This Game Was BOTW Before BOTW
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
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Mini Ninjas is the best 2009 action-adventure game you've never heard of (yes that's a very specific category). Even though it's not an open world RPG, Mini Ninjas is a fun and underrated hidden gem that never got the attention it deserved. Developed by the same studio that made Hitman (IO Interactive), Mini Ninjas carries an uncanny resemblance to one of the most celebrated games of recent times, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I'm not sure if BOTW was inspired by Mini Ninjas, but playing Mini Ninjas in 2022 as a Zelda fan, you will no doubt notice similarities between it and its open world cousin, BOTW. Mini Ninjas carries the same DNA of Breath of the Wild's sprawling open world filled with lush cartoony nature and beautiful landscapes, presents it in a linear fashion but with the same amount of character.
Massive thanks to Pizza Hotline for letting me use his music, you can find it here:
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Timestamps:
0:00 - how games have changed
3:11 - daily dose of gaming industry slander
4:38 - mini ninjas intro
6:32 - graphics
9:12 - variety
12:53 - conclusion
13:46 - very important outro 
Игры
I love this game so much. I would play the first few levels over and over as a kid with my sister. Last year, my mum died and I was staying with my sister and we ended up playing mini ninjas again. This game holds a special place in my family's heart.
I'm sorry for your loss, glad you could find comfort in this game 💕
@@chromerot he was just joking 😂
@@ThayneJiutsu He was? I don't think he is
@@ThayneJiutsu bruh how tf would you actually know he's "joking" ???
@@ThayneJiutsu always one there is.
Just one glimpse of the thumbnail and the character, made my eyes open wide, to know that Mini Ninjas is still within someone else's memories!
ikr! It feels like such an obscure game even though thousands of us have experienced it.
It’s always in my memories
@@godiloveminininjas4278 nice name
@@GKZI thanks!
YUS
Glad to see this game get more recognition, was my fav game as a kid and no one has talked about it
I played a demo of this on Ps3 back in the day, and actually went out and bought the game because I found it so charming and fun. I was 29 back in 2009, and it's nice to see someone recognise the game for what it is.
You are old
This has to be the first time i've ever seen anyone bring this game up. Such a brilliant and fun game that really deserves more attention.
Goddamnit this game looks brilliant!
I need to play it
I’m so disappointed that i didn’t play it, i thought it was a ripoff of I-Ninja
This video is bizarre to me, because I remember when mini ninjas came out there was actually a decent enough fan base online. I mean it wasn't huge, and that's why it's not remembered as much as AAA titles from the same era, but it definitely had people talking about it online.
Mini ninjas is such a goated hidden jem, I always completely lose my mind when somebody talks about it
a surprising amount of people in the comments saying they've played it
Well its in the name, this game itself is hidden from the internet like ninja if we use fantasy
I played it a lot in the house I grew up in, can't remember specific age but I remembered it being very fun despite me being shite at videogames.
SAME I LOVE THIS GAME IM LOSING MY MIND RN
I pirated it as a 10yo kid, it really surprised me how good it was.
You're really a hidden (?) gem of a channel, there's something so trustworthy & relatable about your voice as a narrator/critic/editor. This is my first video of yours, and I already know what I'm gonna be binging for the next couple days. Break legs on chromerot, my dude, I'll see ya there
same feeling
Yup!
yeah this guys the best i just subbed i laughed my ass off when he said the pussy bop
Bro this has to be the most nostalgic video out there man. you nearly made me cry. MiniNinjas was a birthday present from my uncle when i was 7 and I've never stopped playing it ever since, I have even introduced it to my 6 year old brother last year and it turned into his favourite game as well
Damn this is the first time I hear somebody talk about this game other than my childhood friends. My mom just bought it in a supermarket one day, and it was my first encounter with a rpg game so it blew my mind back then. I used to be absolutely terrified of these giant brute enemies. Also what I discovered is that not only can you transform into any animal, you can also possess these basic gray samurai! Anyways great video mate
oh god I had no idea, this game just keeps on blowing my mind
I haven’t heard people talk about this in years!!! This was my childhood!!!!!
