Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Decent real-time strategy, different from most LEGO games.
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LEGO Battles Ninjago
What's It About?
In LEGO BATTLES NINJAGO, a martial arts sage name Sensei Wu puts together a team of superpowered ninjas to help him fend off an army of evil skeletons led by Wu's wicked brother, Lord Garmadon. Gameplay follows a real-time strategy format, in which players need to harvest resources, construct buildings, and assign missions to their soldiers in each battle. After first playing as the ninja army, players can take later on the role of the skeletons.
Is It Any Good?
LEGO Battles Ninjago is relatively simple as real-time strategy games go, which is a good thing, considering the younger target audience for a LEGO game. At the same time, it may still be a bit more complex than fans of the more action-oriented LEGO games are looking for. But as long as players approach Ninjago with the right expectations, they can definitely have fun with it. Control-wise, it would be helpful if the distinction between tapping and swiping was a little more clear-cut. And "normal" difficulty could definitely use more health pick-ups to keep your characters from dying. But this is the type of game that gets easier, the more time you spend with it -- you'll need patience to learn the winning tactics and strategies.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about synergistic marketing. Can you enjoy this game without buying the LEGO Ninjago toys? What about watching the TV show? Does playing the video game make you want to do either of those things?
What do you like about playing LEGO video games?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo DS , Nintendo DSi
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Warner Bros. Games
- Release date : April 12, 2011
- Genre : Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : December 2, 2019
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