This armadillo is the last hope for frontier life. He travels from one Wild West town to the next and handles all of the dirty work. The towns have been infested by creatures known as Grocks, rock monsters who are looking to capture each community’s livestock, the pillar of their Western economy. It’s a country spun story about an enterprising ranger who rolls his way through danger all in the name of protecting people’s way of life.
[Calvin Kemph, Thunderbolt]
DHGF: In typical E3 fashion, Nintendo utilized its new Nintendo Direct service to utter the words “available now” to surprise players with the availability of Dillon’s Rolling Western on the 3DS eShop. With a bit of hype and a very cool-looking new character, does Dillon’s Rolling Western measure up to the rest of the eShop? If you’re looking for a new spin on the tower defense genre, it will certainly fit the bill.
As part of the Nintendo Direct event, Nintendo has announced the surprise release of Dillon's Rolling Western, a new download for the 3DS eShop (first revealed at Nintendo Direct last year). The game stars the armadillo cowboy -- a cowboy who is also an armadillo, not an armadillo herder -- named Dillon, who defends poor towns in traditional gunslinger style. Except he doesn't use a gun at all, actually, preferring to roll his way to victory. Rolling Western features tower defense gameplay, in which Dillon must collect resources and repel the invasion of evil rock monsters -- monsters who are also rocks, that is, not Osbournes -- the Grocks.
About that surprise release: it's today, a full day before the usual Thursday eShop update. You can snag Dillon's Rolling Western for $10. If you're still on the fence, we'll have a Portabliss on it later today.
GameXplain: "Dillon’s Rolling Western is one of the most bizarre--and interesting--titles I’ve played in recent months. Though I only spent 20 minutes with it, I felt like I had only scratched the surface, which is quite the compliment for a downloadable title. I can already tell there’s an impressive amount of depth to this game, and I really can’t wait to dive back in for more. The world Nintendo has crafted here is very appealing, and truly captures that western flair the title suggests. My only complaint is that the game runs at a sluggish frame-rate, which I’m hoping will be rectified before release."
not bad, but will the main character have new attack moves and what about some variety?
