Ninja (Final Fantasy III job)

The Ninja is a Job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained in the hidden land of Eureka in the original, while it is gained from the Earth Crystal in the DS version. Ninjas are able to deal massive amounts of damage by throwing weapons and specialized projectiles at the enemy. In DS version, ninja is in fact weaker than in the NES version in order to be equal to other jobs. Ninja is considered to be a powered up version of the Dark Knight, or Magic Knight, job

NES version
The Ninja does not have a special ability in the NES version; however, it is able to equip almost every weapon, including the Shuriken, which deals very high damage but must be re-equipped every turn. It's important to note that the Shuriken is the disposable equivalent to the Onion Sword, therefore a fully-equipped Onion Knight is technically the strongest physical class.
 * Special Ability - None

DS version
In the DS version, the Ninja can throw any weapon in the party's inventory; this is the only way to use Shurikens, which are not equippable in this version of the game. Upwards of 10,000 HP of damage can be inflicted this way, although the game will always display such damage as 9,999.
 * Special Ability - Throw

Equipment
In the NES original, the Ninja could equip any item except for the Onion equipment. For the DS remake, the Ninja has a much more limited equipment list.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
In Onion Knight's EX Mode, he utilizes the Ninja Job class whenever he uses a physical attack. If his EX Burst is activated by a physical HP attack, the Onion Knight will use Shuriken and Back Attack, or just Back Attack if the player fails to select Shuriken. During the EX burst, a Final Fantasy III battle window will appear and the player must select Shuriken under throw section.

A Ghost Card bearing the Final Fantasy III Ninja Player Icon can be fought by the player. The ghost is a Level 100 Onion Knight, and has the Green Gem and Noah's Lute to be won via Battlegen.