REVIEW | Ganbare Goemon Sarawareta Ebisumaru (1991, Game Boy) | Ninja Action, Pocket-sized!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- IGFTW Ep. 22 is all about one of the 3,526 Ganbare Goemon games published in Japan, Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru for the Nintendo Game Boy. This is a really great game that not only is completely faithful to what makes the series so great, but is also ridiculously cheap and easy to find as well.
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Gameplay was captured using the Elgato Game Capture HD, and video/audio was edited using Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite, Version 12. All music was taken from the game featured here.
Other games featured in this video are Konami's Akumajou Dracula X (Saturn), Contra (XBLA), Suikoden II (PS1), Silent Hill (PS1), The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES), Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki (SFC) Ganbare Goemon: Karakuri Douchuu (Famicom), The Legend of the Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64), Ganbare Goemon: Kuru Nara Koi! Ayashige Ikka no Kuroi Kage (PS1).
Japanese title: がんばれゴエモン さらわれたエビス丸！
Release date: 12-25-1991
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Platform: Nintendo Game Boy
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I've been a Goemon for all of my life, I appreciate that there are youtube video game people that are finally showing the series some proper respect.
***** That's good to hear, and yeah, this is a series that has been woefully neglected by 'Tubers.
I agree! I wish more games would of came to the states. I remember downloading all the roms I could find, of all the Goemon games that never got released here. Some were no brainers to play, but some you needed to know Japanese in order to play, otherwise you would play the guessing game. Goemon 3 was a game i really wish had a English translation, as I spent hours trying to play it, also would of loved to understand the humor of it as well! I own all of the 4 games released here, love them all except for the gameboy version of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. This Gameboy game seems way better!
I wish Goemon had some sort of Collection with all if not most of the games in one place they look like a lot of fun
Hurts more to see stuff like a Castlevania collection, but no love for our pipe-laying-down thief.
We need a Goemon Collection... I had no idea this was a long-running Konami franchise no one talks about over here.
I think only 3 of the 30+ Ganbare Goemon games got localized in the US, a damn shame to say the least.
That's because the content of Goemon are considered "inappropriate" and not PC. And Konami knows that there's no way they'd be able to release it in the West, especially since games are released internationally these days.
I regularly watch your old Goemon videos. I need more! Your love for the series makes the videos just that more special. I always think of you when I try a new Goemon game. I'm looking forward to finally tackling the third SFC release.
You're too kind, Andy, and I appreciate you. I'm glad you're playing the games, I think you'll really like 3 for SFC. This video was the last I did when I was still living in Hawaii, I think it was published not long before we hit up that weird bar in Pearl City before I moved.
Great video. I'm on a greater Konami/Goemon kick than ever after all the recent Konami news. The naming part was hilarious!!
83Chrisaaron Thanks man! Yeah, I wanted to do this video now specifically because of all the negative Konami news, and also because the company is getting a lot of hate these days. Not all is bad with the company, especially regarding their past games, though I don't have very high expectations for their future plans.
I was so ready to comment and call you out for leaving out the English European release, but then you acknowledged it at the end! Nice job with the whole video. Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 is not as cheap but still not expensive, with loose carts going for about $20.
SamuraiSam Looks like my neck has escaped punishment from the blade of Samurai Sam...today, at least. :P
Thanks for watching, and I'm going to have to find a copy of GB Collection Vol. 3, or all of them, sometime soon. I'll probably try to go for CIB, though, because I like wasting money on cardboard apparently. :)
Jimmy Hapa (Import Gaming FTW!) Yeah, I'm the same way! My copy is CIB. Even that isn't horribly expensive.
Amazing video. How I wish they can revive Goemon on Switch...N64 version on modern technology would complete my dream.
Oh my god, that would be amazing...I'd buy a Switch...again, just to support the system even more because of that.
That would be awesome!
