{"id":14237,"date":"2015-11-18T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14237"},"modified":"2015-11-07T21:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T21:31:54","slug":"ninja-strike-dangerous-dash-wii-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/ninja-strike-dangerous-dash-wii-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja Strike: Dangerous Dash (Wii U)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NINJA_BOX\"<\/a>Ninja Strike: Dangerous Dash is a continuous runner just like what you\u2019d find on a mobile device. In fact I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s where this game started.\u00a0 But thanks to Natsume, now you can download it on your Wii U.\u00a0 Play as a ninja and run as far as you can while defeating and avoiding enemies, as well as nabbing treasure, coins, and power-ups.<\/p>\n

Gameplay is like any 2-D platformer, except you are constantly running and can\u2019t stop. You must press up to jump over pits and enemies, and you can press it in the air again to double jump, then hold down the up button to glide.\u00a0 Once you upgrade your sword once, you\u2019ll be able to swing it with the A button to defeat enemies, too.\u00a0 The game is over if you get hit by an enemy or fall into a pit.<\/p>\n

As you play, you\u2019ll find power-ups to grab that\u2019ll help you out. One will make you fly forward for a short while, mowing down anything in your path.\u00a0 Another doubles the value of coins you collect, and another draws the coins toward you like a magnet.\u00a0 When you defeat enemies with your sword, sometimes they\u2019ll drop treasures, too.\u00a0 Defeat enough enemies with your sword or by stomping on them, and a meter will fill.\u00a0 When it is full, you\u2019ll be able to enter Spacetime Magic where you can defeat Living Walls for tons of coins and treasures for a limited time.<\/p>\n

At the end of each game, you\u2019ll be able to use the coins you\u2019ve collected to upgrade your ninjas\u2019 skills, like their sword and how long power-ups last. By collecting certain treasures or gathering enough coins, you\u2019ll be able to unlock new ninjas, too, but I didn\u2019t notice any difference between them.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have to upgrade their skills separately, too.\u00a0 While Ninja Strike is pretty much like any other runner game, it seems more entertaining than most, and the ninja themes were implemented pretty well.\u00a0 It\u2019s a little boring at first until you get some upgrades, but it\u2019s not bad for a continuous runner.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ninja Strike: Dangerous Dash is rate E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence. While you can slash enemies with your sword or stomp on them, they just fly off the screen when defeated.\u00a0 Your characters just fall over when hit.\u00a0 So I\u2019d be OK with any kid playing this, but reading skill is helpful for some of the menus.\u00a0 Kids who are really into ninjas would enjoy this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ninja Strike: Dangerous Dash is a continuous runner just like what you\u2019d find on a mobile device. In fact I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s where this game started.\u00a0 But thanks to Natsume, now you can download it on your Wii U.\u00a0 Play as a ninja and run as far as you can while defeating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14239,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14237\/revisions\/14239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}