The first SFC title will always hold a special place in my heart, it was a magical experience back in 1991. But objectively I'd say Goemon 2 on the SFC was the best. I've only played a small part of Goemon 4 on SFC though, so that opinion may change when I finally get around to playing it all the way through. I recall it being quite different to the rest of the series. Goemon 3 was a blast and I somehow managed to complete it without any knowledge of Japanese or any walkthrough!
fun fact: Goemon's English voice actor in the anime is Vic Mignogna, and this was one of his first roles in dubbing, following his role as Vega (Claw) in the ADV dub of Street Fighter II V (the Animaze dub had Richard Cansino reprising the role from the animated movie).
Another prime video, Thank You my friend!! I have the Snes game only and I love it! We missed out other Goemon gems here in the States...sux. Salud from Chicago! 🍻🍻🍻
Wow, what strange memories seeing that Game Boy Mystical Ninja game brought up. I had completely forgotten I used to play that as a kid. After seeing this, I remember some kind of button mashing minigame giving me a lot of trouble. I also remember that I used to hide porn in the game box for that game, lol.
When I first saw this video on my feed, I assumed it was a Jimmy Hapa video, but I'm really happy to see your take on the series (and more!). Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is my favorite N64 game and really left an impression on me. With Konami pumping out these game collections lately, let's hope for a Goemon Collection!
A goemon collection would be great! Hard to believe they just stopped cold years ago. Yea I noticed Jimmy made some vids but actually I didn’t watch them because I didn’t want to be influenced by it. But after I finished this on Wednesday I watched the first one he did. It was good and yeah it’s interesting to see different takes on a topic in both presentation and opinions. Thanks for watching!
you keep covering my favorite games of all time... "mystical ninja" for the snes was my first time playing a Goemon game, back in 92... I loved it to bits, I hadnt played anything like it before... and that game is to blame for my later Japan-focused career
Hey thanks Jordi! When I did the twinbee video a lot of people asked for this so it’s kind of the sequel to that. All that’s left is Parodius to be done now
@@GTV-Japan Again... Huge influence for me, the Parodius series, especially the 1st for the SNES. Really looking forward to that... Although I hope that not only Parodius is left... Please??? ;)
Jordi Vinyals as far as three videos in the same style that interconnect, yes. It doesn’t mean the end of Konami based videos, but anything after Parodius would be slightly different. Like if I did I Castlevania, it couldn’t be like, hey look at these weird games never released in English you know? I’m kind of stuck with too many ideas and not enough time to do them. I do want to get into more non gaming videos and all kinds of stuff to make a more varied channel but only so much I can do, unless I got a crew to write edit and promote this stuff to get them out faster. Or if by miracle I got 50,000 subscribers overnight, I think I could quit my job and really get to it. The rest of the year is planned out, mostly written already too and I think you’ll like it, with Parodius being the season finale
OMG!!!!!!!!! thanks for this great video, friend,i AM a hardcore fan ,of mistical ninja o gambare goemon!!!!! greetings from México city,saludos amigo!!!!
Took a flyer on a used copy of Legend of the Mystical Ninja for 64 and my sister and I were absolutely riveted by it.. it seemed so utterly crazy and hilarious compared to anything we’d ever played before and couldn’t even tell you how many laugh out loud moments we had playing through it. The first sequence when you get to use the super sized robot will be burned in my memory as long as it lasts. PUUHHHHLAAAAAAASMAAAAAAAAAAA
Gaijillionaire thanks for making the vids.. so well put together and the commercials are always a real trip! fills out the story of these games from the other side of the pond. Cheers!
Man you are seriously surprising me. Goemon is literally one of my favorite platforming franchises and mascots. Tbh i wasn't really into Sonic, Mario, Banjo, Crash, Spyro, Rayman, Shantae and etc. Though the only platformer that comes close to my favorite series is Ape Escape. Love the series and that reoccurring antagonist Kabuki. I have actually thought about cosplaying as him at some point to show my love and appreciation for this series.
@@GTV-Japan Honestly he would make a great Konami rep not to mention that Konami has used him as the mascot knowing he has had tons of spin offs like the others like Rockman, Puckman(Pac Man), Sonic, and Mario such as Kart racers, Rpgs and etc.
@@GTV-Japan though it would nice if Konami's Goemon got in I can easily imagine it as likes Banjo's Reveal but the exact opposite. Then Konami might be one of my favorite companies again.
My favorite is Mystical Ninja starring Goemon. It's one of my favorite games of my childhood! I want it to come to Nintendo Switch online and I would love the series to come back! I love that game so much that I want a remake of it!
Such a shame that he never really caught on in the West. Mystical Ninja on N64 is one of my all time favorite games. First rented it and beat it in a weekend way back when. I hope he can make a come back some day.
Personally I don’t think it’s the lack of cultural understanding about Goemon, the games were fine without that. It’s just the industry was so red hot, there just wasn’t enough space for everyone to reach the top. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinions!
@@GTV-Japan I completely agree. I think he just didn't get a proper marketing push the way Contra or Castlevania did, which are obviously more Western influenced titles. I knew maybe like 2 people who had actually played the SNES title and I only played it on an emulator years later. I remember seeing EGM magazine cover the PS2 game briefly and that left me with major blue balls 😂
In one of the episodes of Game Center CX (season 2, ep. 9 Rockman 2) Arino interviewed the producer of the Goemon series Ebisu Etsunobu. During the interview Ebisu said that the character Ebisumaru was created as a joke based on him, i don´t know if that´s true.
It would've been the perfect opportunity for Konami to release the DS Goemon game worldwide. I hope one day it gets a fan-translation, those been dropping quite a lot lately. Great video and justice for Mystical Ninja!!
Man, I just loved the mystical ninja game when I was younger. The music of the game is underrated, both including the amazing intro, the impact theme, and the OST. Thanks for Making this video
That Legend of Mystical Ninja game on SNES sure is to blame why I became such a huge Japanophile. It was JUST the right kind of crazy that I loved even then.
While the DS Goemon game being the last great title in the series is a bit sad, the good news is that the qame did inspire Nintendo's Takahiro Harada to develop a new Wario Land game for the Wii & hiring some of the former Konami devs that worked on said Goemon game. This led to Good-Feel developing the aforementioned & fantastic Wario Land: Shake It!/The Shake Dimension & paving the way for the devs to create great titles like Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Woolly World & recently released Yoshi's Crafted World.
Awesome work, it's great seeing someone that knows the history of the character and series, not just the English games. Such an amazing but underrated series here in the states that needs a lot more love. The games may be over, but I'll always remember them as such a huge part of my youth.
