Blood and mosquito mayhem in Throw The Knife

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Actually two games in one and a conversion from the same game on iOS and Android, but Throw The Knife's arrival on Symbian is welcome - plus it seems to be a native Symbian game and not built on Qt. As the name suggests, you have to swipe up the screen to throw various virtual knives, with varying objectives, as shown in the screenshots below. One game is hitting moving targets and is fairly traditional and boring - the other involves, a spinning circus wheel, a cute character, nasty mosquitoes and, potentially, lots of err.... blood if you miss!

Here's the game in action:

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Very high quality graphics throughout, thanks in part to the game's multi-platform heritage.

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Some decent tutorial screens - adding interest to the gameplay are a multitude of powerups and bonuses.

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The game itself involved swiping up to throw knives at the mossies and other bugs. Hit them for points and try to avoid hitting your character - get this wrong and there's blood aplenty, as shown above. Note that for the squeamish there's a bloodless game mode too! By the way, the blue tint on the wheel in the first screen is because I'd hit a 'shield' powerup....

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You're rated for accuracy and then it's on with the game, plus there's a whole system of achievements if you're patient enough to play Throw The Knife for long enough...

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Choosing your game mode - the 'target' is quicker and more challenging, but also a lot less interesting. Note the selection of knives and Ninja throwing implements that can be 'bought' in-game.

You can buy Throw The Knife for £1.50 here in the Nokia Store. [Note: it was free this morning, suspect this was a Store glitch!]

Source / Credit: Nokia Store