#Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[lowpolypeople]

Oni from Goemon’s Great Adventure (a.k.a. Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon)

[n64retro]

Main titles released for Nintendo 64, by year*: 1996: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Killer Instinct Gold, Pilotwings 64, Cruis 'n USA. 1997: GoldenEye 007, Star Fox 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Mischief Makers, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 64, Bomberman 64, Blast Corps. 1998: Banjo-Kazooie, F-Zero X, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, 1080 Snowboarding, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mortal Kombat 4, Yoshi's Story. 1999: Pokémon Snap, Resident Evil 2, Super Smash Bros., Quake II, Donkey Kong 64, Jet Force Gemini, Harvest Moon 64, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Castlevania Legacy of Darkness, Shadowman, Beetle Adventure Racing, Star Wars: Episode I Racer, Mario Golf, International Superstar Soccer 2000, NBA Courtside 2. 2000: Banjo-Tooie, Excitebike 64, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Mario Tennis, Ridge Racer 64, Sin and Punishment, Indiana Jones and The Infernal Machine, Perfect Dark, Ogre Battle 64, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, 007 The World is not Enough, Mega Man 64, WWF No Mercy, Mario Party 2. 2001: Paper Mario, Pokémon Stadium 2, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Animal Forest, Mario Party 3, Madden NFL 2002, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. 2002: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. *the date for the titles in this poll matches the North American release.

[alln64games]

Goemon’s Great Adventure

JP release: 23rd December 1998

PAL release: 18th June 1999

NA release: 15th September 1999

Developer: Konami

Publisher: Konami

N64 Magazine Score: 69%

While this was called “Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon”, I’ll be sticking with the US name of “Goemon’s Great Adventure” as it’s very different from the first game, being a level-based 2D platformer rather than a 3D platformer/RPG taking place across a vast connected world.

While the story is still a bit silly, it also comes across as a bit more generic, trying to stop a demon from escaping from the underworld, nothing truly as bizarre as the first game.

At first, I hated Goemon’s Great Adventure. The jumps felt needlessly difficult and I found some hidden collectibles only to find I couldn’t make it back to the main path. Eventually, I figured out the double jump (you need to press A again immediately after jumping, not at the apex of the jump) and had a ton more fun.

It’s a decent platformer that can be played in 2-player coop (or a strange 4-player coop if you fully complete everything). Some of the jump do feel a little bit off, and I occasionally found jumps not happening and falling into a put instead. The “UFO-shaped platform” that lets you change character was very common for causing this to happen.

You can swap between four characters, which have different abilities. Goemon’s jump, however, is just too vital for most of the game, so while it’s nice to see enemies get sliced apart from a sword, I only used another character for the underwater sections (as Goemon can’t swim underwater).

To progress to the next level, you just need to reach the end of the level, but you also need to keep an eye out for entry passes, as gates will block your progress without them. Some are hidden in levels, while others are done by completing missions found in the village levels (which are little explorable hubs). There’s also a day/night cycle which causes ghosts to spawn at night, making the game even more challenging.

The bosses are imaginative, but tend to just have one trick that you have to do a few too many times, so they go on a little bit too long. After these bosses, which take place at the end of long, challenging castle levels, is a fight with giant robots.

These are very similar to the ones in the first game, and I’m still not overly fond of them. Your opponent has far too much health and some attacks can’t be dodged unless you charge up your super weapon at the right moment, which requires memorising movements and activating it before they start charging up their special attack.

For me, this was a big let down after how much I loved the first N64 Goemon game. The first truly felt like a grand adventure, while this comes across as more muted. The platforming is well done and part of my issues are just that I don’t like it as much as 3D platforming, however even outside of this, everything, including the story, just doesn’t seem as grand.

Goemon 2 is not a brave attempt to ‘focus gameplay’, or a return to old-school values, it’s simply misguided, annoying and, at heart, too simplistic and too ordinary. Which is something Goemon and his friends have never been. Here’s hoping for a return to form next time around.

- Jes Bickham, N64 Magazine #29

Remake or Remaster?

A Goemon collection would still be great.

Official Ways to get the game

There’s no official way to play Goemon’s Great Adventure.

[xolta]

part 4

Xolta's Big old recommended games list Part 4 Gen 5

Gameboy Color: Bomberman Max (bomberman/adventure) Bomberman Quest(action advenutre) Dragon Quest Monsters 2(monster rasining rpg) Pokemon Gold and sliver(monster rasining rpg) Game & Watch Gallery 2&3(mixed bag) Konami GB Collection Vol. 1-4(mixed bag) Pocket Bomberman(Adventure/bomberman) Pokémon Pinball(pinball) Shantae (metroidvania) Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (platfromer) Wario land 2&3(Greedy bastard em up) X-Treme Sports (anime sports) X-Men: Mutant Academy(jank ass fighting game)

