Shounen Ninja Sasuke

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Shounen Ninja Sasuke
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Developer(s) Sunsoft
Publisher(s) Sunsoft
Platform(s) SNES
Release
  • JP: October 28, 1994
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Shounen Ninja Sasuke is an action-adventure game released by Sunsoft for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. The game was supposed to be released in English as Boy Ninja Sasuke. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

The game is very similar to Konami's The Legend of the Mystical Ninja . [1]

Plot

The young ninja Sasuke and his monk friend Chin-nan embark on a quest to rescue a princess kidnapped by an evil warlord.

Reception

On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 21 out of 40. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 EGM2 issue 2 (August 1994) page 74
  2. "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: 少年忍者サスケ". Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (307): 40. November 4, 1994.