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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Video gaming service |
| Founded | Auckland, New Zealand (2006)[1] |
| Owner | Ninja Kiwi |
| Founder(s) | Chris Harris Stephen Harris |
| Industry | Video games |
| Employees | 70 |
| Parent | Modern Times Group |
| URL | ninjakiwi |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
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.[2] Ninja Kiwi's first game was a browser based game called Cash Sprint, developed on the Adobe Flash Platform.[1] 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]
- ^ a b Irwin, Mary Jane (5 July 2008). "Blowing Up Bloons". Forbes. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ South, Gill (6 February 2012). "Your Business: Monkey business leads to games success". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Ninja Kiwi buys Digital Goldfish". BBC News. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ Williams, Mike. "Ninja Kiwi acquires Digital Goldfish". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Rose, Mike (November 2012). "Bloons studio acquires iOS partner Digital Goldfish". Gamastrua. UBM Tech. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Mochicoins Announcement". Us1.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "MTG acquires Bloons studio Ninja Kiwi". GamesIndustry.biz. 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Ninja Kiwi Special Announcement | Ninja Kiwi Blog". Ninjakiwi.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.