Getting the villager to safety without killing her was a bit more difficult. At the start, each level looks like an impossible mess, but working my way toward the trapped villager mostly came naturally. Solving a puzzle made me feel quite clever. I’m not sure if that was by design, but it kept me from getting discouraged. If I found myself having to try the same level over and over, the next few levels would be simple and straightforward. The difficulty curve in this game is all over the place. It’s a simple way to ease into deeper mechanics, but these upgrades stop abruptly after the third one. Within the first of the game’s six non-tutorial worlds, you’ll gain half an item from each villager you save. Only a few puzzles rely on platforming abilities, but expect to retry those levels quite a few times. Usagimaru needs to crush a certain enemy to free the villager, then lead the villager to the rabbit statue, so cutting off the path behind can be a death sentence. The puzzles themselves are pretty satisfying. A rabbit god informs the ninja that the residents have been kidnapped by evil Mononoke demons! You must save the villagers in the most ninja way possible: by solving block puzzles.
While wandering through the forest, the games titular protagonist Usagimaru stumbles upon an empty village. The game doesn’t try anything too ambitious but accomplishes what it sets out to do.
I did enjoy my time with it, even though it was way too short. Ninja Usagimaru is a fun little eShop puzzler.
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