{"id":20828,"date":"2021-01-20T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20828"},"modified":"2020-12-17T02:03:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T02:03:16","slug":"tanuki-justice-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/tanuki-justice-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanuki Justice (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tanuki are actual real life animals that look like raccoons but they are more closely related to the dog family.\u00a0 Sometimes they\u2019re even called \u2018raccoon dogs.\u2019\u00a0 They live in forests in Japan and other Asian countries, and these animals play a big part in Japanese myths and folklore.\u00a0 They\u2019ve even seeped their way into video games, too!\u00a0 In some Mario games, there is a power-up called the \u201dTanooki Suit.\u201d\u00a0 And you know Tom Nook from Animal Crossing?\u00a0 Yep, also a tanuki.\u00a0 And now you can play as a tanuki ninja in Tanuki Justice, a Switch side scrolling platform action game that imitates classic arcade and console games from the mid-80s.\u00a0 It really reminds me of Kid Niki: Radical Ninja if any of you are old enough to remember that one.<\/p>\n

Your tanuki ninja will save the day by running, double jumping, and throwing ninja stars.\u00a0 You can toss the stars in all directions, and can even hold down a button to stay still and throw stars all over.\u00a0 Avoid and defeat all manner of enemies, mid-bosses, and end-level baddies, but if you get hit once, you die.\u00a0 Lose all your lives and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 Open boxes to get power-ups like larger ninja stars, extra lives, and purple crystals.\u00a0 Gather enough of these purple crystals and a meter will fill.\u00a0 When it\u2019s full, you can throw a special giant ninja star to help you defeat enemies in a pinch.<\/p>\n

The graphics really look like it could\u2019ve been a game during the heyday of the genre, and reminds me of late 8-bit or early 16-bit titles.\u00a0 Even the music sounds like it\u2019s coming from an arcade sound board!\u00a0 Only problem is the game is just too darn hard.\u00a0 It\u2019s one hit and you die, and that gets pretty tough early on when you have to fight a twin boss and keep track of everything they throw at you!\u00a0 You can have a second player join in for some co-op action, which should make the game easier.\u00a0 But when you lose all your lives, you must start the level over again from the beginning.\u00a0 Checkpoints, an easier difficulty selection, or maybe an energy meter would\u2019ve made this game more playable for me.<\/p>\n

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

Tanuki Justice is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You throw ninja stars at cartoony pixelly enemies who just explode when defeated.\u00a0 I grew up playing games like this and I turned out OK.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tanuki are actual real life animals that look like raccoons but they are more closely related to the dog family.\u00a0 Sometimes they\u2019re even called \u2018raccoon dogs.\u2019\u00a0 They live in forests in Japan and other Asian countries, and these animals play a big part in Japanese myths and folklore.\u00a0 They\u2019ve even seeped their way into video […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20828","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\/20828","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=20828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20830,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20828\/revisions\/20830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}