Fruit Ninja Frenzy Walkthrough [Guide]

Fruit Ninja Frenzy is the arcade version of Fruit Ninja, the popular and highly addictive fruit slashing game that is now available on multiple platforms. Fruit Ninja Frenzy stays loyal to its predecessor’s gameplay, where players are required to slash flying fruits via a mouse or via touch screen while avoiding bomb fruits from exploding in their faces. The premise is simplicity itself, but can amount to hours and hours of fun and enjoyment for everyone.

Hopefully the following guide will provide you with enough tips so that you can become a ninja expert in no time!

Gameplay
Players have one minute to slice as many fruit as they can before they fall off the screen. Some fruits may be thrown in at once, and bonuses can be earned if many fruits can be sliced with a single swipe. However, bomb fruits would be thrown in from time to time, so mindlessly swiping all over the screen will not work, as hitting bombs would take points off your score.

Fruits come in different shapes and sizes, so precision and strategy must also be considered. There are also power bananas that are randomly thrown in, which would provide you with distinct advantages in a stage in order to earn more points. Some power bananas freeze the screen for a while, some double points scored for a certain period, while others will bring up a frenzy (hence the game’s name) of fruits flying from all over the screen. Prioritize these power bananas when they show up so that you can maximize their effects each round.

Currency
Juice and Starfruit are the currencies being used throughout the game. Juice is used to purchase smoothies for each round and is earned based on the player’s score and performance for each round. Starfruit, on the other hand, is earned through achievements, and can be used to purchase additional juice, unlock more smoothies, as well as get new blades or backgrounds. Starfruit is earned by winning Achievements, and can be purchased using Facebook credits.

Achievements
Achievements are special quests that need to be done, either in a single round, or cumulatively. Examples of these are scoring 100 points in a game without slicing a strawberry, slicing 5,000 fruits, and many more. Each achievement set requires different strategies, and choosing the right styles and the accompanying smoothies can greatly improve or hinder the chances of reaching achievements within the game.

Winning achievements earn you a different number of Starfruits. Thus, playing through the Achievement lists is one of the main priorities in Fruit Ninja Frenzy, and it is one of the more challenging aspects of the game.

Smoothies
Smoothies are one of the newest and most important additions to Fruit Ninja Frenzy. Different smoothies offer different beneficial effects for each round. Some smoothies make bombs invisible, some give you additional time in a round, while some gives you a random power banana at the beginning of a round. These can give you an advantage in scoring more points, and smoothies are very helpful when you are trying to reach certain achievements.

There are a total of twelve smoothies that can be chosen from and brought into each round. However, only three are available at the start, while the others must be unlocked using differing numbers of Starfruit. Also, players may only bring in one smoothie per round, but two additional slots may be purchased using Facebook credits so that you can bring in a total of three smoothies in a round.

Smoothies cost certain amounts of juice to bring into a round, and they must be chosen before the round begins.

Upgrades
Using Starfruit, players can unlock and use different types of blades. These new blades are purely cosmetic, however, as these would only change the color of the swipe effect and will not change the sword’s performance in any way.

Starfruit can also be used to purchase new backgrounds. Again, backgrounds are for design purposes only, but it can greatly enhance the visuals within the game, especially when you have already unlocked everything within the game and still have a lot of Starfruit to spare.

Social Interaction
Fruit Ninja Frenzy encourages social interaction with friends, if only for the bragging rights. Through Facebook, you can share achievements that you have won, and with the Leaderboard functionality, you can see and compare your scores against that of your friends. This will serve gamers as an added motivation to further improve their game and compete against their friends within their social network.

Sensei’s Wheel
The Sensei’s Wheel is a form of bonus stage that gamers can play once a day once they begin their game. The Sensei’s Wheel provides players with random bonuses such as additional juice, Starfruit, or additional free spins. Only one free spin is given per day, and additional spins can be purchased using Facebook credits.

Conclusion
While Fruit Ninja Frenzy employs a very simple premise, it is nonetheless a very enjoyable game to play that almost requires little to no skill at all aside from good hand eye coordination. Of course, a great mouse or touch screen device will help, as well. Strategy will also play a factor, as choosing the right combination of smoothies within each round would greatly affect the ease or difficulty of reaching certain achievements.

Fruit Ninja Frenzy is a very addictive and entertaining game that players can spend countless hours on, if only for the achievements as well as for besting their friends’ respective scores. It doesn’t hurt also that Fruit Ninja Frenzy can help relive every young man’s fantasy to wield a sword with skill and precision, only against colorfully rendered fruits instead of bloodthirsty ninja enemies. In conclusion, Fruit Ninja Frenzy is a great game that everyone will surely enjoy for the simple pleasures that it is capable of bringing.

Fruit Ninja Frenzy is currently available for free play at Facebook and is developed by Halfbrick, the same group behind Fruit Ninja, which is currently available for play in a variety of platforms including iOS, Android, and Xbox 360.