Mini Ninjas
You are the last Ninja that anyone would expect to save the world. Yet that is exactly what you’re called to do when an Evil Samurai Warlord hatches a plan bent on total domination. Use your special Ninja training to battle a magical army of twisted Samurai, ride the rapids of the Great Central River, walk into the very heart of the Lost Volcano, and finally confront the Samurai Warlord in his Evil Fortress of Doom. Play as Hiro and other Mini Ninjas, combining your ninja skills, weapons & kuji magic powers in an epic & challenging adventure to restore harmony to the world.
A single player action/adventure game, Mini Ninjas puts a new spin on the video game favorite, ninja action genre. A kid-friendly game featuring no killing and an engrossing storyline, which players explore via six playable ninja characters, players take on the role of Hiro and the fellow members of his improbable ninja clan as they face an ancient evil that has returned to impose itself on the world. Each ninja utilizes authentic ninja weapons and moves, and possesses his/her own individual skill set, including mysterious “kuji magic” abilities.
Story In Mini Ninjas players have their choice of six playable ninja characters, although as the game begins you will be limited to the main character, Hiro, and his comrade, the slow, but strong un-ninja like Futo. As part of the revealing of the storyline, players are tasked with searching out Hiro’s fellow ninjas, who at the beginning of the game were sent out to investigate troubles in the land, but never returned. They were captured by the evil warlord. As Hiro and Futo set each of these free, they in turn become playable characters. Each of the six playable characters has unique abilities, and utilizes a variety of ninja-specific weapons, items and moves, as well as “Kuji Magic,” which each–especially Hiro–can use to help them against enemies. These uses include classic mana-like blasts, but also more surprising and powerful forms such as the ability to take animal form in time of need. A New Kind of Ninja Mini Ninjas is an action adventure game with a fresh take on the ninja fascination that has long been part of video games culture. Designed to be kid-friendly, although the game utilizes realistic ninja weapons and moves, there is no actual killing. Because the evil ninjas and other enemies that players face are actually animals captured by the evil warlord, when they are defeated they revert back to their original animal forms, correcting the imbalance that the plans of the samurai warlord have caused, and ensuring game suitability for all ages of players. Key Game Features
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great family title.
I bought this for my kids — who are ages 7 and 12 — and I can’t tear them away from it. I think it’s such a refreshing break from the usual violence fest that’s out there. I am a now aging gamer and I’m also enjoying it. It seems like the people that made it put a lot of effort at making it interesting for young and old, it has a bit of those layers in the story and dialog that pixar movies have sometimes. Well worth the money in my opinion.
1 Stars major bummer of a game
We HAD to have this game and it is a huge disappointment. My 9 year old got really frustrated with it. I has bad graphics, hard to understand purpose and lots of “talking”. Definitely not worth the money, spend your money on a better game.
5 Stars One of the best games on the Wii
If you like any of the lego series you are going to love this. Storyline is fantastic, graphics are what you expect on a wii but the art style is truly cool. Taking place in mountains and valleys, along rooftops and rivers, gameplay is very fluid, grand and beautiful.
Music plays big..when going to shrines, buying recipes for potions from the tengu, fighting the samurai, each theme puts you deep into the game. I even love when you run away from the tengu their voice gets fainter. It’s all of the small things that make you say “this is a pretty cool game”. Humor is slight, but I was laughing hard when fighting the second boss (his weapon is his farts).
The way you assign spells and weapons can be confusing at first for younger kids, but controls are intuitive and easy to master. In fact using the spells wisely can kill the enemies without having to engage them at all. The lightning spell is wicked.
The game uses generous amounts of check points, so you don’t have to start from the beginning of the level. Upon completing a level, it gives you an option to move on or keep playing within the level in order to find all the hidden items.
I am very impressed with the game and highly recommend it. Can’t wait for a sequel.
4 Stars Surprisingly good!
The title “Mini Ninjas” screamed “shovel ware” to me, but that turned out to be far from the truth. “Mini Ninjas” boasts fun game play and very good visual designs. There isn’t a deep story — just enough to get you started on your quest to rescue other ninjas to add to your roster, find spells to add to your arsenal, defeat bosses and complete the game.
Even though the game is available on multiple platforms, using the Wii remote to point during attacks makes the game feel native to the console. Waggle is used for a few fairly logical actions and kept to a minimum. The cartoon style of the game also lends itself to the console very well, with a variety of terrains in times of day. Plenty of little visual touches are apparent through out, from the way your ninjas move to the animals you can inhabit with your ninja power.
There is also a lot of “things” in the game: characters you can play, potions you can mix from objects you find along the way, weapons you can use, spells you can collect and stealth moves you can make. Unfortunately, I found that you can mostly get by in the game with just two of the characters, the health potion, none of the spells and none of the additional weapons. It seems like there’s a lot of ideas in the game, but very little of them actually consequential to the game play. Access to your roster and items is also a little clunky, so that’s another incentive to not bother with them.
Despite that shortcoming, I still thought the game was fun and visually pleasing. There is no blood in the game, so it’s a good game to check out if you’re looking for something well-made for the younger set.
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