Elementals (video game)

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Elementals

Developer(s)

Boss Games

Publisher(s)

Boss Games

Platform(s)

New Nintendo 3DS

Genre(s)

Puzzle

Release Date(s)

12/31/15

Age Rating(s)

E

Elementals is a puzzle game by Boss Games created for the New Nintendo 3DS on New Years Eve. It stars different Elementals trying to get back home.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Elementals is simple. Using each Elemental given, you need to get them home. To do that however, you'll have to bypass obstacles by combining different elementals together. For example, to put out a fire if you weren't given water, you could mix Fire & Ice to cause Water to pour down on the fire. You can also combine two Elementals of the same type to get a powered-up version of their ability. Electricity + Electricity would cause a massive blast of well, electricity to rain down. However, you need to be careful not to destroy other elementals.

If you used Fire while near Ice, while it could create Water it would also destroy the ice. If you used Fire right next to ice, both would be destroyed as the water would put Fire out. Each elemental can also pass through different obstacles unharmed to reach switches or buttons. Fire can walk through fire, electricity can walk on Electric Panels, etc.

Story

80 Years after World War III, Humanity had wiped itself out. Families failed to escape the planet as the nukes fell and the explosions swallowed up the city. Eventually a new species came into existance - Elementals. The Elementals decided to explore this new planet, and find out what the hell happened here. Each Elemental split into groups to explore as each of them had their own benefits. The only two who didn't split into a group were Life & Death, girlfriend and boyfriend, who instead would try to talk to the Elementals through some old communication systems they found. Unfortunately for all the elementals, there are many obstacles, mutated animals, and more still inhabitating the planet of Earth.

Elemental Party

Elemental Party is a brand new mode added in the Party Time! Update. In Elemental Party, you choose a character out of every elemental and a level theme/board to play on, the DLC elementals and level themes do require that dlc to use. There's also some boards not based off of any existing themes that are based off of scrapped level themes. The goal of Elemental Party is simple - using a amount of turns (chosen at the menu as well as CPU Difficulty) to get the most diamonds as possible. The winner is sent to the Party Square where they get to show off their dance moves infront of every elemental in the game, with the player choosing from a list of dance moves. After all the elementals have moved, a minigame is randomly chosen.

Minigames

Boards

Elementals

Name	Ability
Fire	Can burn trees and walk through fire & lava
Water	Can go through Water can put out Fires
Ice	Can... freeze things. And walk on water too by freezing it.
Electricity	Can electrocute anything in Water and walk on Electric Panels
Life	Able to revive, heal, give energy, and more to Elementals. Can also create shields out of plants.
Death	Able to kill animals with the flick of his fingers, destroy trees, and more.
Rock	Can dig through rocks and go underground and lift boulders
Metal	Can be connected to certain machines to turn them off.
Ghost	Can go through certain objects and possess animals
Chocolate	Can wade through Chocolate Rivers and attract animals to let the other elementals get pass them.
Wind	Can provide gusts of wind to blow elementals across gaps.
Cosmic	Can use a star blast to break through certain walls, and destroy animals, however can only use the star blast a total of 3 times.
Sonic (USA)/Speed	Can move extremely fast and use a supersonic sound to stun enemies.
Golden Elemental	Can go through special liquids and hazards in levels allowing for alternate exits as well as some extra levels.
Mushroom	Can sap energy from trees to make mushrooms (size varies depending on how much energy was sapped)
Music	Can calm down various animals with the song of her voice and pass through musical blockades + loudspeakers.
Light	Can clear away darkness to create a path for other elementals so they don't get taken by Night Creatures.
Vortex	Can transport other elementals using portals, however the portals take up energy.
Feather	Can fly in the sky to reach places unaccessable by most elementals, however flight is limited.
Sponge	Can absorb water to grow bigger (with the max size being 3X the size of a normal elemental)
Darkness	Can darken a room temporarily to destroy creatures that live in the light, also survives in the darkness unlike every other elemental.
Sleep	Can send animals to sleep and restore it's own energy.
Animal	Can tame small animals such as rabbits and make them fight for the Elementals instead of against them.
Poison	A relative of the Ghost Elemental, as the name implies it can poison animals and obstacles.
Arachnid	Can create web bridges and web trampolines, Arachnid Elementals have night-vision and move faster in darkness, however that doesn't mean they can't be killed by animals. They also will slowly begin to die in the sunlight.
Burst	Can produce explosions all around it unless it's underwater or in a cold area. If it stays in a hot area for too long it will selfdestruct creating a massive explosion.
Mirror	Can redirect beams of light to solve light puzzles, for Animals that attack others of it's species, when it looks at a Mirror Elemental it'll try to kill the Elemental. Other Animals would see the Mirror Elemental as one of it's kind and let it live.

Bold indicates the elemental is only in the bonus stages.

Italics indicates the elemental is only in DLC.

Bold and Italics indicates the elemental is unlocked with a amiibo.

Reception

When Elementals was first announced at E3 2015, nearly everyone was skeptical assuming it would flop. However when it came out, the game was a hit, with the average review score being 8/10. It has been popular enough to score a entire DLC featuring brand new elementals that weren't added in the base game.

DLC

Sweet DLC ($5.00)

Released 2/8/16, the Sweet DLC included a brand new theme for levels - Candy. It also included a Level Maker where people with the dlc can create & share custom levels with eachother, and they get to choose what elementals the player has and how many. Sweet DLC also introduced 3 new Elementals: Chocolate, Wind, and Cosmic.

The Castle DLC ($2.50)

Released 3/6/16, The Castle DLC adds a brand new Castle Theme and a ton more challenging levels to test your skills, with some of the challenging levels being locked unless you get the Sweet DLC (As they use features only in the Sweet DLC). So far The Castle DLC is the only DLC to not add any new elementals.

