Ninjala

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Ninjala
IPPON!
Genre(s): Action Platform(s): Nintendo Switch Release Date: June 24, 2020 Engine: Unreal Engine 4 Developer(s): GungHo Online Entertainment Soleil Ltd. Publisher(s): GungHo Online Entertainment Country: Japan

Ninjala is a 2020 free-to-play action game released for the Nintendo Switch. It was developed by Soleil Ltd. and published by GungHo Online Entertainment. There is a short-lived anime web series called Ninjala 2D Cartoon Anime based on the game.

Ippon Qualities

1. Excellent and entertaining gameplay inspired by Splatoon and traditional ninjutsu.
2. The concept of ninjas gaining power from chewing bubblegum is very interesting.
3. Great lore in the game, with cute and likeable characters such as Van, Lucy, Emma and Kappei and the WNA team Burton, Ron, Berecca and Jane.
   • It's also funny how the adults turn into children after chewing the gum.
4. The mechanisms when striking an Ippon are really fun and entertaining to practice.
5. When you are waiting, you can strike against a dummy Van.
6. A very wide range of weapons to choose from, including yoyos such as the Trick Ball, swords such as the Ippon Katana, bare hands such as the Paw-xing Gloves and hammers such as the SK8 Hammer.
7. The theme song, a house remix of Ninja Re Bang Bang by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Steve Aoki is really amazing and upbeat to listen to.
8. Gumchi and Goro are very adorable characters.

Bad Qualities

1. Parrying can be difficult to do when in battle.
2. In older builds of the game, you couldn't play with players from other regions as it was region locked. However, this was removed in an update from August 7, 2020.
3. Sometimes, the game can get some glitches here and there which can be noticeable at times, especially in bad internet connections.
4. Each chapter, even the first, in Story Mode is locked behind a paywall, which can be pretty frustrating considering that it's somewhat a quality-of-life feature instead of being purely cosmetic.

Trivia

• The game was originally going to be released on May 27th 2020, but got delayed to June 24th 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Ninjala also has done crossovers with other franchises, such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and GungHo's own mobile game Puzzle & Dragons.
• The name of the title derives from the character from ARMS, Ninjara.

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