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| Abbreviation | LN-SOR |
| Developer | TT Fusion |
| Publisher | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Universe | Ninjago |
| Starting Level | Chen's Island |
| Episodes | Story |
| Hub | Ninjago Island |
| Release Date | March 27, 2015 |
| Rating | E10+ (North America) PEGI 7+ (Europe) |
| Systems | Nintendo 3DS PlayStation Vita iOS |
| Categories | Characters Levels Episodes |
| LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (Handheld) | LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin | LEGO Jurassic World (Handheld) | ||||
LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin is the third game in the Ninjago franchise. It takes place in between seasons four and five and is considered non-canon to the series, despite introducing one of the show's reoccurring characters.
Plot[]
The game begins on Chen's Island, with all four of the main ninja crashing in the jungle to steal Chen's staff. Along the way the player learns the basic controls and Kai is showered in praise over doing simple tasks. However after finding the staff and Jay's pants being bitten off by a giant snake, it's revealed that the opening levels are only Kai's retelling of what he thought happened. (Explaining the rest of the ninja worshipping Kai.)
Sensei Wu comes in, bringing the ninja to train with Dareth's new class of adult students. However said students are revealed to be a gang ordered by a masked individual to take out the ninja, this leads to a chase around the city until they corner the man, revealing himself to be Ronin, a mercenary hired by Master Chen to start up his backup plan. Once the ninja corner him, he pulls out an glaive, stealing their memories.
Once Wu realizes the glaive in question was the Obsidian Glaive, he tasks the ninja with breaking into Kryptarium in order to interrogate the man who created the glaive in the first place. It's revealed the Glaive can not only steal memories, but insert fake memories into Ronin's victims as well. The creator finally informs the ninja that the Tea of Truth can tell them how to regain their memories, although Wu requires a foul berry from the Toxic Bogs in order to brew it.
As the ninja drink it, they gain visions of Obsidian versions of their usual weapons, claiming each of them would cause the ninja to regain all the memories stolen from Ronin, as well as learning his connection to the deceased villain, Master Chen and his plan to revive him. Before Jay can reclaim his own Obsidian Weapon however the Nindroids attack and the ninja must act as a diversion while Cyrus Borg goes to set up a forcefield, with Nya joining in as Samurai X in her mech.
After taking care of that issue, the forcefield has a limited reach so the ninja will need to shut off the Nindroids power source. Lightning will be best to defeat them, so now Jay can finally claim his Obsidian Nunchucks (arguing with Cole as soon as he regains his memories of the love triangle between them both and Nya). The Nindroids get shut down briefly, only for them to get back up thanks to Ronin recharging them with an unknown weapon. Once the ninja return to Sensei Wu, who reveals Ronin has one of the Elemental Forges, the Lightning Forge to be specific, a destructive weapon that can wield one of the four elements.
All four Forges together will open a portal to the Cursed Realm, so the team must split up in order to obtain the Forges of Fire and Ice. Unfortunately Ronin manages to intercept them and take both Forges for himself as he goes after the latter, revealing he also obtained the Forge of Earth. Despite Ronin now having all four Forges, Wu says there is still one chance. They must reach the Primal Fulcrum before him, it must be destroyed, so they must find Lloyd to help them. He was meditating in a volcano when the ninja arrive, then they enter a graveyard to find Misako for more assistance. However Ronin planned ahead and has put Misako under his control thanks to the Obsidian Glaive, trapping all the ninja and successfully obtaining everything he needs now to bring Chen back from the dead. In a fit of rage, Lloyd destroys the Glaive and manages to free the team while Ronin runs off.
They don't know where he's heading, but the ninja will be able to find him by consulting the Fulcrum's guardians, four dragon eggs the ninja must fuse with their elemental dragons. The team returns to Chen's Island and fights their way through Ronin's guards until they make it to the center of his old palace. Wu attempts to talk sense into Ronin with no luck, the Primal Fulcrum unleashes a portal into the sky for the ninja to fly into and destroy from within. The final battle will begin with Wu realizing the Elemental Forges have been weakened from opening the portal, giving the ninja a chance to destroy them. Ronin's last stand is taking all the power left in the Forges to become a massive golem.
During the fight the ninja realize their platform is being forced down from a lava dome erupting, Lloyd blocks it to send the platform upwards towards Ronin and the Forges to end them once and for all with the Tornado of Creation. The portal closes with the Forges destroyed and Ronin is sent flying in his attempt to escape, then the ninja destroy the Primal Fulcrum to send their platform out of the portal and back to Chen's Palace. Suddenly the ninja realize Jay's lost his pants again, despite Jay's protests.
It's revealed at the end that it's once again Kai recounting events and the ninja laugh it off over some pizza. A bonus cutscene then plays of Dareth obtaining a hemlet to control the Stone Warriors and laughing maniacally, but it turns out he was just using them to clean his dojo and rearrange furniture.