Hey thanks! I didn’t know much at first but being in Japan you just absorb it all. Just the English games really isn’t the full story. In fact I see some channels don’t even know the first game and just the ones on N64! Anyway This video was the last one I just put out a new one today if you got time for something a little different, check it out. Thanks for watching 🎌
My favorite part about the Goemon games is the music that mixes jazz funk with traditional Japanese music. Legend of the Mystical Ninja on N64 has one of my favorite soundtracks.
Another amazing and comprehensive retrospective of a very deserving series, thank you so much! When I learned of the real Goemon's gruesome demise it somewhat soured me on the comedic tone of the games... Anyway, the super famicom iterations are my favorites, still waiting for fan translations of 2, 3 and 4 to really get into those. It appears at this point they will never be done...
Hey Ernest! I’m glad you liked the video. I agree with you, at first I’m thinking why do they celebrate this guy? It’s a horrible way to die. But the culture is different so maybe that’s part of it. I looked pretty deep and found no efforts to translate the 16 bit games which is a shame. Hmm maybe the camera translation apps will be good enough to use to ply through them? Just an idea. Thanks for watching
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on Nintendo 64 is easily my favourite. A good mix of Mario 64 & Zelda Ocarina of Time gameplay styles. Also the anime singing cutscenes are good.
Sony is so problematic... never realized how much. I love your commercial breaks btw, being relevant with having the game or franchise you're talking about.
Thanks! I don’t care for when a video just jumps to an ad break so I thought this would be a creative way around the problem. Oh yes sony was very stubborn on its image and when games the ps1-2-3 should have. You’d think by going after the older market that would mean games that kids wouldn’t like it that weren’t xtreme and cool but seems they pushed that a lot
Ah, Goemon! Miss this beloved series, glad it saw some light here in the states. I had a hard fascination with the N64 game as a kid, so much so I ended up buying it again twice after it was lost. After that, I bought the N64 sequel and original SNES games (both pricey), and bootleg carts of the other 3 SNES games in English... plus the DVD set. I guess I became a fan.
Wow dude, another amazing little doc on a game series I always wanted to get into. I only have the first SFC game but one of these days I'll play through it. I had no idea there were 8-bit iterations before that!
Hey Kevin, glad you enjoyed it. The 8 bit games and arcade game are pretty easy to get through. Not much reading needed. I put links to the fan translation of the 2 FC rpg Gaiden games if you want to try them
Thanks! I was wonder what kind of feel these videos have on other people. I’ve been in japan so long I don’t even know what else to do but imitate Japanese style TV. But I never liked the idea of ads ( except that they pay for everything!) interrupting a videos flow and so this way to me is a way to keep things fun and not break up the action so much.
This has been one of the best video features I've ever seen on the legacy of Goemon! If only Konami would revive in the series in some kind of way or localize some of the games that we never got to have
What a coincidence, I’ve just been playing a lot of Ganbare! Goemon on the Famicom (recently got the cartridge in the mail, and it came with Japanese snacks to boot!!). So far I’ve made it as far as stage 5, but the game started glitching up at that point and eventually froze up on me (I use a front loading NES with a 72-pin adaptor, so that unfortunately tends to happen because there are so many electrical contacts that can wind up not connecting properly).
Hey great! I hope you can finish it. You could always look for an AV family computer which with enough patience you can get a good deal on what snacks were they?
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don’t need to buy a Famicom, the issue isn’t that big of a deal, not to mention that I’m only a teenager that just got finished with high school, I’m not made of money and I’m still looking for a job (I bought my copy of Goemon during an eBay binge wasting all my graduation money). As for the snacks, I got this fish shaped cookie thing that was filled with chocolate, and this weird curry flavored cracker stick thing that I wound up throwing in the trash because I simply don’t care for foods that are so potent that your sweat ends up smelling like whatever you just ate.
Me again. Got myself an Everdrive so I don’t need that shitty converter unit anymore. In fact, in the 2 years since I last commented here, the converter I had broke and I had to get a new one, and then I got the Everdrive and that changed everything. Keep up the good work with these vids!! And remember: “winners don’t accept Raid: Shadow Legends sponsorships!!” Also, how do I make your Top Commenters scoreboard? I see that in every video and have no idea how to get my name up there.
I thought I had you on one of them! I’ll go back and look. How to make the board? Hmm I go thru comments and the most thought out detailed or touching comments make the rankings. I have no system other than usually ever few weeks some really really stand out
My first game of Goemon was Goemon Grate Adventure on N64, what a crazy and fun game to play! Still have it, still play it and still brings a smile. So awesome you make videos of a lot of games, really enjoying your channel!
Hey thanks! I’m happy to see you go back and see all the old videos. Makes the work I put into them worth it! Also it appears now that all the games from 16 bit are in English now
I swear I’ve commented on this video before. This series will always hold a special place in my heart. The SFC games (the second game in particular) was the reason I got into learning Japanese ^_^. I wish I had grown up with the N64 game instead of the “meh” GB game I had. At least the music was good. Good vid and thanks for making!
I think you have! But I swear I have never ever deleted a comment before. Even negative ones! If there was a link or some word google didn’t like it may have disappeared 👻 I saw somewhere recently that the n64 game is now sell for $120+ now?! I can’t believe it
THIS is the video I've been waiting for! Amazing content as usual. The Goemon series is my favourite of all time, #2 on the Super Famicom would be top of my list I'd say.
It was worth waiting for! Your content really stands apart from everything else on TH-cam and as passionate collector of all things Japanese gaming for 25+ years I really appreciate it. The commercial breaks are fantastic as usual, a lot of those Goemon ads I'd never seen before. Great to have them archived in one place. The series numbering always puzzled me too, but I can only imagine they just started again on the SFC. I don't have much experience with the Famicom games, so I'll have to seek those out. I'd love to get hold of a Mr Goemon arcade PCB someday too.
Yeah the concept is kind of that your playing/watching a Kabuki show. I talked about super Mario 3 in another video and did not mention the whole “it’s a play” thing and got asked about it but to me it’s not a big deal because I know nearly everything is supposed to be like a play. Thanks for watching
As an update for 2021, there now are translation patches for the 3 other Super Famicom Goemon games, so they too are more accessible than ever before :) And thanks to GTV for a nice and informative video, I love the idea the intermissions you use! (Who knew a "commercial break" could be so much fun!)
Awesome thanks for the update!! The thing is certain kids shows in Japan have as breaks that only sell something related to the topic so I got the idea from that
Great video on an underrated series! All of the Goemon games on the Super Famicom have finally been translated and they've been a blast to play. I miss this series
This game took me forever to beat because I was just grinding and farming EXP and $$$ because I play like I live in real life... with nothing but the best thing. To me fighting with the best weapons and stuff made it easier.