Thought I'd take a break from writing my next script, and take a look at a classic Jimmy Hapa episode. Always makes me miss you when I watch an older episode. You should do more Goemon videos. Well, you should do more videos in general, but I like seeing your take on this series. Probably because of your attention to detail, love of Goemon and the fact I hope to learn a little more about Japanese culture from you.
Well, that's sweet, Andrew--but you should really stop dragging ass and come and visit me here in Japan. Also, what's your next script on...? I can hardly believe you're working on something new!
@@ImportGamingFTW I gotta learn more Japanese, but I hope to visit while you're still living there someday. Dude, I've changed scripts and projects so many times now, I don't even know how to answer that lol. I've even trashed a halfway edited video. BUT, as of now, I'm covering five SNES games in one video. They are my most expensive SNES games and as far as I know, they are THE most expensive SNES games, excluding the weird Mountain Bike game and any Tournament style re-releases. I've had to do so much research and planning. ugh, but I've done some filming already, so things are looking up. Your Ganbarre Goemon videos are particularly helpful to watch because a couple of these games have a strong Japanese influence.
Wow, great ending music!
Yeah, there's definitely a charming quality to Game Boy soundtracks...and of course, the Ganbare Goemon series' music.
Have that game, it's great ! Music is awesome too !
+Kimia Sema Yeah, I was very impressed with how good everything sounds in this game! :)
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Great stuff as always! Dead on with the character re-naming.
Also, that Matt. Such a pimp.
CAPMAX Gaming Thanks man! And yeah, that Matt character...he's taught me one important thing in the RUclips game..."Pimpery pays." :P
It ain't easy!
CAPMAX Gaming Cygnus DDestroyer, The LJN DDefender, and the Iddiot who doesn't know goodd games. All spelled with two D's for a double-dose of his pimping.
I'll have to check this one out soon. I just played through Karakuri Dōchū for the first time last weekend. Pretty good stuff other than the lack of bosses and the killer platforming in those island and mountain stages. I guess the no continues thing was kinda rough, too. Thank goodness for all those extra lives in the mazes.
It was my favourite Gb game in 2000 when was released in Konami GB collection. I became a "die hard fan" Goemon fan with N64 games (comment if you know the reference), and I also loved that Gb title.
Kagemaru is a very interesing character. Is a evil version of Ebisumaru, like Bismaru and Obisumaru. He appears briefly but since I was a child I find fascinating the "evil twin" trope, so Kagemaru caught my attention.
Another Ganbare Goemon review?! :O And it's not even my birthday. :P Hahaha, I loved your imagining of what the translators would have come up with for the enemies in the game. Hilarious. :P This game looks like a solid transition for the series to the GameBoy. Great video, Jimmy! :)
RPGtourguide Thanks man--uh, happy early birthday? XP
But yeah, this is not only a good Goemon game, it's a good Game Boy game as well. I'd highly recommend taking the five dollar or so risk of adding it to your gaming library!
The enemy name list killed me. And now I'm dead, and you're responsible.
Great video.
Well, you wouldn't be the first person I've murdered and gotten away scotch free with...but don't let anyone know...though dead men tell no tales...
Er, what I mean to say, is thank you very much for watching.
I miss Goemon....
Same here. I wonder how cool the series would be today if it maintained that upward momentum from the Super Famicom days.
thanks for this episode it is quit sad what happened and the direction alot of companies will probally be heading . sorry i never got back to you in the last video but i havn't gotten one yet but im positive im gonna snag one im just not to familiar with the famicom library and i dont wana buy a bunch of shovel wear when i do.
feedmedonuts :D Well, thanks for watching again, and no worries about the lack of a reply on the over video. Hit me up on the MT forum if you have any questions and you don't necessarily know where to ask them on RUclips. :)
shameless plug:) ahahah fashoe ill make an account and start chatting it up with you
your marketing-man and my bad insult dreamcast ought to get together sometime. he was cracking me up, sake-to-me was my favorite :) at least now i know i'm supposed to be collecting passes in karakuri dochu instead of just running aimlessly, piping dudes and collecting ladies. this one looks really cool too, i don't have the attachment to the goemon series like you do having grown up with them, but i think you are winning me over on them!
