Mini Ninjas

Three little ninjas make it to the DS, but can they deliver fun?

Hiro is a terrible ninja. He’s not particularly stealthy, he doesn’t assassinate anyone, and he’s a lousy shot with his shuriken. That’s kind of the point, though: Mini Ninjas feels like an attempt to rebrand the ninja, putting aside all that nasty murder and theft and replacing it with cute widdle animals and magic powers. ...

One of the first games in a long time that is actually tons of fun for all ages.

" Oh, it has promise, but the game never reaches that promise. Mini Ninja's visual engine seems pretty solid for DS standards, but then it quickly tanks downwards with a framerate that has a hard time sticking staying on its 60 frames per second max. Protip: if you can't nail 60 FPS 100 percent of the time, lock it at 30 so we don't have to deal with the awkward herky-jerkiness of the animation trying to keep up. "