Super Ninja Boy was released in Japan for the Super Famicom on December 28, 1991. It received an English-language release by 1992. It was shown again at the 1993 Summer CES held from June 3-6 in Chicago. Reviewers from Super Play commented on the game at the display show saying it did not look great.
In the Japanese magazine Famicom Tsūshin the reviewers found that the game did not really do much to separate itself from previous games in the Super Chinese series. One reviewer said the game was rough overall while another said the controls were poor and sluggish and there was not enough variety in the battle scenes. Walnum said the games weakness was the poor translation with phrases like "I got excited at him" being too low quality for an expensive product.