Welcome to VC Weekly, N-Europe's guide to the wonderful world of Nintendo's download service. Written by Sam C Gittins.

In what has become something of a regular ritual for the VC, Nintendo have chosen to make just the one title available this week, whether it's due to the conversion process or just to space out releases is unknown but at least this latest update provides a single well-rounded effort. Anyway enough from me and on with the erm... game!

Available for download this week we have...

• Adventures of Lolo 2

Points: 500
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Hal
Released: 1991
System: NES

For anyone that enjoyed the original of this unique puzzle game then this semi-sequel may just well be of relevance to your interests. Taking on the same premise as it's predecessor the game begins right after the first left off with Lolo and Lala on their way home from the haunted castle; but oh no! Lala has been kidnapped by the Great Devil and challenges Lolo to once again rescue her from his tower by taking on the mass of mazes within.

And with that the real fun begins! Essentially this follows the exact same formula, you enter a maze, collect objects known as Heart Framers which opens a treasure chest; then it's on to the next room as repeat the process to make more progress.

Basically thats it, nothing has changed conceptually from the original and the only alterations amount to palette changes for Lolo's foes, a wave of fifty brand new harder puzzles and an actual boss battle at the end this time. Aside from a few hidden levels accessible via password that really is it in terms of new content; everything else remains largely unchanged both visually and audibly.

This is no bad thing however as if you loved the original then your almost guaranteed to adore this too, the new puzzles and the extra challenge that they provide are well worth the mere five-hundred point price-tag if you've already seen all that the original has to offer and even if you haven't then it's still worth getting over the first for the extra difficulty.

So in short, if your a fan of the original or just want a game thats a little different from the rest then the unique charm and challenge of this polished puzzle title makes it well worth a purchase. If your willing to hold out for a little longer however, it's almost certain that the VC will be seeing the third iteration which contains brand new elements in the not to distant future but for now this is a most decent offering.

Verdict : Lolo stars in another fantastic solo puzzler.

Thats it for another installment of VC Weekly which will return again soon. So until then, enjoy the rest of the week and Game On!

Sam Gittins
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