Levels[]
Prologue[]
The Sea of Sand[]
The Tea of Insight[]
The Obsidian Sword[]
The Frozen Wastes[]
Revenge of the Nindroids[]
The Vaults of Ice And Fire[]
The Primal Fulcrum[]
Return to Chen's Island[]
Between Worlds[]
Characters[]
| Character | Cost (in studs) | Unlock Method |
|---|---|---|
| Kai* | Free | Complete Spinjago Chase |
| Kai (Tournament) | Complete Chen's Island | |
| Kai (DX) | 20,000 | Character Token in Volcanic Slide (Follow the stud path in the first cave) |
| Kai (ZX) | Reach True Ninja in Crashcourse Canyon | |
| Kai (Elemental) | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Fire Temple |
| Kai (Techno) | Reach True Ninja in The Volcano Core | |
| Kai (Jungle) | Free | Complete The Fire Temple |
| Jay* | Complete Spinjago Chase | |
| Jay (Tournament) | Complete Chen's Island | |
| Jay (DX) | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Endless Ocean |
| Jay (ZX) | Reach True Ninja in The Lightning Temple | |
| Jay (Elemental) | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Fulcrum Chamber |
| Jay (Techno) | Reach True Ninja in Island Assault | |
| Jay (Jungle) | Free | Complete The Lightning Temple |
| Jay (Showhost) | 100,000 | Reach True Ninja in Ninjago City |
| Cole* | Free | Complete Spinjago Chase |
| Cole (Tournament) | Complete Chen's Island | |
| Cole (DX) | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in Volcanic Slide |
| Cole (ZX) | Reach True Ninja in The Skeleton Mines | |
| Cole (Elemental) | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Caves of Despair |
| Cole (Techno) | Reach True Ninja in The Storm Farms | |
| Cole (Jungle) | Free | Complete The Caves of Despair |
| Cole (Lumberjack) | 20,000 | Character Token in The Glacier Barrens (Near the snowman after the falling tree) |
| Zane* | Free | Complete Spinjago Chase |
| Zane (Titanium) | Complete Chen's Island | |
| Zane (DX) | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in Frost-bite Chamber |
| Zane (ZX) | Reach True Ninja in The Ice Temple | |
| Zane (Elemental) | 50,000 | Character Token in The Glacier Barrens (Inside a stud ring in the helicopter section) |
| Zane (Techno) | Reach True Ninja in The Glacier Barrens | |
| Zane (Pink) | 150,000 | Reach True Ninja in Ice Slide |
| Sensei Wu (Classic)* | 100,000 | Character Token in Volcanic Slide (Jump across the lava on the left in the second section) |
| Sensei Wu | Free | Complete The Toxic Bogs |
| Nya* | Complete Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk | |
| Nya (Kabuki) | 250,000 | Destroy 5 Ronin Balloons in Ninjago Island |
| Samurai X | Free | Complete Ninjago City |
| Lloyd (Young)* | 100,000 | Reach True Ninja in Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk |
| Lloyd (Tournament) | 50,000 | Character Token in Chen's Island (Red X in Area 4) |
| Lloyd (ZX) | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in Portal Dive |
| Lloyd (Elemental) | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in Dimensional Space |
| Lloyd (Techno) | Free | Complete Fangpyre Tomb |
| Lloyd (Jungle) | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in Chen's Palace |
| Lloyd (Gold Ninja) | 250,000 | Character Token in Final Showdown (Melt the golden rock) |
| Dareth* | Free | Complete The Vault of Fire |
| Sensei Garmadon Classic* | 50,000 | Character Token in Hiroshi's Labyrinth (Talk to the monkey near door 2) |
| Sensei Garmadon | Character Token in The Fire Temple (Use grapple in the section with the gears) | |
| Lord Garmadon (Overlord) | 500,000 | Character Token in Dimensional Space (Use the skeleton switch after going up the moving platforms) |
| Lord Garmadon | 250,000 | Character Token in The Storm Farms (Fly trough a stud ring in the jet section) |
| Pythor P Chumsworth* | 500,000 | Character Token in Hiroshi's Labyrinth (shoot at targets and grapple the plant near door 10, re-enter door 9) |
| Pythor (Bleached) | 250,000 | Character Token in Kryptarium Prison (Use the skull door in the cell area) |
| Skalidor* | Character Token in The Caves of Despair (Use the Red X at the start of the level) | |
| Bytar* | 50,000 | Character Token in The Vault of Fire (Use Quake Pad at the start) |
| Chokun* | Character Token in The Volcano Core (Clear the Darkness on the left side after the Boss Battle) | |
| Snike* | 100,000 | Character Token in The Caves of Despair (Use the Bumple Pad near the part with two levers) |
| Fangtom* | 250,000 | Character Token in Fangpyre Tomb (Use the sword switch) |
| Fangdam* | 50,000 | Character Token in Fangpyre Tomb (Freeze and climb up the waterfall) |
| Fang-Suei* | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in Fangpyre Tomb |
| Snappa* | Reach True Ninja in Hiroshi's Labyrinth | |
| Skales* | 250,000 | Character Token in The Ice Temple (Melt the ice block on the right side after building the green bridge) |
