History YMMV / LaMulana

* GameBreakingBugs: The game has a possibility of crashing at certain points, even in the latest version. The frequency seems to vary from system to system.

** Lemeza is an [[{{Expy}} expy]] of IndianaJones. One of the items that must be collected: [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull a crystal skull]].

** Xelpud jokes in the remake that even if the game is popular there will never be a sequel. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Thankfully, he's wrong]].

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Within weeks after Nicalis canceled the US WiiWare version of the remake, Nigoro announced the PC version that would be released in English and Japanese at the same time.
** [[http://newproject.nigoro.jp/en/ LA-MULANA 2!!!]]

* AwesomeMusic: Whether it's the 8-bit chiptunes, the MIDI files, or the regular music, you're bound to find something you like.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6B8FB148FD74ACD8&feature=plcp Pretty much the entire damned soundtrack.]]
** Made even nicer is that nearly every track has a chip-tune (SSCC option), MIDI ([=SC88=] option), or the arranged soundtrack by [=GR3=] Project. Chances are you'll find at least one version of each song you'll like.

** What happens in the Wii version of the Confusion Gate/Gate of Illusion when you enter it for the first time and remove it's UncannyAtmosphere.

* BaseBreaker: The WiiWare cancellation.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: If you're not bawling over [[spoiler:the Hell Temple reward]], you're most likely laughing your ass off.
** In the remake, [[spoiler: Lemeza actually gets to wear it outside of the scene where he obtains it, complete with incredibly silly alternate animations and a special reaction from Xelpud.]]
** The tablets in the Gate of Time are rather amusing, most of them complaining about having to write the same information again. One simply reads something like "I'm sick of writing."

** Sakit is the second boss in the game, and many new players find him to be a brick wall of a boss. For starters, he's immune to subweapons and only capable of being hit at certain times (namely, after his RocketPunch). His other attacks can be quite hard to dodge and are lethal if you don't have a few Life Jewels. If you found the knife before taking him on, he's a reasonable challenge, but the starter whip is so slow and weak you'll be chipping away at his health for a while if you have only it.

** The Water Reaper (AKA Surprise Fish) from the Spring in the Sky is probably another candidate, considering that its spawn points are tough to see and it only jumps out at you when you're nearby. If it hits you, there's a good chance you'll end up in the water.
** Tougens- large, red, turtle-like creatures that fire [[StreetFighter hadokens]] at you when they face you. They're impossible to avoid damage from, let alone kill, until you get the Silver Shield. And they always seem to be found in tight spots where they can't be jumped over.

* FanNickname: "Catball," for the cat-like enemy that rides on its ball, and the notorious "Surprise Fish", which are fish that jump out of waterfalls unexpectedly.

** AndTheFandomRejoiced: Almost immediately after Nicalis cancelled the WiiWare version, Nigoro posted that it would be releasing a PC version and that it would be in both Japanese and English.

* MostWonderfulSound: The shell horn upon solving a puzzle. ''Especially'' satisfying since so many are ''massive'' {{GuideDangIt}}s.

* YouFailPhysicsForever: A pushable block will stay stable even when it's half off a platform. The kicker? [[spoiler:You need to use this to solve a puzzle in the Endless Corridor.]]

* FanDisservice: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words and a symbol]]: [[spoiler:SKIMPY ♥ SUIT]]
** According to the ESRB write-up for the remake, [[spoiler:"...one male character can be dressed in a somewhat revealing Sexy Bathing Suit outfit." Which, combined with the new VirtualPaperDoll in the pause screen, can only suggest...]]
*** [[spoiler:Confirmed if you look through the tile images of the remake. Not only can you find the Lemeza wearing the suit as a VirtualPaperDoll, but also sprites of Lemeza and Mulbruk wearing it. Of course, it's FanService in the case of Mulbruk.]]

