Pu Li Ru La

December 1, 1991 Taito Taito

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

Arcade FM Towns Saturn PS1

About

Pu·Li·Ru·La is a surreal arcade beat 'em up created by Taito, first released in 1991.

Pu·Li·Ru·La takes place in Radishland, a land where time is kept correctly flowing with a time key. However, "a bad man appeared and stole the time key to stop the time flow. The towns were attacked one by one, the time flow was stopped and they received damage", as the English translation explains. Zac and Mel, the playable characters, are requested by an old man to defend their town. The old man also gives the children a "magic stick" to fight with

Storyline

Pu·Li·Ru·La takes place in Radishland, a land where time is kept correctly flowing with a time key. However, "a bad man appeared and stole the time key to stop the time flow. The towns were attacked one by one, the time flow was stopped and they received damage", as the English translation explains. Zac and Mel, the playable characters, are requested by an old man to defend their town. The old man also gives the children a "magic stick" to fight with.

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Game Info

Release Date December 1, 1991
Developer Taito
Publisher Taito
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Side view
Themes Action