Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (Switch)

 

Lily the Flower Knight

Another game I started and quit and then returned on. Played the first dungeon when I started it and then stopped for a time. Don't know why and I came back to it during midsummer 2024 and then finished it up during my vacation that same year. It's basically a Zelda game, get these things from these dungeons and get items to use to solve puzzles and such. 

Story is that grandpa is telling a story to his grandkids. One named Lily which is also the name of the protagonist. She's a new recruit of the Orchid Kingdom, but during the ceremony the king is put to sleep by a powerful spell from the king's evil brother, the Wizard Crocus. So you have to get out and find ingredients that are hidden in the three dungeons. After getting the three ingredients a small cutscene that is actually rather good. Crocus arrives and sends in his minions of orcs in order to kill the sleeping king. The guards try to stop them, but in the last minute Lily arrives and gives the ingredients to the helpers that awaken the king so that he can drive out the orcs. I think it works really well with the commentary from the children since it feels really important. 

After that Lily's sword gets upgraded and it's out to the Wastelands in order to fight Crocus in his fortress. After getting through the dungeon there is a final battle with Crocus which gets rather easy when you used the lightning spell or at least it felt easy with that. Lily returns to the castle, gets a ring and the story is over as the kids goes to bed. You can start the game again and finish up the last things you didn't do. Like finding all heart pieces or energy crystals. I guess the ring also works as an instant teleporter. 

It was alright, some of the puzzles like the singing stone went out a bit too much and the bosses feels a bit long like. Kinda fun when the children complain at times and change story, like the puzzle to get to a treasure chest or if there are a ninja or a pirate as a boss. There is a sequel, but I haven't gotten it as of writing. We'll see if I does. I got so many games to play through. Nice graphics, good music.