Mini Ninjas

The Mini Ninjas have got a bit of a problem. While they’ve been happily sitting on their mountain doing whatever ninjas do when they’re not killing people or generally throwing sharp objects around, the world below has gone a little bit to pot. A bunch of evil (but equally minuscule) samurai have turned up and started converting all the furry woodland creatures into their own nasty henchmen.
Eventually, the master ninja gets wind of this nefarious scheme, and sends his best apprentices down to the cursed land to try to regain some order.
Unfortunately, nobody comes back and, out of options, the master sends his last two novices into the fray, in a last-ditch attempt to save the world.

This is where you come in. Initially taking control of quick-witted, sword-wielding Hiro or his bigger, lumbering, hammer-wielding friend Futo, Mini Ninjas is all about travelling round this cutesy open world rescuing your lost ninja mates, and using their various skills to infiltrate the samurai fortresses to recover more and more of your allies. It’s also possible, when samurai have been reverted back into innocent animals, to take control of said creatures to slip by unnoticed (in the case of a frog) or cause some real pain (if you happen to rescue a bear!).

While it’s obviously a little different to anything IO Interactive’s best known assassin, Agent 47, might get up to, Mini Ninjas looks a compellingly charming title, with really smooth, Disney-like animation and engaging little characters.