Practice making a fruit salad for your next get together in this port of Halfbrick's popular iOS title.

Fruit Ninja Kinect focuses on a slight issue that seems to arise when dealing with making games for the Kinect, physical activity. Certain games just don't quite work when made for the Kinect, with Fruit Ninja providing a casual game that seems like it was made for the Kinect. Although not initially designed for the Kinect (being released originally in early 2010), Fruit Ninja is a simplistic but addictive concept that's right at home on its new system. The general goal of the game is to slice fruit to get a higher score than anyone that happens to be on your friends list. That's really all there is to be found within the game.

Fruit Ninja is host to a number of different modes, all revolving around getting a higher score. The first of which being Classic mode which has the player slicing fruit until they either miss three or hit a single bomb, which ever happens to come first. Zen mode, giving you a simple stress-free, but still timed, environment to slice fruit without fear of hitting an accidental bomb. Arcade mode only gives the player a minute to achieve their final score. To spice this up however there is the addition of three special bananas that, when sliced, will either slow everything down, give you double points, or spew large amounts of fruit from both sides of the screen. There is also two multiplayer modes available which only really amount to a co-op type game style or a competitive style.

Being a Kinect game, Fruit Ninja has the unfortunate circumstances of having to deal with sensing the player. Thankfully it does this rather well, normally only detecting quick hand movements as slices, resulting in satisfying ninja-esque moments. Though it is quite easy to accidentally hit a bomb while lowering your hands or scratching. This is mainly the players error and it's difficult to fault the game for your own actions. Even finding where you are is made easy by a silhouette of the player being placed in the background.

As enjoyable as Fruit Ninja is, especially on the Kinect, there just isn't a lot to the game. There are some unlockables to keep you going but excluding that the only thing available is to be competitive with friends. It's simple and fun but it's not something anyone will want to play for any significant amount of time in one sitting, or standing being a Kinect title. It's casual game at its best and the only really bad thing is the price. Determining if it's worth the price is for the buyer; If you're the kind of person that gets giggly at the thought of pretending to be a ninja for ten to 30 minutes a day, then yes, consider purchasing Fruit Ninja Kinect.

Fruit Ninja Kinect
Gameplay
Slicing fruit and making the player feel like a ninja is the really the only goals this game set for itself. With the addition of the Kinect to the equation, it makes the experience even better.
Sound
The sound of the fruit splattering and slicing is done well but surprisingly the sound gets passively ignored over time and just isn't anything varied.
Graphics
The cartoon rendition of the fruit looks like its real world counterpart, as do the insides. Adding the player visibly in the background was a smart move and made it a better experience.
Controls
The Kinect has already seen its fair share of games that just don't want to work with it. Keeping things simple seems to be the way to go, with Fruit Ninja proving that.
Overall
Fruit Ninja Kinect is a very fun game with very few flaws. Anyone looking for depth should shy away, while anyone that's looking for quick little time waster may want to take a look.