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Facebook’s premier Ninja RPG Ninja Saga rolled out a new Valentine-themed special event mission earlier today, with corresponding special-edition loot.

The good news? Completing the mission is fairly easy. Just enter the Kage room (the same place all missions are received) and select Special Event Mission (only available to players level 4 and higher). When completed, players will have a chance to earn special loot. The bad news? Whether you win a prize or not is completely random, and the mission can only be completed once a day.

Good luck to all the Ninja Saga players out there vying for these new items!

Facebook RPG School of Wizardry bears more than a passing resemblance to Harry Potter, to the point that lawyers actually got involved, a few months ago. Developer Peter Mooney has already changed lesson names, item names, and character portraits to less closely resemble the hit wizarding franchise, and the “inspiration” is still very obvious.

The good news? It appears that the game is doing more to branch out and differentiate itself, beginning with this week’s special Valentine’s Day items. To the best of my knowledge this is the first holiday-themed additions added to the game, and one of the first content additions period to be added in some time (besides the major revision).

Added this week was the purchasable Love Potion, which grants 1 attack and 55 defense, and is for sale for 500 hall passes. Also added was a new gift, the Circle of Love Charm, which awards 1 attack and 30 defense, and will give players a special bonus if 20 are collected.

Ninja Saga is unique among Facebook games in that it is… an actual game. The Ninja-Themed RPG requires gamers to buy new spells, weapons, & armor, features a turn-based battle system, and allows players to play as much as they want in a sitting. No need to come back in four hours to finish leveling up, or wait for your energy to recharge before taking on another mission.

It plays more or less like a 90s-era RPG, just with more social features, including realtime online PVP. It’s no wonder the game has been slowly-but-steadily building an audience since it launched in late 2009. One month ago, the game has 277,000 daily players, and today it has grown to 413,000.

Ninja Saga is unlikely to find the extreme mass-market success that games like Mafia Wars or Cafe World enjoy, simply because it is considerably less casual. But for gamers looking for a Facebook RPG with more depth, Ninja Saga should be right up their alley.

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