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'''Ganbare Goemon''' (known as '''Legend of the Mystical Ninja''' in North America and Europe), is a prolific video game series produced by Konami.
These games revolve around the main character Goemon, and his exploits. As the name suggests, his character was loosely based on Ishikawa Goemon, the noble thief of Japanese folklore. While the early games of this title emphasized Goemon as a noble thief, he eventually becomes more of a standard video game hero character. His appearance trademarks would be his blue bushy hair and weapon of choice, the Kiseru. The universe of these games is of a cartoony, mystical Feudal Japan, where every bit of folklore and legend about Japan are true. Although the series has its roots in action adventure, the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series features games from a diverse set of genres including RPG, puzzle game, and board game. ''Ganbare Goemon'' has proven to be widely popular in Japan, as along with its long video game series (which continue to this day), a wide series of merchandise, and several anime and manga series have been created based on it.
While the series has been popular in Japan, overseas it is a much unknown franchise, with only four games released (three of them released for the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 consoles, and a Game Boy release).
★ 'Goemon (ゴエモン Goemon):' The star protagonist of the series. A hot-blooded man of Edo, he has a strong sense of justice and will right whatever wrong there is in front of him. (Renamed "Kid Ying" in the North American release of "Legend Of The Mystical Ninja" for the SNES. In the North American releases of Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure, his name is correctly translated to Goemon.) He primarily uses a variety of smoking pipes as his weapon of choice.
★ 'Ebisumaru (エビス丸 Ebisumaru):' Goemon's longest standing partner and best friend: a surprisingly pudgy Ninja, with an equally puzzling eccentric personality. According to the Mystical Website of Goemon, this character is derived from Nezumi Kozō. (Renamed "Dr. Yang" in the North American release of "Legend Of The Mystical Ninja" for the SNES. In the North American releases of Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure, his name is correctly translated to Ebisumaru). He normally uses either fans or mallets as weapons. Ebisumaru also has a daughter named Mao, according to the Mystical Website of Goemon.
★ 'Omitsu (おみつ Omitsu):' The local belle of Edo. She is basically Goemon's girlfriend, although he lacks the courage to approach her. She is also a likely target of foes.
★ 'Yae (ヤエ Yae):' Kunoichi that works for the Secret Investigational Ninja, a secret organization of peace keepers. She often joins Goemon and Ebisumaru on their adventures under the same goal. In battle, Yae usually wields a katana, as well as her personal bazooka.
★ 'Monoshirii Ojisan (物知りお爺さん Wiseman):' A brilliant genius of clockwork machines who lives deep in Iga. Although a good fellow, he is also a big pervert.
★ 'Sasuke (サスケ Sasuke):' A Clockwork robot Ninja. He was created by Monoshiri and often joins Goemon and Ebisumaru on their quest. A very naive and honest character. However, he also seems to have a switch that can make him from good to evil and vice-versa. Sasuke fights using all manner of weapons, including twin kunai, miniature explosives, and even his spiked topknot. He is based on the ninja Sarutobi Sasuke.
★ 'The Feudal Lord of Edo and Princess Yuki:' The Rulers of Edo. Despite this, they do little that inspires leadership. More often than not, they too are preyed on by evil doers.
★ 'Goemon Impact (ゴエモンインパクト Goemon Impact):' A giant clockwork robot made by Monoshirii. With a frightful motif modeled after Goemon himself, it was built to help Goemon take on Giant foes.
★ 'Miss Impact (ミスインパクト Miss Impact):' A female counterpart to Goemon Impact. Was created by the Wise Man as a counterpart to Goemon Impact, and is modeled after Omitsu.
★ Konami's best-selling video game franchise was adapted into an animated Japanese television series, see ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja (TV series)''.
★ 1986: Mr. Goemon
★ 1986: ''Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu'' (re-released on Game Boy Advance in 2004 under the Famicom Mini label)
★ 1989: ''Ganbare Goemon 2''
★ 1990: ''
★ 1992: ''
★ 1987: ''Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu''
★ 1991: ''The Legend of the Mystical Ninja'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki'' in Japan)
★ 1993: ''
★ 1994: ''
★ 1995: ''
★ 1996: ''Soreyuke Ebisumaru! Karakuri Meiro - Kieta Goemon no Nazo!!'' (''puzzle game'' starring Ebisumaru)
★ 1996: ''
★ 1998: ''
★ 2001: ''
★ 2001: '' (a futuristic spin-off of the series)
★ 1991: ''
★
★ This game appeared in English on the European Game Boy Color compilation ''Konami GB Collection Vol.3'', where it was titled "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon"
★ 1997: ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune Tou no Nazo'' in Japan)
★ 1999: ''
★ 1999: ''
★ 2000: ''
★ 2001: '' (a futuristic spin-off of the series)
★ 2005: '' (port of the first two Super NES games with extra mini-games)]]
This game is a port of the first two Super Famicom games.
Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuuhutsu Emaki
and
Ganbare Goemon: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginessu
Differences in Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuuhutsu Emaki include:
★ You can play with Ebismaru alternating with Goemon.
★ This is a single player game (the cooperative 2-player mode from the original version was removed in this version).
★ You can now save your game instead of using the long passwords from the original version (in the Japanese version of this game, you can save your game using hiragana characters, and in the English version, using various non-letter and non-number symbols found on the keyboard).
★ 1997: ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' in Japan)
★ 1999: ''Goemon's Great Adventure'' (''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 2'' in Europe; ''Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Douchu Obake Tenkomori'' in Japan)
★ 1999: ''Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku'' (''Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveller-like game featuring elements from collectible card games'')
★ 2000: '' (a more serious spin-off of the series; the now defunct Working Designs attempted to release this game in America as "Mystical Ninja Goemon", but Sony would not approve the title.)
★ 2005: ''
★ Goemon appears as a playable character in the Konami crossovers ''Wai Wai World'' and ''Wai Wai World 2'' for the Famicom, in the original MSX ''Parodius'', in the Super Famicom version of ''Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～'' and in ''Konami Krazy Racers'' for the Game Boy Advance, the latter being the latest game released in America in which a ''Ganbare Goemon'' character makes an appearance.
★ Ebisumaru is the second player in the Super Famicom version of ''Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～'' and is a secret character in ''Konami Krazy Racers''.
★ Impact makes an appearance as one of the bosses of ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius''.
★ Goemon, Yae, and Sasuke appear as cards in ''Yu-Gi-Oh''. Other robots made by Wise Old Man also appear as cards, all are named Sasuke Samurai and are numbered.
★ Seppukumaru and his Egg-like Henchmen from Ganbare Goemon 4 for the super Famicom make appearances as the main villains in the Ganbare Goemon Anime series.
★ Goemon and Ebisumaru made short cameo appearances in the Twinbee OVA, Twinbee Paradise, as judges in a female beauty contest when Pastel (Twinbee) accidentally eats some shrinking cookies.
★ Goemon International
★ Konami Entertainment (Makers of the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series)
★ Official Konami of Japan Ganbare Goemon site
★ The Mystical Website of Goemon (Fan website with in-depth information about the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series)
★
★ ''Ganbare Goeman'' SNES review from Mean Machines Archive
★ Mystical Ninja/Ganbare Goemon Hardcore Gaming 101's page for Ganbare Goemon series
These games revolve around the main character Goemon, and his exploits. As the name suggests, his character was loosely based on Ishikawa Goemon, the noble thief of Japanese folklore. While the early games of this title emphasized Goemon as a noble thief, he eventually becomes more of a standard video game hero character. His appearance trademarks would be his blue bushy hair and weapon of choice, the Kiseru. The universe of these games is of a cartoony, mystical Feudal Japan, where every bit of folklore and legend about Japan are true. Although the series has its roots in action adventure, the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series features games from a diverse set of genres including RPG, puzzle game, and board game. ''Ganbare Goemon'' has proven to be widely popular in Japan, as along with its long video game series (which continue to this day), a wide series of merchandise, and several anime and manga series have been created based on it.
While the series has been popular in Japan, overseas it is a much unknown franchise, with only four games released (three of them released for the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 consoles, and a Game Boy release).
Principal characters
★ 'Goemon (ゴエモン Goemon):' The star protagonist of the series. A hot-blooded man of Edo, he has a strong sense of justice and will right whatever wrong there is in front of him. (Renamed "Kid Ying" in the North American release of "Legend Of The Mystical Ninja" for the SNES. In the North American releases of Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure, his name is correctly translated to Goemon.) He primarily uses a variety of smoking pipes as his weapon of choice.
★ 'Ebisumaru (エビス丸 Ebisumaru):' Goemon's longest standing partner and best friend: a surprisingly pudgy Ninja, with an equally puzzling eccentric personality. According to the Mystical Website of Goemon, this character is derived from Nezumi Kozō. (Renamed "Dr. Yang" in the North American release of "Legend Of The Mystical Ninja" for the SNES. In the North American releases of Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure, his name is correctly translated to Ebisumaru). He normally uses either fans or mallets as weapons. Ebisumaru also has a daughter named Mao, according to the Mystical Website of Goemon.
★ 'Omitsu (おみつ Omitsu):' The local belle of Edo. She is basically Goemon's girlfriend, although he lacks the courage to approach her. She is also a likely target of foes.
★ 'Yae (ヤエ Yae):' Kunoichi that works for the Secret Investigational Ninja, a secret organization of peace keepers. She often joins Goemon and Ebisumaru on their adventures under the same goal. In battle, Yae usually wields a katana, as well as her personal bazooka.
★ 'Monoshirii Ojisan (物知りお爺さん Wiseman):' A brilliant genius of clockwork machines who lives deep in Iga. Although a good fellow, he is also a big pervert.
