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L: the ProLogue to Death Note - Spiraling Trap

Game

L: the ProLogue to Death Note - Spiraling Trap is a 2008 Nintendo DS adventure game co-developed by Cavia and Konami, an escape the room mystery set before the manga's events that ties into the L: Change the WorLd film.

Genre: Adventure, escape-the-room
Developer: Cavia, Konami
Publisher: Konami
Release Year: 2008
Japan Release Date: 2008-02-07
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Gameplay

The player creates a rookie FBI agent, choosing a name and gender, who is knocked unconscious during an undercover job and wakes up trapped inside a booby trapped hotel. Progress works like a point and click escape room in the vein of 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: the agent searches rooms for tools, disarms traps, and picks up clues while L talks through the puzzles from the top screen. An interrogation mechanic lets the player pick keywords for L to press a suspect with, and an optional L Communicator mode lets the player chat with L outside the main story.
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Story

The plot is set before the original Death Note manga and was timed to promote L: Change the WorLd, with L guiding the trapped agent toward both an escape and the solution to who is behind the building's traps.
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Release

Cavia handled development with Konami publishing, releasing the game in Japan for the Nintendo DS on February 7, 2008, two days ahead of the L: Change the WorLd theatrical premiere. It stayed a Japan only release, though a fan translation patch later brought an English version to the ROM.
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This content is original writing by Daddy Jim Headquarters based on the Death Note anime series, manga, and official materials. Episode and chapter references are cited where applicable.

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  • Manga chapter pages: Jump Comics volume covers, credited to Shueisha, Tsugumi Ohba, and Takeshi Obata.

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