Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King

Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Banpresto
Publisher(s)	Bandai 505 Games
Series	Lupin III
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	JP: November 28, 2002 (2002-11-28) JP: November 6, 2003 (2003-11-06) (Best for the Family) NA: April 11, 2004 (2004-04-11) EU: 2005 (2005) France only
Genre(s)	Action game
Mode(s)	Single player

Lupin the Third: The Legacy of the Magic King Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Yuji Ohno
Released	December 21, 2002 (2002-12-21)
Genre	Anime/Video Game
Length	58:07
Language	Japanese
Label	VAP

Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King (ルパン三世 魔術王の遺産, Rupan Sansei Majutsu-Ou no Isan, Lupin the Third: The Legacy of the Magic King) is an stealth/action video game from Bandai. It has an original story based on the manga and media franchise Lupin III.
The gameplay relies heavily on stealth and the use of various disguises and is displayed from a third person perspective. It is the only Lupin the 3rd video game to be released in the United States.

Lupin is out to steal a pair of antique pitchers which will supposedly show the way to the legendary treasure of King Randolph II. The mysterious Theodore Hannewald is planning to display them at an exhibition at his ancestral castle in Goldengasse (a European city heavily inspired by Prague), and hires Inspector Zenigata of Interpol (ICPO in the Japanese version) to protect the vases due to a thread from Lupin the 3rd. They take off on a train. Also on the train is young Theresa Faust, the owner of the pitchers, who seems to be troubled by something. Later on after being tricked into getting fake pitchers, Lupin and his partners Jigen and Goemon, end up in the city of Goldengasse, which had an old castle where the pitchers are to be shown off to the public. While trying to find a way to sneak into the castle, Lupin ends up making friends with the local black market merchants. Once inside, Lupin is tricked into looking for fakes, however, he manages to hide before being seen. Lupin, knowing that Theodore does not know he knows that the pitchers on display are fake, attempts leaves and attempts another break-in. Jigen and Goemon set out to find information of the whereabouts of the real pitchers. Jigen and Goemon, depending on whose side one plays as in this part of the gang, will run into a group of mercenaries led by a man named Clyde and two partners. It is revealed later that Theodore hired them for personal means. When you play as Jigen, you find out they used to fight together. Afterwards the gang runs into Fujiko Mine, and old friend. In the last attempt at stealing the pitchers, Theodore waits for Lupin to show and steal the fake Pitchers filled with people. After not showing up, Theodore assumings Lupin has been defeated, but then as he turns around there are signs in the glass pillars showing the word "fake" and Lupin announces that he has found the location of the real Pitchers. At this point the games plot changes abruptly. After getting help from Theresa, Lupin and the gang discover the real pitchers and find an old part of the new castle that goes underground. Once down in this secret path, stone monsters begin to move and attack them. The gang then gets split up by a ceiling collapse. Lupin finds an old wizard who is hundreds of years old, and reveals that the pitchers are key to finding a book of mystical power and he and they were sealed down there long ago. He gives Lupin special ammo to defeat the stone monsters. On Jigen and Goemon's end, they run into and kill the mercenaries, who attempt a last-ditch effort to kill them. They later escape and regroup with Lupin a bit later. Theresa and Fujiko are able to regroup safely. Soon it is discovered that Theodore had Theresa on the train to use her to get the Book of Magic because he claims he is the rightful heir to the ancient evil wizards from the past. He uses the magic to make a giant stone soldier come to life, and planning to use it to take over the world as it is "indestructible" to outside force. After using the special bullets to halt the Stone Soldiers progression. The statue falls on top of Theodore and he is presumed dead. As they start to leave for the exit, Theodore returns in a floating form combining his crushed body with stone. Lupin says that he is dead but is using the book to control his movements. The book is also fused. After finally destroying Theodore, the book explodes, and the whole castle above ground get destroyed. As Lupin and the gange leave the old wizard looks out from a cave that was previous covered by the new castle over the ocean in daylight. In the end Lupin and the gang say goodbye and leave GoldenGasse behind. Theresa learned to let go of her past, and her father, who at the start of the game, was why she worked with Theodore believing he would help her put the pitchers in a museum in his memorial.