Dillon's Rolling Western is one of Nintendo's newest franchises, and it's a unique type of game. It's like a 3D action game with tower defense as a side genre. I think a lot of people consider it mainly tower defense, but it seems minor to me compared to the action portion.
It's basically about an armadillo named Dillon who is a ranger that protects villages from Grocks, monsters made of rock that like to eat the villages' supply of scrogs, which are pig-like creatures. I think the scrogs look kind of like sheep, but I'm BanMan. Anyway, you get a bunch of villages in the game to protect. Each village has three consecutive days of Grock invasions. Of course, they're not actually made to be 24 hours long. Each 'day' takes about 15 to 30 minutes. Because of this, it's probably best suited for longer play sessions.
So you start in the daytime, in which you roam the area surrounding the town for minerals and supplies. You get stuff to build up the towns' gates with minerals and collect plants which boost your scrog count. See, you want to have a lot of scrogs in a town because if the Grocks get all of them, it's game over. You also want to sell other things you collect for money, which can be used to build up gun towers that will assist you in defeating Grocks. Then, when dusk comes, you still have some time to rush to town to get things done in there because the gates close at night. And the last part of the day (night, obviously) involves you and the gun towers defeating a number of Grocks. You just have to touch a Grock to battle it. Similar to an RPG like Paper Mario, this will take you into an arena where there are actually multiple Grocks (although not turn-based), represented by just one in the overworld. The controls change in these arenas, more suited for battle than for just rushing around a landscape.
You've also got a squirrel friend, Russ, who does a lot of talking since Dillon doesn't. The conversations in the game are text conversations (some of which are fairly humorous), usually between Russ and a mayor, all of which are different kinds of animals.
That's a basic summary of what the game is about. There are some other things like items and gear upgrades, too. It is slightly complicated, but it's not hard to figure out. So if you actually thought this was a sequel to Kirby's Epic Yarn, you are wrong. It's not.
The controls work quite well. You use swipes of the stylus to roll, which is much faster than running. So if you're rushing to get supplies before night comes, rolling is usually your best option. And you'll use more complicated stylus controls for battle, so you can do different attacks, such as a claw attack. I suppose if you are left-handed, it may be somewhat more difficult to control though.
Graphically, Rolling Western doesn't have a lot of variety, but it doesn't need to. As the title indicates, it's set in western scenery. It's not Super Mario Galaxy, with drastically different planets. You'll see plains and deserts and cacti. If you like very deep 3D effect, this has it though. Seriously.
You'll hear a lot of the same songs over and over, but they're not extremely annoying. They have a nice western sound to them. For the price, it's not a big deal.
Maybe you are thinking something like, "That's nice, BanMan. But it's an eShop title, so it must not last long or maybe it doesn't have much replay value."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO.
I logged over 20 hours before getting to the last town. And the game is set up in an interesting way, which will likely make replaying levels even more fun than the first playthrough. The first time you go to each town, you get a set amount of cash, which can make it quite challenging. However, on a second playthrough, you can choose how much cash you want to start with (As long as you have it in savings from other victories), allowing you to build stronger towers or more towers. This also helps in getting a higher ranking because you'll need to do so well in order to be able to advance to later villages.
So if you haven't downloaded this yet, it's definitely a great title to add to your 3DS library. If you play through the entire game, your play time will probably rival other full retail games that you might have. It's got fresh ideas with elements similar to tower defense, action, and RPGs all in one game. And it has a really cool looking armadillo.
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