Fruit Ninja

Fruit Ninja
Developer	Halfbrick Studios
Publisher	Halfbrick Studios
Platforms	iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian, Bada, Windows 8 (Discontinued), KaiOS
Release	April 27, 2010 (iOS) September 17, 2010 (Android)

Fruit Ninja is a mobile game developed by Halfbrick Studios, first released on April 27, 2010 for iOS. The game is the most successful title developed by Halfbrick, and its character of Sensei made several appearances in Barry Steakfries series.

The game has two fully-supported version: The regular free version and Fruit Ninja Classic, a premium version that was based on the older versions of the game.

Summary

The game takes place in various dojos (starting with the default wooden dojo, and more can be unlocked later on) with fruit being thrown into the air. The player must swipe their finger across the touch screen as a blade to slice as many fruits as possible in half. Sometimes the bombs are mixed in, which the player must avoid.

Story-wise, the game takes place in the ancient kingdom of Fruitasia. Sensei has organized a training dojo in order to master Juice Jitsu - a mysterious fruit-based martial art. He also recruits four kids - Katsuro, Mari, Han, and Nobu - to be his students and master the Juice Jitsu, also accompanied by a traveling merchant Gutsu and his pet piggy Truffles serving as the shopkeepers. They aren't the only ones who are interested in this martial art, however. The main opposing force is the clan of Deep Fried Samurai, that wants to use the powers for great evil. One of the members of this clan is Rinjin, a former student of Sensei's who was expelled due to his desire to combine fruit powers with dark magic.

Elements from Barry Steakfries series in Fruit Ninja

Jetpack Joyride 2 avatars

To promote the release of Jetpack Joyride 2 on Apple Arcade, Fruit Ninja added 6 avatars featuring characters from the game.

Barry Steakfries

Betty Beefpies

Craig

The Science Crew

Robo-Barry

Professor Brains

Jetpack Joyride 2 and Jetpack Joyride+ events

As part of the Halfbrick's Multiverse Madness event, the Apple Arcade release of Fruit Ninja Classic, titled Fruit Ninja Classic+, recieved two Jetpack Joyride-themed events, one being based on Jetpack Joyride 2, and other after Jetpack Joyride+. These events featured two new blades and two new dojos. On November 4, 2023, Jetpack Joyride 2 event was also added to the regular version of the game, bringing all of its content there as well.

Blades

Icon	Name	Rarity	Description	Blade Powers
	Jetpack Blade	Legendary	Take this blade for a Joyride!	Charge Laser Beams by slicing fruit. Activate them for Critical chaos!
				Chance to revive a Cross in Classic with every ??? sliced!
				Boost your chance of finding a Dragon Fruit!
	Profit Bird	Common	Profits are sky high!	None yet

Dojos

Icon	Name	Rarity	Description	Dojo Power
	Moon Tomb Dojo	Common	Treasures await on the dark side of the tomb...	None yet
	Laboratory Dojo	Legendary	Advancing ninja research, one fruit at a time!	None yet

Avatars

Barry Steakfries avatar

Halfbrick+ avatars

To promote Halfbrick+ service, Fruit Ninja received avatars based on many of the games available on the service, including those from the Barry Steakfries series.

Age of Zombies

Monster Dash

Jetrpack Joyride Classic

Jetpack Joyride Test Labs

References to Fruit Ninja in Barry Steakfries series

See also Sensei for the character's appearances and cameos within the series

• Age of Zombies: One of the achievements is titled "Now Go Play Fruit Ninja". In post-2014 script, Ancient Japan dialogue references the game, as Tanaka claims that his ninja skills are only good against fruit.
• Monster Dash: For Fruit Ninja's 5th anniversary, several Fruit Ninja elements were added to the game. Those include Fruit Ninja Blade, a set of missions that also use the game's main theme, "Welcome to Fruit Ninja", and Bombs appear as an obstacle.
• Jetpack Joyride: The description for Ninja Mask contains a reference to bombs from Fruit Ninja. 115th and 116th Badges are titled "Historic Badge of Fruit" and "Historic Badge of Sensei". Cut & Run event and Fruit Punch are directly based on Fruit Ninja.
• Jetpack Joyride 2: Fruit Barrel from Jetpack Joyride re-appears as an unlockable item.

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