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Kersploosh! is a downloadable videogame for Nintendo 3DS released on the Nintendo eShop in 2013. The main idea is that the player will get to experience the insane trip stones take when you throw them down wells.
Gameplay[]
The player controls a stone (or a Cannon Ball, Russian Doll, Watermelon, etc.), as it falls down a well. The player must reach the bottom as fast as they can. There are many crazy obstacles you wouldn't expect to see in a well (Such as caving-in pizza, flying doughnuts, and spiral staicases). You must reach the bottom of the well to clear the stage.
Reaching the bottom of a well will unlock additional stones and wells (levels). Prior to each attempt, a back story is told about how each stone/object came to be at the bottom of the well.
The game is heavily reliant on a highscore (time-trial system) and also makes use of StreetPass allowing players to swap scores with each other.
Playable stones[]
- Basic stone (well rounded, basic rock)
- Bouncy ball (A rejected toy ball that bounces about; it has infinite health/durability and can be used to cheese/cheat levels or to pratice.)
- Wooden fish (a wooden instrument for music based on a fish, average durability)
- Iron ball (an extremely durable cannonball, the most durable in the game)
- Matryoshka (a Glass doll with multiple interiors, 5 strikes and you're out.)
- Watermelon (a tough and well durable fruit, less durable than the cannonball though.)
- Jewel (a fast dropping, but rather weak gem.)
- Plate (a fragile, but disc-shaped fast falling glass plate.)
- Egg (a very fast falling, but incredibly fragile chicken egg.)
- Mutagen (the most fragile stone in the game, a literal droplet of mutated dna. it has the fastest falling speed but at the cost of being literally almost impossible to clear stages with.)
Levels[]
- Well 1: First Fall - "A simple task to begin. Make your way to the bottom of the well while avoiding the obstacles that block your path.
- Well 2: Twofold Trail - "There is more than one path to victory. Will you choose the path of speed or the path of safety?"
- Well 3: Terrible Trios - "A well filled with running water. Obstacles appear before you three by three. But there will always be a way forward!"
- Well 4: Perilous Pit - "Just as one obstacle is past, the next moves in to taunt you. Can you successfully navigate their ever-shifting patterns?"
- Well 5: Shadowy Shaft - "Obstacles loom out of the darkness, as blustering winds seek to hold you back. A test of your reflexes and memory."
- Well 6: Fiery Fissure - "This path to the underworld is lit by searing magma. If you forge carelessly ahead, the bitter taste of rock awaits."
- Well 7: Brutal Barriers - "The path is blocked at every turn, and the road to victory narrow. Persistence is crucial if you wish to succeed."
- Well 8: Ensnaring Edges - "Obstacles reach out from all sides to ensnare you in their grasp. Can you outwit them and reach your goal?"
- Well 9: Dire Descent - "Impatience leads to defeat, good judgement to triumph. Yet on occasion, a show of daring may prove effective."
- Well 10: Absolute Abyss - "Well shafts are born from people's imagination. So no matter what you find within, it is no cause for surprise."
Stone intros[]
- Stone- Two young boys are out by a well and one of them tells the other to drop a stone into it for fun. The second boy is hesitant to drop it, but it's thrown in anyway.
- Bouncy ball- after having bought a maliciously advertised bouncy ball toy, a woman throws it in the well, counting multiple superstitious bad-luck events, such as her daughter falling ill and her husband divorcing her.
- Iron ball- A former Olympic contester drops one of his cannonballs into a well, complaining of his now deteriorated skills and inability to compete. He does this out of the decision to retire from competition.
- Jewel- Two girls gossip, with one of them having stolen a prized gem owned by their mother. A Boy suddenly butts in and attempts to get a closer look, and the gem accidentally falls into the well. The boy runs off, leaving the girl to accept her disciplinary demise.
- Matryoshka- Two girls are discussing about a Russian doll one received from their uncle. The other is creeped out by the doll's face, and in a act of paranoia, grabs the doll and throws it into the well. They believed it was cursed. The two then head off to make daisy chains.
- Wooden fish- A man of assumed African-decent is gifted a wooden fish, but believes it to actually be a real fish instead of a instrument. He throws it into the well hoping it will "survive".
