{"id":23221,"date":"2023-06-21T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23221"},"modified":"2023-05-21T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T11:55:58","slug":"ronius-tale-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/21\/ronius-tale-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Roniu’s Tale (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I was a kid, I loved single screen block pushing puzzle games on the NES.\u00a0 Some of my favorites included the Adventures of Lolo series and Kickle Cubicle.\u00a0 Now there\u2019s a new game in that vein that you can buy as a homebrew NES cartridge, but you can also download it on the Switch.\u00a0 Roniu is a magician\u2019s apprentice who isn\u2019t happy with his lot in life, so he ventures into a dungeon to find his fortune.\u00a0 Inside he finds a ghost of a girl who has been trapped down there for a long time, so together they solve single screen room puzzles.<\/p>\n

In each room, Roniu must collect a key and reach the exit.\u00a0 But each time he takes a step, the floor behind him breaks, so you have to be careful of the path you take.\u00a0 You must also avoid the enemies roving around the rooms as well.\u00a0 Luckily Roniu has a few magic tricks up his sleeve.\u00a0 You start out with just one, but after you beat a few levels and get a password, you\u2019ll learn another.\u00a0 Abilities include shooting a fireball to defeat enemies or break blocks, floating over spaces, or turning into a ghost to go through blocks and walls.\u00a0 You have limited usage of these skills, so you\u2019ll have to really think about when to use them.\u00a0 In some levels you can also collect a medallion for an extra challenge.<\/p>\n

I had a couple of problems with this game.\u00a0 One is that the controls are too slippery.\u00a0 It\u2019s so easy to fall off the edge.\u00a0 I wish the controls were more like Startropics or some of the more modern Frogger games where you can turn without going forward in one direction.\u00a0 The other problem I have is you must use passwords to continue, which is common with NES games.\u00a0 But that\u2019s not the problem I have with these passwords.\u00a0 You only get a password after completing a few floors before going to the next.\u00a0 I know some people may say, \u201cwell that\u2019s just NES hard,\u201d but even Adventures of Lolo and Kickle Cubicle gave you passwords after every level you solved.\u00a0 There\u2019s no reason why this game couldn\u2019t do that either.\u00a0 If it did, this game would be a lot better.\u00a0 It\u2019s just frustrating to have to finish a whole set of levels with only three lives before being able to save, especially considering how hard this game is.<\/p>\n

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

Nothing too violent or objectionable.\u00a0 Enemies just disappear when defeated and when you lose a life, you just wiggle around going \u201cwoo woo woo woo.\u201d\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.\u00a0 Roniu\u2019s Tale is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was a kid, I loved single screen block pushing puzzle games on the NES.\u00a0 Some of my favorites included the Adventures of Lolo series and Kickle Cubicle.\u00a0 Now there\u2019s a new game in that vein that you can buy as a homebrew NES cartridge, but you can also download it on the Switch.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23221","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\/23221","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=23221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23253,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221\/revisions\/23253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}