Don't you start with the 50 Hz shit Konami! WE WANT 60 HZ GAMES

I just heard the European version of Legend of the Mystical Ninja for SNES will be on the VC this week :(

Konami! Don't dump 50 Hz only games on us! It is a HATEFUL thing to do to your European fans! You put the 60 Hz Contra 3 there the other week, so why not continue with that?!

Seriously Konami, don't make a habit of this. You're in charge of too many VC games for this to continue.

Tak Fuji's response to fans love of Mystical Ninja Goemon

Tak Fuji posted this on his twitter in response to our feedback:

"Thanks for so many HOT messages about our classic IP. I will take them seriously and hope I can do something extreeeeme to thank your love."

I guess he really likes that word. What does he mean by hoping to do something to thank our love though? What could a Konami producer like him do? hmmm? hmmmmmmmm?

Enough talk, time to use my extreeeeme Irish Nintendo Fan powers to broadcast a message:

Dear Tak Fuji and to all concerned at Konami, I would like to purchase a new Goemon game for a Nintendo system please :)

*whoosh!* There it goes!

Tak Fujii asks all fans about Mystical Ninja Goemon on Twitter, I give my answer here :)

Ooo! Some stuff about Mystical Ninja! Count me in!

This KONAMI Producer's Twitter is here:
http://twitter.com/tak_fujii
and here's where I found out about this:
http://www.gonintendo.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=91862

I'd like to give my own answer to both of his Twitter questions here, where I can give answers longer than 140 characters :P

Question1: Are you missing GOEMON ( Mystical Ninja ) ?

Me: I am! In fact I am missing all of Konami's classic characters and series like Twinbee, Parodius, Penguin Adventures, Road Fighter, Snatcher etc.

Question 2: OK, I hear your love... but I just wonder why. Why Goemon is so special for you, compare to other huge side scroll action franchises?

Goemon games are just like the best of the huge side scroll action franchises! They have rock solid gameplay mechanics and a colourful, appealing animated look. Goemon games are typically like a cross between Super Mario Bros 1 and The Legend of Zelda 1. What makes Goemon special is its theme and setting. Fans online love talking about how zany the humour is or anachronisms like giant robots or even just about how proud it is to be a Konami game for example having references to the Konami code or 573 or being able to go into a building in the game and play classic Konami arcade hits like Gradius. If you think you've seen it all when it comes to side scroll action games nothing prepares you for a Goemon game!

I wonder if KONAMI is thinking of bringing back Mystical Ninja/Ganbare Goemon? That would be so awesome!! :D It would also make me very happy if answers like mine help to make it happen. If you like Goemon, go and tweet Tak Fujii!

Today's eShop release of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

I've blogged before about the two different games on Game Boy titled "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon". Unfortunately this is the weaker of the two. Although it has Zelda-like gameplay and a decent atmosphere, it's not executed very well with its collision detection and perspective issues as well as its general blandness.

Now I would LOVE for the other "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon" game to come out on the eShop. When that game was originally released over here it was part of a compilation called "Konami GB Collection Volume 3", unlike the other game I described above whch was a standalone release.

I would love to see the games in Konami GB Collection Volume 3 be released on the eShop, as a classic Konami fan and a Mystical Ninja fan!

Listening to Mystical Ninja & Dragon Quest's soundtracks

This morning I was listening to the Mystical Ninja 2 Starring Goemon soundtrack but after a while I felt a bit queasy. It's a great soundtrack but I guess I wasn't used to listening to it. I then switched over to listening to the GBC version of Dragon Quest 1's soundtrack and my queasiness was gone. I've heard of the game being therapeutic but not necessarily the music by itself!

I got Mystical Ninja Starring 2 Starring Goemon!

I finally decided to get this game after such a long time of humming and hawing about it. Well I'm glad I did now. I loved the first one and I like the other Goemon games too so I'm thrilled I finally have this. Now I can tick off its box in the Retro Gamer issue about collecting PAL N64 games a couple of months ago!

I beat Legend of the Mystical Ninja!

I'm on a game completing spree lately! I'm dying to sink my teeth into the Goemon series and today I beat Mystical Ninja for the SNES. Holy cow it was hard. Really really hard. Wonderfully weird too. I highly recommend this to anyone who's up for a good challenge and thinks they've seen it all when it comes to games!

Two Mystical Ninja games on the Game Boy with the exact same name.

I'm very fond of Mystical Ninja and lately I've been trying to play more of the series than I have played. There was of course the N64 classic "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon" but then there's two Game Boy installments with the exact same localised name as the N64 game. A bit of confusion going on here!

There's one on the Konami GB Collection Volume 3 cartridge and it's pretty damn good! It deserves a play so go check it out. It's like a cross between elements found in Zelda1 and Super Mario Bros. 1.

The other one then is a standalone release and unfortunately isn't as good as the other game but it's still a nice curiosity. There's a lot of unfair stuff that happens. It plays a bit like Zelda 1 but the enenies aren't anywhere near as threatening.