Mystical Ninja - Starring Goemon intro

The intro for one of the best 3D platformer games ever made.
HD upscale here: • Mystical Ninja Starrin...

[@chansu90]

You don't know how strong the wave of nostalgia ran through me when I realized the singer of this theme (Hironoku Kagayama) was also the singer of Cha la Head cha la (DBZ) ... no wonder it's so incredible....

[@carlosalberto-ve6yl]

wow

[@gooberlious]

i'm almost 21 years old....i kinda cry when i listen to this...

[@ganymede9394]

ME TOO🥲

[@carlosalberto-ve6yl]

Same

[@lucianoxiquin831]

welp, now you almost 30

[@g33wizzard86]

I'm 26 and I do the same.

[@Benowario]

22, and yep.

[@lazybacon7520]

This was basically THE unofficial 3D Zelda game before OoT came out.

[@StevieWeebieLee]

Goemon should join the battle for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U!! I think he deserves it representing Konami.

[@zadikopete]

+Steven Lee I voted him

[@StevieWeebieLee]

+mario guzman Yeah unfortunately after I've seen a Final Presentation video, Bayonetta is the winner. Quite a bummer, isn't it?

[@zadikopete]

Steven Lee i like Bayonetta too, and i knew Goemon wasn't "realizable" but....a dreamed a dram.

[@SuperSylar]

+Steven Lee There aren't many Konami series to put someone. Most of them Konami shut down for no reason or is going to at least. Although we already had Solid Snake, and aside someone from Castlevania(Y NO SIMON BELMONT FOR CAPTAIN N JOKE??) or Silent Hill, don't think any other could compete with them in terms of popularity, despite I also loving this game...

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Or Smash Ultimate

[@robokou]

Oh my God! Now _this_ takes me back, lol. Seriously, I could almost cry right now. Such a simpler time those days... Thank you for this post!

[@SanguirianPrince99]

You didn't pack the salad, DID YOU?! Then I guess you learned NOTHING.

[@Wanpankun]

Brice Jackson i t's a horse doing Zumba! But note the eyes, it's confusion from its poor coordination is compounded by his inability to express his own emotions

[@tomtheconqerur]

@@Wanpankun but why does it have an erection?

[@BCHolbrook]

@@tomtheconqerur For glory, Zoro! FOR GLORY!

[@greedostick]

When I was in High School, my much younger not even in school yet brothers, would wake me up every morning blaring this intro before their all day Mystical Ninja session, and they knew every word by heart. I couldn't help but wake up at 6:30 am and join in the fun.

[@StevieTheAussie]

I'm 20yrs old, haven't played this game for 13yrs and I still haven't forgotten this intro theme. *eyes water up*

[@geopyro]

Some of the best intros in a videogame ever. It so looks like an intro from an anime.

[@senseless1685]

So true, I wish there was a show with that exact intro

[@woodlefoof2]

i was young when i played this game, i couldnt read very well at the time so i had no idea what was going on. but thinking back. i dont think it would have mattered if i could read or not

[@FuuuckOffff]

Had the same experience this replaying it as an adult. Not a shitting clue about what this game is about.

[@danyhunselar9654]

Yeah, The Plot was weird, even for Japan...

[@p0stboyANIMATION]

CHA LA HEAD CHA LA

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Those distinctly loud Hironobu Kageyama vocals make this one of the best video game OPs especially on a cartridge

[@SegaSaturnGamer48]

One of my favorite games of all time

[@ChaudTheGamer]

Same!! Love this game!!

[@SegaSaturnGamer48]

@@ChaudTheGamer Cool me too. :)

[@TakaokiKaimi]

Ganbare so ganbare akiramenaide kuchibuefuki saa aru kida sou yo GOING NOW

[@gurvmlk]

Thus begins an amazing adventure.

[@josemartinez-dv3ox]

i can feel the sun in this song

[@lightninstriker10]

The amount of people who have never heard of Goemon following the announcement of the new Mii Costume for Smash Ultimate is depressing.

[@thevarietypacksnaxx405]

Just be glad that WE played this legendary game back in the day and can now rep GOEMON as a swordfighter :) I'm just glad Konami and Nintendo thought he was relevant enough to bring back. Unfortunately, all the hype was on the skeleton :(

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I saw him and freaked the hell out. I needed me some DA-DASH DASH, too.

