By “Season twenty-one is set to continue without end”
GungHo Online’s complimentary multiplayer adventure Ninjala has reached its fifth anniversary, and the studio appears ready to taper off sizeable new content once Season 21 wraps.
With the most recent patch—labeled Version 21.0—an official statement clarifies that Season 21, along with its associated Ninjala Pass, will now “run indefinitely.”
Thank you for experiencing Ninjala. The Ninjala Team wishes to share news about the span of Season 21.
In order to bestow every Ninjala player with a lasting, smooth experience, we have resolved to keep Season 21 active without a finish line.
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For that reason, the Season 21 Ninjala Pass will also stay open forever. We’ll nevertheless host regular happenings like WNA Tours.
The game’s servers don’t appear slated for shutdown any time soon. In fact, a Switch 2-ready patch landed on 19 June 2025, ironing out “earlier reported bugs.”
This gum-powered ninja brawler debuted at no cost on the Nintendo Switch eShop back in June 2020, following several delays. When first unveiled, comparisons to Splatoon sprang up swiftly—though GungHo head Kazuki Morishita later called it “quite distinct”.
At launch, Nintendo Life scored it seven stars out of ten in our review.
How do you feel about this development? Have you ever taken the ninja-themed game for a spin? Share your thoughts below.
[source ninjalathegame.com]
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