Ninja Fruits comes with 2 main feature rounds - the first is a variation on the pick me round and is triggered when you find 3 throwing stars anywhere on the reels. Once active, you'll be taken to a new screen with a selection of fruit placed on a series of targets. Pick a fruit and the ninja star will be thrown, slicing the fruit to receive a cash prize. You keep on throwing until you miss a fruit. Prizes of up to 150 times your total stake are on offer here.
3 Geisha symbols will earn you 5 times your total stake. More importantly, it will also trigger Ninja Fruits' second feature, the Free Spins feature. Once active, the Geisha will appear, swirling her umbrella to reveal how many free spins you've been awarded (between 10 and 20) and which symbols will be designated the extra scatter during the round. Those scatters can fill up whole reels and really boost your chances.
The sound and visuals in Ninja Fruits are well done. Look out for a quartet of ninjas who pay between 500 and 1,000 coins if you find a five symbol combination. Joining them are lower value plums, strawberries, oranges, pineapples and melons. The wise master is the game's wild, substituting for all symbols apart from the bonus. Five wilds will net you a jackpot of 5,000 coins.
The combination of fruits and ninjas as a theme is certainly a bizarre one - it works well surprisingly well though. The variance is on the high side of medium with the biggest wins tending to come via the free spins feature where the extra scatters that fill the reels can deliver some impressive hauls of coins. Just don't expect to hit the free spins that often.
If you have the patience and the bankroll, Ninja Fruits can provide some kick ass action. If you like action-packed slots, WMS’ Bruce Lee Dragon’s Tale is good and has a similar theme. You also have Thunderfist from NetEnt which isn’t bad.