Ninjala

Ninjala
Developer(s) GungHo
Publisher(s) GungHo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release 2019
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Ninjala is an upcoming multiplayer action video game being developed by GungHo Online Entertainment. Unveiled at E3 2018, it will be released in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch.

Gameplay

Ninjala centers upon an eponymous tournament being held by the World Ninja Association, which developed bubblegum that could be used to allow people with the DNA of a ninja to perform ninjutsu.[1]

A match can be played between up to eight players aiming to score as many points as possible, such as by knocking out opponents. The game will also feature a story mode, focusing on one of eight playable characters.[1][2]

Players fight primary with melee weapons, and can also perform parkour such as wall running to navigate the map. In order to generate weapons, player characters must blow bubbles. The size of the weapon obtained is determined by the bubble's size, with smaller weapons being faster with less damage, and larger weapons being slower, but more damaging. Blown bubbles can also be launched as a sticky bomb projectile to trap opponents in their goo. Confirmed types of melee weapons that will be available include baseball bats and yo-yos.[1][3][4][5]

Development

GungHo CEO Kazuki Morishita explained that Ninjala was inspired by his childhood memories of ninja and sports chanbara, having envisioned the game as being a mixture of both. He stated that the main goal was to develop create a multiplayer action game that both children and adults could enjoy. Takeshi Arakawa, who co-produced Dissidia Final Fantasy while at Square Enix, is part of the development staff of the game. For its unveiling, GungHo elected to primarily target Europe and North America to gauge their reactions before giving it more prominent promotion in Japan.[1][2]

Release

A teaser trailer for Ninjala was released on June 13, 2018, which is set to music by the kawaii metal band Babymetal.[6] Footage of the game was also briefly featured during the Nintendo Direct E3 2018 presentation the same day.[3] The game is scheduled to be released for Nintendo Switch in 2019.[3]

Reception

Pre-release

The overall visual style of Ninjala has been compared to Nintendo's Splatoon franchise.[3][5] Jordan Devore of Destructoid felt that Ninjala was hard to judge based on its multiplayer demo build at E3, noting the lack of playable weapons beyond baseball bats (though noticing that yo-yos had appeared as a disabled option in the menus), a need to improve the "flow and feel" of its gameplay, and the lack of "good" lock-on targeting functionality. However, he felt that "there's something to this gum-loving ninja concept for sure", and that Ninjala was "worth following". He argued that alongside Splatoon, there was "plenty of room for more colorful, poppy, kid-friendly multiplayer games".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "【E3 18】《泡泡糖忍戰》來者何忍？在 GungHo 攤位與製作人暢談秘辛". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  2. 1 2 "Ninjala Is Designed By The Co-Producer Of Dissidia Final Fantasy". Siliconera. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Life, Nintendo (2018-06-12). "Blow Bubble Gum And Do Battle With The Cartoon Combat Of Ninjala". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Ninjala Gets A New Teaser Trailer Showing Off The Bubble Gum Ninjas". Siliconera. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ninjala is cute in concept but it's certainly no Splatoon". Destructoid. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. ↑ "#e3gk – GungHo annonce Ninjala sur Switch, son jeu d'action coloré". Gamekult (in French). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
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