1995-12-22
Ganbare Goemon 4: Karakuri Dochu is the final installment in Konami's long-running Goemon series (known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja in the west.) Much like Goemon 1 and 2, this game features a mix of River City Ransom-esque town segments and action platformer stages. However, this game lets you choose stages unique to one of four characters and play them in any order.
This is the last Ganbare Goemon game on SNES, but there are also two more games on N64 and a few on Playstation. Ganbare Goemon 3 was actually an overhead action RPG like Zelda rather than a brawler/action platformer.
Ganbare Goemon 4 is a fantastic final chapter in the SNES series. It features four distinct characters with specific stages that have unique enemies and backgrounds. The art is as goofy and cartoony as ever, and there's plenty of variety. Good luck beating it if you don't understand Japanese, though, and unfortunately no translation exists.