Incredible documentary. It was one of my favorite pirate games to play on PC. I remember playing it for hours, knocking out rabbits and fighting a giant robot. It was incredible. Even though I didn't understand anything because it was in Japanese.
A man that has made quite a name for himself over the last 400 or so years. With his body of work including but limited to, books, movies, anime, video games, T-shirts, and all kinds of tchotchkes He would probably die from shock if he ever knew about all of it! While the man was alive, very little was actually known, and only may year after his death did his name and legacy pick up steam. But let's try to give a clear, accurate description of Goemon, separating fact from fiction, as much as we can In 1989 a sequel was released for the Family Computer, which set Ganbare Goemon into motion The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was released in February 1992 in the US and was reviewed They even slipped in a Tanooki statue on a few pages.Probably inadvertently, as these Tanooki statues are well known across Japan for their big, Ganbare Goemon; Sara-wareta Ebisumaru, Kidnapped Ebisumaru, is a scaled down version, similar As we conclude this chapter of the story, there were 11 games released between 1986 In the next act, Goemon returns as the Mystical Ninja in 3-D and Our Hero brings down a notable American game company.But the game would be reborn in 1997 when Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, as it was In Kurofune Tou no Nazo, Mystery of the Black Ship Gang, Yae is kidnapped and its up to In Neo MomoYama Bafuki no Odori, Dance of New Peach Mountain Shogun, as it would be series led to anime and manga series, plus Goemon appeard in other media over the last Ganbare Goemon: Save the World in 1998 adventure of Goemon, Ebisumaru and friends as they fight against the evil Makamuge in just commonly used in Japanes opening in 1976 with over 200 locations forever me.
Azzamatic after about the 20 minute mark I used remixes some creative people made which I really like. Do support them. The game music though is a bit weird. Gotta love 8 bit koto! Thanks for watching
When playing the Goemon SNES game on the Wii's Virtual Console, I always decided to think ecchi when Ebisumaru/Dr Yang was talking about seeing the Ghost Girl. I suspected that he was peeping on the Ghost Girl while she was in the hot springs in that opening cut scene.
@@GTV-Japan All I can say is that sometimes technology sucks when it does not work perfectly. Maybe the algorithm takes a long time with so many comments. Keep up the good work with the videos and I will see the next time I have a night just to sit down and watch videos to take some time before commenting.
Hey thanks dude!! I’m glad you say that because for me it’s not about the money or fame it’s about serving the topic and doing it right while pleasing the audience. If that’s done correctly then it’s all worth it!
I won't lie, when I first heard about a darker take on Goemon. I was half expected it be like Bomberman: Act Zero, but from the small bit of footage I've seen of it. It doesn't look half bad and this is coming from someone who never played Goemon.
Love the ads for the games. I had no idea there was a DS game or th PS2 one. Sad that Konami went full mobile and pachinko, so many series that people miss.
Ahh this feels so close to home. I never had a N64 but I had 7 cds that had all the ROMs for the console (welp minus de N64DD ones) so basically I went through almost the whole catalogue of titles. The Ganbare Goemon ones were my favourite, I remember playing Goemon's Great Adventure a lot but never getting too far, I wasn't fluent in english at the time and didn't think outside the box so I could never get those darn entry passes. After that the one that it's basically Ocarina of Time with Goemon is also really cool, the intro cutscene of Ebisumaru naked and the Spaceship converting the Edo castle into an european one were ahead of their time. I even tried playing Mononoke Sugoroku but if I wasn't fluent in English, I definetly wasn't fluent in Japanese but damn if I tried haha (There's a Yu Gi Oh! game on the GBA that is basically the same game, talking about recycling). The Goemon series was something that if you got exposed to as a kid, would have turn you into somewhat of a weeb when you grow up. The music was one of the highest points of its repertoir, completely unforgetable.
Another excellent video! Mystical Ninja was a game I rented a lot back in the days. I managed to get the Goemon games on Super Famicom but as you say, they are not easy if you don't understand Japanese and my knowledge of Japanese is not high enough for text-heavy games. That Goemon PS2 RPG looked pretty nice I must say, too bad Sony back in the days of PSX and PS2 were lame and prevented a lot of games from coming to North America (or simply outside Japan) Looking forward to your next video!
Hey thanks friend! It really does hurt considering they let all the final Fantasy ports go with no problems but games already out in japan were a no no. But eh, they still did things way better than Nintendo. The next two videos are already done but I’m sure they’ll be worth waiting for! See you there
The first N64 game brings back a whole lot of happy memories! Great to get some insight into the series- was so excited when his costume appeared in Smash. Thanks for the great video!
That third PS1 Goemon game isn't bad at all, if you know the theme of the game, you'll know why there are things in this game recycled from earlier games. The last boss is basically into recycling, besides lemon tea.
Mystical Ninja is quite possibly my favorite video game aside from Pokemon EVER. I rented the Super Nintendo Cartridge week after week to listen to the music and find the WILDEST monsters. Then the N64 version came out and I was skeptical because of the animation change but I remember being enamored with it; there was a giant robot if I remember correctly and you play as a puppet Goemon for part of the game too. I don't remember that one as well but I remember being satisfied that the torch had been passed.
The arcade version reminds me of Son Son, aesthetically. I wanna check out 'Gaiden'. I have Goemon 2 for Super Famicom, but since I can't read Japanese I don't know where to go. I'd like to get more into this series.
Yea I can’t seem to find a translation of that one. You’d think it would be fan made. I wonder why they didn’t bring it over, oh well. Thanks for being here day one man!
Mystical Ninja on the SNES is the only main Goemon game I've played, it was awesome playing co-op with my bro. BTW, you get so many points for suffering those overly long Japanese titles and pronouncing them correctly.
Ah it’s nothing! Actually I’m writing something now that goes over like 20 tv show titles and how crazy long they are so whenever it’s done (june-July) you’ll get a kick out of it
I played the N64 Goemon game with a GameShark to break the intended sequence that you’re supposed to follow in order to advance the plot, so my memories of the game’s story likely won’t be accurate to how it’s supposed to be experienced, but I like the Giant Gourmet Underwater Castle dungeon to this day since it’s quite the novel approach to make the enemies of said dungeon traditional Japanese foodstuffs given a new lease on life and a desire to eat Goemon and his friends for a change.
One series I really want to get into. This series reminds me a bit of the Yakuza games. What I mean is that both franchises are very Japanese in their tone. But that heavy "Japanology" is full of charm and character and I love that. The Goemon series is even more Japanese and that's probably the reason why the west didn't get a lot of these games. Another very well done video :D
Thanks friend! Yea you can see how much things changed when it was put to English. But that’s often people who blindly guess what kids might like and are often wrong!
