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Ninjatown DS trailer somehow makes cute ninjas okay
Colette Bennett
\\ 08.21.2007
59 comments

It is a universal fact that ninjas should not be cute. It really kills the credibility of being a ruthless killing machine if women are cooing over you. However, figure in a DS title populated by Shawnimals, and somehow the whole concept becomes somehow much more acceptable. For those of you not familar with them, Shawnimals is a line of toys that appeals to the designer toy set that collect goodies such as Kubricks and Qee bears.

Southpeak Interactive will be showing Ninjatown at Leipzig Games Convention this week. They describe it in the press release as "a quirky but intensely addictive strategy title". As usual, the DS continues to delight with its eccentric library, and people with hardcore habits for cute attacks continue to feed the monkey. We can expect to see Ninjatown's US release in the first quarter of 2008. This has been Colette Bennett, your official commentary on all things squeeworthy, now signing off.

 

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59 COMMENTS, LATEST BY MightyJAK

@soadsam I think they look more like Puyo-puyos. lol @ ninjadropping... a ninja disguised as a turd, or an actual turd with the powers of a ninja? This video gave me Magical Designer Mari-chan fl... -    view discussion




There are 58 comments about this post:
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Smurfs + Awesome = NinjaTown.

I can't wait to play it. Better yet, I hope it becomes WiiWare. Those little bastard's hearts are just too damn big to be stuck on the small screen.
ZigZagMan's Avatar
This seems pretty awesome. It's cool when developers go out on a limb with cartoony art-styles.
soadsam's Avatar
gross they all look like jelly beans with eyes. although jelly beans are quite delisious...
Reeper's Avatar
Ninja Dropping....

Uhh....
xBBx's Avatar
Ninja Dropping FTW!
Roflcopter Pilot's Avatar
Awesome.

I saw the shop on the Shawnimals site. They have a sticker of a fucking ninja riding a mustache.

Shawnimals = WIN
masterledz's Avatar
How do they crap?

AMIDOINGITRITE?
blehman's Avatar
I wanna see someone step in the ninja dropping. Think it'll chop off their feet?
Cowzilla3's Avatar
Do you think there is only one female ninja in all of ninja town like the smurfs too?
paranoiaXVI's Avatar
Looks like Loco Roco has competition!
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar
I can't decide whats cooler, Ninja Dropping or Ninja consultant.
Genki-JAM's Avatar
Gaw.. another STRATEGY title?? Dangit, this should SO be a Beat-em-up. But hey, you take what you get, right?
kadosho's Avatar
This looks like an interesting title. But strategy? Ninja RPG? i wonder how thats possible. er wait unemployed ninja, but it was never like this. So is 2007 the year of the ninja?
Joseph -Orcist- Leray's Avatar
Business Ninja will END YOU!
BluFire's Avatar
Pirates > Ninjas.
Eschatos's Avatar
Ninja dropping? Ninja consultant? Baby ninja? This is both insulting and hilarious at the same time. Inslarious.
Professor Pew's Avatar
I want to eat Ninja Baby, nomnomnom. But these are still not super ninja :(
When will there be a new super-ninja game?!
savagesaladin's Avatar
Look at this pie chart! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!!
Milofo's Avatar
Isn't white ninja a webcomic?
jeffk6's Avatar
man that games got nothing on loco roco
Gregor's Avatar
....Ninja Dropping.



Riiiiiiight.
masterledz's Avatar
Is this "Strategy" in a "FF Tactics", "Advance Wars" or RTS sense?

We were just talking about this in the forums too.
jerrt's Avatar
i'm glad, i'm not the only one who was confused and a little scared when i saw the character 'ninja dropping' wow. just wow. although ninja consultant looked pretty bad ass. i'd hire him, if they didn't listen he could just kill them and take all their money. win win for me. [:
lAboMbA's Avatar
at what point is a cute ninja NOT OKAY?!?!
Majorkerina's Avatar
Omg...I can't believe it's not Japanese X_X
SLiFE's Avatar
I like Ninja Consultant.

