]

Wasn't there a Lupin arcade game? I think it was one of those laser disc games and they changed everyone's names. Cilff Hanger, maybe?

Yea, I saw it on Starcade on G4TV, same exact characters and settings and activities, just different voices.

[Jeremy]

Picked it up today, the game opening is groovy, and the inclusion of not only the second series' opening, but a Secret of Mamo trailer is very neat. Now to actually play the game.

[Jeremy]

DJB announced that the guide will not be released in any form. Dang.