LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii)

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Description

In LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures the players get to explore the Indiana Jones universe with "LEGO-fied" characters.

The game focuses on the three original films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, each film consisting of six separate chapters retelling the stories in a humorous, light-hearted way that tones down the violence while removing some of the more overt religious and political references found in the film.

All of the sets and props are also made out of LEGOs, and retain their properties such as the ability to be rebuilt and fall apart.

In this third-person platform/action game, players take control over various heroes including Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood or Dr. Marcus Brody, and also allows players to play the villains such as Belloq and Mola Ram.

Each character has different abilities and weapons. While Indiana Jones has a whip with which he can pull items out of reach, the female characters can jump higher, scholars can decipher hieroglyphics, mechanics can fix machines and diggers can unearth buried treasure. The characters also have different phobias (snakes, rats, spiders), each corresponding to their personalities.

The main campaign of the game is called Story Mode in which the player follows the film's stories with two pre-defined characters and cut-scenes. Once the level has been cleared, however, the player can return in Free Play mode and switch between all the characters that have been unlocked, allowing access to previously unreachable areas to collect all other artifacts and bonus items.

Destroying or building objects produces Lego studs, which allows the player to buy additional characters and cheat modes in Barnett College (the main hub). Players can also watch previous cut-scenes, examine previously found treasures, enter codes, or explore the college at their leisure.

As in the LEGO Star Wars series, in addition to the single-player game, there is also a 2 player co-op mode that allows two players to play the Story Mode. The second player can enter the game at any given time by pressing a button on the second controller.

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Alternate Titles

• "樂高印第安那瓊斯大冒險" -- Taiwan spelling
• "Lego Indiana Jones: La Trilogie Originale" -- French title
• "LEGO Indiana Jones: La Trilogía Original " -- Spanish title
• "LEGO Indiana Jones: Die legendären Abenteuer" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Indiana Jones licensees
• Inspiration: Movies
• Inspiration: Toys
• LEGO licensees
• PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
• Setting: City - Cairo
• Setting: Indian

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The Press Says

USA Today	Jun 02, 2008		90
Computer Bild Spiele	Jun 04, 2008	1.86 out of 6	83
GamingHeaven / DriverHeaven	Jun 10, 2008	83 out of 100	83
Official Nintendo Magazine	Jun 05, 2008	82 out of 100	82
GameCola.net	Jul, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Games Radar	Jun 03, 2008	7 out of 10	70
Cubed3	Jun 27, 2008	7 out of 10	70
Game Informer Magazine	Jul, 2008	7 out of 10	70
DarkZero	Jun 13, 2008	6 out of 10	60
The Video Game Critic	Jul 13, 2008	C	50

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Trivia

Indiana Jones

This is not the first game where Indiana Jones appears in LEGO form. He was already an unlockable, playable character in Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

References

The game features cameos of five Star Wars characters (Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C3PO) and if the player finds them all he can unlock Han Solo for 100.000 studs as another playable character.

In addition the hidden bonus rooms the characters can be found in are iconic recreations from the Star Wars series. So while Luke hides in an ice cave, Chewbacca can be found hidden in the Mos Eisley Cantina.

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Related Web Sites

• Lego Adventure Has a Name: Indiana Jones (An Apple Games article about Lego Indiana Jones with comments from the Producer.)
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (The official homepage.)
• Official Webpage (Mac) (The official product page for the Mac version of LEGO Indiana Jones on the publisher's website, which provides a trailer, character profiles, desktop wallpapers, a demo, and purchasing information, among other such particulars.)
• Wikipedia: LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.)