Game vs Game Yeah, we need to cheese up this RUclips place even more than it's already cheesed up. Glad you know what to do in Karakuri Douchuu now...maybe you'll actually have some fun with it from here on. And I expect to be invited to a Goemon/Mystical Ninja Game Vs. Game episode sometime in the future, you know, for my, uh, "expertise."
I didn't know there was a NES or GB entry in this series, They both look like a lot of fun. The part with names was funny as hell, but also, showed that there was a lot of enemies in the game. That jump arc is a Konami staple and a way of making games tougher, a cheap tactic, but it worked.
RewindMike Thanks for watching Mike. Yeah, there have been a lot of Goemon games on nearly every Nintendo and Sony system in the 90s and early 2000s...we just never got much of them in the States. And I didn't realize that that jumping mechanic was a staple of Konami games. I guess that's how it is in the original Castlevania? (Can't remember if you can even halt your jump at all in that game, to be honest)
What other games had that kind of jump? I'm going to guess they were mostly NES ones...
Goemon's first portable game, and it is incredibly fun, but IMO the next great GB Goemon game didn't happen till the GBC with Dynamites. Everything else released on the GB and GBC Goemon wise just didn't hold up like those two games did.
Wow, your review of this game is amazing! I came here looking for help in beating the stage with the girl. It just goes on and on and on. I found all of the pearls fairly quickly and then spent ages platforming until I reached a section where the only way across is to diagonally jump onto a single block which is timed to disappear. It's so punishing! I was going to review it myself but I doubt I'm going to able to finish it.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, that stage is pretty awful. Strange spike in difficulty that kind of comes out of nowhere! If you'd like to beat the game, you can find some stage passwords online. The last stage is pretty standard and easy, especially compared to the one that precedes it.
So a Of Myths and Monsters to NES Goemon 1's Kid Icarus. I can dig it.
Konami these days are a shell of their former selves. But I will always respect their legacy.
SPac316 Same here. I'll never forget how Konami made me love gaming, and kept me loving it into adulthood. :)
the game got a european release in 1998. will be interesting to find out what the characters are called in this version :)
Their names are unaltered.
Yeah, I want it so bad but no copies available on eBay right now.. 😣 the only one I have is vol. 1.
Priceless......just priceless.
The Dali Popka Well...it is a free video on the internet. XP
Another good review way to go bro lol did you vote goemon for smash that bring him back up to fame and glory
love this series but i don't think anyone can say Konami will be their favorite game publisher anymore.
Give Goemon the chance he deserves. Vote for the Mystical Ninja to be the next Smash Bros. DLC through the official ballot.
Link : cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/
This was really well made Jimmy! The pacing was and editing were really par dude! But your voice sounded dead and monotone which really took me outta the experience lol even though I love the Goemon series. Anyways Jimmy told me to check out your channel so doing it now! We should collab sometime since I fucking love retro Japanese games too. Lemme know and send me a PM on facebook and lets brain storm. Would love to give your channel a shout out^^
Thanks man--glad you liked it...well, aside from my voice, ha ha. Do I sound dead and monotone? Maybe I'm just dead and monotone inside. I try to keep things clear and easy to understand, but I'll keep that in mind, I guess.
Maybe the next time I'm in Tokyo, we should go out for drinks and mayhem and chat then--I don't do FB. Either way, thanks a bunch, and I'll be in touch in one way or another.
Ha, the character re-naming part was the best! But this really makes me wish that my SuFami was working, so I could play the Goemon game that I have :/
laurenhiya21 Thanks, glad you liked it! And get that SFC back up and running asap--Goemon NEEDS you!
