the little ninjatown characters are now coming in zipper form!

THis may be old news to some, but just in case you haven’t been following the ninjas over at DKE, their exclusive for this San Diego Comic Con 2009 is an adorable summer ninja plush!  Limited to 300 at $18 each, get there early cuz they won’t be there long. They measure 4X 4 inches and come with a signed and numbered tag.  The DKE booth will be at #4732 this year.

Straight off the Shawnanimals press:

Saturday at Rotofugi in Chicago: NTDS!

Just a friendly reminder: Rotofugi in Chicago is hosting the third and final leg of our special Ninjatown DS preview tour! Stop by this Saturday October 11th from 5pm - 8pm for some good times. Shawn, Jen and the Shawnimals staff will be on hand to demo the game, check out behind the scenes concept drawings, and pick up some limited edition plush and artwork!

Amazon.com pre-order goodness…
In case you haven’t had the oppurtunity to pre-order Ninjatown DS for yourself or a friend, now might be a good time thanks to a pretty rad incentive (if we may say so!) from Amazon. We worked with them to create a custom DS skin featuring Ninjatown characters. Check it out below, and when you’re ready, here’s the link.


Kotaku travels to Ninjatown
In case you couldn’t make it out to the NYC leg of our preview tour, don’t worry—the fine gaming site Kotaku covered it! Check out the game impressions and event coverage below.
Ninjatown invades NYC
Ninjatown Impressions

New Multiplayer Screens
Check out the Ninajtown Multiplayer screens below, and peep the whole set of screens over on Ninjatown.com and on Flickr.

Wee Ninjatron is live!
Another quick reminder: Create your very own Wee Ninja! Check it:
http://create.ninjatown.com/

Preorder your Ninjatown DS game at Gamestop, and get a free exclusive plushie! Details here. 



First 200 to order will get one, so hurry! preordered ones will ship with the game! Shapes and sizes will be random.

SouthPeak Games and Shawnimals announced today a special open-to-the-public three city tour for their upcoming action strategy title, Ninjatown, for Nintendo DS™. The game comes out end of October, fans can get an sneak peek at the game in San Francisco, New York City and Chicago weeks before it becomes available at special events taking place at designer toy shops. There will be exclusive Ninjatown items and discussions with some of the folks who put the game together, and did I mention lots of ninjatown gaming? 

All venues will have special limited edition handmade, signed and numbered Ol’ Master Ninja pocket plush, and playable Ninjatown games, and designer urban vinyl toy figures. They can also preorder the games right there at the shop.  There will only be 25 limited plushies at each event! Here’s more details: Continue reading »

Saturday and Sunday September 13th and 14th at the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago (booth 58)! They’ll be selling new handmade goodies not available previously. Also available for sale will be Ninjatown Micro Plush, the dumpling vinyl and the new Macho Micro Plush. Also, enter to win a limited edition moustachioed ninja and drawing!

Renegade Craft Fair – Chicago
On Division between Damen and Wood
Sept 13 + 14, 12pm – 10pm
Lots of fun! Bands playing both days!