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I'm bumping this to also add one more detail: I'm pretty sure the game has "Dark" in its title, followed by another word. Hope that helps.
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
Really? No one? Guess the game I'm looking for really IS lost to time, then.
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
Hnnnnng. I'm not giving up so easily. I'll bump this at least once a month until I find out what game this is.
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
Bumped...
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
Maybe a dumb question, but you say it's a metroidvania, but traditional Metroidvanias don't have levels. What do you mean by levels?
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I guess Metroidvania would be the wrong term for this game. I guess an exploration-based platformer would be a more fitting term for this. There's a world map, with levels you can select. The levels are very long, and some were more open ended than others, if I remember correctly. I know for a fact that certain levels had more than one exit, since I recall there being a few secret levels (like the aforementioned escort mission).
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
Darkside adventures
??? It has an "Arch-Chancellor" who looks somewhat like in your picture...
Late, but YES! Thank you! Oh man, the nostalgia!
Oh, Lufia franchise, my beloved.
This is a very obscure game. I remember a surprising amount of it. It's a 2D platformer/Metroidvania with a world map, it stars a character who looks more or less like this[1]
◊. He's a chancellor, I think. He can only do basic platforming initially, gaining the ability to wall jump/wall climb (I don't remember which) halfway through the game, and gaining the ability to double jump during the final level (and only the final level. You can't double jump outside of it).
The game features an 8-bit aesthetic during levels, 8-bit music with a side of MIDI stank (the music reminds me a lot of Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, actually, at least in terms of sound), and a main map with an oil painting look.
The first few levels happen at night, while the last few levels take place in space. The final level is called Far Far Star. The game has like 3 boss fights, one of which takes place in a stone bridge, the second one takes place in a tunnel, and has you go against a giant wooden contraption with wheels. I assume that there's a third boss fight against the big bad, but I was never able to finish the final level. Speaking of big bad, the big bad is a magician.
One of the optional levels has you use more than one character. It's an escort mission with a female character. You use her to do some jumps you wouldn't be able to normally, I think.
I bet a lot of these details are wrong, but then again, it's been almost a decade since I last played it, back when I still had a Windows XP PC. This has been bugging me for a long time. I really want to go back and finish that game! I'll be very disappointed if this game's been somehow lost to time.
Edited by LucasRCD