[@specknacken6507]

Yup...to me he was the real winner instead of Sans who's just a meme at this point (i enjoyed my 2 playthroughs of Undertale but that's about it). It is understandable nobody knows about Goemon though as we only got like what 3 or 4 titles localised. And the last one was 20 years ago. The least Nintendo or Konami could've done throughout the years was to put both N64 games on Virtual Console but i guess that's a dead dream (and afaik the first one is still a bitch to emulate without a specific set up).

[@WhiskyWeiss]

I hear ya. Such a great game.

[@HandlebarOrionX]

I finally own this game now and I love it! I've gotten farther than I used to when I rented it back in the day and I hope it comes to Switch Online

[@Ljmaverick88]

Ohhh my childhood....i love this game soo much and the music..

[@JMANB5]

Back when Konami didn't suck!

[@alvarochaves1999]

*When gamers didn't fucked so hard the companies.

[@herbcruz4697]

Yugioh's the only thing Konami has going for it.

[@boricua6483]

I remember my parents bought me this for xmas with the 64 and I was like what the hell is this. But once I played it I loved it. I wish I still had my 64 so I could play it again

[@Aenygma_]

When I was a child, I TOOK A CHANCE and rented this game. A great decision by child-me.

[@venomtang]

Lol yeet

[@nintendoplaystation5]

Why didn't you just buy the game so you didn't have to rent it anymore?

[@Clorgisclorg]

My first taste of Japan... and it was one of my best moments!

[@BoosterSilver]

TAKE A CHANCE!

[@MAKJAMSENTERTAINMENT]

Every now and then ill randomly shout that XD 'something in Japanese GOING NOW'

[@Massflavour]

this has pretty good quality for a 2006 upload

[@skrivbok]

Back in the good ol' days... Still have my N64 since I got it on my 8th birthday, and in great condition too... gosh I need to get myself some more of these old classic games.

[@PrincessQPatsy]

I remember when I was younger... this intro is unusually memorable, I've always remembered that last part. I miss this game so so much.

[@scottynova6943]

Still one of my most favorite games of all time, I remember getting so hyped to play this when I was younger. It still makes me laugh to this day. Yae's scenes always got me amped and finding sasuke's batteries was life changing for me

[@DragonballMegafan]

I'm only 17 and I still remember playing this game when I was like 5.... all of my friends are missing out, just listening to the theme gives me goosebumps

[@jamesdobson2326]

my childhood just came rushing back

[@christineregnier4555]

It's Zaruba from Garo ! Hironobu Kageyama ! He also sings for Dragon Ball Z .

[@supergamerboydx9158]

I thought I recognized that voice! I'm pretty sure he also sung the original opening theme for Sonic X ...S-O-N-I-C GO!! 😁 Isn't he also the lead singer for JAM Project?

[@Taneuma_563]

Knowing we'll never get a rerelease of this hurts

[@senseless1685]

Haha this intro so great. Feels like I'm watching an anime i've been watching since childhood.

[@tailsfan109_SonicSFM_Gamer]

Now THIS is how you start a game, got this game a couple days ago, and I love it! I hope there's more songs like this, like when you first enter Impact for example.

[@PURP69]

im 24 years old and no one near my age grew up playing this game except for me.... I cry everytime.

[@shawncarlson3893]

This bring me back to the good ol'N64 days

[@embeddednextgen]

This brings back so many memories, thank you!

[@SasukeSuperSayayin4]

Damn I really miss those games....It took part of my childhood :(

[@180223]

None Piece sent me here. FOR GLORY!

[@theripper451]

Don't forget to pack a salad

[@1supersoniccontrol]

Urinate on your neighbor's furniture.

[@MegaBigBowser]

***** Good.

[@royalgarden18]

no need for that

[@RoboBananas]

SSJ30 Smell the journey

[@ShiningTaiga]

I'd love to see this animated

[@gabrielmontreuil]

They did an anime about Goemon... and it was Terrible compare to the Franchises of Mystical Ninja Games... lol

[@captguyliner]

turning 30 in 2 months. i cannot express how much i love this game and this song.

[@MarkusAndersen96]

one of the best n64 games, together with donkey kong 64, majoras mask/ocarina of time and glover.

