Ninku on the Game Boy yɛ saa akodi agoru nketewa a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɔkwan bi so no ɛfrafra wɔ adventure elements mu no mu biako —te sɛ nea wokyinkyin asase mfonini bi so wɔ akodi ntam. Ɛgyina manga no so, enti sɛ wowɔ saa mu a, wobɛhunu nnipa a wɔka ho asɛm no ne wɔn ntua a ɛgyina mframa so a ɛyɛ nwonwa no.

Mfiase no, ɛte sɛ nea ɔyɛ ɔkofo a ɔfata, nanso afei wuhu sɛ worehuruhuruw wɔ nkurow akɛse ntam, worekɔ nneɛma a asɛe a ɛnyɛ nhyehyɛe mu, na worebue nneɛma foforo a ɛkɔ so no mu. Sprites no yɛ nketenkete nanso ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ ɛyɛ nsɛm a ɛkɔ akyiri ma game boy game, na controls no yɛ mmerɛw araa ma wubetumi atwe moves soronko a worenkyere inputs ton biara agu wo tirim. Ɛnyɛ ɔkofo a emu dɔ sen biara wɔ hɔ, nanso ɛwɔ charm.

Sɛ wowɔ 90s manga adaptations a ɛyɛ hu mu a, eyi yɛ anigye oddity.