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In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 27 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 24.78 out of 30, as shown below.
This score placed it 10th among all Super Famicom titles (323 titles in total, as of 1993).
In the "Best 30 by Category" printed at the end of the "Super Famicom All Catalog '93", a special supplement to the 1993-8 information issue of SUPER FAMICOM Magazine, it took No. 10 overall, No. 5 for characters, No. 13 for music and sound effects, No. 9 for controls, No. 27 for absorption, No. 19 for value for money, and No. 27 for originality.
A soundtrack box of 15 works in total, made up of CDs of the previously released FC and SFC versions and 12 titles appearing as recordings for the first time.
According to Famitsu, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja sold 51,680 copies in its first week on the market and 521,205 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
It was also ported to the Game Boy Advance along with Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun McGuiness in 2005 only in Japan.
According to Famitsu, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja sold 51,680 copies in its first week on the market and 521,205 copies during its lifetime in Japan.
The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game second in popularity in its October 1991 issue, and it received a 24.78/30 score in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by Super Famicom Magazine, ranking among Super Famicom titles at the number 10 spot.
According to Electronic Gaming Monthly, the game "didn't catch on too much in the U.S." but was popular in Japan.
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