N64: Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 (Tps) Banjo-Kazooie (3d platformer) Banjo-Tooie(3d platformer) BattleTanx 1&2(tank combat) Blast Corps (blow shit em up) Bomberman 64 (bomberman) Bomberman 64: The Second Attack!(bomberman) Buck Bumble(shooter) Mario kart 64(kart racing) Chameleon Twist 1&2(platformer) Conker's Bad Fur Day (platformer) Custom Robo1&2(tiny mecha fighting) Diddy Kong Racing (kart racer) Mario 64(3d platformer) Resident evil 2(Miracle port/ survival horror) Extreme-G 1&2(SUPER FAST RACING F zero X(SUPER FAST RACING) mystical ninja starring goemon(adventure) Hybrid Heaven (action rpg/wacky) Mace the Dark age(fighting) Killer Instinct Gold (fighting) Kirby 64(platformer) Mario party 1-3(party/ firend ship destoryer) Mischief Makers (platformer) Super Smash bros(platfrom fighter) Paper mario(rpg) Turok 1&2(fps/bullshit in latter levls) doom 64(fps) Starcarft 64(rts) pilot wings 64(flight sim)

Sega Saturn: Astal (platformer) Burning Rangers( tps) Castlevania Symphony of the night(metroidvania) Daytona USA: Circuit Edition(raceing)

3D0: Super Street Fighter II Turbo (fighting)

Neo Geo Pocket/color: Bust A Move! Pocket (puzzle) Gals Fighters(fighting) King of Fighters R-2 (fighting) Metal Slug: 1st Mission&2 mission(run and gun) Sonic the Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (platforming/pits every were) SNK VS. CAPCOM: CARD FIGHTERS' CLASH(tgc)

Playsation 1: Air Combat 1&2(air combat) Ape Escape (platformer) Croc(platformer/werid controls) BattleTanx: Global Assault (tank combat) Bomberman Party Edition (bomber man) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (metroidvania) Castlevania Chronicles (platformer) Crash Bandicoot 1-3(platformer) Crash Team Racing (kart racer) Dino Crisis (survival horror) Doom(fps) Final Fantasy VII(jrpg) Final Fantasy Tactics (Srpg) Future Cop L.A.P.D. (Tps) Ghost in the Shell (action/jank) Rapid Reload (run and gun) Heart of Darkness (platformer) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (fighting) Klonoa: Door to Phantomile(platformer) Lomax(platformer) LUNAR: The Silver Star Story Complete (rpg/bad transaltion) Marvel vs. Capcom (fighting) MediEvil 1&2(plafromer) Mega Man Legends (action adventure) Mega Man X3-5(Platformer) Metal Slug X(run and gun) Mortal Kombat Trilogy (fighting) Oddworld 1&2(platformer) Parappa the Rapper (rhythm) Point Blank (light gun) Quake II(fps) Resident Evil 1-3(surivival horror) Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman (character action) Silent Bomber(BOMBS!) Spider-Man (action) Spyro 1-3(platformer) Time Crisis(light gun) Twisted Metal 1&2( combat racing) Vigilante 8 1-2(combat racing) Wipeout (future racing)

Jaguar: Alien vs Peradtor(fps)

Vitural boy: Wario land(greed/play with 3d moded out)

[squishybellies]

I dunno, do you think Goemon Impact will be a great pred, 'Cause he's you know, a Giant Robot :T

(I've seen him kinda nommed some heros on some games like Ganbare Goemon 2 and 4, and Mystical ninja starring Goemon)

I don't know too much about the character personally but from design alone, yeah I could see it! Didn't know there was actual vore content of him; that's pretty cool!

[nintendoneko64]

YEE!!

Other N64 games I would recommend playing: Star Fox 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Resident Evil 2, Mario Kart 64, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye 007, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Mario Party 1, 2, and 3, Mischief Makers, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Goemon's Great Adventure, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1, 2, and 3, WWF No Mercy, Jet Force Gemini, Paper Mario, Super Smash Bros., Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2, Pokemon Puzzle League, NBA Hangtime, Wave Race 64, Mario Tennis 64, Mario Golf 64, Yoshi's Story 64, 007 The World Is Not Enough, 1080 Snowboarding, Gauntlet Legends, Disney's Tarzan, Donald Duck Going Quackers...

For games like Donkey Kong 64, Majora's Mask, and Perfect Dark though, you need the Expansion Pak to play them.

And for others such as 007 The World Is Not Enough and Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, you need a Memory Pak to save.

Perhaps you could get the Nintendo 64, 4 N64 controllers, Expansion Pak and Memory Pak, and some of those games on your Bday and/or Christmas?

You could also tell your family members that you would like them. :3

You should play Banjo-Kazooie, along with its sequel, Banjo-Tooie!

They're the N64's best 3d platformers, along with Super Mario 64, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong 64, Space Station Silicon Valley, Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue.. (you should play those too!)

Just get a Nintendo 64, 4 N64 controllers, and those platformers! You can still get the other games on there too!