** Viy presents a challenge of great difficulty. The scrolling screen, eye beams, and tentacles makes his fight a nightmare.
*** Viy is only made worse in the Wiiware remake. Many of the boss fights in this version are quite different from their PC predecessors (Tiamat in particular is like a completely new boss fight). Viy, on the other hand, remains mostly the same as before, and this is not a good thing...
**** Well, Viy's eyelashes/tentacles now stretch up to the player, making them easier to strike. On the other hand, Viy now attacks almost instantly after opening its eye.
**** In the 2012 PC remake, Viy's entire body ignores MercyInvincibility, and it's rather easy to get knocked into him. Your health will certainly drain rapidly upon contact.

** Sakit is the second boss in the game, and many new players find him to be a brick wall of a boss. For starters, he's immune to subweapons and only capable of being hit at certain times (namely, after his RocketPunch). His other attacks can be quite hard to dodge and are lethal if you don't have a few Life Jewels. If you found the knife before taking him on, he's a reasonable challenge, but the starter whip is so slow and weak you'll be chipping away at his health for a while if you only have it.
** Baphomet, in the original game, was a pretty big joke that could be taken out easily with a few bombs. In the remake, she's a nightmarish marathon consisting of two forms and a great many hard to avoid lightning bolts.

** The confusion gate puzzle where you have to destroy all five pots at once. Possible, but if you miss, you need to wait 3 minutes before trying again.
*** Much easier in the remake since you don't have to just sit and wait for the Time Lamp to refill and there's a Grail Point two rooms over.
** Almost every late-game puzzle can be this if you don't have certain items. Doing the block puzzles in the Endless Corridor without the glove is nightmarish.
** Waiting for that ****ing lizard to walk in front of the light.
*** Again, this is easier in the remake as the lizards seem predisposed to chasing Lemeza so it can be baited into the light.
** That jumping puzzle for the Life Jewel in the Dimensional Corridor.
*** While the jump puzzle itself is easier in the remake, ''getting'' to the room is now much harder.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The pistol, the ammo of which costs 500 coins and can kill six of the bosses in at most one clip.

** [[strike:Water Reaper]] Surprise Fish from the Spring in the Sky is probably another candidate, considering that its spawn points are tough to see and it only jumps out at you when you're nearby. If it hits you, there's a good chance you'll end up in the water.

** In the remake, [[spoiler: Lemeza actually gets to wear it outside of the scene where he obtains it, complete with incredibly silly alternate animations and special reactions from certain characters (like Xelpud.)]]

** In the remake, [[spoiler: Lemeza actually gets to wear it outside of the scene where he obtains it, complete with incredibly silly alternate animations.]]

** [[spoiler: In the remake, Lemeza actually gets to wear it outside of the scene where he obtains it, complete with incredibly silly alternate animations.]]

* NightmareFuel: The sacrificial pit of Shu in the Confusion Gate, where a seemingly endless line of virgins fall down a tall pit to their death on the spikes below. Their blood is dripped onto the miniboss Shu, who regenerates HP whenever a drop of blood drips onto him. Somehow, the corny 8-bit graphics do not make this any less shocking and disturbing, and the creepy music (which by now has been drilling itself into your head for an hour or more) doesn't help matters, either.
** The Confusion Gate is filled with large head-statues which look '''entirely''' too happy. The aforementioned sacrificial pit has several of them.
** [[spoiler:The Mother]]'s third form, [[spoiler:a giant, pale-faced version of the Virgin Mary who rains crosses and tears of blood that explode into walls of flame. Also, it's holding ''a skeletal baby''.]]
*** [[spoiler:FridgeBrilliance: The Mother's Japanese name is 聖母 (''seibo'') which means "Holy Mother," which is another name for the Virgin Mary.]]
** The background in the Temple of the Moonlight has demonic faces woven into walls made out of red vines or tentacles.
** Tiamat. She has a very creepy distorted facial expression when doing a certain attack and another one after losing a certain amount of health, and if she kills you, this SlasherSmile tends to be the last thing you see before the GameOver screen...
** The remake's Shrine of the Mother looks utterly grisly. Skeletons hang from walls, there are entire shelves of bones, and the place is littered with skull walls and crush traps.