Gatling Gun Face Mammoth boss!

Some people have been waiting their entire lives waiting for game that crossesCastlevania: Symphony of the NightwithSecret of ManaandThe Wizard of Oz,and at least one person has waiting their entire adult life to make it for them. Andrew “DarkfalzX” Bado has been working onThe Legend of Iyafor as long as he can remember. The game has been in production for years, and has multiple public starts and stops. There’s even anold Spectrum ZXversion of the game that Kickstarter backers can snag as a bonus.

Bado is sprite artist by trade (just look at his awesome work onBatman: The Brave and the Bold), so it should come as no surprise that theLegend of Iya‘s beautiful graphics are among its many selling points. The whole games seems to be running a little slowly though. My guess is that the animation and gameplay would both look a lot smoother if the throttle were turned up a tad. Still, there is no arguing that a magical twelve year old who kicks the crap out of gatling gun tusked robo-mammoths is something worth getting behind.

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