Shounen Ninja Sasuke

{{Short description|1994 video game}}

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|title = Shounen Ninja Sasuke

|image = Shounen Ninja Sasuke cover.jpg

|developer = Sunsoft

|publisher = Sunsoft

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|released = {{vgrelease|JP|October 28, 1994|WW|February 28, 2025}}

|genre = Action-adventure

|modes = Single-player

|platforms = SNES

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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. In October 2024, Ratalaika Games and Sunsoft announced that they would release Shounen Ninja Sasuke in English under the name Justice Ninja Casey in 2025.{{cite web |last=Yarwood |first=Jack |url=https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/ratalaika-games-is-bringing-two-more-snes-games-to-the-west-for-the-first-time |title=Ratalaika Games Is Bringing Two More SNES Games To The West For The First Time |work=Time Extension |date=October 30, 2024 |access-date=February 14, 2025}}

Gameplay

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The game is very similar to Konami's The Legend of the Mystical Ninja.EGM2 issue 2 (August 1994) page 74

Plot

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

Reception

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On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 21 out of 40.{{cite journal | title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: 少年忍者サスケ | journal=Weekly Famicom Tsūshin | issue=307 | page=40 | date=November 4, 1994}}

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