Mini Ninjas, Game Aksi yang Menggelitik

Game Review
Trisno Heriyanto - detikinet

Jakarta - Mini Ninja merupakan game aksi dengan keunikan tersendiri. Selain penampilan tokohnya yang lucu, game ini juga memiliki beragam aksi yang dapat mengocok perut para pemainnya.

Meski beukuran kecil, namun para Ninja dalam game ini memiliki beragam kesaktian dengan aksi yang luar biasa. Hiro, sang tokoh utama, selain dapat mengayunkan samurainya juga dapat melemparkan senjata rahasia ninja yang benama Suriken.

Dan tidak ketinggalan unsur sihir juga akan menambahkan keasyikan tersendiri ketika memainkan game ini. Pemain dapat menggunakan beberapa mantera seperti, merasuki jiwa hewan, mendatangkan angin tornado, menghadirkan sinar matahari di kegelapan dan masih banyak lagi yang lainnya.




Unik dan Beragam

Keunikan dalam game ini sudah mulai terlihat dari tampilan grafisnya. Warna dan benutk yang lembut khas ilustrasi kartun membuat para ninja tampak lucu, imut dan menggemaskan. Terlebih lagi jika pemain melihat mereka berlari sambil meneriakan "Mini Ninja's.." sungguh bakal menjadi pengalaman tak terlupakan memainkan game ini.

Pemain pun akan makin terhibur dengan beragam karakter yang dapat dimainkan. Para ninja yang akan bisa dimainkan itu antara lain:

• Hiro: Inilah tokoh yang paling sakti dalam Mini Ninjas. Meski berukuran paling kecil, Hiro memiliki beberapa kemampuan yang tidak dimiliki oleh ninja lainnya.
• Futo: Dalam tubuhnya yang besar, tersirat juga kekuatan yang besar pula. Futo adalah Ninja yang beruran paling besar di antara karakter yang dapat dimainkan, dengan kemampuannya itu Foto sangat ampuh untuk mengalahkan beberapa musuh yang juga memiliki tubuh yang besar.
• Suzume: Salah satu karakter ninja yang cantik dan elegan, semenjak lahir Suzume sudah tidak dapat lagi dipisahkan dari alat musik kesukaannya, Flute. Meski wanita, Suzume juga tidak kalah lihai dengan para ninja lainnya.

Selain tokoh di atas, pemain juga masih dapat memainkan beberapa karakter lagi yang bakal didapat dengan menyelesaikan misi-misi tertentu.

Sarat dengan Aksi Kocak

Dari penampilannya sudah terpancar rasa humor yang mengundang tawa, dan ternyata aksi ninja dalam game ini juga kocak sekali.

Pemain akan sesekali menjumpai kelakuan konyol tokoh dalam game ini. Misalnya, ada musuh yang akan berlari ketakutan, terjebak dalam banjir, sampai teriakan mereka yang makin menggelitik.

Begitupun dengan bos di setiap bab-nya, terasa lucu sekaligus menantang untuk dikalahkan. Misalnya, ada suatu misi yang akan mempertemukan pemain dengan 'Raja Kentut'. Yap, bos yang satu ini memang berbeda dengan beberapa bos lainnya, ia menggunakan aroma kentut sebagai senjatanya.

Setiap bos yang dikalahkan oleh pemain, akan semakin menuntun gamer untuk menjumpai musuh sesungguhnya. Ia adalah sang raja utama yang memiliki kekuatan sihir hebat.

Ketika sedang bersantai, pemain dapat melakukan aktivitas lain seperti memancing. Topi yang dikenakan pemain pun dapat menjadi alat sebaguna, selain dapat menjadi alat perlindungan dari serangan para pemanah, juga dapat digunakan sebagai perahu ketika sedang berada di sungai.

Saat di sungai inilah kesempatan pemain untuk memancing. Soal memancing ini, dalam game akan ada suatu kejadian yang mengharuskan pemain menangkap ikan yang berukuran jumbo. Mengingat tubuh sang tokoh yang mungil maka ikan tersebut malah akan menyeret pemain ke sana sini tak karuan.

Di tengah hiruk pikuknya game-game dengan suasana tegang, seperti Batman Arkham Asylum ataupun NFS SHIFT, Mini Ninjas hadir dengan suasana yang sangat berbeda.

