{"id":11931,"date":"2014-06-02T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=11931"},"modified":"2014-05-24T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T14:31:14","slug":"legends-of-oz-dorothys-return-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/02\/legends-of-oz-dorothys-return-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OZ_BOX\"<\/a>Legends of Oz: Dorothy\u2019s Return is a new computer animated movie where Dorothy comes back to Oz to save her friends from an evil Jester.\u00a0 And now you can play a 3DS game based on the film\u2019s adventures.\u00a0 So what kind of game is this?\u00a0 It\u2019s a match-three puzzle game.\u00a0 Yup, really.\u00a0 But for what it is, it\u2019s actually not that bad, even if the license it\u2019s based on is.<\/p>\n

In each level, use your stylus to slide tiles to match three or more to earn points and make the tiles disappear (much like Bejeweled or Candy Crush).\u00a0 Match four or five in a row for more points, and be on the lookout for chain reaction opportunities.\u00a0 Sometimes, special tiles appear that let you clear out rows or columns or even whole groups.\u00a0 Just watch out because in some modes, there are tiles that can hinder your play as well.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll encounter four different gameplay modes when solving puzzles in Oz.\u00a0 In the first, you\u2019ll need to earn a high enough score with a given amount of moves.\u00a0 Another requires you to earn a certain score in a time limit.\u00a0 Other modes have you clearing out special tiles or making them reach the bottom of the playfield.<\/p>\n

Each of the colored tiles you\u2019ll match represents a different character in the movie, and when you match up tiles of specific characters, they can earn experience points and level up.\u00a0 Levelled up characters help you earn more points, yellow bricks, and make power-ups appear more frequently when you match their tiles.<\/p>\n

At the end of each level you can earn yellow bricks to spend in Glenda\u2019s shop, where you can buy power-ups you can use by pressing the buttons during play.\u00a0 I recommend stocking up on Extra Move power-ups in the shop, as they can come in handy.\u00a0 Depending on your score, you can earn up to three Emeralds per level.\u00a0 Emeralds are used to unlock concept art from the movie in the gallery, and to open up new worlds to play in.<\/p>\n

The only problem I had with the game is that they don\u2019t make it clear what kind of mode you\u2019ll be playing in a level until you start.\u00a0 Plus, the game is actually harder in the beginning than in the end, when your characters aren\u2019t levelled up a lot.\u00a0 Match-three puzzle experts should still be able to beat this game fairly quickly, but kids and fans of Oz should still enjoy this one anyway.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading skill is helpful for some of the instructions, but the game is easy enough to figure out just by playing anyway.\u00a0 Some kids may get frustrated at the initial difficulty, but if they keep trying and levelling up their characters, the game gets easier.\u00a0 Legends of Oz: Dorothy\u2019s Return is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legends of Oz: Dorothy\u2019s Return is a new computer animated movie where Dorothy comes back to Oz to save her friends from an evil Jester.\u00a0 And now you can play a 3DS game based on the film\u2019s adventures.\u00a0 So what kind of game is this?\u00a0 It\u2019s a match-three puzzle game.\u00a0 Yup, really.\u00a0 But for what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11934,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions\/11934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}