Forgotten Games: Ghost Sweeper Mikami Joreishi wa Nice Body - SNESdrunk

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[@paradewearconelnick2731]

I find it funny how they felt the need to point out the fact Mikami has a nice body in the game's title

[@phattjohnson]

I didn't realise that's what was getting said as the video played.. then I checked the title :P

[@kajigger]

It's also like the first line in the anime opening

[@lssjgaming1599]

Paradewear Conelnick lol

[@mafiousbj]

That's literally the point of the anime too ^^ (Althougg they hunt spirits too)

[@ValkyrieTiara]

Fun fact: "Joreishi" means exorcist. So the title of the game basically translates to "Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Exorcist is/has a Nice Body"

[@TsukiCondor]

Well she does xD

[@jeffg492]

Actually the word that roughly translates to "exorcist" would be "Onmyōji" (individual who practices Onmyōdō, Japanese occultism involving cosmology, occultism, and divination to protect the capitol from evil spirits). It's commonly used as such in a lot of manga as well. Technically, "jorei" is the word for "exorcism," (noun) but joreishi seems to be some sort of bastardization of the term.

[@ValkyrieTiara]

@@jeffg492 I mean 陰陽師 (onmyouji) are a LOT more than just exorcists. By your logic「神主」(kannushi) and「巫女」(miko) both ALSO mean "exorcist". In point of fact, in video games and manga onmyouji is more often used/translated as "summoner" than exorcist, as their MAIN ability in that context is summoning/communing with otherworldly spirits. LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF EXORCISM. In games and manga an exorcist-type character is MUCH MUCH more likely to be depicted as a kannushi/miko (shinto priest or priestess) or a buddhist monk/priest. FURTHERMORE, the kanji used for shi in joreishi is 師 which basically means "Person who is a master of [thing]" (like a doctor) so "exorcism師" is CLEARLY MEANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD, VERY SPECIFICALLY, AS "EXORCIST". All of which is beside the point. I just wanted to add a bit of fun context to the video with a translation of the title of the game. Translating Japanese into English is generally imprecise at the best of times, hence why I only gave a rough translation and even specifically said it only "basically means" that. Miss me with your "Well, actually" mansplainy bullshit.

[@WildVoltorb]

Or "Nice Body Exorcist"

[@WildVoltorb]

@@ValkyrieTiara Oh please, you got THAT triggered by this? How virgin are you?

[@icantnamebatzarro]

in the dawn of anime culture back in the 90s GS Mikami was pretty popular in hispanic countries due to being aired in television with a mexican dub and being aired in television (along with Ranma 1/2, Zenki, Dragon Ball Z, Saint Seiya, Slayers, Slam Dunk and Sailor Moon, to name a few). It may sound weird that a pretty sexy oriented anime was aired in kid shows, but well... 90s were pretty rad. This game is on my hit list, actually. Thanks for sharing your review of it. Greetings!

[@nozoto]

We had the same line up in France, except Slam Dunk never aired and was distributed exclusively in video and Ghost Sweeper Mikami never hit our soil. A pity, I am certain I would have loved it as much as the other. Bah, at least, I got to watched it sub some months ago 👍

[@armand4116]

Being an anime fan in the 90's in Mexico was great .

[@sLiVeRmx]

Also they broadcasted all the anime uncensored.

[@ManillaHeep]

Slam Dunk, what a great anime

[@rodrigohaym]

The GS Mikami anime is hilarious. The episode where Yokoshima turns super saiyan is legendary.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Mid 90’s anime had a certain charm to them.

[@nozoto]

GSM had a great world building. It's about the closest equivalent to a Japanese Ghostbusters you can get. The anime ended right when the manga jumped the shark and became yet another boringly predictable battle shounen, with muh power scale, whereas in the start Mikami had to come up with intelligent tactics for intrigue resolution.

[@WildVoltorb]

@@nozoto a man of culture, I see

[@randygelion]

Don't forget 80s. Something about Bubblegum Crisis 2033 and Crash. Love the style.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Haa. I've always felt the same way since i was a kid, at that time i didn't know what the difference was i just knew i liked the way certain shows looked back when i was 5-7 years old. Come to find out it was late night\early morning reruns of Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Voltron and that other team based show where they all had bird "gimmicks" hawk, eagle, owl, etc.... Their helmets all had like a beak shape as the top of the visor they were all great as far as i was concerned back then. It wasn't until sometime in 96 early 97 i saw Dragon Ball Z for the first time one early morning on a Saturday (before Cartoon Network started to air it) and in an instant i remembered the Anime from my childhood and was now old enough to find out what it was. About 6 months after that DBZ hit Cartoon Network, shit blew up and my friend and i found Berserk at an import shop in the mall, we watched all 25 episodes and it's had a deep place in my heart ever since. The older early 90's late 80's Anime is in the same place as Berserk for me. Well atleast Some of it😅 it wasn't All good, but stuff like "Nausica and the Valley of the Wind" , Ogre Slayer, Devilman, Vampire Hunter D and many many others were Amazing. 😄👍