Dengan penggabungan antara sistim permainan yang unik, serta tampilan grafis yang sangat lucu, hampir tidak ada alasan bagi gamer untuk tidak memainkan game ini. Mini Ninja's, merupakan salah satu harya hebat dari IO Interactive.

Sayangnya sistem kamera pada saat pertempuran dengan banyak lawan agak sedikit menyulitkan, dan seharusnya IO Interactive dapat melakukan lebih dari ini.

Kelebihan:
+ Tampilan Ninja yang Lucu
+ Sistem permainan beragam
+ Sarat dengan adegan kocak

Kekurangan
- Sistem kamera terkadang menyulitkan


Dalam mereview game ini, detikINET menggunakan sistem berbasis Prosesor Intel Core i7 965, Intel DX580SO, Digital Alliance GTX 260, Corsair HX1000W, Corsair Dominator 6GB kit dan sistem operasi Windows 7. ( eno / wsh )

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INFO, New Produk!

Nintendo DSi XL Segera Menggebrak Pasaran Amerika Pada Awal Tahun 2010

By thePinkFighter on November 5th, 2009

Pasaran perangkat gaming memang laris manis. Tak heran pula kalau bisnis yang satu ini tak pernah berada di titik stagnasi. Apalagi kalau ada sesuatu yang baru yang siap menjadi perangkat gaming terbaru saat ini.

Apalagi kabarnya kedatangan Black Nintendo Wii yang berukuran super DSi XL juga sudah cukup ditunggu-tunggu oleh banyak pihak tak terkecuali dengan para pecinta game di Amerika.

Salah satu pembicara dari Joystiq mengabarkan bahwa kemungkinan Nintendo DSi XL baru akan hadir pada awal tahun 2010 mendatang. Belum disebutkan memang berapa kisaran perangkat gaming ini dipasarkan, namun diperkirakan untuk pasaran Jepang saja produk ini dibandrol dengan harga 221 USD atau sekitar 2,2 juta rupiah.

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PSP 2 Coming Soon

Rumor: PSP 2 Coming Soon

Sources suggest that the PSP 2 is real, touch screen-enabled, and coming soon.

by Admin

January 26, 2009 - The evolution of the PSP has been one of small incremental updates rather than drastic aesthetic and hardware reconfigurations. Since its debut in 2005 the PSP has undergone two mild hardware adjustments with the PSP-2000 and the PSP-3000. While the 2000 series altered the handheld in terms of form -- slimming down the hardware by 33% in weight, and 19% in thickness -- the 3000 series made some notable functional improvements, such as a built-in microphone. The 2000 and 3000 series ensured the continued success of the PSP brand across North America and Europe, many gamers have been clamoring for a full-fledged PSP 2 for months.

Although Sony has consistently denied that any such product is in development, rumors and predictions have been circling for over a year about a forthcoming PSP 2. Last weekwe posted our predictions for the seemingly inevitable sequel to the popular handheld, citing hardware improvements like dual thumbsticks and a touch screen interface, but now we've learned that our hopes and dreams for the system may be, in part, dead on the money.

IGN has learned from several credible sources that the PSP 2 is indeed on the horizon, and will be packing multi-touch technology. According to our sources, the PSP 2 will feature a widescreen multi-touch interface comparable to that of the iPhone for both in-game control and menu navigation. Unfortunately, we were unable to secure any additional details on the alleged new system, but this latest batch of rumors seems to fall in line with other recent claims orbiting the vast recesses of the internet.

This latest batch of rumors comes on the heels of an allegedly official Sony survey leaked by enthusiast blog, PSPFanboy.com, which asked consumers what features would compel them the most to buy a new PSP. Among the choices offered by the survey were a touch screen interface, Bluetooth support, an integrated hard drive, GPS, and nationwide wireless networking. If true, the survey seems to further suggest that Sony is in the process of drastically revising the PSP's core hardware.

We contacted Sony representatives for further comment on the matter, but their response was unsurprisingly straight out of the rumor-response playbook, "We can't comment on rumors or speculation."

For more on the PSP 2, stay tuned to IGN.com.

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PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 - everything you need to know about the PS4

How the PS4 is shaping up to be the next must-own console

By Admin

September 12th 2008 | Tell us what you think [ 34 comments ]

How is the PS4 shaping up behind the closed doors at Sony?

If Microsoft is secretly readying its next Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, then surely Sony must be working on a PlayStation 4?

Speculation is rife that the next console battle will be fought around 2011-2012. This is when Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli and industry analyst Colin Sebastian believe that a potential Xbox 720 and PS4 could appear.

