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1986 video game
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri D?ch?
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Family Computer cover art
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Developer(s)
| Konami
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Publisher(s)
| Konami
Nintendo
(GBA)
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Designer(s)
| Kazuhisa Hashimoto
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Programmer(s)
| Shigeharu Umezaki
Kazuhiro Aoyama
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Composer(s)
| Satoe Terashima
Michiru Yamane
(Ganbare Goemon 2)
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Series
| Ganbare Goemon
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Platform(s)
| Family Computer
,
MSX
,
Mobile phones
,
Game Boy Advance
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Release
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- Famicom/NES
July 30, 1986
MSX2
July 30, 1987
Game Boy Advance
May 21, 2004
Mobile phones
2005
Wii Virtual Console
November 6, 2007
3DS Virtual Console
March 6, 2013
Wii U Virtual Console
July 2, 2014 (FC)
February 25, 2015 (MSX2)
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Genre(s)
| Action-adventure
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Mode(s)
| Single-player
Multiplayer
(MSX2)
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Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri D?ch?
[1]
is a
video game
produced by
Konami
. It is the second game in the
Ganbare Goemon
series (sometimes known in English as
Mystical Ninja
) and the first to be released on a video game console and home computer. It was initially released for the
Family Computer
on July 30, 1986
[2]
and later released for the
MSX2
a year later. The Famicom version was re-released in
Japan
only for the
Game Boy Advance
under the
Famicom Mini
label and for the
Wii
,
Nintendo 3DS
and
Wii U
under the
Virtual Console
service. A direct sequel,
Ganbare Goemon 2
, was released for the Famicom on January 4, 1989.
Gameplay
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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.
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The game plays as 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 the player with a new Japanese province (eight in 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 Koz?
, 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.
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