I should play those someday^^

And speaking of Donkey Kong

I remember watching my brother play donkey Kong country returns of the wii ^w^

So nostalgic^^

[magicmalcolm]

Basically at this point all I need ported to the Switch are Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64) and a Broken Sword Collection (but mainly the first 2 games) and I'm pretty much done.

[lowpolypeople]

Sasuke (Maid Outfit) from Goemon’s Great Adventure

[beargrace]

yoooooooo its been another 2 years you know what time it is (thank my SO for bringing up this post again last night)

Spring Awakening OST- Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)

Grease OST- There are Worse Things I Could Do

Queen- Don’t Stop Me Now

Electric Light Orchestra- Mr. Blue Sky

Oliver Buckland- Icosa

Gurumin OST- Animal Minimal

Alkaline Trio- Movin’ Right Along (hey the punk version this time! lmfao)

Doja Cat- Go to Town

Jack Johnson- Upside Down

Undertale OST- Oh my…

Deltarune OST- Attack of the Killer Queen

Night in the Woods OST- Video Outpost “Too” (gonna make me CRY shuffle, i love nitw so much, fall needs to come back already so i can think about this game 24/7)

Nat King Cole- L-O-V-E

Mungo Jerry- In The Summertime

The Irish Rovers- The Jolly Roving Tar

Bo Burnham- 1985

The 8-Bit Big Band- I Am Impact! (From “Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon”)

DDLC OST- Ohayou Sayori!

Jack Stauber (Micropop)- 0Doctor

Tally Hall- Ruler of Everything

plasterbrain- Nimbasa CORE

The Beatles- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

(Minecraft OST) C418- Dry Hands

Evanescence- Bring Me to Life

(Persona 5 OST) Lyn- Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There

Arctic Monkeys- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?

A Goofy Movie OST- Nobody Else But You

Toto- Hold the Line

Powfu & beebadoobee- death bed

Marina and The Diamonds- Sex Yeah

Wind Rose- Diggy Diggy Hole (cover)

Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity

Ninja Sex Party- Attitude City

Maretu- Siu

Cyriak Harris- Kitty City

BONUS SONG: Scratch21- Big Balls

as tradition, ive added 5 more to the list! this time was chaotically soundtrack ridden. also a pain in the ass as tumblr kept closing on me and losing progress on adding/editing. Oh well. at least some of my own normal music poked through as well. theres always next time xD (added a bonus song that I chose as well since I wanted to complete the color pattern lol)

update on the favorite band though; NSP is still in my favorites but my normal artist favorites are also Tally Hall and Jack Stauber lol

YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE BY THE TYPE OF MUSIC THEY LISTEN TO.
HIT SHUFFLE ON YOUR IPOD, PHONE, ITUNES, MEDIA PLAYER ETC AND WRITE DOWN THE FIRST 20 SONGS.
ONE RULE: NO SKIPPING

The Hoosiers- Cops and robbers

???- Rasputin

Your favorite Martian- Stereotypes song

Billy Joel- Uptown girl

All Time Low- Umbrella

Ashe- The gypsy bard (homestuck parody)

Adam Lambert- For your entertainment

JJ Demon- RIP everyone

Marina and the Diamonds- Girls

Never Shout Never- Can’t stand it

Miss Pavalova- DESPAIR

Lustra- Scotty doesn’t know

Simon Curtis- Super psycho love

Hetalia P.i.W- Wa wa world ondo

Paramore- The only exception

APH- Einsamkeit

Set it Off- Partners in Crime

The Offspring- Pretty fly (for a white guy

Cobra Starship- Hot mess

Frauenarzt and Manny Marc- Die atzen (disco pogo)

[n64retro]

がんばれゴエモン～でろでろ道中 オバケてんこ盛り～ Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Dōchū Obake Tenko Mori (JP) Konami, 1998. Japanese official box art.

Goemon's Great Adventure (NA) Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon (EUR)

[mrcandymusic]

Maplestory2: I am impact! Mystical ninja starring goemon 9 man ensemble

[thefreecheese]

The Free Cheese Episode 432: Wiener on the Wall

The Free Cheese Episode 432: Wiener on the Wall

This week on The Free Cheese, Mario is a cop. We uncover the best Navi in video games, guess each other’s top five, and figure out the video game equivalent of the worst Christmas song ever written. All that and more as we near the end of this podcast season.

[obscurevideogames]

Do you know of some good chunky low poly games? Stuff like the original FFVII characters

You'll find a lot of great low poly characters under my "psx" tag.

My personal favorites on Playstation and N64 are:

Alundra 2

Brave Fencer Musashi

Dr. Slump

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

Rescue Shot

Stray Sheep

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne

Tomba 2

and, of course, Tail Concerto

[nintendworld]

NintendWorld's Ten Favorite Nintendo 64 Games

Super Mario 64

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Super Smash Bros.

Pokémon Stadium 2

Mario Kart 64

Diddy Kong Racing

Perfect Dark

Goldeneye

Bomberman 64

Mystical Ninja starring Goemon