Little King's Story is a game released in 2009 and was exclusive to Wii. It's a charming little game with great music and "Pikmin-esque" gameplay, while not being as challenging. I played the original game and after playing this version, I can say this is pretty much the same package that players got on the Wii, for better or worse.

The controls are kind of annoying, and if you have one I would strongly recommend using a controller so you don't have to bend your hands across the keyboard. The camera turning is slow, but not much of an issue since you won't find UMA (monsters) hiding behind walls often. The movement is 8 directional like the original Wii version. Sometimes you might struggle with aiming, but your aiming line often snaps onto targets just by being near them. Along with this I've had some audio issues with my Dolby headphones and had to use the system speakers in order to hear the game, and there were a few times where I had frame drops (which isn't saying much since I'm using a subpar laptop). The game speed is also locked to the framerate, meaning that forcing the framerate to go above the original 30FPS will actually speed the game up. If you can learn to use the controls, get around frame and audio issues and start the game, you've got yourself a decent game.

The game plays out in a story mode, where you must travel the land, defeat guardians and kings and expand your kingdom for total world domination. Throughout this you can unlock new professions for your people, allowing you to progress further through the game or trivialise certain enemies/obstacles. You can take an increasing amount (initially 5, but that quickly increases to about 15 and then eventually 30) of townsfolk and order them to fight or work for you. Most of your entourage will be made up of grunts and warriors, while your other men would allow you to dig for Bol (the currency), chop fallen logs and mine rocks. Some of these people have special abilities, such as Miners being able to crack large boulders and instantly kill rock monsters, while Chefs can quickly dispatch chickens. All of these people, including yourself, have a certain amount of hit points, and when it reaches zero, that person dies. The game is pretty forgiving though, since the recently deceased have a fairly high chance of showing up again on the beach the next day.

Don't take this game for face value, it does get really weird down the line. You'll be subjected to (STORY SPOILERS)multiple, mostly narcissistic and very eccentric kings such as King Duvroc, a heavy drinker who spews burning hot liquid and freezing cold mist from drinking too much, King T.V. Dinnah, a literal television who is also the host of many self-broadcasted channels, and King Jumbo Champloon, an eraser. You also acquire multiple wives throughout the story and then have to divorce all but one at the end, only for her to become VORED BY A GIANT RAT. It's kind of messed up, but that's okay because (MORE SPOILERS)it was all part of your imagination anyway. Don't get me wrong though, the buildup to it was really clever.

I'd personally recommend buying this on the Wii/Wii U, but if you don't own either of those, this is the closest you're going to get and you should definitely get it.

Little King's Story is a game released in 2009 and was exclusive to Wii. It's a charming little game with great music and "Pikmin-esque" gameplay, while not being as challenging. I played the original game and after playing this version, I can say this is pretty much the same package that players got on the Wii, for better or worse. The controls are kind of annoying, and if you have one I would strongly recommend using a controller so you don't have to bend your hands across the keyboard. The camera turning is slow, but not much of an issue since you won't find UMA (monsters) hiding behind walls often. The movement is 8 directional like the original Wii version. Sometimes you might struggle with aiming, but your aiming line often snaps onto targets just by being near them. Along with this I've had some audio issues with my Dolby headphones and had to use the system speakers in order to hear the game, and there were a few times where I had frame drops (which isn't saying much since I'm using a subpar laptop). The game speed is also locked to the framerate, meaning that forcing the framerate to go above the original 30FPS will actually speed the game up. If you can learn to use the controls, get around frame and audio issues and start the game, you've got yourself a decent game. The game plays out in a story mode, where you must travel the land, defeat guardians and kings and expand your kingdom for total world domination. Throughout this you can unlock new professions for your people, allowing you to progress further through the game or trivialise certain enemies/obstacles. You can take an increasing amount (initially 5, but that quickly increases to about 15 and then eventually 30) of townsfolk and order them to fight or work for you. Most of your entourage will be made up of grunts and warriors, while your other men would allow you to dig for Bol (the currency), chop fallen logs and mine rocks. Some of these people have special abilities, such as Miners being able to crack large boulders and instantly kill rock monsters, while Chefs can quickly dispatch chickens. All of these people, including yourself, have a certain amount of hit points, and when it reaches zero, that person dies. The game is pretty forgiving though, since the recently deceased have a fairly high chance of showing up again on the beach the next day. Don't take this game for face value, it does get really weird down the line. You'll be subjected to (STORY SPOILERS)[spoiler]multiple, mostly narcissistic and very eccentric kings such as King Duvroc, a heavy drinker who spews burning hot liquid and freezing cold mist from drinking too much, King T.V. Dinnah, a literal television who is also the host of many self-broadcasted channels, and King Jumbo Champloon, an eraser. You also acquire multiple wives throughout the story and then have to divorce all but one at the end, only for her to become VORED BY A GIANT RAT[/spoiler]. It's kind of messed up, but that's okay because (MORE SPOILERS)[spoiler]it was all part of your imagination anyway. Don't get me wrong though, the buildup to it was really clever[/spoiler]. I'd personally recommend buying this on the Wii/Wii U, but if you don't own either of those, this is the closest you're going to get and you should definitely get it.