[@corymiles2561]

Fuckin GLOVER!!! Lol

[@blankspace6367]

lol I remember this; I wonder if this is where South Park got their ‘good times with weapons’ ‘let’s fighting love’ from

[@FuuuckOffff]

That always makes me think of this.

[@RaroHi]

One of my strongest memories of this game is "OI OI!" literally just spamming switching characters to hear him say OI OI!

[@Gringoman]

I literally started humming this song randomly. Thank you for putting this up!

[@imanefadil611]

One hell of a gem. Amazing ost, great humour, characters from old japanese tales.. I got it at age of 5. 27 now but man... my heart got a special golden chamber for these sweet childhood memories.. games once did had a soul

[@Deckenkrabbler]

Buyed it a few days ago cause I heard it's great and put it in my N64. I was flashed by this Intro and had to laugh hard too cause all of the Anime Intro references. This Intro was so unexpected but genius.

[@Austin-ws9eo]

Urinate on your neighbor's furniture, they are away on business

[@zenicehero9154]

Man this such a classic, epic and great music intro, Mystical Ninja was one of my childhood games!

[@ruben21]

best intro theme ever! would start the game up just for the intro cause i got stuck

[@AfonsoEGM]

Got stuck in the first robot battle everytime. Still, one of my favorite childhood games.

[@FuuuckOffff]

I think I got stuck at like a crane game thing. I needed a meat hammer or something, I duno.

[@tracealvarez1412]

"Goin' now" yay I'm speaking Japanese

[@gurvmlk]

It always has, and always will bother me when I hear random English words mashed into Japanese songs.

[@gurvmlk]

@@Nogli Is that from an actual song? Or just a random joke.

[@gurvmlk]

@@Nogli All right. I haven't watched South Park in several years. Not for a lack of interest in the show. I just never actively followed it, and thus over time grew further and further from it. I think the newest episode I've seen was one where they go to a water park, and Cartman's complaining about all the minorities, but even that was just on a random whim when a friend and I were browsing for something to watch.

[@Medachod]

It is the only Nintendo 64 game to have a gameplay sequence in sixty frames that doesn't have any notable graphical sacrifices at all. Even the cut-scenes are in sixty frames. This game is also the only game where it pulls a vice versa with gameplay and cut-scenes in the frame rate department. Quite funny. Also, you're wrong about that translation. It was actually very accurate. It just looks inaccurate because the game has tons of inside jokes that only a Japanese would understand. And that is not a bad thing at all, given it means the translation is faithful. And in most Japanese games that are localized, that is a very good thing to have. Honestly, it is. You appreciate it.

[@gurvmlk]

Especially considering most games would just change Japanese jokes and references to something that would make more sense to outside audiences, rather than be concerned with staying faithful.

[@hickey1292]

Yeah, that's unfortunately the choice that is made by the translator when they do their work. They either keep it as faithful as possible and have loads of puns that only work in Japanese, or change them to English jokes. The only real way around it is to learn Japanese.

[@jcplays5831]

This entire game would be an amazing anime

[@yellowgamers5996]

if i had a time machine i can experience the golden days of my childhood in the 90s

[@adamdam]

Really took me back this tune to when i borrowed this off a mate yonks ago...always wanted this game for myself ughhh.

[@SerLinkolas]

xD Sometimes I just turned this game on to listen to the music. Especially in the morning when I woke up and had to get ready for school :)

[@dr2boomer]

I still have this game, heck I just played it 3 hour ago. Mystical Ninja starring Goemon my favorite game, hands down!

[@jigimon6674]

I remember laughing my ass of when I crawled on the groud with the blue dude. He looked like he humped the air.

[@Divinis1399]

i haven't played in years and still remeber this and every thing else

[@MrBda241]

I will not stop until I find a Copy of this game so I can play it again and again and again

[@DragnSly]

Nintendo 3DS remake, anyone?

[@BaisatsuMusic]

I remember watching my older brother playing this back in the late 90s

[@TheSeedCraft]

As a kid, I thought it was great replaying it every time. Imagine that nowadays. Rage everywhere.

[@Individuo80]

Somebody should make an anime-intro parody version, with Japanese credits, TV Tokyo logo at the end, sponsor card and such.

[@DonkeykongSw2]

The singer voice is fitter with Fuji TV eye logo.

