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In the Gamest Mook The Best Game 2 (1998) it was chosen as one of "The Best Games", recognised as a classic, outstanding, brilliant title. The writer Zenji Ishii pointed out that the game has the simple rule of merely wiping out the enemies and that no special system exists in it, but he said that its interest lies in the way the enemies judge the distance to the player and confront the player with a simulated intelligence.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 24 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 20.09 out of 30, as shown below.
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.
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