He's my faaavourite.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
The mere idea behind a Business Ninja is cool. I'd be interested to see how this pans out.
Falkonite's Avatar
I bet business Ninja is into using PC's and doing fun things like making timetables, and spread sheets, and pie charts!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
My friend Mark once saw a ninja dropping uppercut this kid just for opening a window.
Trowble's Avatar
So is Ninja Dropping suppose to flip and poo you, not kill you? Genius!
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
I love how Ninja Consultant has a pie chart. HA HA HA! AMAZING! :)
demon_beast82's Avatar
The scariest one is the ninja with the cell phone
atheistium's Avatar
cute :o i hope its actually fun however.
Wedge's Avatar
Fricking' sweet looking.

Also, they made Scourge: Hive, so they've got some talent as a developer too.
Mister Disco's Avatar
It's Business Time.

Business [i]Ninja[/b] Time.
Mister Disco's Avatar
Wow, that was some hardcore bbcode fail.
bluemeep's Avatar
So, I looked at the video preview and I says to myself "Self, is that really a happy turdlette there beside the ninjas?" and Self said "Yes, now pay your fucking car insurance for the month."
Arugala9's Avatar
Words fail me. What the hell is an anti-ninja and why is it orange?
Majorkerina's Avatar
Wouldn't Ninja and Anti-Ninja together explode?
BlindsideDork's Avatar
I feel jipped or something?
ceark's Avatar
I don't know what the hell this is, but I want it.

shouldn't white ninja be fatter?
Trowble's Avatar
@Majorkerina: You know, I was thinking the same thing. However, wouldn't the Anti-Ninja explode himself because he is in fact a ninja too?
NightDehumidifier's Avatar
Maybe the Anti-Ninja and the Regular Ninja are much like polar opposites that represent two extremely linear representatives of the ninja lifestyle. One obeys the concept of stealth combat as a whole and utilizes the silent stature that is the ninja way, whereas the Anti-Ninja is the more popularized rationale of the flipping out/cutting heads ninja that we as a trendy hip pop culture has come to the conclusion of being a ninja after watching three Jet Li films, a Tony Jaa film, five Jackie Chan films and half a Steven Seagal film and a late-night session of Ninja Gaiden Black with the final culmination of looking up Real Ultimate Power at four in the morning on a buzz combined with a Baconator and two bottles of Amp energy drink.
Dexter345's Avatar
Holy crap. I don't yet know how the game plays but I don't care. I want it.
LostCrichton's Avatar
Anything with ninjas or samurais automatically get a shot. I'll most likely buy this.
F Whipple's Avatar
Aww look how cute the little minjas are.....I just want to pet them.

*Gets throat cut by said minja*
BFeld13's Avatar
Ninjas > Pirates > Cowboys
Heretic's Avatar
CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!
*head asploded*
Arugala9's Avatar
Ninjas>Cowboys>Pirates
Banj's Avatar
Oh man, I think I wet 'em.

I'm getting that game and I don't care if it's shit, the concept is fucking ginius!
superNinja's Avatar
...dibs on jewish ninja!

1040-EZ ftw!
fnc's Avatar
Perhaps they can strategically fling Ninja Dropping at their opponents?
Tiff's Avatar
Ninja consultant is my favorite!!!!!!!

This is really fascinating. I remember seeing Shawnimals and pooh'ing at their remarkably kawaii but ridiculously easy to make plush bodies.

What do you think this says about the connection between the urban vinyl/toy scene and the gaming industry?

I'd love to see some Tim Biskup characters or Labbits marching across my DS screen. SHeeee---attteee
sidious66's Avatar
business ninja with the little cell phone, that just rocks.
Caspian's Avatar
Major win for whoever likes Ninja Consultant. He wields his pie chart like a Katana - he will hack you up worse than last month's sales numbers!
dv8withn8's Avatar
I also find the Consultant Ninja quite humorous. Of course there will be collectible figures I must have...
Husky Hog's Avatar
I'm with CTZ, ninjas shouldn't be cute
MightyJAK's Avatar
@soadsam
I think they look more like Puyo-puyos.
lol @ ninjadropping... a ninja disguised as a turd, or an actual turd with the powers of a ninja?
This video gave me Magical Designer Mari-chan flashbacks.

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