[@tenkenroo]

Man this game takes me back I remember renting it from blockbuster for a weekend it was so much fun and weird.

[@shawncarlson2508]

I used to look forward to the end of a school day just so I could play this

[@ArmageddonV2]

Holy shit I never realised Hironobu Kageyama did this song. HE IS IN EVERYTHING.

[@boptillyouflop]

Why is this so beautiful! It's just a midi with probably ADPCM vocals, yet it's so effective...

[@pandachanzena]

Thanks for sharing Matt! 😎👍

[@sarge2402]

Omg, this game was one of my childhood games and today I still love it

[@liamMCR]

wow this brings back great memories, only sold 200,000 worldwide apparently, still a brilliant game

[@BCHolbrook]

I miss this game so fucking much, holy shit. 😫

[@monkeyman123321]

I used to just listen to this and then play the save data before the impact fights!!! I havn't heard this in like SOOOOOOOOO long and I can still sing it XD

[@FalconMan1960]

Am I the only one that would LOVE to see this re-done on the 3DS? :o)

[@SRPC21]

I used to turn this on sometimes just to sing to the intro!

[@dr2boomer]

my absolute favorite game! Its been about ten years since I bought it and I'm still playing it! XD

[@Crayolapup]

Can't wait for this to come in the mail.

[@SRPC21]

I used to sing to this song all the time! The best N64 game ever!

[@windfisch]

i had some fun playing it and i liked this song a lot

[@roberthodges5360]

Tell ya one thing being a kid and doing that robot boss fight was so awesome

[@DCT7]

This game is flipping awesome it also brings back so much memories of my best bro

[@ZieteEter]

Cuantos recuerdos me produce esta canción....

[@GoeSesentaeuros]

¡Y a mí! Es uno de los mejores juegos de la historia. Marcó mucho mi vida y gracias a él he conocido mucho sobre Japón

[@therockcims4166]

Así es :^)

[@venomtang]

Hahahahah

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Goemon for smash 4 dlc

[@richardadamson1438]

Someone should vote him in. Also, mabie a massive long shot, but Yugi Moto SSB4

[@cornkopp2985]

Well you got him as a mii costume in ultimate

[@anomaly395]

Well, he's not a fighter, but he's in Smash now

[@whosaidthat84]

most underrated game ever made!!! rented it when i was 14 and beat it in two days (long before you could rent games for a week.)

[@mrceresa1]

I'm 17 and I played this game when I was probably 4 years old living in the Bronx. the only thing I remembered about it was some old man chasing me down the street lol some shit like that

[@Thereis1]

random memory brought me here good times

[@pauloba55]

man so many memories brought back. it was my favourite game and the people that have played always say it was so kick ass. however i just can't believe that hardly any of my friends have ever heard of it (apart from 2).

[@gcbsstrangelife6246]

Astonish the world! Goemon impact!

[@HollySatCarenCony101]

i used to play this game everyday,god i feel old now.

[@zeldera]

I was in love with this game as a kid

[@lowcorrelation]

They dont make em like this anymore! This game was great and so was its soundtrack!

[@wolfboy1010]

ROFL man i forgot how cheesy and awesome that intro was! Aaaaw I loved my childhood, goooooing noooow!

[@luissk84life1]

i remember my dad gave me this on christmas i loved the game

[@TheCodedtestament]

This is a very underrated game,The soundtrack is just amazing, one of the best on the N64. Minor problems such as camera angles and bad frame rate can be annoying sometimes, but they sure don't take away from the great experience that this game delivers.

[@Lazypackmule]

I remember not having that damn memory card thingy, and having to beat it all in one sitting.

[@lightninstriker10]

the only video game i know of to have an original anime-style opening. i love it.

[@Gambit2483]

Now this is what I call a theme song!

[@fucdisdeath]

i havent played this in so many years..... i want this game again.... :) i feel liek crying because this brings back so many good memories for me! :D

[@kalvarr]

oh dear god, i lost my copy of the game and forgot what it was called like 5 years ago, now i can find a way to play it!

[@Ashlom13]

OMFG I love this game! I remember when my memory card broke and I had to start the game again.

[@dasstu]

I swear this game was legally insane, and lovingly crafted by mighty Nyarlhotep to spread his blessed cursegift on the world... and I love it for that.