WP reports:
''Ninja! Who doesn't love ninja! They are, after all, masters of flipping out and hugging people. And that makes them awesome.
Former video game journalist-turned-game-designer Shawn Smith has his own toy design studio, and now he has his own game based upon its style. Lovable, adorable and a little bit crazy is the name of the game at Shawnimals, and Ninjatown embodies all of that while putting fun design and game mechanics on top. This is the part where his journalist background comes in handy-after all, what better way to design a game that works than to have had extensive experience critiquing games that don't? (Heck, that means there's hope for me.)
Ninjatown can crudely be described as "My First RTS," with a smattering of tower-defense play style built in. Players can build huts which manufacture adorable little ninja of all types, each with their own special powers. The Anti-Ninja dresses in bright orange and is good for ranged attacks. The Wee Ninjas, well-rounded melee folks, subdue foes with moves like the Stealth Hug and Sneak Snuggle. Yes, they are exactly what they sound like. Things only get crazier when Business Ninjas and Zombie Ninjas, among others, come under your command.''
Vgamerz writes: "As we know, licensed games are always a dodgy prospect. Alarm bells start to ring at the very mention of a ‘game-of-the-film,’ and we know they’re in immediate danger of rating high on the crapometer. For this egregious prejudice, I blame Superman 64 and its legacy of awful."
GR - "Tower defense has come a long way since its inception in Warcraft 3. Find out what the best of the tower defense genre has to offer."
Cue "but you didn't include my favorite!" comment: PixelJunk Monsters is the best TD game ever. Fact. :)
I was just going to mention that. PixelJunk Monsters was an absolute blast to play. Even better co-op with someone else. :)
It's there in the "Awesome Tower Defense Games" below the first one(at the end of the list).
Wish Ninja Town would get ported to PC or something.
Edit: Cat, when reading this, I was thinking you'd say just that :P
Castle TD is a freaking grind for crystals to level up, though. And, would love to have an ad free version for $1 or so.
Otherwise, it's got some great challenges with dastardly creep options. What's that? The four zeppelins in a row wasn't hard enough, here's some healers to show up just as you got them down in life!
Lol I'm fealling your pain man at points it makes me wanna slam my phone but I'm hooked and I don't mind the ads but I blocked them so I guess its why I don't mind them lol
It's good to see they remembered Defense Grid: The Awakening. It's the best tower defense game, when I start playing it, I just can't stop. I played many others, including Plants Vs Zombies and Ninjatown, but none gets close to Defense Grid.
StartGame: A volcano erupts near Ninjatown, which brings along Mr Demon and his hordes of devils, who are bent on the destruction of the town.