Recycling PS3 for PS4

To imagine what a PS4 might be capable of we should look at what the current PS3 doesn't have or doesn't do well. For starters, Sony will need to closely integrate the hardware and software development for its next console.

According to SCEA's CEO Jack Tretton: "The hardware guys developed the [PlayStation 3] fairly independently, then dumped it onto the software guy's lap, effectively saying 'do something with it.'"

Considering that Sony spent around $3 billion developing the PS3, it seems likely that it will use an improved version of the Cell processor for a PS4. IBM has already released an improved version of the Cell for its blade servers. The PowerXCell 8i is a 65nm chip, with support for 32GB of DDR2 memory and eight fully-functional SPEs (compared to seven on the PS3).

The advantage of recycling the Cell is that Sony could retain a familiar development environment and use existing code libraries. The modular design of the Cell architecture could also allow extra Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs) to be added to future chips. Twenty or more SPEs might be possible on a single 32nm Cell processor.

And if increasing the on-chip SPEs isn't an option in the proposed 2011-2012 time frame, then a PS4 could incorporate multiple Cell chips. IBM's Cell roadmap includes a PowerXCell 32iv, which appears to feature four PPEs (Power Processor Elements) and 32 SPEs, ie four Cell chips running in parallel.

Inside the PlayStation 4

If the PS4 is a revamp of the PS3, we're likely to see some obvious technology upgrades – 802.11n to replace the existing 802.11b/g chipset; an external power supply (to reduce the size of the box and to improve cooling); a massive hard disk; new graphics processor and an increase in the onboard memory.

The memory architecture in the PS3 splits 512MB equally between graphics and application use and it's been suggested that this limits developer freedom. You'd expect the PS4 to address this issue, giving developers more dedicated memory in which to load game levels. Although it's worth pointing out that the PS3 (and any future Cell-based consoles) can use the SPEs for maths-intensive tasks like physics.

New graphics processor

What about a replacement for the PS3's NVIDIA-built RSX graphics processor? We've already speculated that Microsoft could use Intel's general purpose Larrabee chip in its next Xbox to handle real-time physics and AI. Rumours also suggest that Intel is pimping Larrabee to Sony for the PS4.

Like any Xbox 360 replacement, the PS4 is also going to have a much bigger hard disk. This will be in readiness for a wealth of downloadable content that will include games, demos, music, movies and TV shows. A terabyte HDD isn't out of the question. And in a world that will increasingly be looking to online services for content, does any PlayStation 4 still need a Blu-ray drive?

A PS4 without Blu-ray?

While the PS3 was instrumental in helping Blu-ray beat off HD DVD, there's a strong argument for dropping an optical drive from the PS4 altogether. Console owners are already downloading gigabytes-worth of game demos, video trailers, full-length movies and TV shows. With a giant hard disk in the PS4, games could simply be piped straight to the console on release day; long install/level load times would be eliminated.

Along with the Cell processor, the Blu-ray drive is one of the PS3's most expensive components. The PS3's high price has forced it into third place behind the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360. Sony will be keen not to price itself out of the next console battle.

As Acclaim boss Dave Perry recently claimed: "Because of the cost of making the PlayStation 3 and because they sold it at a loss, Sony basically has pretty much no chance of making money on the PS3, because it's lost more money than they made during the entire peak of the PlayStation 2 – it's not going to happen again for Sony."

Sony can't simply slash its prices like Microsoft has recently. And Blu-ray is partly to blame. Billy Pidgeon, an analyst at market researcher IDC points out: "Blu-ray licensees would be threatened by pricing the PS3 below stand-alone Blu-ray players. The PS3 is a bit challenged on that side."

Chasing the dream of a digital hub

Do consumers really want a PlayStation 4 that does everything? Sony's next console needs to be a machine that plays the best games. Just like the PS2 did. The PS4 could go one of two ways – a premium all-in-one box that offers Blu-ray, integrated playTV and a much larger hard disk; or a pure games machine, stripped of its expensive technology in favour of mass market appeal?

Whatever the PS4 looks like, the final question to be asked is: when will it launch? Sony's Kaz Hirai has already given us a hint: "If you look at the history of the way we've managed our console business," he said, "we always try to hit a 10-year life cycle "

That might put any PS4 launch back to 2016. But when you consider that the PS2 is still chugging along in the shadow of the PS3, a PS4 could easily sit alongside and overlap the existence of the PS3.

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