I played nearly all the games on every platform years ago and I loved almost all of them. Now they have English translations for most of them so I really need to replay them so I can understand the story.
Another awesome video! I remember renting Legend of the Mystical Ninja for the SNES as well as the first localized N64 game, and finding them both very fun!
I discovered this game series thanks to the Club Nintendo magazine. I've been meaning to give one of its games a go someday. I know that fan translations of the Famicom games do exist, so I'd just have to find a decent NES emulator. Nice video, I especially love the message you leave at the end. Greetings, and... ゴエゴエ!
Oh nice! Will definitely keep tuning in. I really love the format and tone. You have a great command of this knowledge. I remember closely following the Working Designs / Goemon saga myself.
Subbed! Thanks for giving this series the love and respect it deserves. Goemon is my all-time favorite, I hope Konami makes more games someday. By the way, all your video documentaries are superb! You should have your own TV show~
Thanks! I actually did have aTV show in 2003 and once talked about video games but it was not the main focus. Thanks for watching and talk to you again
The only Goemon games I've played were the one released on the US SNES and one of the N64 games. Out of those two, the SNES games wins. Goemon also appears in the Sega CD port of Hideo Kojima's Snatcher.The character appears in a crowd at a night club, with a bunch of other Konami characters.
Good point! I prefer that too because sometimes early 3D games are a pain to control but 16 bit was usually perfect. I did mention the snatcher scene in the twinbee video which kind of overlaps this one. It’s a very cool scene. Thanks for watching!
I'd love to play the Boken Jidai Katsugeki game. Too bad they never allowed it to be localised. I think the principle of Goemon games was the two N64 ones, which I still play and adore to this day.
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What was your favorite Goemon game? Can the series ever return? Please share your thoughts below! (don don!)
Yea it’s a shame but the process was what it was back then. Thanks for watching!
my favourite,game is mistical ninja starring goemon from N64!!!, the first released for the N64
The nintendo 64 first release in América, greetings from México
Napoleon Coronado Cortes thanks for watching my friend
The first SFC title will always hold a special place in my heart, it was a magical experience back in 1991. But objectively I'd say Goemon 2 on the SFC was the best. I've only played a small part of Goemon 4 on SFC though, so that opinion may change when I finally get around to playing it all the way through. I recall it being quite different to the rest of the series. Goemon 3 was a blast and I somehow managed to complete it without any knowledge of Japanese or any walkthrough!
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Thank you Vladimir! Now go tell the rest of the world to come along for the ride!!
fun fact: Goemon's English voice actor in the anime is Vic Mignogna, and this was one of his first roles in dubbing, following his role as Vega (Claw) in the ADV dub of Street Fighter II V (the Animaze dub had Richard Cansino reprising the role from the animated movie).
I uh. Did not know that /johnnycarson
Wow, that's awesome, love Vic!
Another prime video, Thank You my friend!! I have the Snes game only and I love it! We missed out other Goemon gems here in the States...sux. Salud from Chicago! 🍻🍻🍻
Hey thanks Lupe! I think that game was pretty popular. Lots seem to have played it
Wow, what strange memories seeing that Game Boy Mystical Ninja game brought up. I had completely forgotten I used to play that as a kid. After seeing this, I remember some kind of button mashing minigame giving me a lot of trouble. I also remember that I used to hide porn in the game box for that game, lol.
Well uh. That’s too much for me to know but I’m glad you could relive some memories. Thanks for watching
When I first saw this video on my feed, I assumed it was a Jimmy Hapa video, but I'm really happy to see your take on the series (and more!).
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is my favorite N64 game and really left an impression on me. With Konami pumping out these game collections lately, let's hope for a Goemon Collection!
A goemon collection would be great! Hard to believe they just stopped cold years ago. Yea I noticed Jimmy made some vids but actually I didn’t watch them because I didn’t want to be influenced by it. But after I finished this on Wednesday I watched the first one he did. It was good and yeah it’s interesting to see different takes on a topic in both presentation and opinions. Thanks for watching!
3:41 Wow, I just realized that Goemon's giant robot, Impact, is based on the Goemon costume on this ad!
Yup
God damn it. He needs to come back so badly
Thank you for educating us Legend of the Mystical Ninja fans on Goemon.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching! Yoooooooo!! 🎊
you keep covering my favorite games of all time... "mystical ninja" for the snes was my first time playing a Goemon game, back in 92... I loved it to bits, I hadnt played anything like it before... and that game is to blame for my later Japan-focused career
Hey thanks Jordi! When I did the twinbee video a lot of people asked for this so it’s kind of the sequel to that. All that’s left is Parodius to be done now
@@GTV-Japan Again... Huge influence for me, the Parodius series, especially the 1st for the SNES. Really looking forward to that... Although I hope that not only Parodius is left... Please??? ;)
Jordi Vinyals as far as three videos in the same style that interconnect, yes. It doesn’t mean the end of Konami based videos, but anything after Parodius would be slightly different. Like if I did I Castlevania, it couldn’t be like, hey look at these weird games never released in English you know? I’m kind of stuck with too many ideas and not enough time to do them. I do want to get into more non gaming videos and all kinds of stuff to make a more varied channel but only so much I can do, unless I got a crew to write edit and promote this stuff to get them out faster. Or if by miracle I got 50,000 subscribers overnight, I think I could quit my job and really get to it. The rest of the year is planned out, mostly written already too and I think you’ll like it, with Parodius being the season finale
@@GTV-Japan Of course I will :) Hope you get all the support you deserve for your channel :)
Jordi Vinyals thanks after the mario 3 video there was a glint of hope it was taking off but it soon came back down to near nothing. Try try again!
OMG!!!!!!!!! thanks for this great video, friend,i AM a hardcore fan ,of mistical ninja o gambare goemon!!!!! greetings from México city,saludos amigo!!!!
Thanks friend. I’m glad I could deliver!
That’s very cool! Thanks for watching right at the debut
@arbereshe greetings from México city ,amigo!!!!!!
Took a flyer on a used copy of Legend of the Mystical Ninja for 64 and my sister and I were absolutely riveted by it.. it seemed so utterly crazy and hilarious compared to anything we’d ever played before and couldn’t even tell you how many laugh out loud moments we had playing through it. The first sequence when you get to use the super sized robot will be burned in my memory as long as it lasts.
PUUHHHHLAAAAAAASMAAAAAAAAAAA
Shayne Mac that’s a cool memory. Thanks for sharing
Gaijillionaire thanks for making the vids.. so well put together and the commercials are always a real trip! fills out the story of these games from the other side of the pond. Cheers!
Shayne Mac no prob my friend! I’m already back it on the next one, hope you come back for it!