★ 'Sasuke (サスケ Sasuke):' A Clockwork robot Ninja. He was created by Monoshiri and often joins Goemon and Ebisumaru on their quest. A very naive and honest character. However, he also seems to have a switch that can make him from good to evil and vice-versa. Sasuke fights using all manner of weapons, including twin kunai, miniature explosives, and even his spiked topknot. He is based on the ninja Sarutobi Sasuke.
★ 'The Feudal Lord of Edo and Princess Yuki:' The Rulers of Edo. Despite this, they do little that inspires leadership. More often than not, they too are preyed on by evil doers.
★ 'Goemon Impact (ゴエモンインパクト Goemon Impact):' A giant clockwork robot made by Monoshirii. With a frightful motif modeled after Goemon himself, it was built to help Goemon take on Giant foes.
★ 'Miss Impact (ミスインパクト Miss Impact):' A female counterpart to Goemon Impact. Was created by the Wise Man as a counterpart to Goemon Impact, and is modeled after Omitsu.
Anime television series
★ Konami's best-selling video game franchise was adapted into an animated Japanese television series, see ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja (TV series)''.
List of games by platform
Arcade
★ 1986: Mr. Goemon
NES
★ 1986: ''Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu'' (re-released on Game Boy Advance in 2004 under the Famicom Mini label)
★ 1989: ''Ganbare Goemon 2''
★ 1990: ''
★ 1992: ''
MSX
★ 1987: ''Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu''
SNES
★ 1991: ''The Legend of the Mystical Ninja'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki'' in Japan)
★ 1993: ''
★ 1994: ''
★ 1995: ''
★ 1996: ''Soreyuke Ebisumaru! Karakuri Meiro - Kieta Goemon no Nazo!!'' (''puzzle game'' starring Ebisumaru)
PlayStation
★ 1996: ''
★ 1998: ''
★ 2001: ''
★ 2001: '' (a futuristic spin-off of the series)
Game Boy
★ 1991: ''
★
★ This game appeared in English on the European Game Boy Color compilation ''Konami GB Collection Vol.3'', where it was titled "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon"
★ 1997: ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune Tou no Nazo'' in Japan)
Game Boy Color
★ 1999: ''
★ 1999: ''
★ 2000: ''
Game Boy Advance
★ 2001: '' (a futuristic spin-off of the series)
★ 2005: '' (port of the first two Super NES games with extra mini-games)]]
This game is a port of the first two Super Famicom games.
Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuuhutsu Emaki
and
Ganbare Goemon: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginessu
Differences in Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuuhutsu Emaki include:
★ You can play with Ebismaru alternating with Goemon.
★ This is a single player game (the cooperative 2-player mode from the original version was removed in this version).
★ You can now save your game instead of using the long passwords from the original version (in the Japanese version of this game, you can save your game using hiragana characters, and in the English version, using various non-letter and non-number symbols found on the keyboard).
Nintendo 64
★ 1997: ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' (''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' in Japan)
★ 1999: ''Goemon's Great Adventure'' (''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon 2'' in Europe; ''Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Douchu Obake Tenkomori'' in Japan)
★ 1999: ''Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku'' (''Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveller-like game featuring elements from collectible card games'')
PlayStation 2
★ 2000: '' (a more serious spin-off of the series; the now defunct Working Designs attempted to release this game in America as "Mystical Ninja Goemon", but Sony would not approve the title.)
Nintendo DS
★ 2005: ''
Other appearances
★ Goemon appears as a playable character in the Konami crossovers ''Wai Wai World'' and ''Wai Wai World 2'' for the Famicom, in the original MSX ''Parodius'', in the Super Famicom version of ''Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～'' and in ''Konami Krazy Racers'' for the Game Boy Advance, the latter being the latest game released in America in which a ''Ganbare Goemon'' character makes an appearance.
★ Ebisumaru is the second player in the Super Famicom version of ''Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～'' and is a secret character in ''Konami Krazy Racers''.
★ Impact makes an appearance as one of the bosses of ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius''.
★ Goemon, Yae, and Sasuke appear as cards in ''Yu-Gi-Oh''. Other robots made by Wise Old Man also appear as cards, all are named Sasuke Samurai and are numbered.
★ Seppukumaru and his Egg-like Henchmen from Ganbare Goemon 4 for the super Famicom make appearances as the main villains in the Ganbare Goemon Anime series.
★ Goemon and Ebisumaru made short cameo appearances in the Twinbee OVA, Twinbee Paradise, as judges in a female beauty contest when Pastel (Twinbee) accidentally eats some shrinking cookies.
External links
★ Goemon International
★ Konami Entertainment (Makers of the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series)
★ Official Konami of Japan Ganbare Goemon site
★ The Mystical Website of Goemon (Fan website with in-depth information about the ''Ganbare Goemon'' series)
★
★ ''Ganbare Goeman'' SNES review from Mean Machines Archive
★ Mystical Ninja/Ganbare Goemon Hardcore Gaming 101's page for Ganbare Goemon series
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