IncGamers writes: "Speaking to Shawn Smith, the man behind Shawnimals, we discuss what the inspiration behind the game was, how it came into development and what Shawnimals fans expect from the new game.
Q: Ninjatown is based on Shawnimals. What gave you the idea to take the Shawnimals brand and create a game for the DS?
A: The original idea for Ninjatown came from some very general "making a Ninjatown game would be cool" discussions with my friends at Pickle King Productions, a game production company. But the idea really took a step towards reality after I was introduced to Jeremy Pope by the PKP guys. He's a freelance producer and years ago produced GTA3, Max Payne 2 and some other high profile stuff. We were just talking games we'd been playing, and the fact we were geeking out on Desktop Tower Defense, the DS in general resulted in Jeremy telling me of a concept he had… and it happened to be a great fit for the world of Ninjatown. We hit it off and started crafting a design doc out of enthusiasm for the idea."
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.
