/vr/ - Retro Games

What went wrong?

Konami's Goemon / Mystical Ninja series began on the SNES, but four Goemon games were produced for the PS1, none of them localized. The first one, Uchuu Kaizoku Akogingu, is a pretty bad and weird platformer. The second, Ooedo Daikaiten, is a slightly better but generic iteration. The third, Karunarakoi! Ayashi Geikka no Kuroikage!, is a top-down 3D mess.


For the last Goemon game on the system, Goemon: Shin Sendai Shuumei, a visual overhaul was attempted, while maintaining the gameplay intact. Goemon and his friends have been re-designed for a more shounen audience, and Ebisu in particular has been turned into a cute girl! The game takes place in the far future, with the characters re-cast as bounty hunters, but the general Goemon world's elements are the same. You can still play as the four main characters (Goemon, Ebisu, Sasuke, and Yae). It's a 2D platformer with sprites and occasional polygons, and there's no more world map exploration, as all the shopping and upgrading is done in the stages themselves. Goemon Impact also returns for some impressive mech battle sequences. It's actually a really good game, if you can get past the new look.

The game also has a pretty badass soundtrack, much of which has been uploaded to YouTube. Here's the opening cinematic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-sLooYq5bk

Why, /vr/?