CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.1 Update

CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story is a 2023 Metroidvania video game developed by Double Stallion and published by Riot Forge. Players control an inventor who can manipulate time. It is a spinoff of League of Legends and was released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

In this game, explore the sprawling city of Zaun as Ekko, a young inventor with time-manipulating abilities. With danger looming and secrets unraveling, Ekko must navigate the city with caution and learn to trust no one, not even himself. Developed by Double Stallion Games, this story-driven, single-player 2D action platformer allows you to rewind time using Ekko’s Zero Drive.

Utilize your knowledge of the future to adapt your strategies, outsmart enemies, and save Zaun’s future. Engage in fluid combat that rewards precise timing and positioning. Embark on a journey through the streets of Zaun, running, leaping, and sliding your way through the Undercity.

Discover new aspects of the city, encounter champions from League of Legends, and confront never-before-seen challenges. Unleash your skills and unlock new abilities as you battle champions in explosive confrontations. Determine who is on your side and who opposes you. Seize every moment and shape the future in CONVERGENCE: A League of Legends Story.

GAMEPLAY

Players control an inventor named Ekko who comes from the fictional city of Zaun in the League of Legends franchise. Convergence is a Metroidvania video game, a subgenre of platform games that encourage exploration through a side scrolling world. Players can use Ekko’s inventions for several purposes: reversing time to prevent Ekko from missing a jump or taking damage in combat; remotely flip switches; slow down time to make it safer to get past dangerous hazards; teleport; and attack enemies from a distance.

STORY AND PLOT

In the Undercity of Zaun, the boy genius Ekko Ekko witnesses an explosion that destroys a giant spire owned by the Poingdestre chembaron family. Amid the ensuing chaos, he searches for his friend Lem Lem, whom he was supposed to meet near the tower. Finding Lem trapped under debris, he rescues him. Lem tells him that a bully with a giant hammer stole his Timewinder, but Ekko reassures him that he’ll retrieve it and sends Lem back to the Hub, their hideout near the market. Ekko tracks the Timewinder to Scary Janet, who is seen empowering her armor with strange orange crystals she obtained from the ruins of the tower.

After defeating Janet and reclaiming the Timewinder, he returns to the Hub to check up on the rest of his friends. He meets up with Red Red and Aximander Aximander, who mention that the Poingdestre twins have been hiring kids to scavenge the remains of the spire and that Clan Ferros guards from Piltover Crest icon Piltover have been spotted in Zaun. Ekko decides to check on his parents before investigating the spire. Along the way, he learns that his friend Elie Elie was evicted by the Poingdestres. Fortunately, she has found a new apartment closer to the market with the help of Corin Reveck Corin Reveck, a craftsman who relocated to Zaun after spending a fortune to save his daughter, Orianna Orianna.

Elie tells him about her plans to open her clothing store and asks Ekko for help in finding inspiration through kaleidosalts and kaleidolilis. When Ekko visits Corin, he witnesses him being harassed by the Inx, a street gang inspired by Jinx Jinx. Ekko scares them off, but Corin mentions that they have stolen multiple figurines and offers some cogs to Ekko if he can retrieve them. He also meets up with his friend Rungs Rungs, who returns some equipment he had borrowed. When he arrives at his parents’ apartment, he finds a hooded figure waiting for him in their garden. The stranger says he needs Ekko’s help, but Ekko is wary of him for spying on his parents. When the stranger refuses to leave, the two engage in a fight, with Ekko emerging as the victor. The hooded figure then reveals himself to be Ekko from the future and explains that he needs his past self’s assistance.

He mentions that he traveled through time to investigate the spire collapse, but before he can reveal more, Ekko’s parents, Wyeth Wyeth and Inna Inna, return. Future Ekko urges him to rendezvous at the Wattlick Power Plant in Factorywood, where he’ll explain everything. Afterward, Ekko checks in with his parents, who inform him that they are far from where the spire fell. They note that orange muck was splattered all over Factorywood, the site of the collapse. As Ekko makes his way to the power plant, he spots Vale Poingdestre Vale Poingdestre ordering her lackeys to search for more Syntixi Crystals near Factorywood. He also encounters a Golden Scrambot, which he races to catch. After capturing it, he smashes it and decides to take its remains to Aximander when he is finished.

When he meets up with his future self, Future Ekko explains the origins of the Syntixi crystals. In Piltover and Zaun, the Hextech Crystal trade is dominated by Clan Ferros, but due to their rarity, they began experimenting with creating synthetic crystals. They struck a deal with the Poingdestre family to manufacture the crystals in Zaun, but the Poingdestres decided to create their own lab-ripped compound called Syntixi. Syntixi is just as powerful as Hextech but much more volatile. When word reached Clan Ferros of their betrayal, they attempted to shut down their operation, but the Poingdestres had already amassed an arsenal of Syntixi. When the Poingdestre Spire exploded, their stash of Syntixi scattered across Zaun. Future Ekko reveals that the Poingdestres and Syntixi cause great strife in the future, so he came back to stop them.

Ekko agrees to help his future self, and they split up to search for the Syntixi. After collecting several crystals, Ekko comes face to face with Zarkon Poingdestre Zarkon Poingdestre, the eldest child of the Poingdestre family. After defeating Zarkon, Future Ekko rejoins him. Ekko observes that Zarkon had gathered most of the Syntixi in the power plant, but Future Ekko has a plan to retrieve it. Before they proceed, Ekko wants to check on his friends and repair his gear. Upon returning to their hideout, he sees Red leaving to hang out with some new friends, members of the Inx. Lem introduces him to Trevor, a dog he brought back and outfitted with a mechanical leg. Aximander explains that the scrambots are robotic vaults once owned by an eccentric inventor and, after his death, now roam the streets of Zaun. He asks Ekko to retrieve their contents as they contain artifacts related to the history of Zaun.

FEATURES

• CONTROL TIME – Activate Ekko’s Zero Drive to turn back time. Then, use your knowledge of the future to adapt your approach to any challenge and get the jump on your enemies. Fluid, dynamic combat rewards precise timing and positioning.
• DISCOVER ZAUN – Run, leap, and slide your way through the streets of Zaun. Meet champions, face down enemies, and locate never-before-seen sides of the Undercity.
• BATTLE CHAMPIONS – Encounter League of Legends champions like you’ve never seen them before. Unlock new abilities and face rivals in a series of explosive battles to learn who’s with you, and who’s against you.