| Slithraa* | 100,000 | Character Token in Frost-bite Chamber (Melt the ice statue) |
| Mezmo* | Character Token in The Ice Temple (Melt the ice block in the center at the upper part) | |
| Rattla* | 50,000 | Character Token in The Vault of Ice (Use the Quake Pad underneath a ice block after jumping on penguins). |
| Acidicus* | 250,000 | Character Token in The Toxic Bogs (Use Bumple Pad behind bushes in area 1) |
| Lizaru* | 100,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Toxic Bogs |
| Spitta* | Character Token in Crashcourse Canyon (In the stud circle on the left side during the jet section) | |
| Lasha* | Character Token in Crashcourse Canyon (On the ramp at the right side during the first motorcycle part) | |
| P.I.X.A.L.* | 250,000 | Destroy 5 Nindroid Generators in Ninjago Island |
| General Cryptor* | 200,000 | Character Token in Ninjago City (Smash few objects near the noodle house and build a rocket) |
| Nindroid Soldier* | 50,000 | Character Token in Ninjago City (Just before the train section, turn the pipes in the background green) |
| Nindroid Warrior | Character Token in The Storm Farms (Fly trough every stud ring in the last section) | |
| Nindroid Drone | Character Token in The Lightning Temple (Clear the Darkness on the left after jumping blue platforms) | |
| Min-Droid* | 200,000 | Character Token in The Lightning Temple (Behind the pendulum after Jay gets his memory's back) |
| Frakjaw* | Character Token in The Vault of Ice (Freeze the waterfall on the left side near the start) | |
| Bonezai* | 50,000 | Character Token in The Skeleton Mines (Use the Bumple Pad near the repairable engine) |
| Chopov* | Character Token in The Skeleton Mines (Use the Red X in the underground section) | |
| Wyplash* | 150,000 | Character Token in Dimensional Space (At the right side, just before the darkness) |
| Nuckal* | 100,000 | Character Token in Ice Slide (Under the ramp section before the wail) |
| Kruncha* | Character Token in Ice Slide (Follow the right site in the underwater section) | |
| Krazi* | Character Token in Portal Dive (In a stud ring in the fire section) | |
| General Kozu* | 500,000 | Character Token in The Fire Temple (Near the end of the level use the skeleton panel) |
| Stone Warrior* | 100,000 | Character Token in The Endless Ocean (On your path around the lighthouse) |
| Stone Swordsman | Character Token in The Fulcrum Chamber (Use the skull switch near the waterfall) | |
| Stone Scout | 150,000 | Character Token in The Vault of Fire (Use grappel on the little tower in the north) |
| Ronin* | 250,000 | Character Token in The Volcano Core (Use the skull panel on the right side after the Boss Fight) |
| Ronin (Masked) | 500,000 | Character Token in Spinjago Chase (Use staff lever next to the throwable rock) |
| Ronin (Mercenary) | Free | Complete Final Showdown |
| Ronin Warrior* | 50,000 | Character Token in Portal Dive (Enter the second stud ring) |
| Ronin Samurai | Character Token in Final Showdown (Use the Red X) | |
| Ronin Warrior (Disguise) | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Vault of Ice |
| Ronin Samurai (Disguise) | 10,000 | Reach True Ninja in Final Showdown |
| Ed* | Character Token in Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk (Use Spinjitzu at the far-right) | |
| Edna* | Character Token in Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk (Use the Red X at the left side) | |
| Misako* | Free | Complete Fangpyre Tomb |
| Hibiki* | 10,000 | Character Token in Kryptarium Prison (Use grapple in the first area) |
| The Mailman* | 50,000 | Reach True Ninja in Chen's Dungeon |
| Master Chen* | 500,000 | Character Token in Chen's Palace (Use the skeleton switch on the upper level) |
| Skyler* | 150,000 | Character Token in Chen's Island (Grapple in Upper Part of Area 1) |
| Karlof* | Character Token in Island Assault (In a small side street at the part with two mechs) | |
| Shade* | Character Token in Chen's Dungeon (Open the skull door) | |
| Turner* | 500,000 | Character Token in Spinjago Chase (Use Bumple Pad in Area 2 next to the throwable rock) |
| Neuro* | 250,000 | Destroy 5 Golden Statues in Ninjago Island |
| Ash* | 150,000 | Character Token in The Fulcrum Chamber (Use Bumple Pad on the left side) |
| Paleman* | Character Token in Frost-bite Chamber (Use the Red X underneath a rock) | |
| Toxikita* | 100,000 | Character Token in Chen's Palace (Melt the painting of Chen near the fountain) |
| Gravis* | 50,000 | Character Token in Chen's Dungeon (Use Bumple Pad) |
| Jacob Pevsner* | 250,000 | Character Token in The Endless Ocean (Under the stone arch) |
| Silver Eye* | 20,000 | Character Token in Island Assault (Destroy the dragon statue and build a rocket) |