SOMEBODY REMAKE THIS GAME AHHHH!!!!
@@yipperdeyip The graphics and the game by itself hold up pretty good to this day, I think that there's no need to remake or even remaster it. Releasing a sequel tho would be amazing
@@chromerot yeah you have to get your XP level (or whatever it’s called I forgot lol) all the way up to max. It was kind of a cool reward I just randomly found out one day playing the game on ps3 like 5 years ago lol. Messing around as a samurai is somewhat useless kinda fun, and it’s not really an advantage in the game or whatever, so it’s not giving you a sense of “oh I need to grind this game to get this”, it’s kind of just more a casual side-benefit that adds to the replayability :)
I thought this game was just a fever dream I had since almost nobody has talked about this game. What a classic game to play as a kid. The lost souls graveyard still gives me the chills as an adult. I need to acquire it on pc at some point.
I remember getting to that area and just stopping because I was so scared. I then figured I would let my older brother play that area and then take over his save.
No way I'm not the only one who was scared by this area???
I had this game on the DS and found it incredibly fun but weird. I then played some of it with my friend on his Xbox and seeing how much better his version was it blew my mind. This game holds a lot of nostalgia for me
Same here. I had it on my DS as well and when I would look up videos on how to beat it I would constantly see the console versions and wonder why my game looked worse. I used to think it was a sequal because my english wasn't developed enough to understand that they were different versions. Blew my mind a few years ago when I was browsing steam and found the PC/Console edition. Great stuff.
One of the most underrated games, it’s a masterpiece in my eyes. Even when I replay it over and over the nostalgia feel never goes away, always feel just as good as when I first played it
Hey I just Uploaded a Mini Ninjas video myself, would mean the world to me if you'd check that out 😁
Thanks Chrome Rot!
I didn't recognize the thumbnail as Mini Ninjas at first - the DS version, the one I had as a kid, looks totally different. But anyways, this brought up so much nostalgia for me, what a game :)
glad to see i'm not the only one who played it
Ooooh that's why I thought I played that game but wasn't a 100% sure because I couldn't remember anything that was shown.
I played the da version too
Found your channel through your indie game recommendations video, just wanted to say you have now become one of my favourite gaming related channels! Top notch editing, story telling and essay writing all round.
appreciate that a lot 💞😁
i started replaying this recently after so many years. shun was always my favourite character, i'll never forget how cool it was to me shooting fireworks as arrows. each boss was unique and cool, this game is a gem
I love the bosses too! The quick timed events were so awesome.
I love all the characters, but Tora is my precious bean
Holy shit, this game was actually the first videogame I ever played! I had around 4 years old, and I loved it so much. I remember giving the controller to my mom every time we reached the ghost level, because they freaked me out (they still do). I remember how beutiful the World and characters were, and I even got a ninja costume on my birthday because of this game.
Thank you for making this video. I have been watching your content for a while but I believe this is the first time I comment in one of your videos. Keep up the good work and, again, thank you for reminding me the game of my childhood (sorry for the bad english lol)
oh god this is the most wholesome comment ever :') i love you
god damn that ghost level scared the shit out of me :D
Great game played it when I was a kid on xbox. I think I will replay this on PC. :D
Mom memories are the best!
i also used to be terrified of the ghosts and also i gave the controller to my dad when i went to that area
lol dang i am happy someone also experienced this.
That was mine first played game too! MY MAN! How Nostalgic !!!!!! :))))))
I have never seen anyone talk about Mini Ninjas. Even after spending more than a decade and a half on this platform, this game gets ignored by literally everyone. Your video brought tears with a smile on the face.
Fun fact: on the night castle level, there’s a little hole you have to pass through and if you are passing through with it with any ninja but then try changing to Futo (who is too fat for it) the game gives you a haiku about Futo and why he can’t appear now.
