The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES) Playthrough

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The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (SNES) Playthrough

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A playthrough of Konami's 1992 action-adventure game for the Super Nintendo, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja.
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was Konami's third US release for the 16-bit SNES, and though it didn't sell nearly as well as Gradius III and Super Castlevania IV, it was arguably just as good a game. It was also the first English-language release in the Ganbare Goemon series, a line of games revolving around Ishikawa Goemon, a Japanese Robin Hood-like figure from the late sixteenth century.
In this adventure, Goemon (Kid Ying in the English version) travels across Japan, helping out people in need as he searches for the kidnapped Princess Yuki. There are nine "warlock zones" to battle through, each split into two parts - in the town segments, Goemon visits the locals, gathering clues and supplies for his mission, and the "dangerous territory" sections are side-scrolling platformer stages that are each capped off with major boss battle. The game can be played alone or in 2P simultaneous co-op mode, with player two controlling the cross dressing goof-off Dr. Yang (Ebisumaru).
The game carries all the typical qualities of a top-notch Konami production. The characters and backdrops are beautifully illustrated; the soundtrack, loaded with traditional Japanese instruments, is catchy and memorable; and the controls and pitch-perfect difficulty level make it a real joy to play, as does its strange sense of humor. And if you step into the video arcade (anachronisms be damned!), you even get to play a 16-bit remake of the first stage from Gradius!
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was one of my favorite games for the Super Nintendo, and it's one that I still find my way back to often. No matter how many times I play through it, it's so damned fun that I never get tired of it. It's right up there in terms of quality with Konami's biggest hits, so if you loved stuff like Contra III and Turtles in Time but never gave this one a chance, you might want to reconsider. It's fantastic.
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@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was one of my favorite Super Nintendo games, Konami or otherwise, and it still holds up incredibly well.

@b01tact10n Жыл бұрын

I agree 👍 I loved playing 2 players with my cousin 😂👍

@TheEman590 Жыл бұрын

Haven't you posted this before?

@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

@TheEman590 Yeah, years ago, but this is a new recording. It shows more stuff and it's in 4K.

@TheEman590 Жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete Just curious. I remember watching that first video. I'm aware you do updates in HD to a number of these games. I remember first seeing this game on Nick Arcade and wanted to play for myself. The Wii Virtual Console granted my wish. Fun, quirky game

@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

@TheEman590 I loved it. I remember it was the first SNES game I rented after getting my SNES for Christmas in 91.

@professors84 Жыл бұрын

This was the first game I remember playing that had an entire section dedicated to just goofing off and playing minigames. Blew my mind as a kid.

@thedivide3688 5 ай бұрын

When games were meant for fun.

@opa-age Жыл бұрын

The Gradius mini-game still blows my mind till this day.

@pariator9026 Жыл бұрын

The konami intro chimes always hit me square in the feels. Most memorable games of my childhood frequently had that sound.

@David_a_journeyman_curmudgeon Жыл бұрын

Same!

@Jebbreh Жыл бұрын

One of the best SNES games/series. This is an absolute gem. They really need to officially translate and release the others on the SNES. Those are good too.

@M3MB3Rrr 9 ай бұрын

Why is this game that non-known? It's a perfect masterpiece.

@bliz0625 5 ай бұрын

My guess is "too japanese" The music The art The enemies That wasnt popular back in 1992

@zxKAOS1 3 ай бұрын

I heard about it in an issue of Nintendo Power. However, I don't think it picked up much traction otherwise.

@SignOfTheTimes008 2 ай бұрын

@@zxKAOS1 maybe it was too easy. Doesn't look challenging

@6tomas95 2 ай бұрын

Fue muy popular, al menos en mexico lo fue

@John-nb6ep Ай бұрын

@@SignOfTheTimes008 Wrong.

@WelderB1Family 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the best games ever made at any time in history...damn I miss these days

@gunsharck 26 күн бұрын

By gum yes!!

@TROOPERfarcry Жыл бұрын

When you're at the amusement park, you can play the lottery mini-game with a turbo controller, and you'll win more often than you'll lose. My buddy and I did this with a turbo-controller and a stapler (as a weight to hold down the button), and let the game go for hours. I'm sure it would be even faster with an emulator, because you can easily adjust the gameplay speed. Practically unlimited gold means that you can use throwables instead of your regular weapon. It's not a huge advantage, but it felt like we "got-one-over" on the world.... _and it felt _*_awesome._*

@lordBritish1 Жыл бұрын

My brother and I would play this game every day after school

@TheSedras 10 ай бұрын

It's amazing how when you go back to see the games that marked you in your childhood, they last 2 hours at most, when in their time they gave months of entertainment.