Man you are seriously surprising me. Goemon is literally one of my favorite platforming franchises and mascots. Tbh i wasn't really into Sonic, Mario, Banjo, Crash, Spyro, Rayman, Shantae and etc. Though the only platformer that comes close to my favorite series is Ape Escape. Love the series and that reoccurring antagonist Kabuki. I have actually thought about cosplaying as him at some point to show my love and appreciation for this series.
That would be a cool cosplay! Ebisumaru would be easy to make too. Thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video
@@GTV-Japan Honestly he would make a great Konami rep not to mention that Konami has used him as the mascot knowing he has had tons of spin offs like the others like Rockman, Puckman(Pac Man), Sonic, and Mario such as Kart racers, Rpgs and etc.
Daehan Bountyhunter yea it makes no sense. 15 years essentially with no games. Even if it was low end stuff why not do it? The world will never know 🍭
@@GTV-Japan though it would nice if Konami's Goemon got in I can easily imagine it as likes Banjo's Reveal but the exact opposite. Then Konami might be one of my favorite companies again.
Daehan Bountyhunter konami has always been one of my favs. Didn’t care for metal gear but I’m forever indebted to them for the pc engine mini
I'm still wating for a HD remake of Mystical Ninja 64
Great video sir!
My favorite is Mystical Ninja starring Goemon. It's one of my favorite games of my childhood! I want it to come to Nintendo Switch online and I would love the series to come back! I love that game so much that I want a remake of it!
If Goemon were to be reanimated as a Zombie, I am sure he would have loved to play the Goemon games as well as play some Pokemon or Digimon games.
Such a shame that he never really caught on in the West. Mystical Ninja on N64 is one of my all time favorite games. First rented it and beat it in a weekend way back when. I hope he can make a come back some day.
Personally I don’t think it’s the lack of cultural understanding about Goemon, the games were fine without that. It’s just the industry was so red hot, there just wasn’t enough space for everyone to reach the top. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinions!
@@GTV-Japan I completely agree. I think he just didn't get a proper marketing push the way Contra or Castlevania did, which are obviously more Western influenced titles. I knew maybe like 2 people who had actually played the SNES title and I only played it on an emulator years later. I remember seeing EGM magazine cover the PS2 game briefly and that left me with major blue balls 😂
Yeah I wonder how they decided to divide up the budget that way
It was too Japanese in a time where anime wasn't that big outside Japan.
In one of the episodes of Game Center CX (season 2, ep. 9 Rockman 2) Arino interviewed the producer of the Goemon series Ebisu Etsunobu. During the interview Ebisu said that the character Ebisumaru was created as a joke based on him, i don´t know if that´s true.
I didn’t know that! It could be true. Thanks for sharing
It would've been the perfect opportunity for Konami to release the DS Goemon game worldwide.
I hope one day it gets a fan-translation, those been dropping quite a lot lately.
Great video and justice for Mystical Ninja!!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! As for the DS game I think that ship has sailed…
Man, I just loved the mystical ninja game when I was younger. The music of the game is underrated, both including the amazing intro, the impact theme, and the OST. Thanks for Making this video
You’re welcome!
That Legend of Mystical Ninja game on SNES sure is to blame why I became such a huge Japanophile. It was JUST the right kind of crazy that I loved even then.
All right! I can understand that because I’m the same!
All the songs from Mystical Ninja have been permanently etched in my brain at this point! Great music!
Love the channel!
+See Dubs thanks! It is very catchy. See you next time
While the DS Goemon game being the last great title in the series is a bit sad, the good news is that the qame did inspire Nintendo's Takahiro Harada to develop a new Wario Land game for the Wii & hiring some of the former Konami devs that worked on said Goemon game.
This led to Good-Feel developing the aforementioned & fantastic Wario Land: Shake It!/The Shake Dimension & paving the way for the devs to create great titles like Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Woolly World & recently released Yoshi's Crafted World.
Josh I thanks for sharing that. I had no idea!
Awesome work, it's great seeing someone that knows the history of the character and series, not just the English games. Such an amazing but underrated series here in the states that needs a lot more love. The games may be over, but I'll always remember them as such a huge part of my youth.
Hey thanks! I didn’t know much at first but being in Japan you just absorb it all. Just the English games really isn’t the full story. In fact I see some channels don’t even know the first game and just the ones on N64! Anyway This video was the last one I just put out a new one today if you got time for something a little different, check it out. Thanks for watching 🎌
So glad this exists! Thank you!
Thanks for the comment! It makes the work done to do this video worth it
My favorite part about the Goemon games is the music that mixes jazz funk with traditional Japanese music. Legend of the Mystical Ninja on N64 has one of my favorite soundtracks.
Good point!!
Another amazing and comprehensive retrospective of a very deserving series, thank you so much! When I learned of the real Goemon's gruesome demise it somewhat soured me on the comedic tone of the games... Anyway, the super famicom iterations are my favorites, still waiting for fan translations of 2, 3 and 4 to really get into those. It appears at this point they will never be done...
Hey Ernest! I’m glad you liked the video. I agree with you, at first I’m thinking why do they celebrate this guy? It’s a horrible way to die. But the culture is different so maybe that’s part of it. I looked pretty deep and found no efforts to translate the 16 bit games which is a shame. Hmm maybe the camera translation apps will be good enough to use to ply through them? Just an idea. Thanks for watching
All of the 16 bit Goemon games have now been translated! :D
Awesome!
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on
Nintendo 64 is easily my favourite.
A good mix of Mario 64 &
Zelda Ocarina of Time gameplay styles.
Also the anime singing cutscenes are good.
That’s a good pick!
Konami made Suikoden , Metal Gear, Akumajo Dracula and Silent Hill but Goemon is by far my favourite series they developed.
Yea that’s the same for me. But I like twinbee a lot too
I wish the "Knightmare" and "Esper Dream" series caught on more
Esper Dream 3 on Super Famicom wouldve been absolute perfection
Yea! But wishing with Konami....
Sony is so problematic... never realized how much.
I love your commercial breaks btw, being relevant with having the game or franchise you're talking about.
Thanks! I don’t care for when a video just jumps to an ad break so I thought this would be a creative way around the problem. Oh yes sony was very stubborn on its image and when games the ps1-2-3 should have. You’d think by going after the older market that would mean games that kids wouldn’t like it that weren’t xtreme and cool but seems they pushed that a lot
the N64 one is one of my favorite games of all time, a surrealist wonder
It’s got the tone to it yea!
It’s criminally underrated and low key hilarious. It could have been an anime.
Woah! I thought Goemon was an original character like Pentarou or Twin Bee. It’s a series that keep getting recommended to me, especially on SFC
Nope! But Konami has kind of made him his own
My first n64 game i ever played was mystical ninja starring goemon. Awesome soundtrack!
