Ninja JaJaMaru-kun

Ninja JaJaMaru-kun
Japanese Family Computer box art
DeveloperJaleco
PublisherJaleco
PlatformsFamily Computer
Arcade
MSX
WonderSwan
ReleaseFamicom
  • JP: 15 November 1985
Arcade
  • JP: April 1986
MSX
WonderSwan
  • JP: 15 April 1999
GenrePlatform
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNintendo VS. System

Ninja JaJaMaru-kun is an action-platform video game developed and published by Jaleco for the Family Computer. It was released in Japan on 15 November 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 26 December 2006, and in PAL regions on 21 September 2007, as part of Ninja Week for the Hanabi Festival promotion. It was released on the North American Virtual Console on 22 October the same year. The game was released on the Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Classics service in May 2021.