- First E-rated game by renowned storyline and character-driven developer, IO Interactive, makers of Hitman and Kane & Lynch.
- Epic adventure appealing to all ages. No killing. When an enemy is defeated it is transformed into its original innocent animal form, restoring balance.
- Beautiful, distinct, highly appealing and original art style.
- A motley crew of 6 playable characters: Hiro, Futo, Suzume, Tora, Shun & Kunoichi.
- Play as Mini Ninjas with cool ninja weapons, moves and powerful spells.
Product Description
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 … More >>
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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.
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
I like this game, it’s pretty fun, even for grown-ups. However, the game is not intended for grown-ups so it doesn’t matter what I think.
My son is 4 1/2 and loves this game. He can follow the plot, somewhat. It’s not that far over his head. It is hard to understand some of the narration, so I had to “translate” for him. But the story is very simple. So is the mission: beat baddies, till you get to the big baddie. He has not encountered the big baddie yet, so I can not comment on that part.
The minions, however, are pretty easy to beat, on easy level. If my son were older, I would definitely need to set it to a harder level. Anyway, beating a minion means turning him (back) into a cute animal. No blood or death.
My only complaint (this does not affect my rating) is that you have to save at certain checkpoints. The game does auto-save at times, but you can not save whenever you want. I do not much experience with console games…so if this is normal, ignore this part.
Over all, this is a rockin’ game for kids who like action, but are too young for the gory stuff.
NOTE: If I had it to do over again, I would never have shown him the package. He said “this looks boring.” Yea, a 4 year old said that. Once he started playing though, he had a whole new attitude.
Rating: 4 / 5
My sister (who is a pretty hardcore gamer) bought the Wii version for my son (7), mostly because it was cute, and he likes ninjas. From the beginning I was impressed by the look and feel of the game. It’s not the most elaborate or detailed world you’ll ever see, but it’s well designed and perfect for the audience. That the defeated foes don’t die but rather turn into cute animals is both integral to the plot and a perfect solution for allowing combat in a young kids game. I started out mostly playing it just to stay ahead of my son so I could give advice if necessary (I was once a “gamer” but haven’t had the time in quite a few years), but I found it a lot of fun as well. It’s not the most challenging game I’ve ever played, but it’s addicting nonetheless.
There are elements of the game play that took my son some time to get used to — but he’d played the various Lego games (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman) and he picked it up quite quickly, and it was engrossing enough to get him to work through any of the places he was getting frustrated. My younger son (4) tried playing a few times as well, but he wasn’t as willing to put in the effort. He had a lot of fun just watching, though.
I’d definitely recommend it (at least for its intended audience). My only caveats are that 1) while you can save your progress as you move through the levels, you can’t really save your progress so that you don’t have to restart at the beginning of level except when you finish the level… and some of the levels take longer to complete than I’d ideally have liked my son to be playing at a single stretch… and 2) the dialogue/narration is often too accented/muffled to really substitute for reading, so it was sometimes necessary that an adult was there watching to help out and read some of the longer pieces… though when that wasn’t the case he was certainly able to muddle along without.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m not a hard core gamer. I’m a 20-something Mom of two. There isn’t a single other PS3 game that we have seen or tried that I play on a regular basis. If it weren’t for this game, I would never ever play the PS3, only my husband would. My 3 year old daughter can watch us play and follows along with the storyline, she even gets excited or nervous in parts. When your ninja fights, it’s not really violent, so it’s ok for her to watch it, and the bad guys turn into cute bunnies or big bears when you “kill” them. This game is also beautiful. I really can’t say enough about it, I think it’s the best buy for us because we don’t have to hide it from the kids and I enjoy playing it. Love it.
Rating: 5 / 5