What's going down in Ninjatown
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 12th 2008 at 12:00PM }
We're confident in our belief that Ninjatown is the only ninja game in history to feature cartoon hearts on its box. It's all due to the super-cute style created by Shawn Smith that the bizarre dichotomy between cute and cold-heartedly murderous can be maintained. For example: the game is a strategy game, which means war. The black-suited ninja is less than one second away from committing an act of violence on the boxart, and yet the ninjas' Smurf-Village-like dwellings overpower that and elicit an "awwww."
We've got the first direct-feed screens of the game in our new gallery, and the same feeling applies: yes, these are people who primarily identify as ruthless assassins, but ... we want to huggle them.
Gallery: Ninjatown
[Via press release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bad Mojo @ Feb 12th 2008 12:28PM
So basically a tower defense game with ninjas instead of Pixeljunk monsters?
The wi-fi part may save it some. Other than that... not so much.
TheCoats @ Feb 12th 2008 12:28PM
WANT!!!!!....When does this bad boy come out?
David D. @ Feb 12th 2008 5:23PM
A normal ninja game could feature hearts on the box-- just more ripped-out and anatomically correct ones.
rcm @ Feb 12th 2008 5:28PM
well...i WAS really excited for this game. but the screens are a bit disappointing.
Cheese Muffin @ Feb 12th 2008 8:44PM
Is it just me or does the boxart make them look like balloon-ninjas?
raindog @ Feb 13th 2008 1:15AM
Direct-feed from what system? Those screens are 512x384, so they'd have to be displayed on all four screens of two DSes sitting next to one another.
JC Fletcher @ Feb 13th 2008 2:32AM
Fine... "not photographed off of a page with a camera."
raindog @ Feb 13th 2008 9:19AM
After blowing them up, it doesn't look like the pictures have been scaled at all, so I really question whether they're from the DS in the first place.
Dayv @ Feb 13th 2008 4:01PM
Is it just me, or do the houses on the box art look kind of like screaming, half-buried heads?