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Play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
The Lord of the Rings: Ou no Kikan
Play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King online and travel through Middle Earth in the GBA action RPG, choosing heroes, upgrading skills, collecting weapons and armor on your way to Mordor.
Browser play

Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Quick start
Select a new game, choose a playable hero and start the opening path for that hero. Follow the level route and objective text, defeat nearby enemies to earn experience, break containers for supplies and pick up useful drops with R. Open the character screen after a level to spend skill points, compare equipment, and use the SELECT save screen before ending the session.
Controls
D-pad moves the hero. B attack with equipped weapon, A uses selected active skill. L cycles allow you to activate skills and R allow you to pick up items or activate the shop. START opens the character screen for backpacks, skills, and stats. SELECT opens Save and Options. Some heroes change B by charging or aiming their weapons.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
rwEmulator reviews edition metadata, release information, game manuals and first-hand browser-play notes. Available manuals are linked below; the editorial policy explains how facts are checked and corrections are handled.