Nice 👍🏻
This is a great surprise to see this morning :D
Thanks! I hope you liked it! First comment too by the way!
Great video and thanks for the Closed Caption!
I know it helps some people. You’re welcome
Ah, Goemon! Miss this beloved series, glad it saw some light here in the states. I had a hard fascination with the N64 game as a kid, so much so I ended up buying it again twice after it was lost. After that, I bought the N64 sequel and original SNES games (both pricey), and bootleg carts of the other 3 SNES games in English... plus the DVD set. I guess I became a fan.
Glad to hear! Strange this video is taking off now when it sat dormant for 5 years. Oh well! Thanks for watching ⭐️
@@GTV-Japan Seems some of your content is hitting the algorithm. Well, you got me subbed between this and Kirby, now to browse your collection. 👍
Thanks! Usually it happens with the exact same word. What Kirby and Goemon have to do with each other I have no idea! Oh the mysteries of the world!
Woohoo!!! I've been waiting for this one.
Thanks Bard! I might be behind schedule but I kept my word!
Wow dude, another amazing little doc on a game series I always wanted to get into. I only have the first SFC game but one of these days I'll play through it. I had no idea there were 8-bit iterations before that!
Hey Kevin, glad you enjoyed it. The 8 bit games and arcade game are pretty easy to get through. Not much reading needed. I put links to the fan translation of the 2 FC rpg Gaiden games if you want to try them
Thanks so much. Also I wanna say that the commercials you include in your productions are amazing!! They really add to your channels personality!
Thanks! I was wonder what kind of feel these videos have on other people. I’ve been in japan so long I don’t even know what else to do but imitate Japanese style TV. But I never liked the idea of ads ( except that they pay for everything!) interrupting a videos flow and so this way to me is a way to keep things fun and not break up the action so much.
such a great channel! i really appreciate the monster effort and details.
Thanks JR! Be sure to check out other videos if you haven’t yet, you’ll find the same energy in all the rest. Thanks for watching!
This has been one of the best video features I've ever seen on the legacy of Goemon! If only Konami would revive in the series in some kind of way or localize some of the games that we never got to have
Yes if only. So sad they won’t. Thanks for watching!
What a coincidence, I’ve just been playing a lot of Ganbare! Goemon on the Famicom (recently got the cartridge in the mail, and it came with Japanese snacks to boot!!). So far I’ve made it as far as stage 5, but the game started glitching up at that point and eventually froze up on me (I use a front loading NES with a 72-pin adaptor, so that unfortunately tends to happen because there are so many electrical contacts that can wind up not connecting properly).
Hey great! I hope you can finish it. You could always look for an AV family computer which with enough patience you can get a good deal on what snacks were they?
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don’t need to buy a Famicom, the issue isn’t that big of a deal, not to mention that I’m only a teenager that just got finished with high school, I’m not made of money and I’m still looking for a job (I bought my copy of Goemon during an eBay binge wasting all my graduation money). As for the snacks, I got this fish shaped cookie thing that was filled with chocolate, and this weird curry flavored cracker stick thing that I wound up throwing in the trash because I simply don’t care for foods that are so potent that your sweat ends up smelling like whatever you just ate.
Me again. Got myself an Everdrive so I don’t need that shitty converter unit anymore. In fact, in the 2 years since I last commented here, the converter I had broke and I had to get a new one, and then I got the Everdrive and that changed everything. Keep up the good work with these vids!! And remember: “winners don’t accept Raid: Shadow Legends sponsorships!!”
Also, how do I make your Top Commenters scoreboard? I see that in every video and have no idea how to get my name up there.
I thought I had you on one of them! I’ll go back and look. How to make the board? Hmm I go thru comments and the most thought out detailed or touching comments make the rankings. I have no system other than usually ever few weeks some really really stand out
My first game of Goemon was Goemon Grate Adventure on N64, what a crazy and fun game to play! Still have it, still play it and still brings a smile. So awesome you make videos of a lot of games, really enjoying your channel!
Hey thanks! I’m happy to see you go back and see all the old videos. Makes the work I put into them worth it! Also it appears now that all the games from 16 bit are in English now
Definitely enjoyed Mystical Ninja Goemon on the N64.
It’s pretty good thanks for watching!
I swear I’ve commented on this video before.
This series will always hold a special place in my heart. The SFC games (the second game in particular) was the reason I got into learning Japanese ^_^. I wish I had grown up with the N64 game instead of the “meh” GB game I had. At least the music was good.
Good vid and thanks for making!
I think you have! But I swear I have never ever deleted a comment before. Even negative ones! If there was a link or some word google didn’t like it may have disappeared 👻 I saw somewhere recently that the n64 game is now sell for $120+ now?! I can’t believe it
@@GTV-Japan $120 eh? Not surprising I suppose haha.
I’m surprised!
THIS is the video I've been waiting for! Amazing content as usual. The Goemon series is my favourite of all time, #2 on the Super Famicom would be top of my list I'd say.
Hey thanks. Sorry it took so long but I didn’t forget. Hey why are there 2 ganbare goemon 2s? No one ever explained that. Thanks for watching
It was worth waiting for! Your content really stands apart from everything else on TH-cam and as passionate collector of all things Japanese gaming for 25+ years I really appreciate it. The commercial breaks are fantastic as usual, a lot of those Goemon ads I'd never seen before. Great to have them archived in one place.
The series numbering always puzzled me too, but I can only imagine they just started again on the SFC. I don't have much experience with the Famicom games, so I'll have to seek those out. I'd love to get hold of a Mr Goemon arcade PCB someday too.
kodoyama thanks for saying that! It’ll keep me motivated to make more
Oh, so his face is weird like that because he uses kabuki makeup! This makes so much more sense to me now, lol.
Yeah the concept is kind of that your playing/watching a Kabuki show. I talked about super Mario 3 in another video and did not mention the whole “it’s a play” thing and got asked about it but to me it’s not a big deal because I know nearly everything is supposed to be like a play. Thanks for watching
As an update for 2021, there now are translation patches for the 3 other Super Famicom Goemon games, so they too are more accessible than ever before :) And thanks to GTV for a nice and informative video, I love the idea the intermissions you use! (Who knew a "commercial break" could be so much fun!)
Awesome thanks for the update!! The thing is certain kids shows in Japan have as breaks that only sell something related to the topic so I got the idea from that
Awesome keep up these great vids! :)
Thanks I will! This is part 2 of the Konami Trilogy. All that’s left is parodius!
@@GTV-Japan right on!
