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My six year old and I have had a blast playing Chop Chop Ninja, Gamerizon $1.99, for the past two weeks. You play as the ninja Iro on a quest to save a princess who has been transformed into a jade statue. You run, jump, kick, fly and collect coins (collecting 100 coins grants you an extra life) while going through four levels of 3 unique boards per level. You control Iro simply by touching the screen to make him run or jump. Tapping behind an evil samuri, snake, scorpian, skull or bow and arrow samuri is how you attack. Actually you tap, tap, tap because it takes multiple strikes to defeat an enemy. As you progress through the game you pick up extra skills like wall climbing, double jumping or better attacking with your sword. There are potions along the way to give you back full live strength or make you invincible. You will need this as some boards are quite long and require you to fight half of dozen enemies at the same time. Most levels have checkpoints along the way so when you die you don’t have to restart from the beginning, but at the most recent checkpoint. In addition many levels also require you to jump across open areas or navigate your way through a maze of spiked wheels, balls and boxes. On some boards you attach a rocket to your back so you can fly over things. Chop Chop Ninja is a polished fast paced game that is easy enough to pick up that my six year old didn’t get frustrated with it. He could do some levels all by himself and asked for help on others. BTW, if you are stuck on level 4-2 just google “Chop Chop ninja 4-2″ and you’ll find the help you need. My biggest problem with this game is after having completed level 4-3 and “winning” the cartoon hints that the evil villans father will challenge Iro in Chop Chop Ninja 2. Well, my 6 year old is asking about it and doesn’t seem to understand this will take some time and may never appear. We can only hope. While providing no educational value I will say Chop Chop Ninja has to be one of the three best games for ages 5-10. Easy enough for them to play by themselves, but hard enough to where they’ll be playing and leaving you alone for hours upon hours.