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TUAW's Daily App: Fruit Ninja

We've covered Halfbrick's later game Monster Dash here in this space (and it's a good one -- I'm still giving it the occasional run-through on my iPhone), but their great Fruit Ninja title has never actually been given this particular spotlight. Let's fix that now. Fruit Ninja is a simple but well-polished title that has you hacking up fruit by slashing your finger across the iPhone's touch screen. It's only a buck on the App Store (the HD version on iPad is US$4.99), and if you haven't bought it yet, you'll find a fun pick-up-and-play game that looks great and runs smoothly.

If you have bought it (and considering that a few million people did, you probably have), then there's good news for you, too. The game just got a free update that added Game Center integration to the mix, and Halfbrick included network multiplayer, which is something we haven't seen a lot of yet. Load up the update, open up the game, and you'll be able to jump in and play with anyone, or send one of your Game Center friends an invite directly.

And Halfbrick says more updates are on the way, including a "Secret Banana" mode and more Game Center functionality. So, if you haven't given Fruit Ninja a shot yet, now's a great time to do it.

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Yuusharo

Plays great on Android too =)

September 17 2010 at 11:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
forddorr

My kids love this game for the gameplay.

I like this game because now my 10-year-old tells me facts about fruit as he eats it (the nutrition/historical facts the game rewards you with between levels).

September 17 2010 at 11:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brett

I can't believe people are actually paying $5 to play this on the iPad...

September 17 2010 at 9:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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milkmage

what if you don't have a phone or touch.. I'd pay for the HD version if i didn't already own the dollar one.

..jeez. PSP and DS games are 30/40 a pop.

September 17 2010 at 10:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pax copia

milkmage, psp and ds games are feature rich applications wheres i/phone/podtouch/pad apps are usually very simplistic apps

if this was on the psp it would be considered a mini: http://kotaku.com/5340111/psp-minis-bite+sized-fun-at-bite+sized-prices/gallery/

September 17 2010 at 2:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iPadMilk

Fruit Ninja is the best! and i've done the Live Multiplayer it's amazing!

Add me on game center and challenge me!!

iPhoneMilk

September 17 2010 at 8:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Arnoldo

VEGGIE ASSASSIN is so so so much better! it's the game fruit ninja wishes it could be.

September 17 2010 at 8:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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phobic99

I think you mean Veggie Samurai. I do like the fact that you can slice the veggies more than once but other than that the games are extremely similar.

September 17 2010 at 8:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pax copia

I agree, plus when I downloaded Veggie Samurai it was free which made it even better than Fruit Ninja. Now both are a penny under a dollar.

Here is a side by side:

http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/friday-slide-fruit-ninja-vs-veggie-samurai

September 17 2010 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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