{"id":14372,"date":"2015-12-25T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14372"},"modified":"2015-12-02T03:12:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T03:12:47","slug":"moco-moco-friends-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/25\/moco-moco-friends-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Moco Moco Friends (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MOCO_BOX\"<\/a>In a magical, pastel-colored land live creatures called Plushkins.\u00a0 They are like stuffed animals that are alive.\u00a0 Wild Plushkins live in dungeons and other outside areas, and can sometimes be dangerous to people, so it\u2019s up to trained witches to tame Plushkins so they can help everyone out.\u00a0 Play as Moco, a young girl witch-in-training and help her to become a Plushkin master in this entry-level dungeon crawler RPG for the Nintendo 3DS.<\/p>\n

In the town area, you\u2019ll first take a request, usually from your master who is training you, or from one of the other elf-like critters in the plaza.\u00a0 Then you must venture into dungeon mazes to find whatever it is they need at the end of the area.\u00a0 But you won\u2019t have to do it alone.\u00a0 You\u2019ll bring along three Plushkins in your party to battle.\u00a0 When you find a Plushkin in the dungeon, a battle will start.\u00a0 Fights are typical turn-based RPG affairs, and certain Plushkins are weak and strong against certain elemental types, so you\u2019ll have to keep that in mind when figuring out which stuffed toys to take with you.<\/p>\n

While in the dungeons, you can also find treasures and items that you can use back in town.\u00a0 You can plant seeds in a special garden that will, over time, grow into plants that render other items you can use like cloths, fabrics, buttons, and stuffing (keeping with the plush toy theme).\u00a0 You can then combine these items at a giant sewing machine to make healing items and other goodies for your Plushkin party.\u00a0 Sometimes after a fight, an enemy Plushkin may want to join your team.\u00a0 You can even use items that can increase the chances of that happening!<\/p>\n

The problems in the game are minimal, but include a little bit too much text (and it\u2019s very small to read, too).\u00a0 Sometimes it can be hard to tell which elemental types the Plushkins are, and as an entry-level RPG, things start out pretty easy and slow at first.\u00a0 It gets a bit more challenging later on, however.\u00a0 But if you enjoy dungeon crawler RPGs with an extra dose of cuteness, this would make a good entry-level game for less experienced players or anyone looking for a simpler Pok\u00e9mon-type experience.<\/p>\n

\"MOCO_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Moco Moco Friends is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Alcohol Reference and Mild Cartoon Violence.\u00a0 While the Plushkins fight each other with fancy attacks and magic spells, you don\u2019t actually see them hitting one another.\u00a0 But they do beat the stuffing out of each other, so to speak, because when a Plushkin\u2019s hit points are low enough, you\u2019ll see tufts of fluff sticking out.\u00a0 So that\u2019s about as violent as it gets, which isn\u2019t very.\u00a0 The alcohol reference must be buried deep in the text, as I couldn\u2019t find any.\u00a0 Speaking of text, reading skill is a definite must in this adventure.\u00a0 Any kid who enjoys Pok\u00e9mon might like this game, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a magical, pastel-colored land live creatures called Plushkins.\u00a0 They are like stuffed animals that are alive.\u00a0 Wild Plushkins live in dungeons and other outside areas, and can sometimes be dangerous to people, so it\u2019s up to trained witches to tame Plushkins so they can help everyone out.\u00a0 Play as Moco, a young girl witch-in-training […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372","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=14372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14374,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14372\/revisions\/14374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}