In Fruit Ninja, the player slices fruit with a blade controlled via the touch screen. Additional points are awarded for slicing multiple fruits in one swipe. They further lauded the post-launch support provided by Halfbrick, which brought online multiplayer, achievements, and leaderboards to the game.įruit Ninja is played by using a touchpad to slice on-screen fruit. Reviewers felt that the low cost of the game combined with addictive gameplay yielded an excellent value. In May 2012, Fruit Ninja reached 300 million downloads. The game was well-received by critics in September 2010 sales exceeded three million downloads, four million in December 2010, and over 20 million across all platforms in March 2011. Versions with alternative names exist, such as Fruit Ninja HD on the iPad, Fruit Ninja THD for Nvidia Tegra 2–based Android devices, Fruit Ninja VR for HTC Vive and PlayStation 4, and an arcade version called Fruit Ninja FX.

Fruit Ninja was also released for Windows 8, on June 7, 2012. Just prior to E3 2011 Fruit Ninja Kinect, which utilizes the Kinect peripheral, was released for the Xbox 360 on August 10, 2011. The game was initially released for iPod Touch and iPhone devices before being expanded to other devices and platforms: Augfor the iPad, Septemfor Android devices, Decemfor Windows Phone, and March 2011 for Samsung's Bada and Nokia's Symbian. It features multiple gameplay modes, leaderboards and multiplayer. In the game, the player must slice fruit that is thrown into the air by swiping the device's touch screen with their finger(s) or (in the case of the Xbox 360 version) the player's arms and hands, and must not slice bombs. Single-player, Multiplayer (iPad and Kinect for Xbox 360)įruit Ninja is a video game developed by Halfbrick originally released on August 12, 2010.

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