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Huijaus Studios' puzzler Mr Future Ninja is looking for beta testers

A strong ninja doesn't need to read the future. He makes his own.

Huijaus Studios' puzzler Mr Future Ninja is looking for beta testers
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When a title glares at you, saying 'The Lost Vikings meets Metal Gear Solid', who are we to ignore it? Appsolute Games will be bringing us Huijaus Studios' puzzler, Mr Future Ninja, and though it's not due out on Android and iOS until next year it's currently looking to beta testers.

Mr Future Ninja is a stealth puzzler in which you and your little posse of ninja brethren have to save the world's kidnapped ninjas from an evil sci-fi corporation. Each of the three ninjas in your unit will have their own abilities: shuriken, dash, and stealth take-down. You'll have to play strategically to beat the level.

One of the most interesting things about it is the four variant enemy types, again each with their own thing going on: guardbots react to sound and movement; the scorpion-bots only sense movement; wall-mounted security radars shoot laser-beams on sight; and bomb-spheres that explode on impact.

Even without the game releasing Mr Future Ninja has so far won twice at the Indie Cup Award in Helsinki, once for best game design, and again for grand prix winner. With a design that reminds me a little of a sci-fi Monument Valley with a touch of Volume thrown into the mix, let's hope its substance is as impressionable as its style.

If you'd like to participate in the current beta check out the forum here.

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Emily Sowden
Emily Sowden
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