Ganbare Goemon (known as Mystical Ninja internationally) is action-adventure/platforming series by Konami first started on the Famicom. Of the over 20 games released in the series only 4 made it to North America. One of them:
was my first exposure to the series. My dad randomly brought home some N64 games and one of them happened to be Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon. Fired the game up to see what is was about was immediately hooked. This colorful, quirky game had a spell on me and my brother. Exploring the crazy world, beating the castles and fighting in impact was such a blast. Don't even get me started on the soundtack. It became one of my favorite games on the N64. Of course when I find out that another Goemon game was coming to N64:
I was ecstatic. When we finally got our hands on this game, we of course played the everloving crap out of it. It was two players this time, so me and my bro played together. Game was a lot more challenging than MN:SG. You could only take 3 hits before you die and lose a life when you fall down pits. Goemon was of course the best character because he had a double jump making jumping across platforms much easier. I recently replayed GGA and it still holds up pretty well. Some of the missions can be a bit tedious, but the game is still a blast. The last castle is a tough as I remembered! XD
As for the other games in the series, I visited some of the Super Famicom games through emulation. I did have fun with them, but me not understanding Japanese hindered my experience of the games. I do wish more of the games were localized.
So GAF, what are some of your experiences/memories with the Goemon games? Are you a fan? Is this your first time hearing of the series? I know the likelyhood of this happening is next to none, but I would really love a new game in the Goemon series (and localized as well). The last two Goemon "games" were Pachinko machines. It seems that the series is dead.
was my first exposure to the series. My dad randomly brought home some N64 games and one of them happened to be Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon. Fired the game up to see what is was about was immediately hooked. This colorful, quirky game had a spell on me and my brother. Exploring the crazy world, beating the castles and fighting in impact was such a blast. Don't even get me started on the soundtack. It became one of my favorite games on the N64. Of course when I find out that another Goemon game was coming to N64:
I was ecstatic. When we finally got our hands on this game, we of course played the everloving crap out of it. It was two players this time, so me and my bro played together. Game was a lot more challenging than MN:SG. You could only take 3 hits before you die and lose a life when you fall down pits. Goemon was of course the best character because he had a double jump making jumping across platforms much easier. I recently replayed GGA and it still holds up pretty well. Some of the missions can be a bit tedious, but the game is still a blast. The last castle is a tough as I remembered! XD
As for the other games in the series, I visited some of the Super Famicom games through emulation. I did have fun with them, but me not understanding Japanese hindered my experience of the games. I do wish more of the games were localized.
So GAF, what are some of your experiences/memories with the Goemon games? Are you a fan? Is this your first time hearing of the series? I know the likelyhood of this happening is next to none, but I would really love a new game in the Goemon series (and localized as well). The last two Goemon "games" were Pachinko machines. It seems that the series is dead.