Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers
Dillon is back, but in a different world.
Protagonist(s): Dillon Your Mii Genre(s): Action Adventure Tower Defense Platform(s): Nintendo 3DS Release: JP: April 26, 2018 NA: May 24, 2018 EU: May 25, 2018 AU: May 26, 2018 Developer(s): Vanpool Publisher(s): Nintendo Country: Japan Series: Dillon's Rolling Western Predecessor: Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers is a Action-adventure Tower Defense game that was released on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 26, 2018, while other versions released a month later. It is a sequel to Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger.

This would be the last entry for the Dillon's Rolling Western franchise, because of Vanpool's shutdown.

Why The Red Flash Is Still Awesome

1. The graphics are a huge upgrade from the previous entry, with expressive character models, and cooler environments.
   • In fact, this game looks very good for a late 3DS title.
2. New mechanics such as borrowing money from Stranger if you don't have enough money for a full team of gunners, and the city allowing you to do jobs for extra money.
3. This game introduces the Amiimials which can be hired as gunners, if you have Miis saved on your 3DS, they can also be hired.
   • It was also one of the last few Nintendo 3DS games to support Miis.
4. The control scheme from the previous two entries (Which heavily relied on the touch-screen) were thankfully overhauled to being button controls, making it easier to control.
5. There is more stuff to do while you are finished with a rescue mission, you can travel around the city and either do jobs, play a shooter game at the arcade, or even allow Dillon to compete in a race at the speedway.
6. Great soundtrack.
7. The Japan and Europe versions of the game are physical, meaning you can still play them physically after the 3DS eShop shutdown in 2023.

Bad Qualities

1. Unlike the previous two entries, only this game got physical releases in Japan and Europe, the United States release stayed as a eShop exclusive, due to the 3DS eShop being shutdown on March 2023, the game cannot be legally obtained anymore in the United States, unless you got a Europe copy.
2. Anachronism: Despite the game taking place in a pre-apocalyptic universe, a lot of the items found in the item bins are mostly modern, such as earbuds, a lego brick, and a fidget spinner.
   • On topic with the fidget spinner item in the game, fidget spinners would lose their popularity during the game's release in 2018. In fact this is the only official Nintendo game currently to feature a fidget spinner in it.
3. Unlike Gallo, Boone, and Nomad from the previous game who can help collect scruffles, mine ores, and collect money. The player Amiimal doesn't have these tasks, resulting in Dillon having to collect them himself.
4. Much like the previous two entries, the tower defensing part of the game can get old after a while, especially if you return back to the same village multiple times. (Which thankfully you only can arrive to these villages twice for the story, if you need the stars for the other unlockables you would need to replay the missions.)
5. Because of Vanpool's shutdown in May 2023, this will be the last entry for the franchise, unless Hal were to hire the developers of Vanpool to their company (considering Vanpool's track record of helping Hal for some of their games) Dillon will be another one of Nintendo's abandoned franchises that will never get any new games.

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