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Press release:
The Tokyo-based (Japan) retro/indie games publisher and developer City Connection, are today super happy and excited to announce that their 2D retro action/platformer game “Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell“, is now available for PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, and the Nintendo Switch) via digital stores!

New ninja and yokais with brand new action!

The army of ghosts is attacking!
Join Jajamaru, Blue jaja, and friends to fight back!

This iteration has the most yokais that JaJaMaru and his friends have ever battled against.
Fans of the series will see yokais from the past but will also be introduced to all new yokais making their series debut.

Collect over 20 playable characters – each with different powers and characteristics.
You can also play 2 player mode simultaneously while sharing a single screen.

Collect the Jalecoins available in Normal Mode and fulfill the conditions to unlock the Hell Mode.
You’ll be faced with stages you’ve never seen before, and some tough monsters.

The heros, JaJaMaru and BlueJaJa have also been upgraded to Super JaJaMaru and Super BlueJaJa.

When you level up, Super JaJaMaru becomes a power type.

And the “Super Blue Jaja” will be powered up as a long-range shooting type that excels in wide-range attacks.

Collect the Experience Items that appear when you defeat the yokais and aim for further growth!

If you clear all the new chapters…!?

【About the Game】
・Simple rules and flashy ninja skills!

Basic controls are movement, attack, and jumping.
The stage is cleared by defeating all the yokais that keep coming.

There is a health gauge on both the player and yokai and once the player loses their health, the game is over.
Use your shifty Ninja skills by jumping and attacking your yokai.

Destroy all enemies to clear the stage.

Attack the enemy’s footing or destroy enemies to pick up powerup items such as Invisible Potions or the Minecart,which will allow the player to plow through enemies.
Activate ninjutsu action through collecting scrolls – such as flood and fire ninjutsu.Then, Ninpo Gama Pakkun will trigger fever time.You can swallow stunned enemies with Gama Pakkun.

Unlock your collection!

If you collect a certain number of Gold or Souls, you can exchange them for Jalecoins and be able to play more characters.
Enjoy the variety of characters with unique moves.

You can also collect Jalecoins to unlock songs or game documents

You can enjoy old BGMs from JaJaMaru classics or enjoy new song and arrangements for this new title.
There are also game documents that are only going to be able to be seen in this game.

About CITY CONNECTION:
City Connection is a Japanese company that was originally founded as a Japanese music label in 2005. They mostly deal with retro games, releasing remasters and ports on modern systems. In 2014, City Connection acquired the rights to Jaleco’s game library after their parent company went bankrupt. From then, they worked with Nintendo and HAMSTER to rerelease their old library on services such as Virtual Console and Arcade Archives. In 2019, they acquired developer Zerodiv and their library of Psikyo games. They also established the subsidiary Clarice Games to publish global games in Japan (source: nintendo.fandom.com).