Mystical Ninja 64 - I Am Impact

One of the best, not to mention underrated games for the N64. A real gem and real shame no new games from the series are being made. The game finally runs at full speed and without audio issues on the latest PJ64 beta.
Played on PJ64 2.1.0.1b

[@chadschmaltz9790]

Who remembers the pain of playing this game but not owning a memory card pak? I played through the 1st dungeon and this 1st Impact battle so many times as a kid because I couldn't save my game.

[@JM-lw1dr]

Preach

[@rocketboy25]

Yup. Also playing goemons great adventure. One time I got to the third area after hours and I just stopped. A huge pain but the game is always worth coming back to

[@saltbaesanji860]

me omg me, the furthest I ever made it was when my older cousin came over. we got to the part where you get goemons super sayan hair and I paused to go eat. I turned the tv off to conserve energy but after feasting on pizza cause my cousin was over, I forgot about the game being on idle. When it was time to return, I went to tunt on the N64 just to turn it off lmao. I recently beat it as an adult though so I saw the ending 💪

[@ddsjgvk]

I feel that

[@lunit00n68]

Lmao oh man exactly we would have to leave it running sometimes while we slept

[@builtforsins]

This song came out of nowhere and I loved it.

[@lunit00n68]

Lol this games was freaking awesome

[@Lexyvil]

Playing this game as a kid made my childhood complete.

[@mecheorr1orr831]

For real bro mines too

[@PR-BEASTJAM91]

I must have beat this game a thousand times as a kid

[@Nintendoggy]

Playing this as a kid I didn't question it. Seeing this as an adult, I'm wondering why there is a huge robot in feudal Japan.

[@M89020]

Amen

[@Raooka]

@@Nintendoggy that's the only thing out of place?

[@karnovrpg]

This theme song is why I absolutely adore this game to this very day. I'm shocked to hear of Mizuki Ichiro's passing.

[@TheBelovedDesirableIsland]

🩵✌️🏝️🛸💜

[@RichardDiSmoke]

Man even 26 years later, this song sparks the same joy I felt as a kid. DASH DASH DAAAASH

[@thadiusbc295]

SAME! Greatest n64 game from my childhood for sure

[@GrayveRoseMusic]

Yeah still hits hard with both the comedy and the music, feels the same as when I was 9

[@Tzen03]

Goemon: First Oedo Castle, now Wise Man's House... how senseless can you be?! Also Goemon: Roller-skates in a giant robot, crushing countless villages. As a kid this was my first taste of properly crazy Japanese culture, and I loved it.

[@JohnFreedman0]

That and Impact always had to take off back to the USA. Always filming those American action movies.

[@SideSpin11]

As a kid I remember being so confused during this whole part yet so happy 😆

[@DanielMatotek]

Man playing this game as a kid, I really had no idea what was even going on. Good stuff!

[@emkii1640]

me neither, but we still played through the full game xD

[@thelouishardy]

I love how Goemon is distraught about the old mans house burning down then proceeds to destroy several small villages 😅

[@ARUCARDFTEPES]

One of the top 5 memorable moments in my gaming history was seeing this scene for the first time, now over 20 years later I have never forgotten this song or how absurdly awesome it was. I came looking for it because "Head Cha La" from Kakarot always makes me think of this moment, just had to hear it again.

[@kevincarreno8471]

Same Singer

[@kreskinkun]

@@kevincarreno8471 This one is Ichiro Mizuki, Head Cha La is Hironobu Kageyama. Though they've collaborated in the past on these kinds of songs.

[@ben-tendo]

This game was amazing for its time, it 100% deserves a modern reboot. Impact was basically a Divine Beast in Breath of the Wild 😂

[@coldorange5]

So glad I played this as a kid. Born in the right generation

[@user-qp7gm9do6w]

I loved the 90's

[@luxthedopestar9073]

puuuulaaaazuuuumaaaa!

[@vaylonkenadell]

*laughter, applause*

[@Magnamaster]

How is thefe nkt a scene for that

[@musashiblade1512]

I loved how the song kept playing even during gameplay. Badass game.

