New Little King's Story review: a crooked crown

By Philip Kollar on Oct 24, 2012 10.24.12

New Little King's Story begins with young King Corobo losing his crown, castle and a cadre of princesses during a siege by a mysterious evil force. Corobo is forced to start from scratch in the tiny village of Alpoko, rebuilding his kingdom and army to rescue the captive princesses and win back his throne. The early moments of New Little King's Story play like a traditional, sword-swinging action-RPG, but as the once and future king, your responsibilities quickly escalate. As you hunt down gold to build the kingdom's treasury, you decide where to allocate funds. Should you build more farmhouses to encourage population growth or a theater to make your current villagers happy? Or maybe you'd rather blow your budget on a rare set of armor from the shady merchant...