- This game was released in Europe as part of the Konami GB Collection under the title, "Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon". For other uses, see Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (disambiguation)
Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru! (がんばれゴエモン さらわれたエビス丸? lit. "Go for it Goemon: Kidnapped Ebisumaru!") is a Game Boy game released in 1991 and the first game in the Ganbare Goemon series ever released on a portable system.
Gameplay is similar to Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū which was released on the Famicom. Only Goemon is playable, and the game consists of him rescuing Ebisumaru from the clutches of Yagi Jubei (Sasuke and Yae do not make an appearance).
Characters[]
Stages[]
- Stage 1: Suruga - Boss: None
- Stage 2: Izumi - Boss: None
- Stage 3: Hizen - Boss: None
- Stage 4: Nagato - Boss: Karasu Tengu
- Stage 5: Yamasiro - Boss: Benkei
- Stage 6: Echigo - Boss: Evil Official , Karakuri 1-Go
- Stage 7: Dewa - Boss: Akaoni & Aouni, Man no Rikyu
- Stage 8: Michinoku - Boss: None
- Stage 9: Edo - Boss: Kagemaru, Gang of Three, Yorozuya
Release history[]
The game was originally released on the Game Boy handheld console in Japan in 1991. In 1997, Konami started to release a series of compilation cartridges called the Konami GB Collection. Each cartridge contained a compilation of four older Konami games re-released with Super Game Boy color palette and borders added. Sarawareta Ebisumaru! was released in Volume 2 in Japan.
In 2000, the games were once again updated for the Game Boy Color, translated and released in Europe. For the European release, the order of the games was altered, so what was Vol. 4 in Japan became Vol. 2, with the Japanese Vol. 2 and 3 becoming Vol. 3 and 4. For the European port, the title screen was changed to Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, and just "Starring Goemon" on the game select screen, probably as a way to capitalize from the title since the most recent Ganbare Goemon games released in Europe were Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure.
The original Game Boy version of the game was released on the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan in 2012.
Trivia[]
- A similar premise to this game was previously used in another portable game, Ganbare Goemon: Ebisumaru Kiki Ippatsu, where the plot also involves Ebisumaru being kidnapped by evildoers and Goemon having to rescue him.