Great video on an underrated series! All of the Goemon games on the Super Famicom have finally been translated and they've been a blast to play. I miss this series
Yeah I heard that! About time! I wish he’d make a comeback but eh don’t hold your breath with Konami. Thanks for watching 🥷
My favorite SNES franchise
You’re welcome! Glad you stopped by
This game took me forever to beat because I was just grinding and farming EXP and $$$ because I play like I live in real life... with nothing but the best thing. To me fighting with the best weapons and stuff made it easier.
Incredible documentary. It was one of my favorite pirate games to play on PC. I remember playing it for hours, knocking out rabbits and fighting a giant robot. It was incredible. Even though I didn't understand anything because it was in Japanese.
I never thought about that. Most would have played it illegally/unofficially! Thanks for watching! Yooooo
A man that has made quite a name for himself over the last 400 or so years. With his body of work including but limited to, books, movies, anime, video games, T-shirts, and all kinds of tchotchkes He would probably die from shock if he ever knew about all of it! While the man was alive, very little was actually known, and only may year after his death did his name and legacy pick up steam. But let's try to give a clear, accurate description of Goemon, separating fact from fiction, as much as we can In 1989 a sequel was released for the Family Computer, which set Ganbare Goemon into motion The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was released in February 1992 in the US and was reviewed They even slipped in a Tanooki statue on a few pages.Probably inadvertently, as these Tanooki statues are well known across Japan for their big, Ganbare Goemon; Sara-wareta Ebisumaru, Kidnapped Ebisumaru, is a scaled down version, similar As we conclude this chapter of the story, there were 11 games released between 1986 In the next act, Goemon returns as the Mystical Ninja in 3-D and Our Hero brings down a notable American game company.But the game would be reborn in 1997 when Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, as it was In Kurofune Tou no Nazo, Mystery of the Black Ship Gang, Yae is kidnapped and its up to In Neo MomoYama Bafuki no Odori, Dance of New Peach Mountain Shogun, as it would be series led to anime and manga series, plus Goemon appeard in other media over the last Ganbare Goemon: Save the World in 1998 adventure of Goemon, Ebisumaru and friends as they fight against the evil Makamuge in just commonly used in Japanes opening in 1976 with over 200 locations forever me.
Japanese commercials are a blessed thing
You know I love them 😍
That background music sounds insane
Azzamatic after about the 20 minute mark I used remixes some creative people made which I really like. Do support them. The game music though is a bit weird. Gotta love 8 bit koto! Thanks for watching
I would love to see another Goemon game. When Smash showed a Mii costume of Goemon, it felt bittersweet to see it.
One can dream!
*I love the SNES and N64 games!* ❤
When playing the Goemon SNES game on the Wii's Virtual Console, I always decided to think ecchi when Ebisumaru/Dr Yang was talking about seeing the Ghost Girl.
I suspected that he was peeping on the Ghost Girl while she was in the hot springs in that opening cut scene.
Sorry i couldnt get comment replies loading for a while, but know that i read all of them
@@GTV-Japan All ok, I had made allot of comments on many videos so just reply when you are able to read them.
That’s ok of course. It’s just that TH-cam studio is often buggy and some comments from 2 days ago showed up and I hadn’t seen them before. Weird!
@@GTV-Japan All I can say is that sometimes technology sucks when it does not work perfectly. Maybe the algorithm takes a long time with so many comments.
Keep up the good work with the videos and I will see the next time I have a night just to sit down and watch videos to take some time before commenting.
Thanks! I get a lot these days but I’m still keeping up with it
I can tell so much time and love were put into this video as well as your other ones. You really do deserve more subs. Thanks for the great content!
Hey thanks dude!! I’m glad you say that because for me it’s not about the money or fame it’s about serving the topic and doing it right while pleasing the audience. If that’s done correctly then it’s all worth it!
@@GTV-Japan You are nailing it! Nice work! 🙌
Holy crap, I didn't know there were 8 bit versions of this game!
yeah a lot! some have been translated so go find the roms and have fun!!! Thanks for watching! Yooooooooooo
I won't lie, when I first heard about a darker take on Goemon.
I was half expected it be like Bomberman: Act Zero, but
from the small bit of footage I've seen of it. It doesn't
look half bad and this is coming from someone who
never played Goemon.
Love the ads for the games. I had no idea there was a DS game or th PS2 one. Sad that Konami went full mobile and pachinko, so many series that people miss.
Yea. Oh well. At least they have this legacy
Ahh this feels so close to home. I never had a N64 but I had 7 cds that had all the ROMs for the console (welp minus de N64DD ones) so basically I went through almost the whole catalogue of titles. The Ganbare Goemon ones were my favourite, I remember playing Goemon's Great Adventure a lot but never getting too far, I wasn't fluent in english at the time and didn't think outside the box so I could never get those darn entry passes. After that the one that it's basically Ocarina of Time with Goemon is also really cool, the intro cutscene of Ebisumaru naked and the Spaceship converting the Edo castle into an european one were ahead of their time. I even tried playing Mononoke Sugoroku but if I wasn't fluent in English, I definetly wasn't fluent in Japanese but damn if I tried haha (There's a Yu Gi Oh! game on the GBA that is basically the same game, talking about recycling).
The Goemon series was something that if you got exposed to as a kid, would have turn you into somewhat of a weeb when you grow up. The music was one of the highest points of its repertoir, completely unforgetable.
Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience!🍺
Another excellent video!
Mystical Ninja was a game I rented a lot back in the days. I managed to get the Goemon games on Super Famicom but as you say, they are not easy if you don't understand Japanese and my knowledge of Japanese is not high enough for text-heavy games.
That Goemon PS2 RPG looked pretty nice I must say, too bad Sony back in the days of PSX and PS2 were lame and prevented a lot of games from coming to North America (or simply outside Japan)
Looking forward to your next video!
Hey thanks friend! It really does hurt considering they let all the final
Fantasy ports go with no problems but games already out in japan were a no no. But eh, they still did things way better than Nintendo. The next two videos are already done but I’m sure they’ll be worth waiting for! See you there
The first N64 game brings back a whole lot of happy memories! Great to get some insight into the series- was so excited when his costume appeared in Smash. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it
That third PS1 Goemon game isn't bad at all, if you know the theme of the game, you'll know why there are things in this game recycled from earlier games. The last boss is basically into recycling, besides lemon tea.
Oh really ha!! Well maybe I should give a go again. Thanks for watching
Mystical Ninja is quite possibly my favorite video game aside from Pokemon EVER. I rented the Super Nintendo Cartridge week after week to listen to the music and find the WILDEST monsters. Then the N64 version came out and I was skeptical because of the animation change but I remember being enamored with it; there was a giant robot if I remember correctly and you play as a puppet Goemon for part of the game too. I don't remember that one as well but I remember being satisfied that the torch had been passed.
Watching this video; this game has influenced me in sublime ways throughout my life. It's a GREAT game for curious children.
