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In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine, it scored 19.32 out of 30, as noted separately, an average rating.
It was the eighth best-selling Famicom game of 1986, selling 1,250,000 copies.
The Japanese version was based on the 1985 television series GeGeGe no Kitarō itself based on the manga series of the same name, but the game was changed to the generic "Ninja Kid" and all references to Kitaro were removed for the American version due to the source material being not well-known outside Japan.
The Japanese version was based on the 1985 television series GeGeGe no Kitarō itself based on the manga series of the same name, but the game was changed to the generic "Ninja Kid" and all references to Kitaro were removed for the American version due to the source material being not well-known outside Japan.
This game was followed by a sequel titled Gegege no Kitarou 2: Youkai Gundan no Chousen, which was released the following year only in Japan also by Bandai; however, that title was a role-playing video game and its plot is unrelated to the original.
It was the eighth best-selling Famicom game of 1986, selling 1,250,000 copies.
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