PALGN writes: "Ninjas, apart from being black-cloaked reapers of silent destruction, are also pretty cool. They're the kind of people you'd like to knock a few drinks back with after work, assuming you could see them before they unleashed the fury of unrestrained ki on you. And, having fast reflexes are also pretty cool - after all, Takahashi Meijin gets all the girls, doesn't he? So, what could be cooler than Ninja Reflex, a game apparently designed to help gamers develop their ninjitsu by sharpening their speed and skill through a series of structured simulations? As it unfortunately turns out, apparently quite a few things.
The premise seems fair - have the developers do some in-field research across China, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam to develop authenticity and then give the gamer a variety of reflex-based challenges, a belt-based levelling-up system, and round it off with some good old-fashioned meditation and multiplayer. What could possibly go wrong? Not much, as long as your definition of authenticity involves wooden sandals on tatami mats, your definition of a minigame involves pushing a button in response to a blinking light a few hundred times, and your definition of 'variety' is six."
Wii Game Review Writes: "Ninja Reflex for Wii is a small budget release by Nunchuck Games and is published by Electronic Arts. It's labelled as a Ninja Skills trainer/simulator but really is just a collection of minigames. Nunchuck Games proudly display the photos of three martial arts experts on the Ninja Reflex mini-site who claim it is pretty good. We may not know our Xingyi from our Poomsae but we do know our Wii games so let's see if Ninja Skills Wii gets a lowly white belt or a high ranking black belt in our review of Ninja Reflex. Upon booting the game for the first time you must choose your Ninja title and name from the many combinations possible. They're all quite funny and if you ever dreamt of being that boy in the Karate Kid movies, you'll feel right at home here. There are six Ninja skills lessons to master in Ninja Reflex Wii, these are: Shuriken, Koi, Hotaru, Haish, Katana and Nunchaku."
Vooks writes: "The Wii is fast becoming the most elite personal trainer money can buy. From training your brain to making you fitter, the Wii has a range of software aimed at improving at least one aspect of the person. With Ninja Reflex in the fray, gamers now have the oppurtunity to improve their reflexes in terms of speed and accuracy. With Ninja Reflex, you'll soon be able to catch those pesky flies with chopsticks. But does the game actually improve your reflexes? And it is any good? Read on to find out.
Ninja Reflex is a compilation of 6 mini-games that aim to improve your reflexes. That wasn't a typo either, there is only 6 games including in Ninja Reflex, although there are several variations available on each game. As there are only 6 mini-games, I will take some time to explain each one of them."
Vooks writes: "Ninja Reflex is a noble attempt at trying to make a mini-game compilation that differentiates itself from the rest, through an integration of an interesting theme as well as an underlying common factor - that of reflexes. Unfortunately, although it does differentiate itself as a whole from other titles in the genre, it doesn't do a good job at differentiating it's contents to provide an interesting and compelling enough experience. It's hard to recommend Ninja Reflex to anyone, especially at the price point that it is currently available at. Perhaps if it were to be released at a budget price, it would be much more easier to recommend Ninja Reflex. It just doesn't offer enough substance to warrant it's hefty price tag."