This is one of my most favorite and under rated Konami game series ever , I even got the anime
Awesome 👏🏻 yoooooooooooooo!
I like how I learned a little bit about video game history and Japanese history.
That’s the GTV mission! Most of the time 😅thanks for watching!
The arcade version reminds me of Son Son, aesthetically. I wanna check out 'Gaiden'. I have Goemon 2 for Super Famicom, but since I can't read Japanese I don't know where to go. I'd like to get more into this series.
Yea I can’t seem to find a translation of that one. You’d think it would be fan made. I wonder why they didn’t bring it over, oh well. Thanks for being here day one man!
I love everything about this video.
Thanks for watching 🎊 yoooooooooo
Mystical ninja ninja 64 and goemon’s great adventure are some of my 2 favorite games on N64. Real shame the SNES sequel never made it out of Japan!
Yeah I’ll say!
Mystical Ninja on the SNES is the only main Goemon game I've played, it was awesome playing co-op with my bro. BTW, you get so many points for suffering those overly long Japanese titles and pronouncing them correctly.
Ah it’s nothing! Actually I’m writing something now that goes over like 20 tv show titles and how crazy long they are so whenever it’s done (june-July) you’ll get a kick out of it
@@GTV-Japan Looking forward to it. Ganbatte!
I played the N64 Goemon game with a GameShark to break the intended sequence that you’re supposed to follow in order to advance the plot, so my memories of the game’s story likely won’t be accurate to how it’s supposed to be experienced, but I like the Giant Gourmet Underwater Castle dungeon to this day since it’s quite the novel approach to make the enemies of said dungeon traditional Japanese foodstuffs given a new lease on life and a desire to eat Goemon and his friends for a change.
Haha well that’s ok. Thanks for sharing your story
He was a real person!
I love Goemon Videos like this
Thank you very much
You’re welcome!
One series I really want to get into. This series reminds me a bit of the Yakuza games. What I mean is that both franchises are very Japanese in their tone. But that heavy "Japanology" is full of charm and character and I love that. The Goemon series is even more Japanese and that's probably the reason why the west didn't get a lot of these games. Another very well done video :D
Thanks friend! Yea you can see how much things changed when it was put to English. But that’s often people who blindly guess what kids might like and are often wrong!
We may never get rereleased versions of the other Goemon games, at least he is honored as a Mii costume in SSBU.
Wow didn’t know that. Thanks for the update
I still have goemons great adventure. I didnt know there were so many games. I felt like there were more
I feel the same way. Thanks for watching
I played nearly all the games on every platform years ago and I loved almost all of them. Now they have English translations for most of them so I really need to replay them so I can understand the story.
Another awesome video! I remember renting Legend of the Mystical Ninja for the SNES as well as the first localized N64 game, and finding them both very fun!
Yea mystical ninja was great!!
I love Goemon. One of my fave series. He needs more games TBH.
Agree! Shame it’s gone dark
@@GTV-Japan I got the DS game when I was about ten. LOVE every bit of it TBH.
That’s cool but I can’t imagine having a ds at age 10!
I'm hooked on that Goemon song " Come on Goemon everybody Goemon, goe goe goe!" I hope there's a full version of that song out there.
Me too!
The Nintendo 64 games were great, one of them even had an intro with japanese voice (Like Dragon Ball)!
Yeah, really has that kabuki feel
I discovered this game series thanks to the Club Nintendo magazine.
I've been meaning to give one of its games a go someday.
I know that fan translations of the Famicom games do exist, so I'd just have to find a decent NES emulator.
Nice video, I especially love the message you leave at the end.
Greetings, and...
ゴエゴエ!
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! Since this video was made all of the 2d goemon games have been fan translated so give it a go!
Mr. Goemon is on the Switch as well. Now if the Famicom and SFC online system had the Goemon games, I will be happy.
Yea that’s true. I doubt it will happen. At least quickly. But maybe someday!
do they have great adventure on the switch
I think there’s a few
I finally got the n64 version. It was more fun than I remember ( I tried it at kiosk at store when it was new)
Konami didn't have the decency to ruin their own company, they also had to destroy Hudson and bomberman too
Please don’t remind me. 😢
This is an awesome channel.
Thank you! 25 episodes will be ready for 2021!
Oh nice! Will definitely keep tuning in. I really love the format and tone. You have a great command of this knowledge. I remember closely following the Working Designs / Goemon saga myself.
Oh. That was sad. 😭
Giant peach? Maybe a reference to Momotaro?
Yea probably!
Dunno why it took so long to com across this.
This is such a good video doc!
Thanks for watching I’m glad you liked it
Subbed! Thanks for giving this series the love and respect it deserves. Goemon is my all-time favorite, I hope Konami makes more games someday. By the way, all your video documentaries are superb! You should have your own TV show~
Thanks! I actually did have aTV show in 2003 and once talked about video games but it was not the main focus. Thanks for watching and talk to you again
@@GTV-Japan Really? That's so cool! Glad to find you on TH-cam :)
I miss Goemon. I really, really Goemon...
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Fantastic video I really enjoy watching it and Goemon been my favorite game since I was a kid.
Thanks for watching! I hope someday you can continue to enjoy the series
Such a shame Konami blew it. Just give us a true sequel to the first n64 game.
The sad reality is that probably not a single person from the time that was released is still working there.
I really want to get my hands on what they have made, hopefully their spiritual sequel comes to Europe one day soon@@GTV-Japan
The only Goemon games I've played were the one released on the US SNES and one of the N64 games. Out of those two, the SNES games wins. Goemon also appears in the Sega CD port of Hideo Kojima's Snatcher.The character appears in a crowd at a night club, with a bunch of other Konami characters.
Good point! I prefer that too because sometimes early 3D games are a pain to control but 16 bit was usually perfect. I did mention the snatcher scene in the twinbee video which kind of overlaps this one. It’s a very cool scene. Thanks for watching!
We need a Mystical Ninja 64 Remake so Goemon can resurrect from the ashes!
I just want anything at all!
I'd love to play the Boken Jidai Katsugeki game. Too bad they never allowed it to be localised. I think the principle of Goemon games was the two N64 ones, which I still play and adore to this day.
Yeah that is a shame but by now all the older games are translated and maybe someday all of them will!
I'll definitely be playing those Goemon RPGs on NES. Too bad we never got most of these games, I hope Konami revives the series.
Wish in one hand…
@@GTV-Japan ...Konami in the other 🤣🤣
Yoooooo!
Second game is alright, but the first one was kind of a disappointment
This year is Ganbare Goemon's 35th anniversary!
Heck yea! 🍺
Goemon is Konami's mascot.
Yea I guess that’s true. Thanks for watching