Goemon's Great Adventure (N64 / Nintendo 64) Game Profile

Overview

Also Known As

Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon (European title); Ganbare Goemon: Derodero Douchuu Obake Tenkomori (Japanese title)

Number of Players

Genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, RPG

Release Date

Nintendo 64

22nd Sep 1999 (USA)
22nd Sep 1999 (UK/EU)
23rd Dec 1998 (JPN)

Series

Mystical Ninja

Feature Support

Controller Pak, Rumble Pak

Screenshots (10)

Reviews

41

Nintendo 64
Review Goemon's Great Adventure

A spectacular sidescrolling sequel
When it comes to underrepresented genres on the Nintendo 64, the humble 2D platformer is perhaps the most neglected of all. Despite forming a cornerstone of the 16-bit generation, the genre suffered a spectacular loss of popularity as the N64, Sega Saturn and PlayStation ushered in an exciting new revolution in the...
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About The Game

Goemon and his friends are back in his greatest adventure to date!

Goemon's Great Adventure combines classic Goemon platform action with an all-new twist. The evil time-travelling 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 this 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!

Multiple paths within each level
5 different areas with multiple stages in each area
Sub-quests to unravel
4 different characters, each with unique abilities
2-player cooperative play
2-player Tag Team Super Robot battles
New 2-player "piggy-back attack" - team up with a friend to take on the demon prince's minions
Special skills like "Poison Mist" and "Solid Megaphone" - attack the enemies with Ebisu's tone-deaf singing!

1
Zach
Sun 12th Dec 2010

This was one of my favorite N64 games. The first one wasn't especially well received if I remember correctly, and this plus the very Japanese look of the game (at a time around when Nintendo was worried about bringing Pokemon to the U.S. because it was too Japanese) prevented a lot of the rental stores from carrying it (at a time when many people wouldn't buy a game without renting it first). I don't think enough people played this game as it deserved as a result.