It has been a while since we heard from Konami's Goemon series. In fact, the last proper game he starred in dates back to 2005 during the Nintendo DS generation. Since then, the mystical ninja has ...

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon will be released as a Virtual Console download in Japan next week. Konami’s portable take on Goemon has three playable characters and plays like a Zelda game with ...

If it’s a vaguely recognizable intellectual property in gaming, someone is probably trying to reboot it. The past few years have seen a record number of reboots, remakes, and simple graphical upgrades ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There have been many successful Japanese games released in America — “Mega Man” and “Harvest Moon” ...

Welcome back to Forgotten Gems, my column about games that have faded but shouldn’t be forgotten. Last time, I took at a look at the unexpected return of one of Square’s most unique 16-bit RPGs, Live ...

Out back of the Hardcore Gamer office you’ll find our Graveyard, where countless long-dead classics lie. We come here to pay our respects, to reminisce, and to wonder aloud what a passing mad doctor ...

Though well-known in Japan, Konami's Goemon franchise has never broken out of its niche status in the West. Originally introduced to US and European players as Kid Yin in Legend of the Mystical Ninja ...

Konami’s Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon was released on the Japanese Nintendo eShop in February as a Virtual Console title for the Nintendo 3DS. Sometime in the near future, it’s headed to Australia, ...

Goemon,originally the Iga ninja, and his fellow, Chutaro, the master rat, helped a certain woman on one day and got a red jewel. .. Goemon is going to sell this ...

Smell that? Yes, that aroma of blood, sweat and tears can only mean one thing: it's time for Box Art Brawl, the series where we lock box art variants of the same game in a cage and see which one ...

Hardcore gamers are familiar with most types of games, but even so, they occasionally let certain titles slip under the radar. Goemon is one of these series of games that’s gone unrecognized for the ...