@Atylonisus 5 ай бұрын

I'm much more focused on getting through games now. When I was a kid I could stare at the background and other small minutia for hours. Imagine what was behind that solid wall? The background was drawn well, what if we could keep going further? Now I hardly entertain those imagination

@MuzzySkeleton Жыл бұрын

My aunt gave me this game for my birthday. It was so much fun and a bit frustrating playing this as a kid. Thank you for uploading this playthrough and reminding me of the good ol' days!

@Something9008 6 ай бұрын

The quality and quantity of the soundtrack was amazing. So glad this was released in the US!

@residentevilumbrella2001 5 ай бұрын

As a person who loves Japanese culture, I love this game, because it looks authentic Japanese settings. Mystical Ninja, Turtles in Time, and Donkey Kong Country were some of my favorite SNES games.

@doombga 18 күн бұрын

I remember discovering this game around 12 or 13 years old and just being astonished. It was like a feast for any gamer, the different genres, mini games, games-within-games...and on top of that, it was just a really good beat em up/platformer with incredible music, lots of fun sprites and items and just lots of love all around. This is honestly the gold standard in gaming for me.

@thedivide3688 5 ай бұрын

Best game ever…so much fun…so hard…so many memories playing with friends.

@user-jb3hm2de6b Жыл бұрын

Released in Japan as Ganbare Goemon Goemon is said to be a real-life master thief. Appeared in Lupin III and Kabuki

@kingconann9998 11 ай бұрын

This game let me know at an early age I like to gamble.

@broryku 9 күн бұрын

😂 never thought about that but yeah, makes sense why I play the lottery 😅

@delight9311 3 ай бұрын

The sound design in this game hit so hard. Every action felt like something. I couldn't remember the name of this game, and hardly what it looked like, but I recognized the sounds right away.

@joelenglish6491 Жыл бұрын

One of my absolute favorite SNES games.

@therealseanw.stewart2071 Жыл бұрын

I was never blessed to experience the Goemon series. I always heard of this classic. Simple, fun sidescrolling action, reminds me of River City Ransom, in a way. Plus, Konami's American branch did an amazing job with the box art during this era, with Super Castlevania IV and TMNT Turtles in Time having epic cover illustrations. This one was pretty on-point as well.

@JackBurtonsHaulageCo 6 ай бұрын

My mate and I used to play this for hours on rainy days

@jamisondonald384 Жыл бұрын

As someone who always liked this game's style but was never very good at playing it, i really appreciate this video. Good job, seriously. You played the hell out of this game and even provided passwords

@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@ravenjmain 9 ай бұрын

I remember my brother and I renting this from blockbuster. We got to the boss battle with the inflatable face and couldn’t get past it. The end 😂

@BlackFrieza1987 20 күн бұрын

I used to love this game as a kid in the 90s!

@legospacememe8468 Жыл бұрын

i love how Goemon almost always looks pissed off or looks like has a no fucks to give in this game. he probably should have foreseen that his chubby friend would piss in his cereal.

@TROOPERfarcry Жыл бұрын

This game had a lot of polish on it. There's not much that can be done about the 16-bit nature of it, but the *polish* shows.

@LegoSonic-p2f 9 ай бұрын

0:57 His face says everything about everything wrong with what Ebisumaru just said:.😂

@garion333 9 ай бұрын

I never realized how you can draw a line from this to Yakuza.

@MattSaysHello 3 ай бұрын

One of my favourite SNES games! Thanks for posting!

@ChefNikuman 11 ай бұрын

I spent hours upon hours of my youth in that Carnival level, notably farming money at the game show when I could answer every question after seeing only 2-3 words.

@RgenisiL 4 ай бұрын

Same! We actually only played to get to that part! Never made it to the end unfortunatly

@furretgal7680 Жыл бұрын

I've got this game on the 3DS on December 2020 before Nintendo e shop has shutdown

@Fuggettabouttitt Жыл бұрын

I got it for free today on the 3DS ☠️☠️☠️

@Nostalgia9478 Жыл бұрын

I got it in like March of 2022 for 3ds right before thr Eshop shut down

@mikeman4695 Жыл бұрын

Maybe not as well known a title as mario, castlevania, link...etc. Still amazingly quirky and charming. Easily recommend it.

@SnappleRyRy89 Жыл бұрын

Hello NC. Just wanna say that I first found your channel a few years ago simply because this game was featured in front being curious about the Gambare Goemon series at the time. Been following and watching your other content since then and always appreciate all the uploads you make. Anyways, appreciate the reupload and keep up the good work

@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's really cool of you to say, I appreciate it.

@Invidente7 Жыл бұрын

It took me a long time to finish this because the passwords were useless but it was worth it.

