Ninja-Kid
Is a 1984 platform video game developed by UPL and published by Taito for arcades. It was later ported to the Famicom and MSX in 1984. Initially released only in Japan, a MSX version developed by Jaleco was released in Europe under the name Ninja.
Also recorded as Ninja-kun: Ma-jō no Bōken · Ninja-kun: Ma-jou no Bouken
Ninja-Kid
- Date
- 1984.
- Publisher
- UPL and Taito.
- Genre
- platformer and action game.
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Gameplay
Gameplay
Ninja-kun's Demon Castle Adventure features three upward scrolling levels that repeat and become more difficult. The objective is to defeat the enemies on each screen and advance to the next screen. The player can attack with shurikens and jump on enemies' heads to stun them. Occasionally, an orb will appear and if the player collects three, a bonus level will be unlocked.
History of the object
Dated record
History of the object
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1984
Ninja-Kid published.
1984
Ninja-Kid is recorded as published in 1984.
Reception
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Ninja-Kid on their November 15, 1984 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
Legacy
Legacy
After Jaleco had ported the game and its sequel to the Famicom and MSX in Japan, the company created a spinoff game, Ninja JaJaMaru-kun and created a series of the same name. The Ninja JaJaMaru-kun series would feature several games released on various consoles and handhelds, many of the games are different genres like role-playing video game gameplay. Hamster Corporation acquired the game's rights alongside UPL's intellectual property; they released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the PlayStation 4 in May 2014 and Nintendo Switch in April 2018 by the name of Ninja-Kid. Capcom alumnus and PlatinumGames co-founder Hideki Kamiya is a fan of the game, briefly holding the world record of the game on the Arcade Archives series in 2019.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Ninja-Kid, revision 1350194959 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Kalata, Kurt. Ninja JaJaMaru-kun. Hardcoregaming101.
- 2.Ninja-kun - Magic Castle Adventure (1985, MSX, Jaleco, UPL), - Releases - Generation MSX.
- 3.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 248. 25. 15 November 1984.
- 4.Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid. February 25, 2025.
- 5.Craddock, Ryan. PlatinumGames' Hideki Kamiya Grabs A Guinness World Record In Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid. Nintendo Life. 2019-09-23.
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