[@rodolfovalenzuela9368]

Good review, that anime series actually was released outside of Japan, in latin america it was a hit and the dub was excellent, sadly it never came to the USA but I would really recommend it, it's a nice mix of comedy, action and horror, also the anime covers like 7 of 39 volumes of the manga and is really good too

[@manica53]

In Mexico we had this great anime back in the 90’s it aired at 18:00 hours every week day at canal 5, which is open air channel

[@TheRolling123]

I remember they had an anime block for a while on Canal 5 everyday starting in the afternoon

[@daikaiser9394]

Weirdly enough, in Mexico we got Mikami dubbed back in '93.

[@alexshadowfax1119]

I'm so happy I found this game, it has great music, fun characters and great controls, it's all thanks to your channel!

[@FrogFraction]

It feels so good that there are still snes games being discovered. In the perfect world every system still has games made for it, and this kind of things makes that feel real for a moment

[@itstimeforsomeaction]

My favourite! 😍 they actually aired the anime here in Italy so I was amazed when I found out this game as a kid!

[@darkgladiator27]

Yup. I remember the girl being voiced by Misty's VA

[@jacobygreenwood]

@@darkgladiator27 Same here in México, I would've loved to play this as a kid.

[@Steve_Austin_BionicMan]

Bought a vhs of Ghost Sweeper Mikami outside of japan at my local HMV back in the day in Canada.

[@randytyson]

Always putting new games on my Snes classic after watching your videos , thanks!

[@ggbetz]

@MultiTarded same, but I guess it helps since I didnt keep a list of all his games and now I'm playing catch up on my everdrives... And in his case, rereviewing it means it's really worth it to play!

[@fabledredeyes]

Ghost Sweeper Mikami did leave japan as a matter of fact and was pretty popular in latin america at the time. It's still fondly remembered

[@muhanc.a.9299]

Kranky Kong here, I just wanna say that when I was a Diddy Kong I used to see Mikami on tv, this Kranky Kong signing out.

[@Argascend]

Oh hey, my mother got this for us when she went to Hong Kong and came back with a floppy disk adapter for the SNES and a whole case of floppies. It was a neat game but we weren't exactly great at figuring out video games and this didn't tutorialize much so we only got a few levels into the game. I definitely remember the train stage, the boss-is-a-room-and-manifests-from-the-walls, and the giant ghost doll with freaky hands. Way too scary for us then, still a bit on the creepy side now.

[@mafiousbj]

Man i'm glad that Latin America was kind of independent from the US regarding which animes were adapted and released here during the 90's. We got to experience some unique ones like Mikami that never released in the US and much less censorship and alterarions from the original japanese versions of some others. Sadly that independence died in the 00's when big american companies like CN and Nickelodeon took over as middle men between us and Japan.

[@Pixel_Crusher]

A true gem of a game for the Super Famicom. If not for emulation, I would have never played it!

[@gamemaniac2013]

Wow, I saw footage of this game *forever* ago. Never thought I'd see it again.

[@smithjonson5091]

Thanks man, just got this game today, I'm bad at brawlers so this is actually a good difficulty level for me.

[@LunaP1]

This game needs a fan translation or at least a faithful remake with translations.

[@elfixa]

GS Mikami was HUGE on south america. One of my favorite anime ever, pure fun.

[@elimgarak4667]

I love this game, great playthrough!

[@youremakingprogress144]

I've watched the anime series, and I can see that several of the stages are based on specific episodes. I think that's great.

[@chaser5616]

When i heard natsume, harvest moon is first to come in mind

[@azuza2525]

Awesome video. I love seeing weird unkown games like this from your channel and the fact you made an arcana video, the most underappreciated rpg on the snes is a huge plus in ny eyes. Keep up the fantastic work and quality.

[@weshand1135]

Thanks for another great video! Love the channel, Mr. Drunk.

[@Leo___________]

GS mikami was a decent show.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

The basic game-play seems like is expanded upon from the SNES Power Rangers game, also developed by Natsume.

[@vbictor98]

lawl, I only know her existence from a Super Mario flash parody called Mario In Black, where Mario forces her to get down at gun-point.

[@SamenSpelen]

That creepy doll reminds of the doll girl from the first season of Pokémon 0_0

[@billyhorn7886]

I recently started playing this and started busting up during the doll fight. It's like a cabbage patch doll floats up into the air and then this giant floating head with hands. Haven't watched the show so don't know what's up with the cat you fly on but a fun game thanks for the video !

