Fun For Free – Nikujin

This week I present Nikujin, a really fun ninja game with simple controls, tons of moves, an extremely high difficulty level, and most importantly: no pantsu!

Nikujin is a tough game to learn and it’s not for everyone, but those who stick with it and master the controls will have a lot of fun. You play as a pantsless ninja trying to make it through levels while killing enemies, jumping over huge gaps, and doing crazy stunts. The game is in Japanese, but knowledge of Japanese isn’t required. But just in case you need it, here’s what the menu basically says in English:

New Game
Continue
Tutorial (I definitely recommend playing this)
Survival (You have to protect your sleeping sensei from endless waves of enemies)
Highscores

The controls consist of 6 buttons: the arrow keys, left shift (jump), and left control (attack). If you want to change the controls, click the first dropdown menu at the top of the screen then click the fourth choice down and double click on the first player keyboard. While the controls themselves are easy, pulling off moves in the game takes a lot of dexterity. The moves range from running up walls to dropping in on an enemy for an instant kill to a crazy move that makes you go around corners. Like I said, they are tough to master, so I recommend playing the tutorial first and checking out videos like this.

All in all, it’s a really fun game that’s worth a download. It seems almost too difficult at first, but as you learn more moves and get better, it becomes much more enjoyable.

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