@alfredocalzadilla7251 11 ай бұрын

It looks like such a fun game to play

@oshkosh22 Ай бұрын

I always found it comical how a smoke pipe was goemons weapon, and how they crawled on the ground when you go 2D. So unique for its era--like, who thinks of stuff like that?

@rickn4301 Жыл бұрын

Reminded me at the time of a more modern version of Kid Niki

@richardwatson1946 3 ай бұрын

I ss the likes at 701 my home state. 20 years later I finally found this thanx. Your post led me to this day

@johnpaulcastillo8403 3 ай бұрын

Like pocky and rocky, this should get a remastered

@ChadLPN Жыл бұрын

Thanks for playing the mini games too!

@SJReid82 Жыл бұрын

To this day I'm still not sure which one I like more: the SNES Mystical Ninja or the N64 version. Both are absolutely dripping with charm and humor.

@michaelsinnreich6626 3 ай бұрын

Most difficult thing about playing this game was having to explain it to your friends when you wanted to co-op.

@TheCellfake Жыл бұрын

Um dos melhores RPG da geração 16 bits. Parabéns pelo trabalho.

@b01tact10n Жыл бұрын

What he said😁👍

@randy7894 Жыл бұрын

Konami greatness (When Konami was awesome)

@Dorian_Scott Жыл бұрын

I don't think I've ever played the "Ganbare Goemon" games before. My only real experience is playing as Goemon in "Konami Wai Wai World."

@danalong1237 Жыл бұрын

Nick Arcade brought me here, especially Nick GaS reruns and Paramount+ reruns.

@user-qc1qe1xp8u 4 ай бұрын

Was my favorite game on the snes. Especially with the Game Genie. Without the game genie you were NOT getting through this difficult game. I didnt find out until after a couple of playthoughs that buying multiple shoes made you walk faster. Had no idea as a kid this was a japanese theme game, just really enjoyed the sprite work and colors lol. Running into the pretty geishas and the cool store music😅

@jennifercuautle-herrera537 Жыл бұрын

Love this game

@scheneman94 8 ай бұрын

I wish thia was on the switch :(

@jenyrodriguez3170 18 күн бұрын

❤ I DON'T HAVE MY SNES TODAY, I WISH 😢 I COULD PLAY THIS❤ AGAIN & AGAIN LIKE BACK IN DA DAYS.

@TheDemoniusX Жыл бұрын

most undderated game of all time to the point where it didn't sell that well and we missed out on the sequels. you can get them english translated today which is nice. Mystical Ninja holds a close place in my heart. Definitely the co-op experience you want on the super NES for sure, but even solo it's a fun time with funky japanese look and feel, musically breath taking. A true gem.

@b01tact10n Жыл бұрын

😁 this is one of my favorite co-operative games. Ive beaten it solo but co-operative is the most fun way to play👍

@mariusamber3237 Жыл бұрын

Neat game, too bad the others weren't localized officially (only via fan-translations), especially 2 and 4. There were loads of Goemon games, but only a few found their way overseas.This is a fun platformer, no doubt about it.

@sdlock83 Жыл бұрын

The fan translations are outstanding... far better than what Konami can ever do!

@Hausbrauen Жыл бұрын

^^^ This. Thanks to incredible fan translations, we now live in a golden age where it's starting not to matter what was or wasn't localized originally. You can now play every snes Goemon game in English, including the first one in its originally-intended beauty.

@LegoSonic-p2f 9 ай бұрын

I think the biggest no-no for international releases of the other games, was a very specific Manji symbol, and how it looked... For most Japanese people, they don't see any problem with it. But for all of America, it is a racist emblem that resembles that of the 4th Ryke.

@mariusamber3237 9 ай бұрын

@@LegoSonic-p2f I think they probably would've just censored them and kept the rest, like in Bionic Commando or other games like that. They probably thought they weren't worth localizing, because the sales were low for the ones that got localized; from what I've read, only the very first Goemon game was a big commercial hit. Maybe they also thought they were "too Japanese" or something. It's all just speculation at this point though, of course.

@judascoltrain1526 Жыл бұрын

That awful password system though!

@b01tact10n Жыл бұрын

Yup I tried to handwrite mine down but..... 😂 never worked😂

@judascoltrain1526 Жыл бұрын

@@b01tact10n i hated it with a passion back in the day. I legit would study it for 10 minutes going over it multiple times and still.... nope. Start over, homie 😂😂😂

@b01tact10n Жыл бұрын

@@judascoltrain1526 😁😂 i cursed 🤬 Nintendo for not adding a save feature when we got pretty far with alot of $ but outta time😂

@Chris_Eatz Жыл бұрын

My favorite game on the snes

@Puggalug 8 ай бұрын

I was hoping during the first stage that you would re-explore the south end of town. There are unique ghost monsters there.

