Today marks the beginning of a new journey for the Fruit Ninja phenomenon, as the game originally released in 2010 with over 500 million downloads worldwide has been completely rebuilt across all platforms. Additionally, the Fruit Ninja brand is geared up to offer an entire suite of new media content for old and new players alike.
The classic slicing game available on the App Store, Google Play and Amazon has been rebuilt from scratch. The team has thrown away the tired menu and UI designs, ensuring the steps between playing, equipping new gear, and using social features are all streamlined.
Before starting each game, players can equip different Blades and Dojos, which were previously cosmetic only. Now, almost every item will have a unique effect on gameplay, which has effectively broken the score ceiling and added an exponential amount of depth and strategy to slicing. For example, the Great Wave dojo periodically spawns ten fruit at once, and the Autumn Blade creates a fruit-swirling tornado with every pineapple sliced. Players can mix and match their favorites, and leaderboard entries will display which combination of items were used.
The update across all platforms to add these features is coming early October.