News: Ninja Jajamaru-kun on DS

August 10, 2006, 08:41 AM

by Recap, via Jaleco -
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Jaleco's 'comeback' to the scene isn't going to stop with its games for the mobile phones, it seems. Ninja Jajamaru-kun, star of some great Famicom games is getting a revival too, this time for the DS. Though the truth is that Jajamaru-kun's series has been alive all these years, since it got an episode for each of Sega and Sony's 32-bit systems (quite terrible, to be honest) as well as the Wonder Swan and the GBA (these ones really cool, indeed). The news comes, how couldn't it, via Famitsu magazine, which explains that the stylus will be essential for this title. Once again, we have to point the contemporary drama, where classic 2D formulas like this seem to be only suitable for portable systems.

brandon's note: I'd been meaning to post about this for about two weeks, but haven't, since I hate all of you and don't want you to have information. Since Recap's got the ball rolling, note that there's actually an (somewhat hidden from the main site) official spot for the new Jajamaru-kun DS adventure, though it's just a promotional flash at this point. There's also this thing planned - a familiy healing game, it says? It's called Nemurenai Yoru to Puzzle no Hi niwa... which sort of loosely translates to 'as for sleepless nights and puzzle days...' No idea what that's all about, but it'll be released on september 28. I'm just waiting for a new Suchie Pai game, now.