The Legend of Kusakari Review

<p>In a land with bountiful green grass full of monsters that must be defeated resides a hero named Shiba Kari&comma; the legendary grass-cutter&excl; In<em> The Legend of Kusakari<&sol;em> for the Nintendo 3DS play as Shiba Kari and keep the plains nice and trim for the brave warriors of the world&period; Using a scythe&comma; Shiba cuts down the grass gingerly around the wandering monsters and battling heroes&period; He has to be careful not to interfere with the battles or else he too will lose&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112158" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112158" style&equals;"width&colon; 400px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112158 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;29201505&sol;screenshot&lowbar;legend-of-kusakari&period;png" alt&equals;"Legend of Kusakari &sol; Nnooo" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"240" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112158" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Legend of Kusakari<&sol;em>&comma; Nnooo&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Players must be careful to cut grass in an efficient manner before all Shiba&&num;8217&semi;s hearts disappear&excl; He tends to become ill while cutting so much grass&comma; so make sure to cut down the blue plants to revive a heart or two&excl; This element makes the levels so much more difficult&period; The grass itself can be a challenge sometimes because some of it is too high to cut down in one stroke&period; The more grass players cut down the higher their level becomes&period; The higher the level&comma; the wider range of spin cut available&period; This is highly desirable when progressing to the difficult game levels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first few levels are extremely simple and easy to gain a higher ranking&period; Yet&comma; things become difficult quickly as you progress through the game&period; The number of monsters and battles increase as the player dives deeper and deeper in the world of grass&period; Eventually&comma; the Green Thumb Almanac becomes available&period; This almanac documents the various grass&comma; plants and weeds Shiba cuts down with some helpful info&period; Sometimes the out-of-tune trumpet music in between levels can become grating after hearing it several times&comma; but it never lasts too long&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Honestly&comma; when I saw the trailer my first impression was that the game would last me about 15 minutes of fun before I turned to another 3DS game&period; Before I knew what was happening&comma; I completed several levels and lost track of how long I was playing&period; <em>Kusakari<&sol;em> is a fun summer surprise that can keep a gamer entertained for a while&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s especially great to play if you are in a situation that only warrants a short few minutes of gameplay&period; For anyone who enjoys cutting the grass in Hyrule&comma; they will probably love this digital treat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112159" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112159" style&equals;"width&colon; 400px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112159 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;29201537&sol;screenshot&lowbar;legend-of-kusakari&period;2&period;png" alt&equals;"Legend of Kusakari &sol; Nnooo" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"240" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112159" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Legend of Kusakari<&sol;em>&comma; Nnooo&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>The Legend of Kusakari&comma;<&sol;em> developed by Librage and published by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nnooo&period;com&sol;software&sol;legendofkusakari&sol;index&period;html"><strong>Nnooo<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; is a fun homage to the <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> series&period; You won&&num;8217&semi;t find rupees in the grass but you are rewarded with a challenge of mowing the grass down while avoiding battles&period; With new patterns to think through during each level and the opportunity to compete for the best scores online&comma; <em>Kusakari<&sol;em> is a sweet surprise to add to your digital 3DS library&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A 3DS Review Code was provided by Nnooo for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;