I-Ninja

"I-Ninja! Are you Ninja?"

I-Ninja! Are you Ninja? is something that I frequently go around my house saying just after playing the game. This game is a well-rounded game in my opinion although it does have its weak points at some points in the game.

GRAPHICS---10/10

The graphics in this game are worthy of even a Ninja, for Ninja's are cool looking and must always be presented at their best state of looking good. The grass sways in the wind, and it flies when you go and chop it to pieces with you katana. There are many different environments depicted in this game, and none have their flaws that I can see.

SOUND---6/10

The sounds in this game get repetitive, although they are quite funny at first. When you make Ninja go on killing sprees he often says something funny right in the middle of the fight or right after it, it depends on how long the fight is. The music is calm and relaxing, but that isn't the point of an adventure game in my opinion.

WEAPONS---10/10

The weapons area of the game is definitely one of its strong points. In addition to obviously having the katana you also get to use poisonous darts, and shuriken. The darts will kill almost any enemy in one hit, while the shuriken bounce around the level for ten seconds damaging anything that gets in their way. You cannot pick up used darts or shuriken though, even if they are sticking out of the enemies head. The katanas are your typical Ninja hack and slash weapon destroying everything in Ninja's path, you can even split your robotic enemies in half and watch their green blood seep out everywhere.

ENEMIES---8/10

There definitely is a good amount of different enemies in this game although some are way too easy to defeat while others are too hard to the untrained. You will always encounter pretty much the same line-up of enemies throughout each level, although they do get harder the farther you are into the game.

GAME PLAY---10/10

With enemies to slash, balls to roll on, puzzles to solve and various other things to do in the environment, game play is great here especially when you get emerged into various other things that you can do, such as shooting a gattling gun at ships entering a harbor, sort of like a Pearl Harbor simulation. Plus what else could be better than rolling around on the eyes and heart of a robot.

REPLAY VALUE---6/10

The only replay value in this game is trying to get all of the grades, other than that the game just ends and becomes not fun.

OVERALL---8/10

Overall this game is good while it lasts.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 03/07/04