[@GCJACK83]

Ichiro Mizuki did the vocals for Impact's theme. He's also got a long and storied career with a load of mecha anime series' themes under his belt. Worth looking his stuff up, especially "Ima ga sono toki da" from Shin Getter Robo. If you like his music, I'd also sggest Jam Project and Maasaki Endoh.

[@Spazticspaz]

Yeah He also done a ton of covers of other songs from other anime not mecha related. Like Ashita no Joe 2 - Glory of Pain (Ichirou Mizuki ver.)

[@BlitzkriegOmega]

There’s a reason most of Jam Project refer to him as “Big Brother”

[@ZombifiedDuder]

The Impact theme also seems like it's a direct parody of the Great Mazinger theme, which Mizuki also did the vocals for.

[@cjflash4002]

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP IVE LISTENED TO THIS 7 TIMES NOW AND ITS FREAKING 2021 WHY IS IT SO FREAKING CATCHY

[@Drawxne]

0:03 Nice job, Sasuke.

[@AkaiAzul]

Does this make sense? No. Do you still love it? Hell yeah!

[@msanchez1680d]

This game needs to come back, this is my childhood, the best of N64

[@gamermasta525]

Emulation

[@msanchez1680d]

@@gamermasta525 What if Nintendo brings Mystical Ninja to the expansion pack, I know it's ridiculous expensive but for Mystical Ninja I'll do an exception.

[@gamermasta525]

@@msanchez1680d But will they do the exception??

[@MDiarmeid]

This was the first goemon game i played and the whole sequence was so out of left field and i was so freaking confused but the whole thing is just so insane and FUN that you just roll with it, i loved this game so much

[@professorchaos5058]

The giant robot is on roller skates so yah roll with it

[@Krawurxus]

I first played this when I was 111 or 12, way before I could speak English well enough to even remotely follow what was happening in the game. You have no idea how confused this part left me, I just knew that somehow it was supremely awesome.

[@Jotari]

To be fair it doesn't make a massive amount of sense in English either.

[@AyaneOfDeath]

111 years Quite an age

[@thebaron3211]

this was exactly me at the same age, also remembered that i didn't have the save pack when i bought it so i played almost through half of the game without turning the game of before i got one :P

[@vincenttripoli4541]

Has anyone else sung this song their whole entire lives and wondered why no one else knew the greatness you mentioned. Fools.

[@tehxenon1703]

My siblings and me grew up with this song! As soon as someone said "Dash Dash Dash" we were in a mood! Goemon wouldn't be forgotten!

[@josecatez3764]

I was stuck on this part for so long when i was a kid. When i finally won i ran through the house losing my shit

[@rogelioVela1985]

2:35 and its gone! lol "it would be a shame if something bad happen to those tiny houses." -Impact

[@AbsoluteMAL]

This game was my childhood. I have it on n64

[@mecagoenbb]

Im glad they never dubbed this songs.....that would've been missing out for real. Singing along making shit up was the best!

[@TheAlexH]

Amongst the finest few minutes in gaming history, from the second best platform game on the N64!

[@JeremyGalloway]

I feel like my childhood was squandered because I never knew this game

[@ToastyDanzig]

aw u didnt make his head move around!! that part always cracked me and my bros uuuup!!!

[@nintendo1889x]

I didn't even know you could do that O.O

[@LaserfaceJones]

Yeah, if you wiggle the joystick at the end of the cinematic before you take over, you can spin his head and it's hilarious

[@Jotari]

Isn't it the C buttons?

[@tubeviewerX20]

I never understood the part after the initial cutscene, when you get to destroy all those poor villages and trees! A strange way to rack up points...

[@skullsmitten]

Goemon: first oedo castle... now wise man's house?! how senseless can you be?! you... WEIRDO! also Goemon: *steamrolls a bunch of villages for points in a minigame*

[@ZechsMerquise73]

I always thought you were supposed to avoid the houses.

