Popular games for franchise Mystical Ninja

The story follows Goemon's struggles to prevent the Peach Mountain Shoguns gang from turning Japan into a Westernized fine arts theater. The plot calls for three cinematic musical features and battles between giant robots; like other Ganbare Goemon games, it is peppered with surrealist humor and anachronisms. The protagonist of Mystical Ninja is Goemon, a hot-blooded, kiseru-wielding ninja with blue, bushy hair based loosely on the legendary thief Ishikawa Goemon. The lord of Oedo asks him to find those who maimed Oedo Castle. Goemon lives in Oedo Town and is friends with Ebisumaru, a strange, gluttonous fat man who wears a blue bandana. Ebisumaru is defined as lazy and perverted. Their kunai-throwing friend Sasuke is a mechanical ninja (made by the Wise Man of Iga) who enjoys hot baths and Japanese tea. Rounding out the heroes is Yae, a fierce sword-wielding kunoichi, who happens upon Goemon's band in Zazen Town. The villains of the game hail from the organization Peach Mountain Shoguns and include a gang of four "weirdos" led by Spring Breeze Dancin' (Danshin Harukaze) and Kitty Lily (Margaret Ranko). They intend to transform Japan into a stage for their talents.

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja is a light-hearted action-adventure game for 1-2 players by Konami, and was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. It is the first game in the Japanese video game series Ganbare Goemon to have a western release.

As you may have guessed from the number 2 in the title, this is the second SNES game in the popular blend of the adventure and jump and run genres which is the Goemon series. Again, you (and your partner, in 2 player mode) control Goemon, his friend Ebisu-Maru and, new to the bunch, robot Sasuke, through loads of action stages and villages. Another new feature comes with 3D boss fights, featuring the giant mech type robot called "Goemon Impact".

A Ganbare Goemon game released for the Nintendo DS on June 23, 2005 in Japan. Its release marked the revival of the series' medieval Japanese themes and quirky humor, as previous games had taken place in a futuristic setting or with a more serious tone.

Goemon and all his friends are back in his greatest adventure yet! Goemon's Great Adventure combines classic Goemon platform action with an all-new twist. The evil time-traveling nun, Bismaru, has summoned Dochuki, a demon prince, to take over the Earth. But first, she wants to marry him! Can Goemon and his gang stop the demon? Can Dochuki escape the cloying clutches of the wacked-out nun? Will Ebisu ever beat his own dumpling eating record? It's an adventure you'll never forget!

Fourth title in the Ganbare Goemon series of platform/adventure games which cast you as the heroic Goemon and his gang of wacky adventurers as he fights evil all over Japan. This sequel however, takes the action to outer space as the gang attempts to rescue Goemon Impact (Goemon's giant mecha) from a strange planet. The game is based around a stage-select hub from which you select which character you want to play as and then attempt to clear the game's many side scrolling stages in standard action platformer fashion, navigating the obstacles and defeating all enemies you run into with your weapons. Since each one of Goemon's allies got stranded on a different planet, you must take control of each one of them in order to clear the stages and recover the special ability unique to each character that must be later put to use to release Goemon Impact. As in other games of the series there are also loads of mini-games and unique gameplay sequences triggered in boss fights, bonus stages and special situations. These involve shooter sequences, racing & sport games and other assorted diversions.

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is a video game for the Nintendo 64, released in 1999. The game is based on the Goemon series and despite the series' relative popularity in the west for the system, the game was released only in Japan. The game is based on the Japanese board game Sugoroku, populated with Konami's array of Ganbare Goemon characters. Up to four players control two dice, and take them in turns to control Goemon, Ebisumaru, Sasuke, or Yae over pre-rendered boards that resemble previous locations in the Ganbare Goemon series.

Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Ganbare Goemon: Ebisumaru Kiki Ippatsu is a portable electronic handheld game in the Ganbare Goemon series developed and published by Konami in 1990 in Japan. In this LCD game, Goemon has to rescue Ebisumaru who has been captured by evildoers.

Mr. Goemon is a side-scrolling-platform game developed by Konami in 1986. Enemies charge and grab the character, ending his life unless the player jostles the control stick to break free. Later enemies also have projectile weapons that the player must dodge. They are defeated by throwing a found object at them or hitting them with an always-equipped pipe. Jumping on the enemies' heads will push them down a level or off the screen entirely. Levels feature either boss battles or a pile of gold bars at the end, worth various points depending on the level.

