one of the best games on the 3DS's library of titles for sure, fluid and enjoyable combat with a great array of different weapons to use and all of it has a lot of impact and satisfying sound effects which is an standard in many of Sakurai's games, the difficulty slider is genius and creates a sense of risk/reward perfectly by making the game harder but in turn it leads to better equipment, impressive visuals and music for the 3DS, enjoyable RPG/crafting mechanics through the weapon fusion function, charming dialogue and characters.

the control scheme is certainly difficult to handle, aiming the Stylus at the touch screen feels surprisingly good and intuitive but handling the Circle Pad and pressing the left-shoulder button at the same time can and most likely will lead to excessive hand cramps very often, I had to play 3 or 4 chapters per playing session to overcome that.

overall it's an near perfect game in my eyes, the gameplay and an great number of it's mechanics are so satisfying, the dialogue and characters are lovely, really there is not an single aspect of it that I didn't like apart from the control scheme of course, would love to see some form of re-release for the Switch and an good number of people would see on how excellent this game is in nearly every regard, if you have an 3DS you can't miss this gem.