God, you sure do love Mini Ninjas to know this. Unironically amazing!
The beauty in any medium is really in the little details, and the fact that you noticed all the little ninja specific details in this game is really cool, man. Great video dude!
Dude i played this on the wii as a kid 3 times and completley forget it existed until this video showed up in my recc. It was genuinely such a fun time with a variety of characters and utilities at your hands it never got boring. Thanks for reminding me of this masterpiece.
Thanks so much for bringing this one to my attention! I am 33 and consider myself knowledgable of at least a whole lot of niche games, but I literally never heard of this one. But it’s now on my wanted list. Seems like the devs really poured some love into it. Totally subscribed as well, your humor and overall video was on point! Your channel has like the game, flown totally under my radar. 🔥
this is one of those videos where a a new youtuber pops up on my recommended and i starting binging their videos even though i have never seen them before . great work and you are going to blow up real soon i can feel it.
Man, that intro gave me so much nostalgia. That Lain cover + those artworks…I felt that so much
Thank you for using your platform to talk about one of my favorite games! Its SO painfully underrated. I would love a port to modern consoles and a sequel, but sadly, I suppose that wont ever happen. Great video as always 💖
I used to play this so much with my friends in gaming cafes. Thank you for reminding me about this gem of a game.
sounds like a vibe
Now I remember playing this game years ago and after that I just completely forgot it existed. You've unlocked some of my memories. The bosses were cool.
I remember this game. I played it after school and was totally in love with it. Very calming and beautiful with fun gameplay. Turning into the animals was the wildest part for me, I used to think that was soooo cool.
Just pure respect, man. I loved Mini Ninjas in 2009. Need to replay now.
Despite never playing this game, I remember it with nostalgia. It was marketed heavily towards kids when I was in elementary school, and I remember getting a mini ninjas bookmark from my schools bookfair. I never got to play the game, but always thought it looked cool. This video unlocked some memories lol
Super happy to hear someone talk about this game. It came out when i was going through a big ninja phase as a kid and naturally i got it and got super into it. Only ever met one other person who had played it, and we both got super excited to connect over it, since we both knew what a gem it was
Shoutout for using the Pizza Hotline songs, I regularly listen to their mixes. So dope.
I used to play this game on Nintendo DS when I was a kid, and I have made so much memories with it, from my first steps in the world to spending countless hours playing against my brother in versus mode, it will always have a special place in my heart
You should try and play the game again on a real console or pc. I also had the ds version and it was like a completely different game.
I could see this game coming out now and doing well. If I saw that during a nintendo direct or playstation showcase I would be looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for the recommendation
absolutely man, i played some more of it after finishing the video and was actually super impressed by how it aged
THANK YOU. this game is so important to me and to see it finally getting the love and attention it deserves is amazing.
Great vid man! Never seen any vids of yours before but this is a great introduction! Good job!
Officially uploaded! Awesome.
Still super weird that this game was developed by IO interactive.
and you got to be the first comment twice ;)
@@chromerot It's crazy that I am seemingly in the minority of viewers here. I had no idea about this game or probably most games that came out in the same generation. Happy to see this beedeeoh doing so well!
Finally some acknowledgement for an amazing underrated game. I used to be scared of the level with the ghost and needed someone else to do it for me.
I was listening to this video without having rlly studied the thumbnail and you don't mention the game in the title so hearing you talk about mini ninjas was such a shock and I was grinning the whole time. I love that game so much and periodically go back to it and beat it.
I am so thankful that you covered this game. I played it so much in my childhood and has helped med shape the way I look at nature and the way I act in a creative manner in my day to day life. I'm glad you enjoyed this hidden gem of a game. Keep the content going!
who tf is this no cap gaming guy? though good video chromerot, as always
I played this game again this year after having only played it on the 360 and exploring the world was still so beautiful. It was like being a kid again when I floated down the village river on my hat
Man you popped up on my feed and I'm loving the channel. Good shit.
