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BaD Wii Review #11: Ninja Reflex


On 02/11/2015 at 11:06 PM by NintendoFanJon

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Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2015

I can't do it. I can't even make puns in my titles anymore. These games are so bad, and we aren't even halfway there. Anyways if you ever wanted the reflexes of a Ninja...this game will not provide you the skills necessary. I think becoming an actual ninja is easier than this game. Anyways here goes... Ninja Reflex.

Ninja Reflex is a  terrible party game, capitalizing on the popularity of games that take advantage of the unique Nintendo Wii Remote motions seen in other titles . It's no surprise really. The Wii had tons of shovelware party games. This is an example. And it was co-published by the satan of developers EA.

So here lies the big problem with this mini game/party game. There are only 6...yes 6 mini games. And they don't even get them right! I shouldn't be this bored or hate 6 games this much, but that's what it boils down to.You have shuriken throwing, catching fireflies on a lake, catching flies with chopsticks, catching fish in a pond, katana sword fights, and swatting vegetables. So here's a breakdown.

Katana: Requires you to move your Wii-mote left and right in a way that isn’t easily detectable, leading to constant failure. You'll usually face an oni and have to beat it within a certain time limit.

Shuriken: Lock onto pop-up enemies and flick the Remote to throw Shuriken to take them down isn't much fun and makes little use of the Wii Remote

Fireflies: Press a button when you see a firefly appear on screen - not exactly a high-concept game...not very fun either.

Flies: See above, except you put files in jars. Uses the wii remote a tad bit more though.

Fish: I'll be honest here. After seeing the objective of catch 5 fish in 30 seconds upgraded to catch 6 fish in 30 seconds...I lost that part of myself that prevents me from killing myself in the face.

Swatting vegetables: Use the nunchuk and swat away veggies. Liike fruit ninja only healthier and not as fun.

So there you have it. 6 bad mini games you repeat over and over and over again. Oh and you don't get any rewarding satisfaction. See once you earn your black belt or whatever by mastering the 6 most tedious games on the planet...you can subject yourself to the same torture and go for it again as the game restarts your progress! You might unlock some stuff and have the knowledge you didn't, but it has you repeat these games over and over and over.

And it shouldn't be this bad or this boring. Some cheeesy philosophical lines from your sensei that break up the tedium are about the only highlight of this game so I impart some Confucius style review analysis.

Confucius say: Man who play shitty game  gets brain aneurism.

Alright so what's next on the agenda?

NO! NO POWER RANGERS!


 

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/11/2015 at 11:48 PM

That's too bad ... I like the Power Rangers theme song. Also unfortunate a ninja party game didn't turn out well. Sounds cool.

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:47 PM

Yeah it didn't turn out well at all.

Alex-C25

02/12/2015 at 12:31 AM

You could have gone for a Spinal Tap reference with the title.

Man, I can't believe I had an interest on this game. 6 mini-games!? That simply won't do.

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:47 PM

Oh yeah and if you were to get it at launch I think it was $30. Crazy to think!

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/12/2015 at 03:10 AM

catching flies with chopsticks?  with a wii-mote?  my god.  

I can't believe there's so many of these games.  The Wii was a weird system... I guess so many people had them developers just cranked out whatever they could. 

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:48 PM

It got so much third party shovelware. People complain at the lack of third party Wii U games. I say good riddance lol.

Cary Woodham

02/12/2015 at 06:03 AM

I never played this game and don't have any interesting facts today either.  I've reviewed a few of the newer Power Ranger games, but I think only on the DS and 3DS.

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:49 PM

Ah man. Well at least you had the experience of playing some of the games! Laughing

mothman

02/13/2015 at 10:41 AM

Ninja Reflex, more like Ninja Defects. :)

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:49 PM

Ha ha. I'll have to remember that one.

KnightDriver

02/14/2015 at 03:58 AM

I want to get like a dozen of these shovelware games and have a drunken party. I think I ought to film it and put it on youtube as well.

NintendoFanJon

02/14/2015 at 06:50 PM

oh yeah. I made a drinking game from one of my games. I'm not sure what one it was because we got so wasted we forgot what we were playing games for!

KnightDriver

02/17/2015 at 02:15 AM

Ha ha!

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