Little King's Story - Nintendo Wii

The game itself certainly isn't. Little King's Story looks like it might just be some cutesy childs game, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. This is a reasonably complex game of strategy that includes village development, army building, conquering territory, etc. It's hard to resist the addictive quality of the Little King and his loyal followers who will happily give up their lives for you.Story: You play the role of a young, lonely boy. One day he chases some rats that infiltrate his room, and in the process of chasing them into the forest he comes across a magnificent crown. This royal head piece causes the people of a nearby village to see him as their rightful king, and they obey you without question. Howser, the Bull Knight, gets you headed in the right direction to establishing your kingdom and world domination. You also find that the rats you chased live in you new "castle" which looks more like a hut.Gameplay: Similar to Pikmin or Overlord: Dark Legend, you have a group of units (your villagers) following you that you give commands to (you use the "A" button to send them to a given task rather than use the pointer like in Overlord: Dark Legend.) They can attack, build bridges, dig holes (in designated spots), etc. Your village has a certain population size as well as a maximum troop size that can follow you, so it's important to not let your villagers die needlessly in battle. You can give your Carefree Villagers jobs such as grunt soldiers and farmers that will grant them special skills to serve their liege all the better. As you conquer new areas, your village expands and new units become available. It shouldn't be too long before you have a sizable army of loyal villagers that can get married (adding kids to the village) and fill up your land.Controls: Fortunately, there are no real flaws to the controls in this game. If you tap "Z" there will be a targeting line aimed in front of you to show where your villagers will go if you tap "A" to send them on some task. This makes it easy to know if you're sending them in the right spot. The camera is magnificent. The only real issue I have is that the pointer wasn't used to guide your army, but it still works fine the way it is. You can easily sort your troops by type with a simple tap of the control pad, so you always have the right troops ready to command (a feature that is necessary in these types of games).Graphics: Very stylish. The artbook feel is unique, and it circumvents the weaknesses of the Wii's capabilities. It looks beautiful, and the style adds lots of flavor to an already appealing dish.Music/Sound: The music in Little King's Story is great. It's classical music, and it's integrated perfectly into the game. It fits the mood and enviornments better than I would have imagined. Their is no real voice acting, but there are some random mumbling sounds when characters are talking. In my opinion these mumblings are fine, but others might find it annoying.Overall: Little King's Story is an excellent game. The controls, graphics, sounds, and gameplay work together to make a great story for anybody willing to put the time in. It was well worth the money I spent for it (46.99 here at Amazon), and would advise anybody to give this game a shot.

It's addicting. If you like animal crossing this is your game (not as addicting as Animal Crossing). The fighting sucks and you end up wasting more time playing the game than actually PLAYING it. frustrating game. easy annoying. i like it

I am 41 year old gamer who loves all types of video games, so when I saw the high reviews and ratings for this game I decided to go ahead and take the plunge. At first it looks like a really laid back kiddie game but don't let that fool you it is a highly addictive fun game. My fav games are rpgs, first and third person shooters, and platformers mostly, so this game is quite different from those types of games. I do enjoy nation/town building games but this is a very unique game all by itself. This games graphics on my LED HDTV look pretty nice for a Wii game. This game is out on steam for the PC in HD and I saw screen shots where they made the Wii version look like crap, almost like super Nintendo graphics. The Wii graphics may not be as good as the new PC HD but they still look nicer then the pics on steam made it out to be, so don't be fooled if you see those pics they are bogus. I am going to address some complaints from other reviews on here. I noticed they said that some people thought it was lame they didn't make use of the Wii remote as a pointer. I understand where they are coming from but at the same time I don't like to point at the screen all the time it's annoying and after hours of doing this your arm starts hurting. This game will have you holding your arms up most the time to point at the screen, that doesn work for me, so I am happy with the way the controls are. It's really easy to direct troops without having to point your remote. You can misdirect them sometimes, but what other reviewers don't tell you is that you can press b and have them come right back to the king and launch them back out just as fast in the right direction. You also call them back when the enemy is ready to do an attack it helps your troops to dodge the attack then you quickly send them right back into the fight. I just love the different jobs, and the treasure hunting you have to do to make more money to build up your town. Then you have quests that have to do with destroying the monster of the area etc. Someone said in a review that the first hour was boring. I don't know where they got that from because I couldn't stop playing it for 3 hours, it was that addictive for this type of game. If you like nation building/ conquer the world games this game should be in your Wii library. It may look cutesy and kiddie but don't let that stop you from buying this and playing it. There is a reason for the high 87/100 metacritic score. If you have kids I am sure they would love it too. This game is a great game for all ages.

This game was very satisfactory. It arrived on time and i enjoyed it a lot. There are a lot of different things you can do in the game, and it appeals to many ages.

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This game started out "fun". for a while.After I got 3/4 of the way through the game it just turned mean.Unrewarding for goals acomplished. Impossible progression of finalQuest. I dont want to spend 3 months with no rewards and total frustationwith a rutheless program....It looks like the only way they could extent the "play" with this game was tomake the end, unfairly hard. Too bad they had to do this....I would much rather have a game that is beatable, within reason, and have fundoing it. This would be a very good game. If they would let you beat it withina reasonable amoount of time....Sk

thanks all ok