[@niuderdrastico]

It's because "Impact" is like God from the old testament.

[@Jotari]

Bizzarely, I have never once questioned the logic of it until now. You have opened my eyes, which normally leads to clarity, but in this case it leads to utter confusement.

[@TiroDvD]

Goemon has lots of humor in its series. Since it's first appearance Impact is a joke on how Sentai/Power Rangers mecha, doing more collateral damage than actually getting the bad guys.

[@rovalin6300]

1:14 skippin straight to the good stuff, baybeee!

[@uss_04]

01:53 Thats pretty complex machinery for whats looks just like a flesh colored sphere.

[@wulfherecyning1282]

The way it is spinning makes it look like a gyro of some sort to me, in which case it would help with balance and movement so the giant robot doesn't fall over easily.

[@DarkMario2]

That's what powers the Hyakuretsu Panchi!

[@dragonspadeex]

You know it always surprise me how this game never got a digital remastering. Seriously Nintendo would make it's money back in spades

[@JackTR21]

Blame Konami

[@FF8Irvine_Fan]

#FuckKonami For never bringing this series back.

[@jorgeredfox105]

oh my god i just love this game i had to play this again just to hear the song

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

This game was an absolute fever dream and I mean that in the best way possible.

[@williamkremer5683]

One of my favorite videos Games as a kid now I'm 27 year old and still love this game.

[@francescorussano926]

I come from Germany. Had the game as a child and couldn't speak English. This game was only available in English and Japanese. Still don't know how I played through this game when I was 9 years old.

[@kylebrennan6028]

Goemon is now a costume in super smash brothers !!!

[@Jtomlin56]

Soon he will be a fighter.. hopefully and his smash Ult should be Impact

[@brandonespinoza9279]

Whenever I think of a Japanese Anime Montage Sequence, "I am Impact" comes to mind for years to come!

[@HazielBlack]

really funny how goemon hiroshima'd like 12 villages on its way to the boss battle.

[@megaXcrono]

I remember this being the first instance on any mystical ninja game i played and staring in joyful wonder watching a giant Mech form with full theme song in a video game out of no where.

[@Kougeru]

RIP Aniki

[@nintendoplaystation5]

They should put both this game and Goemon's Great Adventure on one game card on Nintendo Switch. That or let this be one of the games that gets put into the list of games included when N64 gets to Nintendo Switch Online whenever that will be.

[@Notoriouszero]

This always was & always will be my childhood bop. When I first heard it I legit got fired up to kick some ass.

[@bon7029]

Goemon: Not only Oedo Castle but Wise Man's House too? How senseless can you be? Also Goemon: Lol crashing through people's homes with a giant robot.

[@ItsLukeApparently]

It's probably the enemies' bases..? 😅

[@bon7029]

@@ItsLukeApparently A guard later mentions a robot plowing through people's homes and asks you if you know anything about it.

[@ItsLukeApparently]

@@bon7029 Oh yeah, I forgot about that 😅

[@Lexyvil]

@@bon7029 I love the humour in this game xD I wish they made more Mystical Ninja games.

[@Haachamahusband]

I played this religiously and became obsessed with everything Japan at the age of four. I am 25 now and still remember everything by heart.

[@Ratbiker]

I remember playing this game with a friend 23 years ago. I actually searched and bought the game on eBay 5 years ago, just so I could relive those memories.

[@IkeSan]

When Konami cared about videogames

[@KnutFuchs]

A true master jumps ON the bridge, not over it, for a few extra points

[@alanm6o9]

When he sais breakdown I get chills everytime. Love this song!!

[@KaiserAfini]

You can finish this game in one day, but it is so funny, fun and colorful. I enjoyed it way more than Goemon's Great Adventure, which was more of a collect-a-ton. Wish they made a modern, well made iteration.

[@nintendo1889x]

They really should, last Goemon game was for the DS back in 2005 I think, so it'e been far too long.

[@KaiserAfini]

I believe Mr Iwata does not appreciate innovation.

