Ninja JaJaMaru-kun
| Ninja JaJaMaru-kun | |
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Japanese Famicom box art | |
| Developer(s) | Jaleco |
| Publisher(s) | Jaleco |
| Platform(s) | Famicom Arcade MSX WonderSwan |
| Release | Famicom
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Nintendo VS. System |
Ninja JaJaMaru-kun is an action-platform video game developed and published by Jaleco for the Famicom. It was released in Japan on November 15, 1985, and was ported to the MSX in 1986. The MSX version was released in Europe as Ninja II, being marketed as a sequel to Ninja-kun: Majou no Bouken, a game that used the name Ninja for its European MSX release.
The game was a commercial success, selling nearly 1 million units. An arcade video game port for the Nintendo VS. System was released in April 1986. A remake, Ganso JaJaMaru-kun, was released in 1999 for the WonderSwan. Ninja JaJaMaru-kun was released for Nintendo's Japanese Virtual Console on December 26, 2006, and in PAL regions on September 21, 2007, as part of Ninja Week for the Hanabi Festival promotion. It was released on the North American Virtual Console on October 22 the same year. The game was released on the Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Classics service in May 2021.