Awesome review, you speak about this game with so much love and passion that you make me want to play it. It’s been on my radar for a while
You've made me reconsider a lot of how I thought about design with the "width" perspective. I've found myself gravitating towards implementing a lot of content that falls under that umbrella of "width," and then telling myself to water it down due to impracticality. Maybe something fun, novel, and experimentative is more important sometimes than something explicitly tight and engaging as a function.
This is a really good first impression. I'm looking forwards to what kind of content you'll be putting out in the future.
that's so cool actually, lmk when you have a finished project, I'd like to take a look :)
Keep uploading videos, i love them
always
Its so good to hear somebody talk about this game. I spent so much time in it.Thanks for the video !
Good video, I just discovered your channel, I had an opportunity to play this game a decade earlier but I didn't. This game was in the back of my mind, thank you for covering it
Pure Nostalgia when seeing this game. Shame it will probably never get a remake, remaster or sequel.
deep pain in the heart
I love mini ninjas, I remember renting it for the Wii, played it on DS and have since played with it some on PC. it def had a positive impact on me & I appreciate it getting some recognition.
Oooooh great work on this one ! Mini Ninjas is so underrated. Need to watch your channel npw cause if its some hidden gems like that, I'm gonna 100% watch your videos my entire weekend.
Dude, I absolutely love this game. It was my favorite game for years. So glad to finally see someone making a video on it.
It’s absolutely crazy that i was JUST thinking about this game after so many years. It was one of my first gaming experiences but I couldn’t remember what it was called. I was saddened by the thought that I will never remember it’s name because nobody ever talks about it. But then I saw this video. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS. I’m so glad I’m subscribed.
Your video is awesome as always. I said it once, ill say it again: you deserve much more and i hope your audience will grow even more than it did already!
it's super nice to hear that, hope to see you in the comments when i reach millions 😎
I GREW UP WITH THIS GAME. its nice to see people know people know what this is
It’s my fav game ever since I played it as a child
@@godiloveminininjas4278 God, I Love Mini Ninjas
Dude seeing the thumbnail was a rush of nostalgia for me. Mini Ninjas was one of the first ps3 games I got as a kid for christmas and I was pretty addicted to it for a while. I loved the aesthetic of the game
Call yourself whatever you want man, just keep making these awesome videos 🤙
will do!
Dude, I loved this game as a kid. I was maybe like 6 or 7 when it came out. I usually just played the first three levels over and over again because the force field guys scared me lol, so it basically came down to my older brother to progress the game while I watched. Note: I was a massive coward who was afraid to enter Skyrim dungeons until I was 13, thankfully character progression has braved me up.
Those big bear dudes with their clubs where the bane of my existence...
I was afraid of the ghosts lmao
oh god, this game was constantly on the google app store back in the 2010s. i was trying to find this game for so long just to see what this was about. you just made my day, thank you!
alright chrome rot, i jus met ur channel, it was reccomended to me and i love this video. keep it up you have a new fan!!
This game felt like such an UNDERATED gem when I was younger
i was cleaning out my old console games and found this the other day! i loved this game and remembered how i got scared when i was a kid at the ghost forest level and had to get my brother to beat it for me haha thanks for making a video on this lost classic!
I don't know how many times I played the demo for Mini Ninjas back on my 360. I squeezed every bit of content I could from the demo, which was just the second level of the game. Remember thinking the demo was packed with content, but it was really just me exploring absolutely everywhere. Was beyond stoked when I finally got the full game on disc. Truly one of my favorite experiences as a kid, let alone video games. Seeing Suzume go down the river in her hat-boat spinning her flute around immediately brought me back to how I would always switch to her at water sections because I thought she was faster? LOL Such a fun game that I hope I get to show my little cousins or even my own children some day. Great video, man. Thanks for making this.
