1 | * BreakthroughHit: ''Fruit Ninja'' became a major success for Creator/HalfbrickStudios, the one to establish them on the gaming market and save them for possible bankruptcy.[[note]]This was the time when they were transitioning from making {{Licensed Game}}s to the original [=IPs=], which was not going well. One of their first such games, ''Rocket Racing'', was a huge flop that lost them a lot of money and Global Financial Crisis was at it's peak. Halfbrick needed to make 300,000 dollars within 12 months, and ''Fruit Ninja'' delivered just that.[[/note]] |
2 | * FollowTheLeader: The success of ''Fruit Ninja'' has inspired various clones of it, such as ''[[http://www.veggiesamurai.com/ Veggie Samurai]]''. |
3 | * InspirationForTheWork: |
4 | ** Luke Muscat cited two inspirations for the concept: [[https://youtu.be/7lWL0BIHlA4 an infomercial for a set of kitchen knives]], which had a shot of a pineapple being sliced in the air, and the satisfaction of fragging in ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena''. |
5 | ** Arcade mode was inspired by ''[[VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}} Bejeweled Blitz]]'', with its 60-second limit and Rare Gems power-ups. |
6 | * KidsMealToy: Received token sets at Arby's. |
7 | * MilestoneCelebration: |
8 | ** To celebrate the fifth anniversary, the game received a huge update that added a "Festival" mode, where players could win new Golden Ember blade. Similar special in-game events were also added to many of the games supported by Creator/HalfbrickStudios at the time. |
9 | ** ''Fruit Ninja 2'' had its worldwide release on the original game's 10th anniversary. Additionally, ''Fruit Ninja'' itself was overhauled and ported over to UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} engine with new graphics. |
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11 | ** ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The "Combo Experience" achievement artwork depicts several fruit being sliced apart. |
12 | ** ''Franchise/{{Dishonored}}: Rat Assassin'' is a free mobile game released to promote the first game featuring gameplay similar to ''Fruit Ninja'' but slicing rats rather than fruit. |
13 | ** ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In "Ricktional Mortpoon's Rickmas Mortcation", Morty plays with his new lightsaber while cutting various fruit. |
14 | * SleeperHit: Nobody at Halfbrick was expecting this game to become such a huge success, let alone being downloaded [[https://www.smh.com.au/technology/fruit-ninja-seo-here-20150831-gjbiuc.html more than 1 billion times]] in 5 years. |
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