@Nostalgia9478 Жыл бұрын

Great game

@theodorehsu5023 Жыл бұрын

Some notes about "gambling" here: The game houses charge 100/gambling game, but two can pay off handsomely per go: Lottery: Choose one of four animals, and a letter from A to D. You will get 50 back automatically, but if you correctly predict Letter and Number in the second Lottery, the prize is 200. Predict the correct combination of animal, letter and Number, you get 1000 back. So you either lose 50, win 150 (just first & second Lottery), win 950 (just third & first Lottery) or win 1150 (win all three). Since you can play this again and again before leaving, you can get loads of coins before calling it quits. Concentration: There are eight pairs of cards on the board. Each pair is 20 at the end, with "Omitsu" if you have her pair worth 200. So that's 360 there if you get all the cards. At the game end, you can double your cash if you get the card the game randomly chooses, so you could walk away with 720 for net profit of 620. If you have good memory you can play again and again.

@Metalman200xdamnit 10 ай бұрын

This was a fun and frustrating game,esp. the later levels.

@matinazadeh6870 Жыл бұрын

Great game except for the timer that gives only 18 minutes per each stage

@christiangranobles3976 2 ай бұрын

Que bonito recuerdo

@hanseravila Жыл бұрын

I LOVE this game!!!

@thegantz87 Ай бұрын

This is literally the perfect title to put in the App Store and they refuse to do it. 😢

@Yonah_144 Жыл бұрын

44:09 Say hello to my childhood crush.

@Atrael Жыл бұрын

You'll never get her phone number bud 😔

@Guyverman01 4 ай бұрын

Do you need food to train with that dojo master on stage 2?

@travisbost469 Жыл бұрын

For Legend of the mystical ninja what does Phil describe and how many levels

@japankid9071 6 ай бұрын

Hi. from Japan. I want to know how popular is this game in USA? In Japan this was very popular in 90s. we called it Goemon.

@Wersderbosss 3 ай бұрын

Why not on switch :(

@jess9345 Жыл бұрын

Is this game for gba?

@NintendoComplete Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I think that the GBA version was Japanese only.

@Domarius64 Жыл бұрын

Oh man. I was just listening to the OST and one song is called "Sexy Strip Show!" It just occurred to me I've never completed this game, and now I'm wondering... what part of the game is this?? Is there a time code in this video where it happens?

@broryku 9 күн бұрын

I don't think so, this is the US version. That show only happens in the Japanese version, it's not that huge or explicit but a very interesting discovery I had while playing the emulator. I don't even remember the random door I crossed to see that 😅😂 Im going to check my laptop, if you're lucky maybe I still have the clip and I could upload it.

@Domarius64 9 күн бұрын

@@broryku haha wow, that would be hilarious, what an awesome discovery after all this time :) I will have to try and find it one day

@BayaniClowers Жыл бұрын

Hey NintendoComplete

@sdlock83 Жыл бұрын

I hope Kid Yin makes it into Smash... Lol!!!!!

@cherokeefit4248 Жыл бұрын

I tried to play this awesome game for the first lp but it seems it’s meant to be a 2 game

@Bloodreign1 Жыл бұрын

No, it can be played with 2 players, but is also built with a 1 player run in mind.

@swan5446 7 ай бұрын

wow the music, nostalgiawave lol. And talk about cutsie-poo graphics...

@HighLanderPonyYT 3 ай бұрын

I'm looking this up to just watch it after playing it for an hour or so because there's too much filler and the coin tossing mobs are annoying af. :P

@jennifercuautle-herrera537 Жыл бұрын

I beat this with the most money 🤑💰 one can get 😁

@lordBritish1 Жыл бұрын

How much money did you beat the game with?

@jennifercuautle-herrera537 Жыл бұрын

@@lordBritish1 99999

@nathalieconte6592 Жыл бұрын

Classiccc

@kevinbaileyjr9433 Жыл бұрын

Do respect have ben listening theres more to also do respect ok

@Fuggettabouttitt Жыл бұрын

Wat

@LuciferMorningstar-ue8bq Жыл бұрын

Great video, Hilarious when u scuddled away after speaking to the king lol

@TheWackyAsian 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mystical Ninja - You taught me how to be 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐃 with 𝐉𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍!! 👹🏯🎎🗾🇯🇵❤‍🔥

@hanzowh Жыл бұрын

Changing the character names is a big $h1t.

@obscuredoblivion444 Жыл бұрын

What a great game. Reminds me of Pocky and Rocky