{"id":21548,"date":"2021-09-22T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21548"},"modified":"2021-08-27T12:14:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:14:46","slug":"witchspring3-refine-the-story-of-eirudy-switch-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/22\/witchspring3-refine-the-story-of-eirudy-switch-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"WitchSpring3 (Re:Fine): The Story of Eirudy (Switch, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WitchSpring is a series of mobile phone RPGs from Korea.\u00a0 And now one of the entries is on Nintendo Switch, which is why we\u2019re starting with WitchSpring3.\u00a0 But you really don\u2019t need knowledge of the previous games to enjoy this one, unless you just want to know more about the lore of everything in it.\u00a0 Anyway, in this game you play as Eirudy, a witch girl who lives in a monster-filled misty forest excluded from humans (but her grandmother lives nearby).\u00a0 One day while running an errand to collect materials for her magic, Eirudy bumps into a human fugitive who is trying to avoid soldiers like she does.\u00a0 Together they have lots of adventures, and you can use your witch magic for good or evil in this highly customizable turn-based RPG.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of a cross between Secret of Mana and those Atelier so-and-so RPGs.<\/p>\n

Before you even leave your house, there is tons of stuff for you to do.\u00a0 As a witch, Eirudy specializes in bringing dolls to life.\u00a0 She has tons of dolls in her basement she can do that with, but you\u2019ll need a special kind of energy to do so, so you won\u2019t be able to unlock new dolls very often.\u00a0 You can use dolls in battle to automatically do things like heal you or attack monsters.\u00a0 On the first floor you can do things like craft magic spells and upgrade them, as well as make tools, weapons, and potions with materials you find in the wild.\u00a0 You can also save your game and rest as well as train.\u00a0 Speaking of which, you don\u2019t automatically gain levels and stats as you play in this one.\u00a0 When a certain amount of time passes, you can choose to train for five in-game days and choose which training regiments to do to increase your stats.\u00a0 You can do exercises to make your witch all strong and buff (which is what I did), or have her read and study to learn new magic spells.<\/p>\n

When you are ready to venture outside you\u2019ll view the action in a top down perspective.\u00a0 Collect items and defeat small critters by walking up to them.\u00a0 Bigger monsters will have a ring around them, and when you enter that ring, you can see how strong they are.\u00a0 Which is nice so you know who you are ready to fight.\u00a0 When in battle, you\u2019ll play out your actions in turn-based fashion.\u00a0 If you get defeated, you\u2019ll just warp back to your house with little penalty.\u00a0 As you play, you\u2019ll uncover goals which you can view in your diary.\u00a0 While the game initially does a good job easing you into all its features, the goals were ultimately what gave me problems with the game.\u00a0 Usually when you complete a goal, you\u2019re given a new one soon after.\u00a0 But sometimes I think you have to wait a few in-game days or maybe level up enough?\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t really sure so after wandering around for a while, I kind of lost interest and patience.\u00a0 But even so, I did like the art style and addicting gameplay, so if this one sounds fun to you, you may want to check it out.<\/p>\n

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

WitchSpring3 is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence, Language, and Mild Suggestive Themes.\u00a0 You can attack monsters with swords and magic, but defeated enemies just fall over and disappear.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice too much bad language in the text, and sometimes the characters have slightly suggestive interactions that come off as more campy than anything.\u00a0 But because of the high level of reading required, I\u2019d say this one\u2019s best for older kid gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WitchSpring is a series of mobile phone RPGs from Korea.\u00a0 And now one of the entries is on Nintendo Switch, which is why we\u2019re starting with WitchSpring3.\u00a0 But you really don\u2019t need knowledge of the previous games to enjoy this one, unless you just want to know more about the lore of everything in it.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21548","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\/21548","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=21548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21550,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21548\/revisions\/21550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}