Lost Kingdoms

Lost Kingdoms is a puzzle genre game developed and published by Fandraxonian Enterprises for the Fandraxo system. It stars five princes of kingdoms as they attempt to battle off a shadow, Satino, thirsty to feed himself a planet as grand as the onces the kingdoms reside on. Will they save the kingdoms from complete destruction and chaos, and become friends again from that argument?

Plot
There were five kingdoms, each protecting a well hidden realm that allows their planet to keep stability. Eventually, a kind and gentle princess came near the kingdoms and accidentally caused the kingdoms' princes to overreact and start fighting, each knowing a separate thing about the princess that would flourish their kingdoms. With the kingdoms' security focused on this unexpected event, an evil shadow invaded the land and sung an incomprehensible melody that awakens the realm. The shadow, revealing himself as Satino, destroys the realm, causing a dark void to appear over the land, erasing it from normal existence. It remains in Nonexistence, a universe that has erased beings and places. However, it only has ninety six hours before the world is engulfed in complete nonexistence. Will the princes reunite, make up for their consequences, and destroy the evil being?

Gameplay
Generally, you have to navigate through a 3D puzzle, turn on switches and activate platforms, doors, and sometimes hazards. To get to the end, you must find and press the three "Golden Switches", which open up a pathway to the goal. Along the way, you can collect "Diamond Spheres", which, when all collected, help you enter the final world. Each world has 10 of these.

You have a health meter of 4 bits. If all these bits are gone, you will lose a life. If you lose all lives, it's game over. To restore health bits, destroy enemies, which may contain white spheres. If five white spheres are collected, they form a health bit.

Along with Diamond Spheres, you can also find items to use.

Controls

 * Control Stick - Move/Select
 * A button - Jump/Confirm
 * B button - Attack/Deconfirm
 * Start - Pause Menu

Princes

 * Excalibai - A popopo covered in shining armor, and prince of the fabled Vineroot Valley Kingdom.  He's courageous and brave, but has little feelings and thoughts, but when they do show, they're overwhelmingly powerful. Excalibai swings the Sword of Justice, a sharp weapon meant for the strong and trusted.
 * Rageo - This Popopo is the prince of the old, rusted Crimson Ruins Kingdom.  Stubborn and always angry, he is not to be messed with.  He rules with an iron fist and protects his people with a heart of steel, despite his stubbornness.

Recruits

 * Mappius - A Waddle Doo that grew up as a countryman. Like his name suggests, he is a map maniac and draws and uses maps. He even has a thick map roll as a weapon. Mappius is gentle and caring, but when seriousness is needed, the attitude can roll over. Eventually, he joins Excalibai.
 * Melodro - This popopo, covered by a shadow of melodies, is a beautiful, gentle lady.  She takes in the hearts of foes and engulfs them in endless, shuddering darkness, although lightly.

Worlds
These are the worlds of the game. There are six of them total, and the first five can be gone through any order.
 * Vineroot Valley Kingdom - A land that lies in massive, tangled vines.  It's a jungle out here, with monkeys and snakes ready to strike.  There are many pit traps, and they can be spotted through somewhat visible clues.  This is the easiest of the worlds.
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 * Crimson Ruins Kingdom - This kingdom is very maze like, with many different traps.  Citizens here live in high protection but in angry spirits.  Common threats are ancient reptiles and raging rivers that attempt to force you out of this world.  This is the second hardest world.
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Enemies
There are not very many enemies in the game, only three different enemies per world. Most of the enemies may be difficult to defeat, however.
 * Vineroot Valley Kingdom
 * Monkeys - They attempt to jump on you, taking away one health mark.
 * Snakes - Snakes will try to slam their tails into you.  Avoid, then strike them.  They take away one health mark per attack.
 * Vineroots - Living roots that attempt to strangle you.  They don't damage you, but they can let other enemies attack.

Bosses
Of course, there are bosses, one per world. Each is helping Satino prevent the heroes from entering the final realm.
 * Ancient Totem - It has four faces, and attempts to spit fire at you from each face.  Due to limits on its power, it may only spit fire from two mouths at once.  It will spin in order to reach you.  Try to get behind it and slash at its back, its only weak spot.  Once all of its 16 health bits are gone, the boss is defeated.  It may jump at points to cause earthquakes, which temporarily stun you.

Items
In the game, there are only five items, but each can be very useful! Use them wisely...
 * Gem Shield - Protects from any attack only once.
 * Silver Spike - Swing this at any foe and kill them with one hit.  Use the attack button to use, and it can only be used thrice.
 * Ultra Spring - If this is jumped upon, it will spring you into the air higher than what a normal jump would do.  Press the jump button to activate it.
 * Laser Striker - Turns you into a beam and flings you around the place wildly.  Press the jump button to activate.
 * Bronze Cannon - Hold this, then press the attack button to fire an explosive bomb.