- Watermelon- Two hip music-stars are exploring outside from the city, and one of them throws the watermelon into the well foolhardily to "let it cool down". With no way to get it back of course.
- Plate- A distressed man pleads to an exorcist simply known as "master exorcist", claiming to hear a demonic voice coming from a well counting up to 9 while going on about "plates" and then unleashing a terrifying shriek. Master exorcist decides to drop a plate into the well, believing it will subdue and calm the spirit within the well.
- Egg- A man warns a Farmer named "Clive" of a runaway chicken fleeing. The chicken (named "cuckerella") is in a state of preparing to lay a egg, and just before being captured, lays the egg into the well. The chicken has tangible thoughts translated through its "clucks", and it appears to despise the humans stealing its eggs.
- Mutagen- a Presumed soldier is holding the only surviving sample of a mutant gene called Formula XZK7R near a well. It was created by a scientist who according to the soldier "had to be disposed of". The soldier explains that the scientist knew too much (in his master's judgement), and once he drops the substance into the water, microscopic creatures contained within will emerge and transform. The purpose of the Microscopic creatures would be used to create obedient monster slaves.
Unlockables[]
- Matryoshka - Unlocked when "Well 4: Perilous Pit" is completed.
- Wooden Fish - Unlocked when "Well 6: Fiery Fissure" is completed.
- Watermelon - Unlocked when "Well 7: Brutal Barriers" is completed.
- Mutagen - Unlocked when "Well 10: Absolute Abyss" is completed.
Hazards and objects[]
- Lemon gaps
- Pizza slices (will separate in some areas by retracting slices to provide holes)
- Homing cookies (come in various appearances such as sugar stars, crackers, and sandwich cookies)
- cannons (home in on the player firing cannonballs)
- fan (slows down the player to allow them to pass through the gaps)
- wooden logs (can push out of walls to disrupt player's movement)
- wood spinners (detach and fall upon collision with player)
- Balloons (come in tiny and giant sizes to heal player's HP. does not work on matryoshka or mutagen.)
- donuts (boost the player if they pass through the hole)
- Fake donut boards (Tricks player into thinking they're real donuts)
- Japanese draw-covers
- rock-pillars
- wooden walls
- trampolines
- Wind currents
Reception[]
Nintendo Life gave the game a score of 8/10, praising it for its addictiveness.
3DS eShop Description[]
Be one with the stone from the toss to the splash. With a sharp mind and a deft touch on the Circle Pad, master the journey to the bottom of wells filled with obstacles. As you learn to maneuver each stone in free fall and complete each level, you'll unlock more stones and wells. Embrace the challenges that lie ahead...for the flight is at hand.
Each well is designed differently, with various hazards to impede your journey. Some wells have pizzas that break apart; others contain floating cookies that will sacrifice their delicious lives to stop you from getting to the bottom. With a selection of stones, such as the beefy iron ball and the fragile gem, race as fast as possible to the bottom each well. Then turn on the StreetPass feature and share your speedy conquests with others!
Trivia[]
- The game is known in European regions as "splash or crash!" and "Hyu stone" in japan.
- The Matryoshka is the second weakest stone in the game- and holds a very unique health system in the form of "layers". each time it hits a obstacle or wall it shrinks to the smaller layer. 5 strikes will destroy the matryoshka, and balloons will not help the player nor regenerate broken layers.
- The purpose of the mutagen stone is purely a joke, due to how unstably fast and fragile it is. it would require TAS or hacking to successfully complete a stage flawlessly, outside of pure practice.
- additionally- this is boosted by the evil intentions of the soldier who had kept the formula, using it to rule the world with mutated monsters.
- Though the main playable objects are called "stones", not every object is technically a "stone".
- Most obstacles will actually ceist movement if the player collides with it. Continuing to stall will result in the obstacle disappearing entirely.
- This is the only full region appearance of Kersploosh in the US. Kersploosh appears in a cameo crossover within one of the levels of the rhythm game "percussion mansion", which is exclusive to japan.
- Additionally, it was preceded by a sequel "New hyu stone" which is path-adventure based, exclusive to japan. It uses the same exact music from the previous game, and has brand new levels alongside the older levels returning as secret remade levels. It host a MUCH more massive roster of playable stones than the previous game at a whopping 25.
External links[]
- Kersploosh! at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Kersploosh! at GameFAQs