{"id":24456,"date":"2024-05-08T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24456"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T12:54:01","slug":"nblocks-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/08\/nblocks-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"nBlocks (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/nblocks_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-24454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_BOX-150x49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_BOX-150x49.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Make your own pixel art style pictures with blocks that resemble LEGO pieces in nBlocks for Nintendo Switch.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it, really.<\/p>\n<p>Play control is easy.\u00a0 Select pieces and place them with the A button, and move around selected pieces with the L stick.\u00a0 Cancel selections with the B button, and cycle through all the colors with the L and R buttons.\u00a0 And finally, rotate them with the ZL and ZR buttons.<\/p>\n<p>There are three modes of play.\u00a0 Freestyle lets you create your own pictures and save them with a selection of blank slates.\u00a0 Challenge modes has you creating existing pictures with the right colors.\u00a0 And finally there is Expansion mode with even more pictures to do, but you have to buy them on the Nintendo eShop.<\/p>\n<p>I guess my only problem with this game is that I wish you could have bigger fields to make more complex pictures.\u00a0 It\u2019s really more of an activity than a game, but I do like the satisfying clicking sound the blocks make when you piece them together, and it\u2019s strangely fun and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/nblocks_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NBLOCKS_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 I think kids would really like this one, but parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.\u00a0 Adults may even find it relaxing as well.\u00a0 nBlocks is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make your own pixel art style pictures with blocks that resemble LEGO pieces in nBlocks for Nintendo Switch.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it, really. 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