=====================Ninja Jajamaru====================
===================The Ninja Scrolls===================
==========================V1.02========================
Genre: RPG

Source language: Japanese

Platform: Famicom

Patch language: English

Author: aishsha/Pennywise

E-mail: aishsha@gmail.com
		yojimbogarrett@gmail.com

http://aishsha.blogspot.com
http://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/
 
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About Ninja Jajamaru The Ninja Scrolls
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Background: 

Woo boy, this is another translation by aishsha and I
that's been nearly finished for years now that I finally
got around to finishing. aishsha did the lion's share of
work by translating and hacking the game. I don't recall
doing much aside from maybe some proof of concept hacks
on hacking the chapter selection screen to use horizontal
text instead of vertical text. Once the game got passed
over to me near complete, I finished up the title screen
with FlashPV's help and expanded the chapter titles again.
The game then went through a round of testing and now has
been released.

This project is a bit of a milestone for aishsha and myself.
First, all the Jajamaru games on the NES are now translated
into English and second, we've had to have translated at least
20 games by now. It's been almost 10 years now and we've gotta
have one of the most productive partnerships in the history of
the fan translation community. It's a miracle we're still as
productive as we are, but the best is yet to come.

Now as for the game itself, it's your typical DQ clone
in a Japanese setting. However, it mixes things up
with a few twists added to the formula and a wacky
sense of humor that pokes through here and there.
The game features three chapters which can be played
in any order plus a final chapter that's unlocked once
all three chapters are finished. The game also does a
pretty good job of providing you with hints on where to
go next. All in all, it's a pretty solid game if you're
into NES DQ clones.

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Version History
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1.0 - initial release
1.01 - fixed broken passwords
1.02 - fixed dice minigame
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aishsa's Comments
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As Pennywise commented above, this is one of those
long-builders put on the shelf ages ago. As far as
I can recall now, the work on this started in the
long-forgotten 2013 when I looked at the game after
our first Jaja title translation and found it way
too difficult for the skills I had then. Then Djinn
stepped in by hacking the title screen, and we
finally decided to clear all possible Jaja titles
to English.

Comparing to all other Jajamaru games, this one is
a pure DQ-clone with quite an interesting chapter
based story telling (do play all of them ;)).

All in all, I am happy this found its way to release
despite all the odds, leaving quite a milestone of
our hacking lives in the successful past.

Enjoy the game and buy the original if you like it!
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Game Tips
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*Enemies tend to drop special items.

*No matter the chapter, Princess Sakura will join you
after you beat the first boss. Just find the right NPC...

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Patching Instructions
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Due to limitations in the IPS format and the changes I
made to the ROM, I'm only supporting BPS and xdelta formats
for this game. You can download a program to patch from here:

http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1040/
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/

Apply the patch to the original Japanese version of the
ROM:

Jajamaru Ninpo Chou (J).nes

We would be highly grateful, if you find some time to 
contact us with proposals or corrections. Information
on found bugs or corrections would be highly 
appreciated.

P.S.

Support the game industry by buying used games!

Even if the money doesn't go to the developers
directly, as the games become rare and harder
to find, the price goes up, and people become
more inclined to buy new releases "while they can!"

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Credits go to:

aishsha - translation, hacking

Pennywise - additional hacking, editing, testing

Djinn - rom expansion hacking

Ryusui - spot translations, editing

TheMajinZenki - spot translations

Harmony7 - misc spot translations

Tom - misc spot translation

cccmar - testing

Xanathis - testing

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Compiled by Pennywise. December 2020.
