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Shadow of the Ninja

1990 video game for NES. developed by Natsume
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Shadow of the Ninja

Summary

Shadow of the Ninja is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shadow of the Ninja's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Shadow of the Ninja was published by Taito[4].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's genre is platform game[5].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's genre is science fiction video game[6].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's developer is recorded as Winning Entertainment Group[7].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[8].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[9].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's game mode is recorded as co-op mode[10].
  • Shadow of the Ninja was distributed by digital download[11].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • Shadow of the Ninja was published on August 10, 1990[13].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's distributed by is recorded as Nintendo eShop[14].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's narrative location is recorded as United States[15].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's ESRB rating is recorded as Everyone[16].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '闇の仕事人 KAGE'}[17].
  • Shadow of the Ninja's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[18].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shadow of the Ninja was published by Taito[4].

Publication

Shadow of the Ninja was released on August 10, 1990[13]. Genres include platform game[5] and science fiction video game[6]. It was distributed by digital download[11].

Why It Matters

Shadow of the Ninja ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Japan Taito United States Winning Entertainment Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ESRB rating database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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