Cool video man. Thanks for sharing your opinions of games. Very interesting
Buzzing to see another video from you! Also great to hear that you’re going to be creating lots of content in the future as I wasn’t sure if you left RUclips! Looking forward to your upcoming videos 🙌🏻
i appreciate the support so much man, for real 🙏
Some of my friend would visit my house to play this game, the moment when we ride the big Koi was the most memorable one for me as a kid, also the moment when we get to play as Tora, such a really good game, I even need to buy the game in a physical store at the time, such a different and relaxing time man.
those two were my favorite memories as well! along with the night rooftop mission and crossing that foggy bridge
Immediate sub. Bro you spoke my mind with the perfect amount of humor. Bravo!
This video sounds very in depth .. very informative , Thanks .. and also props for the artist combining nostalgic things like that into art ..
and also the intro song is a slowedversion of a part of the song : Duvet by Bôa .
The song
POV its been two months since hes posted :(
this is cap
This has unlocked some sort of core memory for me. I remember renting this game from the local library for my wii and then playing it soooo much but never getting past the first boss. Thanks for the vid!
I've played this game when I was a kid in an e-cafe in our neighborhood. And recently I remembered about the game but could find the name of it but I just stumbled upon your video randomly. Thanks bro, you've got a new subscriber
I am beyond surprised you brought up this game. I remember picking up this game for my younger cousin for his birthday in like 2010.
I just discovered this channel and before opening up the vid thought to myself "oh no cap gaming, thats a cool name for a channel." and looking at the other vids assured myself for the name "no cap" for documentary-type videos is a good idea. bummer. best of luck with rebranding and merchandising it was a nice video. subbed!
I am generally not susceptible to nostalgia but this is the one thing that gets me. The charm of the game and it's painting-looking nature, whether it's a lively forest full of life, a grim and dark volcano populated by samurais or a village overflown by the river, it always brought such a peaceful vibe to me
Bro, love you for talking about this game. So many good memories playing it with my dad. Such an underrated gem. Certified hood classic right here.
God i love your humor and style of commentary so much. Also Mini Ninjas is the ultimate vibe.
I was sold on this video 5 seconds in hearing the Serial Experiments Lain theme song cover being played and seeing CS 1.6
AND YOU USED THE JET SET RADIO SOUND EFFECT FOR GRAFFITI WHEN TALKING ABOUT COLOR... my man you got a sub.
ayy you're here just in time for my new upload
I'm completly blown away. You are the first talking about mini Ninjas on the like whole internet. It is such a joy for me to see you talking about my childhood game.
Thank you for reminding me of this beautiful game, new sub ✌️
I think this is the game me and my sister used to play!! I remember thinking about it but could never remember the name, so thanks man!
Man this game was fun, gotta look up more clips for some nostalgia.
Love your content, this channel is so underrated
Great video, missed this game. Subscribed
THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD! mini ninjas has my heart. my mum bought this when i was really little, she knew the game better than me and my brother, but i think this was my first video game, maybe after sonic 1. i used to see levels and stuff from this game but no one else knew about it, so happy to see this video and to see it has so many views!
Omg thank you for making this video. I have never once in my life heard anyone talk about this game. It was just a special little thing in my childhood that was mind-blowing and might very well be my intro to RPG/gaming (if you can call it RPG). I haven't thought about the game in maybe 10 years. Wow.
damn you just unlocked so many memories for me, i remember playing this game so much i had the levels memorized. i used the transformation spell all the time so i could run around as an animal and id try and see how long i could survive as a enemy.
I played both the DS one and the Wii one and it was two of my favorite games as a kid. Thanks for the nostalgia shot my friend i really needed it .
I just discovered your channel and you made me laughing tears, subscribed. finnally someone appreciates the game for what it is
you taste in music is killer and I was thinking of mini ninjas recently I remember getting mini ninjas on my DSI for my 10th birthday cool to see someone remember it
I loved every part of this game when I first played it. The art style's great, the creativity in the usage of the spells is fun, the bosses are more QTE/puzzle based (but it actually works unlike some other games). Also, this is the first I'm hearing of the Koi fish potion too. I'm upset that this masterpiece gets overlooked so much; more people should know about it, so thank you for calling more attention to it!
