NES
Little Ninja Brothers
DEV
Culture Brain
REL
Dec '90
May '89
ALSO
About

Little Ninja Brothers is a one-of-a-kind brawler/RPG hybrid from Culture Brain and the second game in the Super Chinese series. You walk around on an overhead map, visiting towns, talking to people, buying stuff, and taking on quests. When you encounter an enemy, the game becomes an overhead same-screen brawler like Kung Fu Heroes. It also features several two-player competitive minigames.

Marquee
Story

One day, there was an emergency TV broadcast all throughout Chinaland.

"I am Blu Boltar, general of the Yoma Clan. All of you, look at this!"

I am the emperor of Chinaland. Please, someone, do something!

"Someone do something? Hah! Chinaland is now mine! Anyone who resists us will be terminated."

Meanwhile, on Mt. Epin, Jack and Ryu are both training under their wise mentor. The three were shocked to hear the terrible news.

Jack and Ryu, you have been training for this day. Now, go to the town of Yokan! Take this Red Bell of Prism with you.

Yo! What's that?

He who gathers all seven of these bells will be able to save Chinaland. I will give you 160 sen. It's from my private stash. Use it wisely.

Well, let's get going! You can count on us!

Trivia

This is actually the sequel to Kung-Fu Heroes. In Japan this is known as the Super Chinese series. There's a sequel to this game that's also an action-RPG but it's Japan exclusive.

Super Ninja Boy on the SNES is basically the SNES version of this game. However, it is not as good.

Release Info
Developer
Culture Brain
Publisher
Culture Brain
Released
Dec '90
May '89
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Series
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Game
Players
2
Structure
RPG
Difficulty
Medium
Gang size
Quartet (4)
Variety
RPG Elements
Playtime
2:30
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump
Combos
No
Grabs
No
Dashing
No
Enemy H. Bars
No
Item Pickup
Contact
Item Stay
Fade
Weapons
Time
Death-blow
N/A
Friendly Fire
No
Char Switch
No
Ground Hit
No
Revive
N/A
Restore
Inns/items only
Style
Art Style
Cartoony
Sprites
Medium
Setting
Chinaland
Focus
Hand-to-hand
Music
Chinese
Tone
Humorous
Numbers
Fighters
2
Stages
?
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
?
Continues
?
Extend
?
Slamson Sez
Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

Little Ninja Bros. is great. The minigames themselves would make this a legitimate NES game but of course it has solid RPG and brawler gameplay on top of that. If you can accept its mediocre music and repetitive, simplistic combat, this is a co-op brawler like no other. Unfortunately it has password save only.

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