Lives are lost for any pieces of fruit that fall from the screen intact, while accidentally detonating a bomb results in an instant game over. Classic mode is potentially endless, essentially giving players three lives to chop until they drop. It's incredibly simple, utterly addictive and works exactly as it should, thanks to the Kinect camera offering immediate and accurate body tracking.įruit Ninja Kinect contains four game modes, none of which deviate from the basic slice and dice objective. Players are represented on screen as a shadowy figure (adding to the whole Ninja theme), while customisable coloured trails are used to display the slashing motions. Instead of using fingers to swipe a screen, however, players use their arms to slice and dice the scores of strawberries, lemons and limes that fly across the screen with reckless abandon.

However, as games such as Sonic Free Riders and Fighters Uncaged have shown, Kinect isn't always the easiest system to develop for.įor those who have never heard of the game, Fruit Ninja Kinect is based on the iOS and Android game of the same name (minus the Kinect part). While Fruit Ninja Kinect may not be as innovative or creative as Ubisoft's sublime shooter, it's tailor made for the Kinect experience, and is exactly the sort of simple to play party game that should flourish on the system. The latter in particular has shown that this controller-free gaming malarkey has the potential to produce some real gems. Countless new, ambitious and promising Kinect games were announced at this year's E3 event in Los Angeles, while recent titles such as UFC Personal Trainer and Child Of Eden have proved that Kinect can indeed handle the basics. Also available on: iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7įruit Ninja Kinect arrives at a time when Microsoft's motion device has started to show its true potential.

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