News: Mini Ninjas Adventures Announced for Kinect

Mini Ninjas Adventures Announced for Kinect

Posted Fri, 01 Jun 2012 by James Newton

Weeeeeee

Become the Hiro

Square Enix has just announced Mini Ninjas Adventures, a Kinect exclusive for North America and Europe on 29th June.
Picking up after Mini Ninjas, the Xbox Live Arcade title will cost 800 Microsoft Points and let you kick and punch your way to rescue other ninja from the evil Samurai Warlord.
We liked the original so let's hope this continues the cutesy but entertaining Mini Ninjas name.

SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES MINI NINJAS ADVENTURES
A full body Ninja experience coming exclusively to XBLA Kinect June 29th 2012
London (1st, June 2012) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announced Mini Ninjas™ Adventures, a brand new title will be available exclusively in North American and Europe for Kinect for Xbox 360 from the 29th June 2012.
Developed specifically for Kinect, Mini Ninjas Adventures lets you become the ninja! Get ready to swipe, kick and battle your way through intense ninja action as you help Hiro rescue his master and fellow ninjas from the clutches of the evil Samurai Warlord.
”We’re excited to be bringing Mini Ninjas Adventures to Kinect for the first time,” said Sarah Hoeksma, VP Brand, Square Enix Europe. “We’ve created a completely new Xbox Live Arcade game, using the extremely charming Mini Ninjas brand, which we feel delivers fun family gaming to the living room.”
Developed by Side-kick Ltd, Mini Ninjas Adventures will be coming exclusively to Xbox Live Arcade priced at 800 points. Future ninjas can look forward to taking on 21 different levels and a range of boss battles armed with physical and magical attacks that will have the evil samurai running in fear, all supported by the incredibly responsive game engine.
"We are thrilled to be working with Square Enix and IO Interactive. Bringing Hiro to life using Kinect gave us an excellent opportunity to use our passion for motion games to create a deep arcade title that is fun for all" said Asaf Sela, founder and creative director of Side-kick.
So pack your ninja stars, sword and more and get ready for adventure...a Mini Ninjas Adventure!
Mini Ninjas Adventures will be available in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Features
· 21 Different Levels - All packed with multiple different enemies, and environments
· Mini Games – Put your Ninja skills to the test across a range of mini games
· Boss Battles – Take on the ultimate Ninja challenge with fiendish boss battles
· Gesture Driven Combat – Put your body through the full Ninja workout, controlling multiple weapons with movement and voice-activated attacks
· Physical and magic attacks – Easy to learn, tricky to master
· Character upgrade system – Customise your character to suit your Ninja style