{"id":14767,"date":"2016-03-23T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14767"},"modified":"2016-03-02T18:13:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:13:36","slug":"sadame-3ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/23\/sadame-3ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadame (3DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SADAME_BOX\"<\/a>Sadame is an action RPG viewed from a top-down perspective. Set in historical Japan; choose to play as either a Samurai, Ninja, Monk, or Rogue as you defeat enemies and creatures from Japanese mythology.\u00a0 The game is available to download on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.<\/p>\n

Each of the four characters has their own skills. Some are better at close range combat, like the Samurai, while others are better at mid to long range attacks, such as the Ninja or Rogue with their throwing stars and bow and arrows.\u00a0 Each character also has magic spells for healing and attacking.\u00a0 You\u2019ll mow down enemies in top-down viewed areas and fight a huge boss at the end of each stage, as well as gather treasures and goodies.<\/p>\n

Between stages, your character will level up and you can equip better weapons and armor you\u2019ve collected in the stages. Some weapons and armor will let you attach gems to them to make them even more powerful.\u00a0 You can also equip spells you\u2019ve obtained.\u00a0 When you gain levels, you also earn skill points that you can assign to a skill tree to make you even more powerful.\u00a0 Once you are ready to go, choose the Deploy option on the menu to tackle the next stage.<\/p>\n

The unique thing about Sadame is that every character shares items, equipment, and gold that you find in each stage. So it\u2019s actually encouraged that you have more than one save file open to play as different characters.\u00a0 It\u2019s also beneficial because one of the options on the between stage menus is \u2018Assist.\u2019\u00a0 Here you can choose to have another warrior help you in battle.\u00a0 You can either choose to recruit players you\u2019ve met via StreetPass, or you can choose another fighter from your own save files.\u00a0 It makes the game a bit easier when you have a CPU player helping you.<\/p>\n

Really the only problem I had with this game was that it\u2019s a bit slower paced. Most enemies just plod along and any long-range attacks they may have are hard to avoid when they\u2019re off screen.\u00a0 They also don\u2019t explain things very well in-game, so it\u2019s up to you to read the in-game manual to figure things about.\u00a0 But other than that, it\u2019s a pretty decent action RPG that kind of reminds me of a slower-paced, less cutesy Pocky and Rocky.\u00a0 It\u2019s something I probably would\u2019ve enjoyed playing back on the Super Nintendo or something.<\/p>\n

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

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

Sadame is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Violence, Blood and Gore, and Mild Language. When you hit enemies or get hit yourself, red slashes appear and defeated foes just lie in a pool of their own blood before disappearing into a cloud of purple smoke. But the small visuals keep the violence from looking too graphic.\u00a0 Bad language is used only in the text and very sparingly (I didn\u2019t notice anything anyway).\u00a0 I\u2019d probably be OK with preteens playing this, but reading skill is a must as everything is text based.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit of a stretch, but the game could be considered slightly educational as it might encourage players to learn more about Japanese mythology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sadame is an action RPG viewed from a top-down perspective. Set in historical Japan; choose to play as either a Samurai, Ninja, Monk, or Rogue as you defeat enemies and creatures from Japanese mythology.\u00a0 The game is available to download on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Each of the four characters has their own skills. Some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14767","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\/14767","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=14767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14769,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14767\/revisions\/14769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}