Build your strength

Aug 4, 2010 10:53 GMT  ·  By

LEGO Battles is a real time strategy game developed by Hellbent Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive exclusively for the Nintendo DS on the 9th of June 2009. The storyline of the title spans over six of the original LEGO universes and has nothing to do with any external franchise, like the Batman comics or the Star Wars movies.

These different universes range from a medieval fantasy land to a pirate ship, each with its own storyline. The gameplay revolves around constructing building to harvest resources and support an army to fight with the various enemies the game throws at the player. Objective range is from finding various items to destroying enemy bases. Moreover, there are also secondary objectives like keeping a hero alive or gathering a number of resources.

Lego Battles is also comprised of a free play mode that allows the players to choose what units to use in an army, a map and the game type and to start a kind of a skirmish battle. There 12 maps to be unlocked, but there is no random map function. In terms of units, there are nine types: the hero, the builder, a close combat soldier, a ranged soldier, a mounted soldier, three special units that give various bonuses and one transport. It also includes multiplayer component through the wireless DS multi-card service.

UNLOCKABLES

Characters

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding character.

Ninja: Collect 5 Minkits in Governor Broadside's Story mode Act 1. Ninja Flying Ship: Collect 5 Minikits in Governor Broadside's Story mode Act 2. Ninja Master: Collect 5 Minikits in Governor Broadside's Story mode Act 3.

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