Mini Ninjas Trailer Celebrates Launch, Diversity

With a sextet of little warriors--Hiro, Futo, Suzume, Shun, Tora, Kunoichi--looking to save the world soon, publisher Warner Bros. has issued the Mini Ninjas launch trailer. The video offers a bit of everything: combat, stealth, magic, even white water

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With a sextet of little warriors--Hiro, Futo, Suzume, Shun, Tora, Kunoichi--looking to save the world soon, publisher Warner Bros. has issued the Mini Ninjas launch trailer. The video offers a bit of everything: combat, stealth, magic, even white water rafting.

The latest from the Hitman veterans at IO Interactive, Mini Ninjas is slated to hit PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS on September 8. If you're interested, a downloadable demo can be found on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and FileShack.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    September 3, 2009 2:57 PM

    I've played the demo, since I love IO Interactive, but I didn't like it one bit. We were actually talking about it yesterday and we agreed, it's just not that much fun :(

    I would have loved another Hitman but from their point of view I can understand that this is something fresh to work on.

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      September 3, 2009 3:08 PM

      I saw the game at E3 and it just looked like it didn't offer enough variety, especially in combat. There are several characters, but they each have no more than five attack moves and one special environmental navigation ability.

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      September 3, 2009 3:11 PM

      It's obviously a kids game but I think the radial menu for changing characters/weapons would confuse most 8 year olds. They should have spent more time designing to their target market imo.

      They also missed co-op which is really important to allow the younger kids to play without requiring them to grasp all the gameplay elements. I play LittleBigPlanet with kids and they love it but there's no way they could run through the levels themselves.

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      September 3, 2009 3:42 PM

      well, they're making a new hitman aswell. so whatever. the amazing will return.. maybe next year.

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      September 4, 2009 12:39 AM

      Hitman 5 is coming, hopefully enough people (not me) will buy it so the production is uninterrupted! Thanks plebs!

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