Japanese martial Sprouts know to entertain!

TASKS
Main task:
Games the little Ninja Hiro and besige with him the ruler of the Samurai.
In addition to tasks:
(1) Get your best friend Futo (jap. "Thick"), in order to seek together with him 4 friends who have disappeared while traveling in succession. These are also playable and have their own skills and weapons (eg hammer, bow and arrow, spear, etc.). Only the Kuji magic can not use the Friends.
(2) Defeat the intermediate bosses (Earth Boss, Boss water, etc.).
(3) Optional in each level: find the Jizo statues (100), deliver all the animals out of their cages, collecting as many herbs / mushrooms to mix potions, find the number means available (coins).
(4) Locate to activate in each level to Kuji Shrine and the anemone (flower with white blooms) the shrine. This you become the master of a total of 12 spells.
(5) find the temple and buy weapons there (eg bombs and throwing stars) and recipes for potions one.
(6) Fight your way against the Samurai, so that they turn back into harmless animals (eg, rabbits, foxes, frogs, wild boar, brown bear). If you take over their body by the spell "soul form", you can easily track herbs, as they smoke now clear purple.
(7) Collect energy balls - you receive them in particular by destroying your opponents. Step by step, thereby upgraded your skills: you will gain additional heart (life energy), your magic bar is extended or you can aim at the more energy attack a target.

DIFFICULTY & Speeds
Difficulties:
Choice of light / medium / heavy
Central was just right for me, not too heavy and not too light. Frustrating moments appeared rarely on.
Game time:
with all awards / Statues approximately 32 hours.
without any sayings / Statues approximately 25 hours.

Pros & Cons
Pro:
(1) It's just a lot of fun and has charm! And collecting Collectables is also fun and improve your skills, what drives even more to continue playing.
(2) Regular check-Altars save your progress (but only ever a time).
(3) The landscapes are beautifully designed and varied. For Wii ratios well implemented.
(4) Many a great idea as the immersion into the souls of animals and the benefit of those serendipity.
(5) The Wiimote sensor is here very well supported, for example, while picking the herbs / mushrooms.
Cons:
(1) It is a little short! However, that's just my feeling; many other games of this genre take only about 15 hours or less, such as Death Jr. Root of Evil (Wii), Ratchet & Clank (PS2).
(2) They could have come up with yet more enemy types. You meet namely in addition to the intermediate bosses only on Red and Blue Samurai, Samurai with red pointed hat, large / fat Samurai and the flute gambling opponent who transformed the animals into stupid Samurai.
(3) The landscapes are nice, but you can at levels which play at dusk or at dawn hardly see anything, especially when collecting herbs is a hindrance; Moreover, I have seen screenshots of XBox360 version and still looked a lot better, the reflections in the water, for example the flooded valley with rice paddies make much.
(4) There is no multiplayer support. However, this is in most Action Adventures of the case.
(5) The replay value is questionable. Most likely I'll play again in 1 to 2 years. However, this is up to each themselves.

CONCLUSION
Conclusion:
From me, there's a strong buy recommendation despite minor shortcomings. It's not expensive, captivates one for about 30 hours on the console, is designed sweetly comic-style and brings beautiful landscapes as well as new ideas.
Tip:
If you like this video game may possibly also enthusiastic about games like gambling in China "Legend of Kay" (PS2) or the long captivating "Zelda The Wind Waker" (Gamecube) with the young Link as sailors.