It’s hard not to expect something from a developer who specializes in specific genres and similar titles. IO Interactive, the studio behind the popular shooter titles Hitman and Kane and Lynch, threw the world a curveball when they announced Mini Ninjas, their first foray into the action genre that surprisingly garnered an E10+ rating from the ESRB. Mini Ninjas‘ feudal Japanese backdrop and simple, cartoon-style visuals show that the developer can move on to a different direction, but can IO Interactive successfully pull it off? In word, yes.
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Fans of chibi-size ninjas can rejoice — IO Interactive’s action/adventure title Mini Ninjas will be available in the United States on September 8th, 2009. Players will be put into control of one of six small-scale ninjas, and will be able to use several different and distinct weapons, abilities, and styles of play — all of which will be within expertly-crafted and uniquely-styled feudal Japanese environments.

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After introducing the world to the Hitman and Kane and Lynch video game series, IO Interactive is ready show off their game development skills with an all-new new IP in a totally different direction from their previous ventures. Enter Mini Ninjas. Using an interesting, adorable art style, Mini Ninjas is set to showcase some of the more refined elements in modern action/adventure game design.

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