Games Thursday : Katakijin – Stylish Ninja Hack n’ Slash
Katakijin is my favourite of the 10+ newly-discovered games I downloaded featured on the list of 365 games from Games Radar’s recent article about a year’s supply of freeware/open source games (and demos – unfortunately, they don’t exactly distinguish between the demos and the rest of the other games).
Created by Ultim8, Katakijin is a side-scrolling hack n’ slash featuring loads of ninjas – you control one particular black ninja who’s out to prove himself against a host of other ninjas with his dual katanas and flashy moves.
The controls are smooth and responsive which makes controlling and watching your nimble ninja leaping and running on walls extremely enjoyable. The sprites are very nicely animated which add tons of style to the combat – your foes explode in showers of blood and flying katanas (can’t believe each tiny ninja has so much blood in him 
) If you’re still not convinced, just witness how your ninja makes his grand entrance into the game below 
Style isn’t the only plus point for Katakijin since melee combat is quite tactical too – mashing of keys won’t help a single bit here since your ninja isn’t strong enough to stand and duke it out with multiple opponents at a time. Mixing evasive manuevers such as rolls and dashes with your attacks and parries will ensure that you don’t get cut to pieces in the first couple of minutes into the game.
The default keys as follows:
Movement
Move with cursor keys
Tap left or right twice to dash
Tap down twice to roll (good for evading attacks)
Press Z to jump.
Hold Z when jumping towards a wall to wallrun
Fighting
Press X or C to slash with your katana
Hold C for an alternative chargeable slash attack
Press Space to throw shurikens
Block attacks with Shift. Note that blocking two consecutive strikes stuns your ninja and leaves him vulnerable to enemy attacks. You can cancel out enemy attacks by pressing X when you anticipate an attack.
Download Katakijin or read more on GameRadar’s 365 Days of Free Games. There’s another (probably older) version of Katakijin at 64digits which is pretty fun too (comes with unlimited shurikens)
MORE @ THE DOWNLOAD MUNKEY:
Ninja Rinseout
Ninja Gaiden 2 Official Wallpapers
Tenchu Z Official Wallpapers
Blood in the Boardroom & Other ShadowRun Cover Artwork
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huhuhu right now i’m insanely addictive to gemcraft at kongregate.
last saturday i even played the game all day without a sleep, Great time waster 
It’s tower of defense game
do u have an account there? my nick is bebek_ijo
Nope, haven’t got a Kongregate account (yet)
Played gemcraft a few weeks ago but didn’t really like it – maybe because I just played a few levels during lunchbreak at work. My favourite tower defense games are still Protector and VectorTD. (I think there’s a VectorTD 2 out there)
There’s no speed button on Protector and i can’t clearly see the benefit of each upgrade, but sometimes i still play it. I’m goin to VectorTD a try
Frankly speaking, neither do I
I just like games with a story-like campaign and unlockable perks, that’s all. Tower defense games get a bit tedious and repetitive for me so I haven’t been playing or recommending any for a long time.
The gem combination part in Gemcraft is an interesting concept (reminds me of Diablo II’s gem and rune setting) but I like the setting and graphics of Protector more