[@FFFF-tq5hl]

one of my all time faves so underrated yesssss

[@Bloodreign1]

Discovered this great SFC game many years ago, still waiting on that day I can get at least a cart of it for an affordable price from a US Ebay seller.

[@EmmittDespain]

This game is strange, but very fun. I'm happy to see you cover this one.

[@Retrofire-47]

I'm kind of excited to play this. Gives me serious Halloween vibes.

[@heintsi89]

This is one of my favs on the snes! It also has achievements at retroachievements site if that is your thing. But despite you say it doesn't have any difficulty in it, I found it very challenging and actually I haven't beaten last level yet. Luckily it also has a password system in it so you don't have to beat it in a one go. Thank you for the video :)

[@ggbetz]

Hes probably a game drunken master at this point

[@heintsi89]

@@ggbetz that's what I thought as well, there's no game that presents challenge to him anymore :D

[@WolfBetter]

thank you, I was looking for a new manga to read as well

[@Real_The_Goof]

I beat this one the other day. We don't get enough games like it anymore. And it's pretty challenging to me. If anything I felt it was maybe too challenging at times.

[@algunoscuenticos]

I agree, it's not as easy as he said, the final boss, the ghost dogs, the rat, the cat scene are kind of hard.

[@AttunedFlux]

@@algunoscuenticos Actually hard, or difficult to figure out at first, but very easy after you do? There are different forms of difficulty, but yeah, it can also be pretty relative as well.

[@algunoscuenticos]

@@AttunedFlux Actually more like easy in the first stages harder on the latest ones. As most of snes games. ☺

[@honigdachs.]

Most awesome character ever!

[@IAMERORR]

The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock is a game I don't see much talk about. It's fantastic. The NES Flintstone games were good too. Maybe do something on those or even Hannah-Barbera games?

[@tallikx]

I was wondering if this one would ever show up. :) It's a fun game and you nailed all the aspects of it.

[@chrislowe2793]

That game looks like something I would really like. Sure, if it’s as easy as you say I could probably beat it over a weekend, but it would be cool to play something different.

[@infasis]

ToeiAnimationUS has uploaded the entire series with English subs to their KZbin, so this is pretty easy to watch if anyone is interested

[@Jimmy_G412]

The anime eyes were in full force in those cut scenes.

[@nerb6833]

ily snes drunk!!!

[@seanturner9792]

I'm currently watching the anime. It's really good.

[@CrashLoveGaming]

I used to play this on an emulator in my high school programming class. I actually just beat it for the first time last year. Never saw the anime, but the game is fun.

[@kramerdesign9443]

Truly the Super Nintendo's Splatterhouse

[@SnortStuff]

This literally looks like if Illbleed was a SNES game.

[@melvinblackburn195]

This game is well made, controls pretty solid and channels the feel of the program quite well. Although it won't set the world a blaze , it feels essential to my Super Famicom collection.

[@GeistSKrank]

Love this Game 😍

[@-RH80-]

just finished the game today, really fun!! wish they bring it back for switch just like they are doing with other tittles like Pocky n Rocky and Wild Guns.

[@dansaikyo6664]

This game looks so fucking cool.

[@Raiden3651]

No wonder this looks like those 2 SNES Power Rangers beat em ups. Natsume knew they could coast on the NinjaWarriors Again formula. They still know since the "Once Again" remake is masterful.

[@claudiosacchi3720]

Such a nice and fun game! Gotta play it again ;)

[@orinanime]

Great video! I've heard of this anime and this game. But never checked them out. Gonna rectify that decision right now.

[@badegg1262]

Mikami. The ghost sweeper was aired in the 90s in the channel 7(open tv) in mexico. Whos 3rd world country? Well. Still us but we had dubbed unscesored anime back in the 90s

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

few months later, HR REMASTER on Switch , we can hope :)

[@TheGameGetterKuzuri]

I've actually played this one before. Just a random I downloaded to play on an emulator. I enjoyed they way it played.

[@VaniacV]

Ghost Sweeper Mikami, very popular Anime in Latin America...BTW, is not a giant cat hahaha she was miniaturized by a goblin...

[@welcometoGARYVILLE]

ANY. WAY. YOU. CAN

[@Basaraassassin]

this anime was televised on mexican tv back in the day ,we mexican had all the animes and the USA did not.... for example Saint seiya , DBZ, Sailor Moon...USA banned those anime because they were violent... , so mexican television companies translated them to Spanish and they were a HUGE sucess in all latin America, sadly that was not enough to get the anime games available on snes.... because as usual japan ignored all the latin american and brazilian market, i remember as a child getting all those anime games in form of un-official bootlegs from CHINA... at least i played amazing games like all the DBZ fighting games on snes.