[@nintendo1889x]

KaiserAfini I blame Konami, there hasn't been a game from this series in nearly 10 years. Iwata doesn't have anything to do with this :/

[@DragonishChaosArt]

I actually prefered Mystical Ninja 2 over Mystical Ninja 1 by a longshot...

[@zamu2]

I have no hope, but I want this to come out on the N64 for the Switch in NA.

[@frozenflame5858]

I dont think this game ever even hints that you have a giant robot or that the game is a musical before this, making this scene completely WTF in an already very strange game.

[@Linkopoop]

I only had the sequel as a kid, but I watched this part of the game a ton of times on a VHS with a bunch of N64 gameplay videos.

[@anthonyblanco4808]

I loved this part as a kid. Talk about childhood nostalgia

[@jonathanbradley4896]

I thought this was lame as a kid, now ive grown up i truly appreciate just how fucking awesome this song is.

[@thewalliest3956]

Remember when Konami actually cared? Good times.

[@awesomeking4647]

My favourite game of my childhood

[@hardcorpsvlogging]

This game was all over the place

[@Den_Dhimitrios]

I hope there´re only bad people in those houses.

[@withasilentg]

It was only very recently I put together my Goemon fandom and Mazinger. Lost a real one today :(

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

getting actual japanese back then was pretty rare

[@Cadaveroth]

This game is the bee's knees.

[@MooMooCow95]

I'm writing this play right now that has an on-stage transformation sequence. Someone asked me, "Oh, like Sailor Moon?" And I replied, "No, like Impact from Mystical Ninja N64." And so here we are now.

[@fraztek-vg2237]

Parte de mi infancia. :'v

[@onewithsource9742]

Completed this game back in the day. Man the 64 was the very best console IMO. The peak of when gaming was still fun yet advanced - before it transitioned into hyper real. Games are to help you escape reality NOT relive reality again!!! 😂 Long live Nintendo - the happy gang 🌞

[@alanm6o9]

That's facts homie I respect your opinion and agree whole heartedly

[@ThisismineIguess]

Rented it one day, didn't have a memory pak... Bought it, didn't have enough space on my memory pak... But damn was it worth the effort in the end.

[@ILLRICARDO]

This reminded me of old school giant robots cartoons like grandizer, star vengers and gai king.

[@stephenmahilum285]

If there was no room for a giant robot competition like power rangers, voltron etc and they were like "Sorry we've covered all the giant robots from every series and video games" I would show them this video

[@bananaburger3194]

The Elvis of Japan

[@waloneo]

Juegazo!! 👍

[@EanCeja-se9dc]

They need to make a remake of this game

[@realmoftheouroboros8313]

The sad thing is Baron was innocent in al this. The Proffessor was bribed to join him im excange for some adult magazines (car magazines? nope it had othr kinds of bumbers) We later learn it was Sasuke the robot that dropped a bomb in the house...

[@ReanimatorVG]

Una auténtica pasada... Es alucinante los juegos que hacían antes, y no la mierda que hacen ahora.

[@nintendo1889x]

¡De acuerdo.

[@milenkorojas2630]

Deberían hacer el reboot de este juego para switch

[@johnrose1641]

1:28 for one of the greatest bangers in gaming.

[@slashermaster28]

Wait, I just suddenly realized something that should have been super obvious. During that final verse, he clearly describes himself as gorgeous, and in English no less, but it's translated as 'the best'. Now I'm wondering how accurate these subtitles really are.

[@nintendo1889x]

Japanese isn't easy to perfectly translate

[@freespace2dotcom]

English doesn't have a perfect analogy to bishonen. "Pretty boy" and "gorgeous" can be interpreted incorrectly. I think they captured the spirit of the song decently even if some parts are inaccurate. Also, don't forget when this was localized. A LOT of Japanese stuff was completely butchered in the 90's. This came out reasonably intact.The fact it was localized at all is a small miracle. Compare the SNES Goemon games translations to see a more edited script. (Kid Ying...?)

