Dillon's Rolling Western

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  • Summary: Dillons Rolling Western is a character driven action game with tower defense elements.

    Armadillo ranger Dillon leaps into action at the touch of the stylus, using his rolling attack skills to defend frontier villages from waves of invading rock monsters. During the day, Dillon collects    Dillons Rolling Western is a character driven action game with tower defense elements.

    Armadillo ranger Dillon leaps into action at the touch of the stylus, using his rolling attack skills to defend frontier villages from waves of invading rock monsters. During the day, Dillon collects resources to build up defenses such as gun towers and defensive walls. At night, he battles the Grocks with the help of those defenses. The 3-D graphics bring the games Wild West setting to life. Dillons story unfolds as he and his partner, Russ, interact with the inhabitants of the many western villages they fight to save.

    Features:
    10 different villages, each with 3 days and nights of action.
    22 different types of Grocks, from lowly Footgrocks to gigantic Ultimogrocks.
    Multiple strategies are possible, and you can re-play the stages to get a better time.
    Dillon gains additional attack abilities as he progresses through the game.
    Unique mix of character action and tower defense.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    Feb 27, 2012
    87
    Dillon's Rolling Western is expensive but this tower defence game is also one of the best 3D games available in the eShop.
  2. Game Informer
    Feb 29, 2012
    80
    While it becomes a bit repetitive late in the game, Dillon's Rolling Western is a good fit for anyone tiring of the same old tower defense formula. Combining the charm and wide-open exploration of The Legend of Zelda with town defense proves to be an addictive recipe. The game's cartoony Wild West visuals and terrific sense of humor is the icing on the cake. This is a must-download eShop title for anyone finding their 3DS becoming as dusty as Dillon's trails.
  3. Everyeye.it
    Apr 16, 2012
    80
    Dillon's Rolling Western is one of the best 3DS eShop Games, with a delicious graphic style and a gameplay that mixes strategy and action in a functional way.
  4. Vandal
    Feb 29, 2012
    70
    Tower defense games usually make the most of an addictive form of gameplay, consisting in increasingly powerful waves of enemies. Dillon's Rolling Western does that greatly, but fails in control, which makes the experience less than pleasant. Anyway, the game is a good and fun one, although not very replayable.
  5. SpazioGames
    Mar 20, 2012
    70
    It's a good game packed with action and fun. A little bit too repetitive or hard for some, but if you don't bother about the high price it's a suggested buy.
  6. Nintendo Gamer
    Apr 2, 2012
    62
    A laudably unique twist on tower defence, but strategy soon devolves into a series of repetitive fights. [Apr 2012, p.109]
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  7. Modojo
    Feb 22, 2012
    40
    One of the most disappointing 3DS games we've played. It's just a mess of ideas with no real focus, and we're a bit surprised Nintendo even released this title at $9.99. Sorry, but we'd rather spend our money elsewhere.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Chomper4
    Feb 22, 2013
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dillon's Rolling Western is great, I bet the sequel will make things easier but still favorably challenging. Dillon is the armadillo to get his way into being playable in Super Smash Bros. Great job. Rink Kong and the Ultimogrock were sure challenging.… Expand
  2. UmAlguem
    Oct 25, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco Fuleco… Expand
  4. HedgehogGaming
    Mar 14, 2022
    10
    The game really manages to combine well elements of tower defense, action and adventure games. Definitely worth playing.
  5. pocky
    Jul 13, 2013
    9
    Great gameplay and characters. It's a pretty unique game, meshing tower defense and action combat but it really works well. The stages are setGreat gameplay and characters. It's a pretty unique game, meshing tower defense and action combat but it really works well. The stages are set up into two parts, day and night. During the day you roll around and gather materials to upgrade the town walls, feed pig creatures and set up turrets near the monsters lairs. Then during the night you must defend the town from attack by the monsters, rolling out to meet the ones that aren't destroyed by towers and taking them in combat. I'd recommend it as a essential eshop game to own and play.… Expand
  6. SigmaUnchained
    Oct 10, 2019
    9
    Dillon's Rolling Western is a tower defense game with a twist! You play as a silent armadillo and roll around defeating enemies in order toDillon's Rolling Western is a tower defense game with a twist! You play as a silent armadillo and roll around defeating enemies in order to protect villages. The controls are simple and responsive with a few simple taps. The game is only $9.99 as well, with ten different stages for you to complete, each spanning over three in-game days (about 30min-1hr). Some of the maps can be confusing, but rolling around is smooth to control! It is a challenging title, but I highly recommend it! There aren't many neat western games out there, so this is a must-buy for those who are curious to see the new life that was breathed into tower defense!… Expand
  7. UriahJob
    Aug 19, 2012
    9
    Dillon's Rolling Western is a unique and very well made game. It is very strange that Destructoid's official score for this is 40%. As you canDillon's Rolling Western is a unique and very well made game. It is very strange that Destructoid's official score for this is 40%. As you can see from most of the reviews it is much better. The best feature of Dillon's Rolling Western is the combination of multiple gameplay styles into one game. It is a tower defense game, a beat em up game, and a resource management game. It does well in all three. Controls might need some time to get them right every time because to reach peak efficiency you need to learn how to roll fast every time with the stylus as the enemies who look like some stone based pokemon creatures assault a American style western town populated by cute animal characters. Potential drawback that could lower enjoyment of this game is after 3 or 4 attacks on the town it becomes much more difficult to defend because you, Dillon the Armadillo, have to roll between two directions to defend them little innocent critters and the sheep from the slaughter!

    Another fun thing they added is putting collectibles all over when you roll around, finding mines/dungeons to get some treasures. Yea it is good.

    ps: Main character Dillon resembles Yul Brenner the actor who played the bald cowboy in old Westerns.    … Expand
  8. Trey82
    Feb 28, 2020
    2
    Good lord this game is TERRIBLE.
    It isnt that the idea is bad, but just how they got about it is.. wow.
    Tower defense? Cool. Resource    Good lord this game is TERRIBLE.
    It isnt that the idea is bad, but just how they got about it is.. wow.
    Tower defense? Cool.
    Resource management in a reasonably sized arena with little side areas? Cool.
    You got this sonic the hedgehog rolling around thing, and the music/sfx are spot-on for this kinda game? Cool.
    It feels kinda like any other cartoony series of games, like Crash, Sly Cooper, Sonic and so forth? Cool!

    But using the bottom screen for this rolling feature is tedious. The mixing of game styles doesnt ever start to feel 'right'. The contrived time limit is obnoxious. The 'tutorial' is unneccesary. The gameplay doesnt evolve as you play through, oddly.. you are just grinding your way over and over.

    The 3d is good, though. The story/presentation is good. (I mean, for what it is.) Its just that.. well, its like taking the whole spyro game, making travel around the map tedious, putting in what SHOULD be cool features like tower defense, but then those towers dont even. They literally cant even.
    Why put those towers in, why eVEN HINT at a strategy part, when the game then forces you to manage your time in a rushed fashion and just go kill the enemies, yourself?!

    Here is a comparison: You are a military general. Oversee the action from above.
    But also trek around in your boots and engage the enemy, yourself.
    And you need to do 20 minutes of work in 18. Chop chop, private!

    Like.. do I call up tech support and the guy on the other end MADE the computer, TROUBLESHOOTS the compute over the phone AND is the guy at the computer doing the hands-on stuff?
    No. Because that would be stupid. Like this game.
    Let me do one or the other, roll around or tower defense. You made both into an exercise in frustration.    … Expand

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#44 Best 3DS Game of 2012
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#26 Most Discussed 3DS Game of 2012
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#37 Most Shared 3DS Game of 2012