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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Chris Harris Stephen Harris |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Bloons |
Number of employees | 70 (2021) |
| Parent | Modern Times Group |
| Subsidiaries | Digital Goldfish |
| Website | ninjakiwi |
Ninja Kiwi, previously known as Kaiparasoft Ltd, is a mobile and online video game developer founded in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006 by brothers Chris and Stephen Harris.[1] Ninja Kiwi's first game was a browser based game called Cash Sprint, developed on the Adobe Flash Platform.[2] Since then, they have produced more than 60 games across platforms including Adobe Flash, Android, iOS, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and more recently, Steam. Their most well-known titles are the Bloons and Bloons Tower Defense games. In 2012, Ninja Kiwi purchased Digital Goldfish, a Dundee, Scotland-based developer, for an undisclosed sum.[3][4][5]
Ninja Kiwi has a virtual currency known as NK Coins; purchases of games and in-game purchases can be transacted using NK Coins. About eighteen months before its dissolution by its parent company, Mochi Media (another major gaming website) discontinued its virtual currency (Mochi Coins) and replaced it with Ninja Kiwi's virtual currency.[6]
Ninja Kiwi was acquired by Modern Times Group on 24 March 2021.[7][8]
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- ^ Irwin, Mary Jane (July 5, 2008). "Blowing Up Bloons". Forbes. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Ninja Kiwi buys Digital Goldfish". BBC News. November 2, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ Williams, Mike (November 2, 2012). "Ninja Kiwi acquires Digital Goldfish". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
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- ^ "Mochicoins Announcement". Us1.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "MTG acquires Bloons studio Ninja Kiwi". GamesIndustry.biz. March 24, 2021.
- ^ "Ninja Kiwi Special Announcement | Ninja Kiwi Blog". Ninjakiwi.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.