Great video, it's always nice to see people praise something you enjoy. Also, I'm not sure what station/website the animated series aired on but it was somewhere in France. I know this because I used to be so obsessed with these games that I scrounged for every episode I could find and consumed them entirely through context clues because I don't speak French
Thanks a lot for the recommendation! Looks a lotta fun!! Although u say that there are unnecessary features, these are awesome to explore around and some kids would enjoy them a lot!! Thanks again for showing all these aspect of the game and mentioning other games too.. They're hidden gems for me!
I livestreamed this game to my friends in August because I absolutely adored this game when I was younger and when I saw it got added to the last batch of backwards compatability on xbox I put the disc in instantly. I'm so happy to have shared that experience with my friends and to have me beating the game recorded makes me just content
This game, WAS my childhood. The music the vibe the ability for me to actually finish a game as a dumb kid was the most gratifying thing ever, I played it recently and it still holds up and I'm so happy it does. Also I can't believe somebody else actually talked about this game that is remotely big so thank you for doing so!
I loved this game so much, I used to play it on the Wii back in the day. After beating the game I would always replay the Avalanche Slide mission over and over again lol
that slowed down camera on ninja game could be a ultimatevily cool special move in a multiplayer game
i love how you sum up my childhood, could not agree more on complicated vs complex
Thank you for reminding me this game existed! I remember enjoying this game such a long time ago and now I can actually play it from beginning to end!
Dude I literally just remembered this game yesterday and then forgot about it again, and then decided to see if anyone had covered it on RUclips and conveniently this video had came out not too long ago, I appreciate this. I got Mini Ninjas for my PlayStation 3 quite a few years ago probably when I was 9 or 10 in my stocking for Christmas, and me and my brother played this game to oblivion. This is definitely one of the games I most played during my childhood, and I loved it thoroughly. I still remember the first day I played it that morning, i have so many memories of it.
Like, that one sledding level was so hard for me and I had to get my older cousin to beat it for me one day. I remember beating the final boss and getting so much joy out of that. I played the Boss Windy Pants level so much it just made me laugh every time and kid me loved it. I remember trying to fight those dumb monkeys that would turn into samurais and I could never dodge them.
But bro that one cemetery level. I was so scared of the floating skeletons that I legitimately never played it again afterward, and I still haven’t to this day 😂.
It also genuinely boggles my mind at how much I played it, yet how little I actually discovered within the game. I found a lot of the secret areas, but I also never found all the spells and never tried all the crafting stuff all that much, i basically just saved up materials for no reason lol, buying copious amounts of bombs yet never using them.
AND I literally would replay only like 4 levels in the whole game, yet I still never got bored of it. It always felt amazing to try and sneak around, and wall climb and shoot from long distances. All of the levels felt unique to me and it just felt like a full experience despite not being a super long game.
The levels are linear, yet also feel very spacious and most of them are set in the outside, so it makes it feel almost like an open world despite the often clear path ahead. It makes you feel unlimited and free.
A clearly awesome aspect of the game is the story. It’s super simple, but it’s told exceptionally well through every little cutscenes in the game, and ESPECIALLY in those little character introductions. It really pulls you into the world and makes you feel special, and gives a great sense of progression and accomplishment getting through all the levels.
At least, that’s what It felt like back when I played it. I still have it on my PlayStation, and I still have the same save file to go back to if I wanted to lol, but honestly I’d probably start over from scratch and get the full experience again since I really only got to have it once when I first played it. I really wanna set some time in a couple days soon for a special playthrough of this comforting game :)
I played this game every single day. For at least 2 or 3 years. The DSi version, tho. Eventually I got an Xbox 360 and its specific version. It's nice to know other people who also cherished this game on their childhood. Nice video!