After checking this game out in full, I had to try out and play through this game myself. It's fun, but it can be pretty difficult.
In Japan, this game is known as Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyushutsu Emaki, and is the first in a series of four Super Famicom games that share the name. Sadly, this was the only game of the four that we got, and we didn't get another Goemon game until Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon came out for the Nintendo 64.
The story starts with Dr. Yang (Ebisumaru) telling Kid Ying (Goemon) that something has happened to the ghost woman of the temple, and that she is acting strangely and hurting people. Kid Ying and Dr. Yang go out to investigate, but little do they know that they are going on a bigger adventure than they suspect.
Warlock Zone I: Mystical Ghost
The first part of every level, or Warlock Zone, is an RPG-style village area where you can move in eight directions and attack in four.
The Control Pad moves you around, Y and A attack, B jumps and X performs a Jutsu Strike. R is used to switch between your melee weapon and any weapons you have that you can throw, such as coins (stars if you're Ebisumaru) or bombs. Throwing coins will cause you to lose money, so be careful.
Player 1 always plays as Kid Ying (Goemon), while Player 2 always plays as Dr. Yang (Ebisumaru). Kid Ying's life, lives, Jutsu Strike count, money, weapons and items will always be on the left, while Dr. Yang's will always be on the right.
There is also a timer at the top center of the screen. Do not let it get to zero.
You start out in the center of the town. The temple will be to the north, while more of the village is to the south.
Enemies include monks, samurai, men with spears and men with fish. The men with the fish will drop the fish when defeated, and you'll need to defeat the fish, too. The south part of the village has a running man with a weird expression on his face who will take $50 from you if you come into contact with him, and defeating him will not get it back. The men in blue carrying the cups will throw cups at you, so you'd better be ready to sidestep cups that fly towards what your current position was when they were thrown...or to hit them as soon as you see them.
When enemies are defeated, they will usually drop money, which you'll need to buy things, but they can also drop things such as red scrolls and lucky cats. The red scrolls let you perform Jutsu Shot if you can collect ten of them, and you can see how much you have by pausing the game. The lucky cats will increase the range of your melee weapon, and you can do this twice. If you take damage from an enemy by either running into them or being attacked, however, your weapon's power will go down one level. Take time at the start of the level running around and defeating enemies for money, red scrolls and lucky cats. You'll need them when you go north of the start.
By going into doors, you can enter establishments throughout the town. Some of the places are homes where the residents will tell you what is going on, but some places are shops. You can make your choices with the Control Pad and the B button, and pressing X or Down on the Control Pad will let you leave the building. The people here will tell you The sandals make your character faster and jump further, and you can have up to three of them. If you take damage from an enemy, though, you'll lose a pair and you'll get a bit slower. The pizza will restore some of your health in case you lose all of it, more or less acting as a resurrection item. The bombs can be switched to with the R button and can be thrown at enemies to hit them from a distance, but keep in mind that you have a limited amount of them.
If you see a woman in a kimono, run into her to gain $50. If you hit them, however, you'll lose $100.
Some of the shops won't be running properly until later in the level, such as the travel agency or the fortune teller.
When you go to the temple area to the north, you'll find out that a fog is coming into the area. Suddenly, the area gets darker and you will have to fight ghosts instead of human enemies. Some of them bounce around at 45-degree angles, some just fly around and others roll forward. Thankfully, they're not that hard to hit. If you explore the town and enter the people's homes while the ghosts are around, you'll find out that ghosts have entered Horo Temple to the north, and that people have been changed into animals by the temple ghost.
If you enter the south side after the ghosts show up, you'll fight these trios of brown, furry enemies. They will leap at you if you approach them, but that's all they do.
You can refill your health with the food at the restaurant, provided you have enough money. The more expensive something is, the more health it will refill. If you lose all your health, you'll lose a life.
If you hit the wall to the right of the Horo Temple entrance, you'll uncover a Kid Dracula head. Grabbing it nets you $100.
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