Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin

Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin
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Developer(s)	TT Fusion
Publisher(s)	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Series	Lego Ninjago
Platform(s)	Android iOS Nintendo 3DS PlayStation Vita
Release	WW: 27 March 2015
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation Vita , iOS and Android. The game was released on 27 March 2015.

Gameplay

Players control Kai, Zane, Cole, Jay, Lloyd, Wu, Nya, and, Dareth in their quest to defeat Ronin. Players can use the tornado of creation to create special builds with all four ninja. Lloyd can use these spots by himself because he possesses all four elements. Players can ride on dragons to access more of the world. Some segments feature characters riding in vehicles to reach more of the current level. The Ninja can use their elemental powers to solve certain puzzles as well as unlock extras.

Plot

After Garmadon sacrificed himself and was sent into the Cursed Realm, Lloyd left the team for a while to cope with losing his father. Kai, Zane, Cole and Jay, meet a new threat: Ronin, a mercenary who only seeks money (also the person who kidnaped Zane for Master Chen for big money). while training with Dareth. After chasing Ronin he begins erasing the ninjas memories with an unknown weapon but is unable to finish because of Sensei Wu who discovers that only a few years of memories were erased. After talking with the original owner of the obsidian glave that Ronin use to wipe the Ninjas memories with tells the ninja to go to the Toxic bogs. After making a potion from a plant in the toxic bogs The ninja have a vision of obsidian weapons that can restore their memories. After finding the last of the weapons Ronin uses an elemental cyristal on the Ninja Wu takes them to ask Lloyd for help whom agrees to help and takes them to see his mom for help on what the Ronin is after. Once the They find the primal folcrum (Ronins main target) they discover that Lloyds mom was under the control of Ronin whom freezes the ninja but not before Lloyd destroys the obsidian glave freeing his mom. After Ronin grabs the last three elemental crystals Ronin reveals that he plans to use the folcrum to bring back Chen from the cursed realm. After following ronin into the Portal After him the ninja have a final battle with Ronin who escapes but in the process knocks the ninjas weapons out of their hands and into the endless abiss. Once the ninja escape the portal Kai says the Jay has lost his pants revealing that Kai was telling the story of the game the whole time with Jay saying that "that's not what happened at all" with Kai asking him who is telling the story as everybody laughs. In the ending someone is shown stealing to helmet of darkness to use the Stone Army. It is revealed to be Dareth who uses the Warriors to clean his house and be his servants with Dareth ending the game saying "I love this thing".

Reception

The game received generally mixed to positive reviews with Metacritic rating it 70 out of 100. Being praised for its humor, gameplay, puzzles,story, levels, and graphics. In the later half of 2015 the game was ported to iOS and android.