Seriously though, hope you can play it as soon as you can. Which one do you have now? If you mentioned it before in another comment, my apologies, as I've forgotten if that's the case. :O
Yeah I know! I've been trying to find someone who can fix it >
laurenhiya21 Well, all the Goemon games on the Super Famicom are great...it's probably got the best selection in the series. The third game was the one that I enjoyed the least out of the bunch though, but it's also the one I spent the least amount of time with (only a couple of hours if I recall correctly). It's still a neat game though. Might be underrated...I need to play it again!
It's the weirdest thing but speaking of KONAMI i just re-watched a few scenes from my favorite jdorama series Long Vacation from 1996 on youtube yesterday and holy hell the KONAMI logo can be spotted the background on at least two different outdoor scenes! Just a coincidence or super shameless product placement..? :D And me being a long time KONAMI fanboy how come i completely missed this up until now...? :P (search for "long vacation the kiss" where Sena and Minami are shooting fireworks on the rooftop and you'll see it!)
And speaking of 90ties nostalgia...aaah KONAMI and Ganbare Goemon... and Hapa Sensei reviews! Great things always come in three!
berugaslabor I checked out the clip you mentioned, and yeah, big Konami sign, clear as day (even though it was nighttime during that scene). ;)
I wonder if it was deliberate product placement...probably. But I'm wondering also why that sign was there, unless it was placed on that building just for product placement? I don't think Konami Sports Clubs were a thing yet in 1996...could have been a Konami-operated game center, like many game publishers had back then...I doubt it was some kind of corporate office...
Anyway, thanks for watching! :)
Jimmy Hapa (Import Gaming FTW!) Yeah it sure lights up the (Tokyo?) sky line more than those cute little hanabis of Sena!
At least its safe to assume that that Konami logo corresponded to an actual Konami facility? Rather than they actually placed it there just to have it show up in the background of the shot -- which just sounds insane...?
Oh well japanese dramas and animes and their sponsors is a toppic in itself but got me searching for this fine phrase! (though it dont know if Konami was an official sponsor of LV..)
この番組はご覧のスポンサーの提供でお送りします
Anyway thanks for making all this fine Konami contents!
OMG the asian pipe joke had me laughing so dam hard i spit some soda on the computer screen, well done my friend, ery well done ;)
Ha ha, I'm glad to hear that...well, not about your computer screen being sullied, but you know!
This series is so wacky but looks like so much fun.
I recall that there was one Game Boy Goemon game released in 1998 called "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon." How does Sarawareta Ebisumaru compare to that one? Cool video by the way.
Thanks for watching--unfortunately, that GB game that got an international release is the worst game in the series...I'm pretty sure most Goemon fans would agree. Sarawareta Ebisumaru is a much, much better game.
good shit! i already said most of my opinions in chat.
Goemon was something that I connect to. It's one of my fave series. Despite KOnami is a laughable hack, I wouldn't mind some other company handling the IP a bit.
The Asian pipe, African pipe comparison.......HAAAA
Avalanche Reviews Who doesn't love a good dick joke?
What is the name of the RUclipsr you show when you mention the side business? At 8:04
I watched his videos in the past but cannot remember his name. I remember for some reason he set up a new channel after he decided to change the style of his videos instead of just taking his viewer base on his original channel.
I'm still interested in the Ganbare Goemon games, but there's been something I've been meaning to ask: how many of them have fan translations? Like, does the very first game, Mr. Goemon, have a fan translation somewhere? I know that their isn't really any need to go in chronological order, but if I can, I want to.
Net Spectre Good info ;)
RarefoilB You can download the original Mr. Goemon arcade game on the Xbox 360 through the Game Room service. I'm pretty sure it's still up, and while I've not played it myself, I imagine that menus and such have been translated to English. :)
Aside from that, I don't know about fan translations, as I'm not really too knowledgeable about that kind of stuff, unlike Net Spectre.