[@williammayberry5793]

To be fair it say "gorgeous" in english quite clearly and the other english words like break down, and break up in the second part not shown here, are taken as what they are. Making it just plain inconsistent when they change "gorgeous" to "the best"

[@Gravesyte]

The wheeze 0:53

[@switchunboxing]

I dont remember this being so hilarious haha

[@jonathanbradley4896]

Goemon: Is outraged at the injustice of the weirdo blowing up Wise Man's house *proceeds to destroy dozens of peoples homes, and possibly ending hundreds of lives*

[@ericamcrae1610]

They blew up one house! Fuck dis! i'mma destroy all of japan! -impact

[@AyaneOfDeath]

1:38 Doesnt make sense. Hes getting sucked in by impacts Tractor Beam and then falls Down. At the end Goemon sitting in the Cockpit in impacts Eyes. So why hes falling Down?

[@pochicco01]

I suppose he falls from the head😂

[@BladesBasement]

ore wa charming I am Impacto da-da-dash

[@danielvelaswuez7197]

Badass theme haha

[@gasilva2457]

its my childhood

[@LanceOmikron]

I love this game. I remember having such fun with it as a kid, and it's still pretty cool even nowadays. Funny thing is, quite a lot of stuff must have flown over my head as a kid. Back then, I had figured this was just an awesome adventure across Japan, playing as a cool party of fun ninja characters fighting to save the world. but only once I grew up was I able to look back on it and realize that this game is _made of insanity._ And with that realization, I loved this game once again. Perhaps more than before. ^_^ It's sad that the Ganbare Goemon series isn't getting much love nowadays. Even more sad that games of this style are actually quite rare in the series as it is, if my cursory research is correct. I suppose Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, (Originally Go For It, Goemon: Dance of the Neo Peach Mountain Shogunate) is just one of those magical, once-in-a-lifetime, lightning in a bottle sort of games. Though if they made another game with this sort of 3D Mario/Zelda hybrid gameplay, I would be on that in a heartbeat. ...Though Goemon *did* get a Mii costume in Smash Ultimate. I'll have to use that.

[@Eirikasacredstones]

Yeah, it's such a shame... idk why the creators dont realise they're on a goldmine, I mean, its konami ffs they're the greediest assholes right next to ea... actually, now that I think about it... maybe that's for the best they didnt make another... here's to hoping Nintendo buys the ip at some point and revitalizes the name.

[@kenshinzato3097]

2:23 if i remember right u can move the head by using the analogue stick either to left or to the right i thought it was pretty funny also another thing my favorite part is when he trip over was funny 🤣

[@juanosteicoechea729]

Mazin GOOOOO

[@dispositivo0065]

Ore wa Gorgeous!!!

[@ericamcrae1610]

one building is destroyed.... get your mech on roller skates destroy all of japan.... cause that's just how he rolls! this game is a fuggin treasure!

[@GattoriSancho]

The amount of times I made my dad rent this game from block buster 😂

[@sentaimaster100]

Goemon Impact! Suisan!

[@larrygrubbs8047]

this reminds me of sydney

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

_Dash!_ _Dash!_

[@winstoneduardovaldiviavere5409]

The best theme of Mistical ninja 1 music I AM IMPACT!!👍👍 1:40

[@vincentlane4166]

Did Goemon really call him a "wierdo" or was that changed in translation?

[@Jotari]

Probably Baka in Japanese.

[@JonVonD]

in Japanese, he calls him an "okama" which is a slang term that can be pejorative to gay men, but generally describes men that are effeminate to the point of basically being drag queens. Best and closest English translation for this would be "queer".

[@MrChrisalvarez2009]

IMPACT!!

[@rikublaze]

hope this come to the switch

[@peao6588]

1:38 ost

[@skitssungeki-crimson1704]

GOEMON IMPACTO!~

[@migovas1483]

The voices on the Japanese version made it so much better. Wonder why they cut them...

[@Cael_Dereck]

Especially funny when you know who actually bombed the house...