25 August 2008
Ferry

Competition time: Win a DS Lite handheld and N+ games

Update: The winner of our DS Lite handheld and N+ games competition is announced here.

Welcome to our “DS Lite handheld and N+ games” competition where you now have the chance to win two copies of Atari’s new N+ game along with a Nintendo DS Lite handheld!

First prize: A brand-new Nintendo DS Lite, 1 copy of the N+ game for DS, and miscellaneous N+ swag.
Second prize: 1 copy of the N+ game for DS, and miscellaneous N+ swag.

This all in celebration of the first portable release of N+ on August 26th. N+ will have you leaping and avoiding obstacles using the excellent physics and collision detection, while you scour each level for as much gold as you can reach before finding the switch and opening the door to the next challenging level… or dying a painful death and trying again and again till you make it in this fiercely addictive fun game.

What do you need to do to win? Answer this question: “Ninjas versus pirates. Who would win?”

What are the rules? Winners must be located in the USA and be age 18 and over. All you have to do is leave a comment on this page with your answer before September 25th has passed by. The winners will be announced the next day. Fill out your real email so we can contact you if you win (your email will be invisible to other readers, only the site staff can see it). Good luck!

Get hyped, watch a trailer for N+ on DS:

25 August 2008 17:48
Roland

Well thats a pretty easy question Ninjas would win.

25 August 2008 18:04
iØKain

Battle location could make a difference. Land ninjas easily, water, pirates would stand a slight chance. However, true ninjas can run across water at high speed….so I’m goin with ninjas.

25 August 2008 18:12
Greg

Ninjas…duh.

25 August 2008 18:14
Badboynic1010

Ninja’s would win
Pirates are nothing without cannonballs and guns.

Yet Ninja’s could kick your head clean off your shoulders

25 August 2008 18:45
K Yang

Ninjas would win. Not only do they have speed and agility Ninjas are trained to be assassins, so they would kill the pirates in using stealth and shadows and the side Ninpo arts that they have.

25 August 2008 19:04
Drew

Well, what imediately springs to mind is Jack Sparrow versus Iron Monkey. Sorry, as much as I like the POTC movies I’m going with Ninjas on this one.

25 August 2008 19:40
Shadow of Undine

Ninjas. The real shinobi are trained in the art of out in the open deception. They would plant a spy/’friend’ within the pirate-ranks, convince the pirates to think them their friends and then kill them before anyone knew what was coming. It took much longer than the more direct ‘Pirate’ method, but it’s also more effective in dealing with enemies. Sorry, Pirates; you’re cool, but you wouldn’t be very good opponents when against ninjas.

25 August 2008 19:51
Mick Lathrop

Ninjas. The pirates wouldn’t know what hit them…. seriously they wouldn’t…

Mickl

25 August 2008 20:23
Justin

Ninjas, No Question!

26 August 2008 00:15
David Marseilles

It all comes down to how many Ninjas there are. The more Ninjas, the better the odds are that the Pirates will win.

This is due to the law of inverse Ninja power, which states that any group of Ninja’s has power that is inversely proportional to the number of Ninjas that are in the group. One Ninja could wipe out dozens of pirates (in any location). Ten Ninja’s would 1/10th as powerful as the one was, and could be easily dispatched by a pirate’s peg-legged parrot.
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I’d love to cover this contest on my blog, but I’m unclear on the rules. Is the winner chosen randomly from those who answer the question, or does the best answer win?