Years later, but both Famicom platformers, and both RPG's on the FC have fan translations, as well as all 4 SFC games (the first one got retranslated, no more Kid Ying and Dr Yang), as well as the SFC Ebisumaru spinoff, as well as Space Pirate Akogingu on the PS1.
As such a big Konami fan, I feel like you really understand 1980s-1990s Konami U.S. marketing's truly, truly cornball and culturally insensitive approach to instruction manuals and such
Well anyways it turns out that konami wants to make bring goemon back with that survey
i have the japenese version ..and play with the translate version on emulator
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Too bad the second GB game was the one that got released as a standalone game in the west, that one is pretty terrible in my opinion. This one if far better in every aspect.
BTW, have you heard that supposedly Goemon is the most wanted 3rd party character for Smash Bros in Japan? I would be extremely overjoyed if he got in.
Kristóf Muzsik I agree. That 2nd Goemon handheld game turned me off to portable entries in the series for many years...and I hadn't heard anything solid about the Smash Bros. thing, but already assumed he was high up there, if not at the top, along with Geno from Super Mario RPG. I'd be really happy if Goemon was a playable character, and I'd happily play SB on Wii U again, since I haven't really touched it except for the day it came out. I'm sure Konami wouldn't object to having him in the game...it might encourage people to buy DLC on one of their mobile games or something . XP
Jimmy Hapa (Import Gaming FTW!) The top 10 most wanted newcomers in order are King K. Rool, Krystal, Ridley, Dixie Kong, Paper Mario, Custom Robo, Daisy, Waddle Dee, Isaac (Golden Sun), and Goemon.
Kristóf Muzsik King K. Rool? Wow, that's kind of cool...I might have to change my vote! Even though I'm not voting, I don't really enjoy Smash Bros, and I'm an idiot. XD
Thanks for letting me know "the list" thus far!
If there was a kicking enemy for Americans to localize, you can call him "Kick-o-man"...
... yeah ill see myself out
Haaaaaaa, I'll keep that in mind for the next video.
I'd say you should correct yourself: Goemon didn't "turn into a template for pachinko machines"
First: That is a PACHISLOT. Yes, there's difference. A HUGE one at that. One is an interactive slot machine, the other is a faster Plinko with more limited interaction.
Second: the Pachinko and Pachislot template is older than Konami. Maybe older than SEGA? Who knows. All that is known is that everyone did Pachislot/Pachinko BEFORE Konami, even NINTENDO did, and really... Nintendo is much more sinful than Konami at that, they sneak those things in their games, like in Pokemon.
Oh, thirdly: the shift to mobile is actually an attempt to gather the attention of people to the franchise. Sometimes used as a last resort to bring the series back into relevancy, because in Japan the mobile game fanbase is HUGE, even more than console and portables. It's possible it fell under due to competing with other high profile mobile games of the time... After all, which would win in Japan: A dying franchise nobody cares anymore, a new franchise offering huge rewards, or a well known and lively AAA franchise?
first of all.. FIRST! and uh good video mr happa. i didnt not expect a gameboy review to be.. something. theres actually a lot i could say about this vid but just to leave an impulsive comment asap ill just say that names bit had me lol-ing literally and then waffles. i mean i was kinda asleep and then i woke right up and woke up the neighborhood. shit I almost died!! i forget that you're a genius... sometimes. or maybe i didnt know in the first place.or forgot because your such an emo manic fuck but now i do know, you are. bravo. an idiot who doest know what hes doing hen it comes to game video making on RUclips, you're pretty funny sum time. really dug the look and animation at that part, in all serialness. froot woops. I sleep now. anyway ill talk to you later..which feels weird to say considering your in the next room.
BenevolentDick "emo manic fuck" Haa, I like it. Thanks for watching Bene, glad you liked that 90s renaming segment. And don't let the people know I'm in the next room...they couldn't understand our amazing love affair.
i know.. ill shh.
Hi
+Gaming boy Heyo. ;)