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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for Nintendo DS
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for Nintendo DS turns the first three Indiana Jones films into an action adventure made of building bricks. You explore temples, escape traps and search for a way through with Indy and his travelling companions. The whip serves as a weapon, but also helps you disarm enemies, operate levers and swing across gaps. Collect LEGO studs between fights and look for loose pieces that you can rebuild into something useful.
The DS uses its touch screen and microphone for various tasks. You control the whip with the stylus and, for example, inflate a rubber dinghy through the microphone. Switching characters opens up new possibilities: your companions' abilities help with obstacles that Indy cannot solve alone. After completing a chapter, you can return in Free Play with other unlocked figures. This lets you search for remaining collectibles while taking a different approach to familiar routes.
Barnett College is the starting point for the adventures and unlocked minigames. You can play alone or with one other player over a local wireless connection. Each player needs their own Nintendo DS and their own cartridge of this game; additional systems and cartridges are not included. If you enable automatic saving, the game records your progress at the end of each chapter.
Region and language
Our Nintendo DS games are European editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures for Nintendo DS, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures was released by LucasArts in 2008; the European Nintendo DS edition followed on 6 June. TT Fusion developed this handheld version. The team had previously brought LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga to the DS and now applied collecting, building and switching characters to Indiana Jones. The DS adaptation combined that experience with the touch screen and microphone's own capabilities.
The game draws its story from Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade. Familiar chases and dangerous discoveries acquire the physical humour of LEGO figures, which can fall into pieces when struck. Indy remains recognisable by his hat and whip, while supporting characters bring their own abilities. Dividing the game into chapters gives each film scene a defined route with fights, puzzles and hidden objects to search for again later.
For the DS, the controls were built around the handheld's own capabilities. Whip strokes on the touch screen and microphone tasks give actions familiar from the films a different form. Barnett College links the separate adventures and provides access to unlocked extras. This places the edition within the development of the early LEGO film games: recognisable events provide the foundation, while replaying chapters with new characters extends the search.
Similar games for Nintendo DS
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy on Nintendo DS likewise uses three films as the basis for fights, puzzles and collecting bricks. Luke and his friends open routes with the Force, lightsabers and droid panels; Indy uses his whip and his companions' talents. The similarity lies in returning with new characters, while Star Wars' space battles give way to archaeological expeditions and traps.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga brings together events from six films on Nintendo DS, compared with this game's three Indiana Jones adventures. Both let you return after the story to reach hidden places with other figures. The Complete Saga distributes its abilities among Jedi, droids and other space travellers; Indy's solutions more often involve tools, the whip and obstacles in a temple or excavation.
LEGO Batman: The Videogame on Nintendo DS also lets you guide a duo through environments that can be rebuilt and discover new routes using special abilities. Batman and Robin change equipment to do so, while Indiana Jones and his helpers use their own talents. Gotham also gives Batman a story about escaped villains and chapters from their perspective. Indy follows familiar film scenes and connects its puzzles to expeditions, vehicles and ancient sites.
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on Nintendo DS likewise combines film stories, collecting and characters with different abilities. At Hogwarts, you learn spells and draw patterns on the touch screen to perform magic. In Indiana Jones, the stylus and microphone serve purposes including whip actions and practical obstacles. Both give you a reason to investigate previously visited areas again, but Harry's lessons and spells determine a different progression.
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game on Nintendo DS offers a similar alternation between sword fights, puzzles and hidden collectibles. Jack Sparrow and his crew move through events from four films; Indiana Jones focuses on his original trilogy. In both games, you use different figures' characteristics to advance. Pirate harbours and ship decks change the setting and the objects with which you investigate the environment.
