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Designer(s) Kazuhisa Hashimoto Initial release date 30 July 1986 Developer Konami Genre Action-adventure game | 4.5/5 Emuparadise Mode(s) Single player Series Goemon Publisher Konami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Programmer(s) Shigeharu Umezaki
Kazuhiro Aoyama Release date(s) July 30, 1986
Famicom/NES
July 30, 1986
MSX
July 30, 1987
Game Boy Advance
May 21, 2004
Mobile phones
2005
Virtual Console
November 6, 2007 (Wii JP)
March 6, 2013 (Nintendo 3DS JP)
July 2, 2014 (Wii U JP) Platforms Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, MSX, Wii Similar Goemon games, Action-adventure games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ganbare goemon karakuri d ch famicom
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū (がんばれゴエモン!からくり道中, "Persevere Goemon! A Tricky Journey") is a video game produced by Konami. It is the second game in the Ganbare Goemon series (known in English as Mystical Ninja) and the first released on a video game console and home computer. It was initially released for the Family Computer July 30, 1986 and later released for the MSX one year later. The Family Computer version was re-released in Japan only for the Game Boy Advance under the Family Computer Mini label and for the Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U under the Virtual Console service.
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Gameplay
The game revolves around the main character, Goemon, and his exploits. As the name suggests, his character was based on Ishikawa Goemon, the noble thief of Japanese Folklore. Unlike its sequels, this game still doesn't feature the comic situation and strange characters that define the series, and Goemon is portrayed as a noble thief rather than a plain hero.
The game plays a top view action/adventure game (similar to The Legend of Zelda) though it is separated by stages. In each level Goemon must find three passes in order to advance. Some of these passes are found in boxes, secret passages or can be bought. After finishing all the stages, the game will present you with a new Japanese province (eight total), but all the levels will remain the same. The ending, however, will be different.
Like the rest of the series, Goemon can be powered up if certain items are found and/or bought, which can be lost after a few hits.
The MSX version has the option to be played in turns by two players, with the second player playing as a ninja named Nezumi Kozō, which is the basis of Goemon's sidekick Ebisumaru. In addition, unlike the Family Computer version, the game has six more provinces with completely new levels after finishing the game once.