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Shadow of the Ninja

1990 video game for NES. developed by Natsume
VideoGame video_game Q2498075
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Summary

Shadow of the Ninja is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (649 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Publisher: Taito[3]
  • Genre: platform game[4], science fiction video game[5]
  • Developer: Winning Entertainment Group[6]
  • Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System[7]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[8], co-op mode[9]
  • Distribution format: digital download[10]
  • Country of origin: Japan[11]
  • Publication date: August 10, 1990[12], July 25, 1991[13], December 1990[14]
  • Distributed by: Nintendo eShop[15]
  • Narrative location: United States[16]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone[17]
  • Title: 闇の仕事人 KAGE[18]
  • Derivative work: Shadow of the Ninja Reborn[19]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[20]
  • P14470: Games/Shadow_of_the_Ninja[21]

Why It Matters

Shadow of the Ninja has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ESRB rating database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'lld', 'ru', 'sv', 'th', 'wuu'
    Derivative work → Shadow of the Ninja Reborn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790846661412"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Shadow_of_the_Ninja
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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