{"id":121435,"date":"2020-12-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/12\/mercenaries_blaze_dawn_of_the_twin_dragons_brings_more_tactical_rpg_action_to_switch_this_month"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:00:00","slug":"mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons-brings-more-tactical-rpg-action-to-switch-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/01\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons-brings-more-tactical-rpg-action-to-switch-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons Brings More Tactical RPG Action To Switch This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4cf63e78eb8cd\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4cf63e78eb8cd\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\"><\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mercenaries_blaze_dawn_of_the_twin_dragons\">Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn of the Twin Dragons<\/a>, the latest entry in CIRCLE Entertainment and Rideon&#8217;s tactical RPG series, will launch on Nintendo Switch on 17th December.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in our very own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/round_up_everything_revealed_during_the_nintendo_life_indie_spotlight\">Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight presentation<\/a> earlier this year, Mercenaries Blaze promises a &#8220;lengthy campaign with gameplay depth and a fascinating story.&#8221; Players will come up against a series of strategic turn-based battles, upgrading their character, choosing between certain equipment and skills, and taking on optional side missions along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Just like previous Mercenaries titles, battles are fought through an isometric viewpoint, and it&#8217;s up to you to position your characters in such a way that you&#8217;ll be able to get the most out of your offensive and defensive abilities. Here&#8217;s a feature list:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Features:<br \/>\u25cf Experience an amazing story with two distinct paths and a diverse cast of characters.<br \/>\u25cf Lots of optional battles that allow you to see more of the world and level up your team.<br \/>\u25cf 3D Battle Maps, giving greater control and depth in strategic play.<br \/>\u25cf Use Blaze Exceed, a key power that can turn the tide of battle.<br \/>\u25cf Incredible depth beyond battles, as you carefully manage equipment, skills and classes for your team.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a5920e8eb87b\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0a5920e8eb87b\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\"><\/a><a title=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5506f73b9d9d\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5506f73b9d9d\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/500d7b2faf912\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/500d7b2faf912\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\"><\/a><a title=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/be8420e1c6ba8\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/be8420e1c6ba8\/mercenaries-blaze-dawn-of-the-twin-dragons.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn Of The Twin Dragons\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Fans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mercenaries_saga_chronicles\">Mercenaries Saga Chronicles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/mercenaries_wings_the_false_phoenix\">Mercenaries Wings: The False Phoenix<\/a> will already know what to expect, but the game&#8217;s publisher assures us that you won&#8217;t need to have played past games to get stuck in here thanks to Blaze&#8217;s new, standalone story.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be picking this one up on 17th December? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercenaries Blaze: Dawn of the Twin Dragons, the latest entry in CIRCLE Entertainment and Rideon&#8217;s tactical RPG series, will launch on Nintendo Switch on 17th December. Featured in our very own Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight presentation earlier this year, Mercenaries Blaze promises a &#8220;lengthy campaign with gameplay depth and a fascinating story.&#8221; Players will come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}