The second game in Konami's Ganbare Goemon series of bizarre action/brawler games based on historical figure Ishikawa Goemon. It was only released in Japan on January 4th 1989 on the Famicom.

Wai-wai World is in trouble, as the evil Waruumon has kidnapped Princess Herb! Luckily, Dr. Cinnimon has created a hero that can stop him. Rikkuru! Can he save the princess, by traveling through all of Wai Wai world??

The peasants and commonfolk of Japan are suffering from corrupt officials and insane taxes! With no releif in sight, Ishikawa Goemon takes justice in his own hands, and starts a spree of robberies to steal back the wrongly taken money. Despite earning the title of "The Great Thief of Edo", Goemon's efforts on the street are not enought to stop the suffering. Suspecting something fishy at the Feudal Lord's castle, Goemon decides to go confront the the Lord himself and put an end to the corruption.

Bouken Jidai Katsugeki: Goemon is a Ganbare Goemon game released for the PlayStation 2 on December 21, 2000. This is the third game in the series set in a 3D world, following Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon and Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! Ayashige Ikka no Kuroi Kage. Unlike most of the other games, this game departs from the quirky humor that the franchise is known for and replaces it with a more serious tone.

Ganbare Goemon: Uchuu Kaizoku Akogingu is a Ganbare Goemon game released for the PlayStation on March 22, 1996. This is the first Goemon game since Sasuke and Yae's appearance as playable characters that doesn't include either on the playable roster. Instead, they are replaced by the new characters Goroku and Baban. Although Sasuke and Yae are playable characters again in most future games and Goroku and Baban are never seen, mentioned or heard from again after this game. Its unknown why they never appear again, but it is assumed that many fans were upset over Sasuke and Yae being replaced. Gameplay is rather similar to Ganbare Goemon 3, as there's a main map in top-down perspective, which leads to various 2-D sidescrolling levels.

Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! - Ayashi Geikka no Kuroi Kage is a Ganbare Goemon game released for the PlayStation on December 23, 1998. Developed and published by Konami in Japan. It was released alongside Goemon's Great Adventure for the Nintendo 64. It was the second game in the series released for the PlayStation and also the second game in 3D, following Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. The game plays from a top-down view and introduces a kick move to each character's repertoire of techniques.The game is played from a semi-isometric, fixed third person perspective, within a fully polygonal engine. Levels are divided between platforming stages and neutral zones in which you can talk to characters, buy items, etc. As in other Ganbare Goemon games you have to use each character's individual skills to complete specific objectives in order to advance the game's plot, and each character now also get their "impact" giant mecha, which they must use in specific sequences. Combat has been revamped in order to include a fighting game style combo system, and as par for the series, numerous minigames are sprinkled in the game between stages and in special locations.

Originally released as Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!, it is a Game Boy game released in 1991 and the first game in the Goemon series ever released for a portable system. Gameplay is similar to Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu which was released on the Famicom. Only Goemon is playable, and the game consists of him rescuing Ebisumaru; Sasuke and Yae do not make appearances.

A spin-off game of Ganbare Goemon series. It is a puzzle game starring the titular fat ninja. Viewed from an overhead angled perspective, you are given a small level and must guide Ebisumaru to the end.

Ganbare Goemon: Ooedo Daikaiten is a Ganbare Goemon game released for the PlayStation on March 29, 2001. A villain named Ecorori kidnaps Omitsu, and it's up to Goemon and his crew to stop him. The game is extremely similar to Ganbare Goemon 2 for Super Famicom and Goemon's Great Adventure/Mystical Ninja 2 in that there's mostly sidescrolling levels, accompanied by some Impact bosses. Unlike previous Goemon games, which have used sprites or 3-D models for the characters, the characters are now represented by pre-rendered CGI, giving them a quasi-3-D look. Also, Yae is featured in her outfit that first appeared in Mononoke Suguroku.

Ganbare Goemon: Seikuushi Dynamites Arawaru!! is a Ganbare Goemon game released for the Game Boy Color on December 21, 2000.

Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! is a game in the Ganbare Goemon series released for the PlayStation on December 20, 2001 in Japan. It is a spin-off of the original Ganbare Goemon series. In February 2002, a conversion of this game was released for the Game Boy Advance titled Goemon: New Age Shutsudō!, with various modifications and cuts made from the original PlayStation version. Neither version was released outside of Japan.

Mini Kyodai Robo Goemon Compact is a role-playing game for mobile phones, part of the Ganbare Goemon series. It was published by Konami and released in May 7, 2003 exclusively in Japan.