10 Second Ninja X Demo

Ninjas are quite the popular characters in movies and video games, even if most of the things you probably believe about them are not exactly true. In essence, real ninjas were far less exciting than they are depicted now, because they usually had nothing to do with flashy sword fights and crazy acrobatics. Instead, they relied on spying, dirty tricks and assassinations.

10 Second Ninja X is a fast-paced platformer in which your only goal is to move as quickly as possible and finish each stage in less than ten seconds. As the name clearly implies, you play as a ninja, which means that you have access to legendary tools like the shuriken and the ninja sword. However, these things are less important than the actual gameplay, because speed is the only concept that truly matters.

The game features a simple story as well to keep you engaged, and it all starts when Captain Greatbeard kidnaps your forest friends and traps them inside an army of robots. However, your character is extremely fast and agile, which allows him to quickly destroy the said robots and release his friends. On the other hand, everything must be done in ten seconds or less.

Since the only goal is to destroy the robots as quickly as possible, your character has a few weapons at his disposal to do so as efficiently as possible. Hence, the sword comes in handy at close range, while the shurikens are much more useful when you want to hit something that farther away. However, you only have a limited number of shurikens at your disposal, so you can’t abuse them.

Since the action is so fast-paced and it requires precision, it’s mandatory that the controls are as responsive as possible, and thankfully they are. You can use the keyboard or a controller, but the results seem to be the same, which is great news for everyone. The graphics are kept as simple as possible, but the level design is still pretty colorful and enjoyable.

All things considered, 10 Second Ninja X is one tough cookie, but it should find a large audience for itself if the final product is as fun as this demo. Hence, if you don’t like to back down from a challenge, this might just be the next platformer to eat a few hours of your life.