| Mojo* | Reach True Ninja in Chen's Island | |
| Zumo* | 500,000 | Destroy 5 Dragon Statues in Ninjago Island |
| Anacondrai Warrior* | 250,000 | Destroy 5 Snake Statues in Ninjago Island |
| Prisoner* | 100,000 | Reach True Ninja in Kryptarium Prison |
| Prison Guard* | 20,000 | Reach True Ninja in The Vault of Fire |
| Spinjago Citizen* | 10,000 | Reach True Ninja in Spinjago Chase |
| Gingerbread Man* | 150,000 | Character Token in The Toxic Bogs (Walk on the poison path after the tree parkour) |
Abilities[]
- Quake Pad
- Super Strength
- Electricity Panels
- Repair
- Light Torches
- Heat
- Freeze
- Extinguish
- Creation Pad
- Staff
- Acrobat
- Grappling Hook
- Red X
- Skull Switch
- Poison Path
- Bumple Pad
- Spinjitzu
- Tornado of Creation
Extras[]
Extras can be bought in the shop section of the menu.
- Stud Multiplier x2 --- Found in The Toxic Bogs --- Cost: 50,000
- Stud Multiplier x5 --- Found in The Ice Temple --- Cost: 200,000
- Stud Multiplier x10 --- Found in Chen's Palace --- Cost: 500,000
- One Hit Wonder (every foe is one hit) --- Found in The Fire Temple --- Cost: 250,000
- Invincibility --- Found in Dimensional Space --- Cost: 500,000
- Fast Build --- Found in Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk --- Cost: 250,000
- Spinjitzu Master (infinite spinjitzu) --- Found in Spinjago Chase --- Cost: 100,000
- Enemy Loot (every foe drops studs) --- Found in Fangpyre Tomb --- Cost: 75,000
- Infinite Boost (only during vehicle levels) --- Found in The Vault of Ice --- Cost: 50,000
- Random Impacts (add wacky effects if you hit a foe) --- Found in The Lightning Temple --- Cost: 50,000
Trivia[]
- When playing on the Citra emulator, the cutscene audio becomes all jumbled up. This doesn't affect the dialogue in game however.
- This is the second LEGO game from TT with an odd-numbered stud multiplier which is Stud Multiplier x5, the other being LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues which had Score x3.
- This is the only game where Ninjago is referred to as Spinjago.
- Spinjago was also the original name for Ninjago Island.
- The plot of this game bears some similarities to Part six of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- The main villain, Ronin, was given a task by Master Chen should his first plan to take over Ninjago fail, much like Enrico Pucci being tasked with DIO's backup plan should he die.
- Both villains also steal the memories of the main protagonist(s) who killed their employer.
- Both villains also manipulate minor characters to do their bidding.
- The protagonists also break into a prison in order to find a way to restore the protagonist's memories. The Tea of Truth in Ninjago and the memory Disc in JoJo.
- The antagonists obtain an artifact of sorts to complete their goals, the Elemental Forges and Primal Fulcrum are the equivalent to DIO's bone and the writing in his diary for the Green Baby
- During the final battle, both antagonists used their obtained artifacts to grow stronger in a last ditch attempt to kill the heroes
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| 2010s | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (2010, PSP, DS) • LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (2011, PSP, DS, 3DS) • LEGO Battles: Ninjago (2011, DS) • LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (2011, PSP, DS, 3DS) • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (2011, PSP, PSVita, DS, 3DS) • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (2012, PSVita, DS, 3DS) • LEGO The Lord of the Rings (2012, PSVita, DS, 3DS) • LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins (2013, 3DS) • LEGO Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey (2013, PSVita, DS, 3DS) • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril (2013, PSVita, DS, 3DS) • LEGO Friends (2013, DS, 3DS) • The LEGO Movie Videogame (2014, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO The Hobbit (2014, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids (2014, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (2015, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Jurassic World (2015, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Marvel's Avengers (2016, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016, PSVita, 3DS) • LEGO City Undercover (2017, Switch) • LEGO Worlds (2017, Switch) • The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame (2017, Switch) • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017, Switch) • LEGO The Incredibles (2018, Switch) • LEGO DC Super-Villains (2018, Switch) • LEGO Harry Potter Collection (2018, Switch) • The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame (2019, Switch) • LEGO Jurassic World (2019, Switch) |
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