


Two modes are on offer – a duel where you must take care to not miss any fruit, and a rather looser and more arcade-oriented take that’s simply about slicing up as much fruit as possible before a timer runs out. In the single-screen two-player game, you and an opponent each get a tiny area in which to perform deft swiping. Sometimes a scoundrel chucks a bomb into the mix, and needless to say hacking one of those in half should be avoided. One of the iPhone’s most famous games, Fruit Ninja is primarily about using your finger as a virtual sword to slice up fruit that’s lobbed in your general direction. That’s why our selection of same-device games concentrates on titles with straightforward interfaces, short play times, and intuitive gameplay everyone can immediately understand. Also, it’s not fun if one person’s an elite gamer, obliterating the competition at every turn. Two or more people playing on a single iPhone can be cramped. Games for one iPhone and several players at once… For those who need their personal space, we’ll also check out a handful of pass-and-play classics, and three top titles for local multiplayer when everyone’s armed with their own device. The first half are all about playing on a single device, which can be cramped but fun and very silly.
