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08-08-2011, 05:10 PM
<span class="articleText">To some folks, the mere existence of Fruit Ninja Kinect (http://www.evilavatar.com/games/xbox360/fruit-ninja) could mean the sky is still falling -- where casual games end up filling shelves and homes while edging out traditional core experiences. For context, Fruit Ninja (http://www.evilavatar.com/games/iphone/fruit-ninja) started as a popular fruit slicing smartphone game developed by Halfbrick Studios and downloaded over 20 million times across five platforms since its April 2010 debut. This basic version is available for .99 cents -- but now for $10 (and a Kinect), you could play it on an HD console with your entire body serving as the controller. Before you go all Chicken Little on me about how another baby game is coming to your hardcore console, splash some water on your face and consider this: Yes, bite-sized casual games like this rarely transition well to traditional core platforms like the 360, but what if Fruit Ninja Kinect turns out to be one of the best examples of simple fun using Microsoft's motion based peripheral? Is it anything but expected, considering Fruit Ninja itself is one of the few mega successful smartphone games wrapped in the cultural zeitgeist of casual games?
The first thing you'll notice when playing Fruit Ninja Kinect is that the environment here is much different than playing on a handheld device, even though the core concept is fundamentally the same. Traditionally, Fruit Ninja is a game where you swing and slice fruit that's been tossed in the air like a modern day samurai with a Ginsu knife, but only using the power of your finger instead. There's not much to the game fundamentally, and it's designed as quick entertainment.
More... (http://www.1up.com/reviews?cId=3185221)
The first thing you'll notice when playing Fruit Ninja Kinect is that the environment here is much different than playing on a handheld device, even though the core concept is fundamentally the same. Traditionally, Fruit Ninja is a game where you swing and slice fruit that's been tossed in the air like a modern day samurai with a Ginsu knife, but only using the power of your finger instead. There's not much to the game fundamentally, and it's designed as quick entertainment.
More... (http://www.1up.com/reviews?cId=3185221)