''Little Ninja Brothers'', known in Japan as , is a

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video game developed and published by

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for the

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in 1989 in Japan, 1990 in the United States, and 1991 in Europe. It is the second game in the ''

Super Chinese is a series of adventure and action role-playing games for the arcade and various Nintendo video game systems. The plot of several of the games follow two young boys, Jack and Ryu, as they adventure through their home, Chinaland. Each of the g ...

'' series. ''Little Ninja Brothers'' is the first game in the ''Super Chinese'' series to feature

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elements, an addition to the series that would continue into the other games. The plot follows two young brothers, Jack and Ryu, attempting to find out the mysterious reason for the invasion of Chinaland. It was the second game in the series, preceded by '' Kung-Fu Heroes'', and followed up by a sequel ''

Super Ninja Boy ''Super Ninja Boy'' is an action role-playing game released for the Super NES. It features random encounters with side-scrolling battles, although some boss battles are fought with a traditional menu-based system. There are also a few platform ...

'', released on the Super NES. There were also two ''

Ninja Boy ''Ninja Boy'', known in Japan as , is a 1990 action video game that was developed and published by Culture Brain for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the handheld series of Culture Brain's ''Super Chinese is a series of adventure and ac ...

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games released for the

Game Boy The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on April 21, 1989, in North America later the same year, and in Europe in late 1990. It was designed by the same ...

in both regions. A

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adaptation of the game was serialized in early issues of video game magazine ''

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''. The game was included in a 2004 Game Boy Advance collection titled ''Super Chinese I+II Advance''.

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