Ganbare Goemon

{{Short description|Video game series}}

{{More citations needed|date= August 2012}}

{{Infobox VG series

| title = Ganbare Goemon

| image = Ganbare Goemon.png

| developer = Konami

| publisher = Konami

| platforms = Arcade, NES, MSX2, Super NES, Game Boy, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, mobile phone, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4

| genre =

| spinoffs =

| first release version = Mr. Goemon

| first release date = May 1986

| latest release version = Ganbare Goemon Pachisuro 2

| latest release date = September 2011

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon – Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモンゆき姫救出絵巻

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

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| published = December 3, 1991 – August 4, 1992

| volumes = 3

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Shin Ganbare Goemon: Jigoku-hen

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = 新がんばれゴエモン 地獄編

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}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = January 5, 1993

| volumes = 3

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon 2 – Kiteretsu Shōgun McGuiness hen

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモン2 奇天烈将軍マッギネス編

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| genre =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = December 27, 1993

| volumes = 2

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon fever

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモンふぃ～ばあ

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| genre =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = April 30, 1997

| volumes = 1

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon 3 – Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモン3 獅子重禄兵衛のからくり卍固め

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| genre =

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = February 3, 1995 – January 6, 1996

| volumes = 3

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモンきらきら道中

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = April 30, 1996 – December 4, 1996

| volumes = 3

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon – Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモンネオ桃山幕府のおどり

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = February 4, 1998 – October 2, 1998

| volumes = 3

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Ganbare Goemon – Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = がんばれゴエモンゆき姫救出絵巻

| ja_romaji =

| genre =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Hiroshi Obi

| publisher = KC Derakkusu

| demographic =

| magazine =

| published = November 21, 2013

| volumes = 1

| volume_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|Ganbare Goemon|がんばれゴエモン|4="Go for it, Goemon!"}}, known as Goemon and Mystical Ninja internationally, is a video game series created and produced by Konami. Etsunobu Ebisu is the joint producer of the franchise.

These games revolve around the main character, Goemon and his exploits. The games are notable for their humorous tone and parodies of many aspects of pop culture, as well as of other video games. The main character is loosely based on Ishikawa Goemon, the noble thief of Japanese folklore. While the early games emphasized Goemon as a noble thief, he eventually becomes more of a standard video game hero character. His trademarks are his blue bushy hair and weapon of choice, the kiseru. The games are set in a cartoonlike, mystical Feudal Japan, with many references to Japanese folklore. Although the series has its roots in action-adventure, the Ganbare Goemon series has features from genres including role-playing, puzzle video games and board games. Ganbare Goemon is popular in Japan. The series consists of video games, with its success spawning a wide series of merchandise and an anime and manga series.

Konami has generally regarded the Goemon games as too specific to the Japanese market to be released worldwide,{{cite magazine|date=July 1996|title=Konami|url=https://archive.org/details/Next-Generation-1996-07/page/n71/mode/2up|magazine=Next Generation|publisher=Imagine Media|issue=19|page=70}} but five of them have been released overseas: The Legend of the Mystical Ninja for the Super NES, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon and Goemon's Great Adventure for the Nintendo 64 and two titles for the Game Boy.

In 2002–03, a mobile phone was released for the titled Ganbare Goemon: Tsūkai Game Apli series.

The latest original game of the series was Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki, released in Japan for the Nintendo DS in 2005. Since then, the series has been used primarily as themes for Konami's pachislot machines.

The series is represented in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with a purchasable Goemon costume for Mii fighters.{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/undertales-sans-joins-smash-bros-as-a-mii-fighter-cost-1837885342|title=Undertale's Sans Joins Smash Bros. As A Mii Fighter Costume|last=Walker|first=Ian|website=Kotaku|date=4 September 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-06}}