Updates

All updates are for free and are compatible with DLC.

1/22/16: Party Time!

Released 1/22/16, Party Time! Features a brand new mode, a new elemental, and a new level theme.

1/29/16: The Big Update

Released 1/29/16, The Big Update is a big update that includes new elementals, amiibo support, new level themes, a new mode, and a couple other things.

Level Maker

In the Level Maker, you can create levels using level themes and a list of obstacles, as well as a list where you can add in elementals.

Obstacles

Name	Description
Passive Ghost	Can pick up Elementals and throw them, however Ghost Elementals cannot be picked up.
Undead Puppetmaster	A more dangerous kind of ghost, there's a 5% chance a Undead Puppetmaster will possess a Elemental. If this happens, you'll need the Light Elemental to get it out of the Elemental. Ghost Elementals can also fight back against Possessed Elementals
Hornet Choir	Interrupt this Choir, and you'll have to run like hell. The good news is that Rock Elementals simply find the stings tickling. Atleast you can use your trust Music Elementals to distract them to pass by them. Oh, and their singing can make Elementals fall asleep making them unable to move for a few minutes, good thing Music Elementals are immune to that!
Metroid/Alien Creature	A weird Alien Creature found on Other Planet, it can suck the life out of Elementals rendering them unusable until the Alien Creature is taken down. You'll need a Cosmic Elemental handy for these guys!
Donkey Kong/Strange Ape	Some sort of Ape that seems to love throwing barrels, you'll need to find a way to avoid his barrels if you want to live!
Ridley/Alien Creature 2	Another weird Alien Creature found on Other Planet, there's only 1 piece of advice you can be given - RUN. LIKE. HELL. Able to take down Elementals in one hit, can move fast, and shoot fireballs to burn every Elemental down.
Lunar Ostrich	Flightless birds that have huge heads and dark personalities, you'll be better off not having any Light Elementals near these guys, as they target light!
Maiasaurus	Dinosaurs that got revived from the Nuclear War, they're usually harmless. Just don't go near their young or attack their young or you'll regret it.
Giant Mosquito	A gigantic Mosquito that can suck all the blood and life out of a Elemental, you'll have to get a Giant Toad near them or them near a Giant Toad for them to be destroyed. Life is Immune to Giant Mosquitos.
Giant Toad	A gigantic Toad that ignores Elementals, it can accidentally crush them. They're the only things that can destroy Giant Mosquitos

Bold indicates the obstacle is only in the bonus stages.

Italics indicates the obstacle is only in DLC.

Bold and Italics indicates the obstacle is in a stage unlocked with a Amiibo.

Level Themes

Name	Description
Field	A nice little field theme, it's the best place to take a break.
Forest	A area with tons of trees, beware of the falling apples.
Desert	The hottest level theme around, expect no water in here.
Candy	A Sweet place, there's lollipop trees, chocolate rivers, and more!
Castle	A dark and gloomy castle with jail cells, don't expect any happiness in here and remember to bring a light source!
Ocean	The wettest place in the world speaking of how it's entirely water, not many elementals can actually be in this theme due to the water.
Sky	It's the sky with tons of clouds, did I mention that clouds will dissapear if too many elementals are on them?
Ice	Full of slippery ice, and be careful with the fire elementals here... You may melt the entire theme and destroy your elementals!
Disco	Home to all the latest dances and music, the Disco is great for cheering people up.
Old School	Looks just like a old Gameboy game, it features barrels trying to kill you and a certain ape...
Giant Tree	Takes place inside of a giant tree. Fire elementals would probably melt it using common sense, oh and did we mention bugs are slowly eating up the entire tree and will eventually kill you?
Ruins	There's ancient ruins with hidden passages, treasure, treasure, and mostly more treasure. Oh, and nearly everywhere you go has a death trap waiting to murder you. Have fun!
Corrupted Mansion	A extremely dark corrupted mansion full of ghosts, walking paintings, bleeding books, and more. YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS!
Factory	A factory that's still running full of conveyor belts, and machines waiting to mash, burn, and many more unpleasant things.
Urban	A busy city full of moving cars, trains, subways, and airplanes. The strange thing is humanity was wiped out, so whats controlling this city?
Other Planet	Beware of this place, there's some weird alien creatures we've found here... Atleast Elementals can survive here.
Tropical Rainforest	A place full of rain, rivers, and murderous frogs, this is not a ideal vacation place for most Elementals.
Volcano	A dangerous area that erupts from time to time, only Elementals able to survive lava could survive in here, every other Elemental has a 5 minute timer unless they find a way to cool themselves off (resetting the timer back to 5)
Mushroom Forest	A destroyed forest full of Mushrooms & Bouncy Leaves, Fire Elementals would burn down the entire forest while Water Elementals would end up reviving it by destroying the Mushrooms.
Museum	A abandoned Museum that survived the Nuclear War, it's full of moving dinosaur fossils, possessed medieval armor, creepy security cameras, and much much more.
Weird Desert	A desert town of some sort with strange creatures called Mr. Saturns that luckily are harmless. The Weird Desert has a oasis where all the Elementals can regain their energy.

Italics means that it's unlocked from a DLC

Bold means that it's unlocked from a Amiibo

Amiibo Support

As of 1/26/16, Amiibo Support has been confirmed for Elementals with 3 pictures - a golden elemental, a golden elemental amiibo, and the golden elemental amiibo in a amiibo box.

Amiibo Name	Effect
Mario	Unlocks a new level theme - Old School
Golden Elemental	Unlocks the Golden Elemental Elemental
Samus	Unlocks a new level theme - Other Planet
Ness	Unlocks a new level theme - Weird Desert