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Fruit Ninja

By Christopher Healy, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Simple, fun chopping-flying fruit game.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire Arcade Games
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age 4+

Based on 13 parent reviews

jcmcdowell
jcmcdowell Adult
July 18, 2022
age 7+

Legendary!

This used to be one of my favorite games growing up! I used to score very high! This game is one of those games that starts out easy but the more time you spend playing during the round, it gets harder and harder by the fruit spending less time in the air and more and more fruit coming at the same time. There is a little bit a violence, though, but only when you slice the fruit, which is the whole point of the game. Also, the educational value is that you learn your fruits as a result of playing this game. I would recommend it to most children and also adults for entertainment purposes. I still like to play it sometimes to revisit old childhood memories, and I’m an adult. This is a very well-made, addictive game about simple stuff.
Bonnieandjohnny
Bonnieandjohnny Parent of 1, 5 and 7-year-old
July 10, 2021
age 5+
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What’s It About?

Kids will swipe their finger across their device's screen to chop fruit as it is tossed. In some modes, kids can select the level of challenge. In classic and arcade modes, kids need to avoid bombs as they swipe; there are no bombs in Zen mode. Kids can play multiplayer games with another person on the device, or online via Game Center. Kids can earn achievements that will unlock new backgrounds and blades; they can also track these achievements and compare their scores with other players via leaderboards.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (13 ):
Kids say (64 ):

There's something beautifully simple about FRUIT NINJA. Gorgeously rendered fruit gets tossed up in the air before you, and you swat at it to slice it up before it hits the ground. It's the perfect way to release your aggressions and feel like an Iron Chef at the same time. As it begins with only one fruit at a time being tossed at you, you think, "What's the big deal?" Then the fruits come flying and you're slashing like crazy, halting abruptly when you happen to catch glimpse of a bomb that's been tossed into the mix. It's the kind of game that makes you want to keep playing, trying to surpass your previous score each time.

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