[@MegaDeox]

Hey SNES drunk! Question: For videos like this, do you sit down to play the entire game in one sitting, or do you take breaks?

[@NewportBox100s]

This looks great! I would like to stream a playthrough on here. 🦄🦄🦄

[@williammgaudette3014]

The game itself is fun.....albeit a lil challenging at times. Great soundtrack....great graphics. Despite the Japanese dialogue......its a solid game. It can get pricey (paid $50 for mine).....but it's worth it

[@pablodaniel-retrogamer716]

Genial vídeo

[@darkgladiator27]

I remember this cartoon. It got me into redheads at the age of 9

[@chakrazoo]

great game :D

[@MrShanester117]

When you say Forgotton, I think you mean never heard of

[@quincyq-radio6300]

Awesome

[@hneugiii1245]

SNES Drunk, Great video as usual. Can you take a look at Popeye for Super Famicom? It is part action platformer that feels like a cross between Super Mario World and Castlevania and that is mixed with a weird boardgame like over world map. You can find English Roms and Carts for the SNES.

[@SerAvaros]

The main protagonist reminds me of a certain flash game from newgrounds…..>>

[@minusp895]

Wish I had a Super Famicom.

[@the1ucidone]

Hey! You have a great day too bud. :)

[@robertmaniac]

Well, she does have a nice body.

[@masterlee1988]

Yep, that's true about her.

[@ohdannyboy4727]

ghost sweeper nice snes

[@ViktorKruger99]

I have something to confess guys: this is the only Snes game I like...

[@nightkids29]

I like the anime

[@chelocheliniXD]

Hidden Gem.

[@TMFisms]

Have this on my SNES Mini...and you think this was easy?! Wow either I suck, or I just never used the up slash haha

[@SNESdrunk]

Yeah I was sleepwalking my way through this one, until the last level with all the gravity changes, that was pretty tough

[@18matts]

Snesdrunk

[@brandonandujar2289]

Good anime

[@Seiko180]

you should do a review of the Doraemon games

[@cinnamonnoir2487]

After exhaustive research based on dozens of anime and this game, I have come to one important conclusion: Japanese guys like the English phrase "nice body" _way_ too much.

[@chaser5616]

Better then "Nice Boat" i hope

[@sufianramli8017]

Maybe what they like is the 'nice body'?

[@ajcastelar5173]

do a zenki video for snes. it's based on anime too

[@ggbetz]

Also pcfx and game gear

[@jeromedado7416]

I finished it through my emulator this game my was so amazing and fun u should try

[@AmyraCarter]

2:10 FFS IT IS A BATON. Even i could tell that just by the video thumbnail. It's a common weapon type for smaller statured people to begin combat training with (I chose the sword and hand to hand but to each their own), and like Natsume here, most tend to stick with the baton/club/rod/small bludgeoning weapon as their primary. Now ya know, hopefully. lol Looks like a fun game though. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it.

[@lldjslim]

Now why didn't this come out in the states The female character of this game is fine like wine she is hot Japan always get the good stuff Great find SNES drunk

[@OzeroCa]

Had this on snes. I would have sworn it was English. Oh well. Plays nice, cute, mostly easy, general fun.

[@sebastian_manuells]

Didn't you cover this game already? Or was that another game on the same anime?

[@ggbetz]

One of the "super famicom" compilations

[@sebastian_manuells]

Okay, that explains.

[@guillaumeaznar1580]

Review my all time favorite snes game ; liberty or death by koei

[@sadayukinaga9363]

ghost sweepeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer

[@jamescarrington6504]

Heck a Japanese Magic girl. Easy game i am in

[@laxiavonroswell9320]

try devil hunter yohko (genesis) next

[@vicman3122]

We got this anime in Latin America

[@ahmedp800]

Her eyes are huge! And yes I mean the eyes.

[@DegeneragentX]

Leggy Anime girl in the thumbnail got my attention, the time got my click, the video got my like and comment.

[@7thangelad586]

I don’t need to be able to read Japanese to agree about the Nice Body.

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

Unfortunately not available on the eye sadly

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

Nevermind It’s refered to as GS

[@nozoto]

In USA, where japanime's existence as a medium was barely acknowledged by distributors? Where even saying "hell" or "god" is a big deal? Where televangelists tell you that pokemon form minds into satanism? No way this game gets localized. And if it doesn't the European imitators won't either. It had the ambition to be a Castlevania-like game, only with a more sprightly and cutesy style to tone down the grit. Natsume even hired Kinuyo Yamashita, who composed the soundtrack for the very first Castlevania

[@PrekiFromPoland]

She also composed for both Power Blade games, also made by Natsume.