Ganbare Goemon Are there a portion of Japan-exclusive DS titles? Not really.

Ganbare Goemon

Are there a portion of Japan-exclusive DS titles? Not really. Other than a pair of mahjong games and slot-machine simulators, the best D title that we aren’t getting is the latest in Konami’s Goemon series. If you missed the sum of two units Nintendo 64 Goemon titles, here’s the basic idea: a stocky ninja dude goe onward wacky adventures across medieval Japan, bashing enemies Zelda appellation and exploring vast mazes. And what’s a ninja game without giant samurai robot you mastery with the DS touch pad during bos battles?

Sound exquisite It’s a shame Ganbare Goemon ain’t coming here. Well, you should be able to play Japanese D games forward a U.S. system, so it should be safe to import this trippy, bouncy quest

The Story of Hero Yoshitsune

Hero who? As anyone who’s had the misfortune to take history class at a Japanese high denomination knows, Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a 12th-century general and single of the chief characters in the Tale of the Heike. This game version of his exploits direct the eyes suspiciously like Dynasty Warriors from the sieves but it’s more strategy than arcade action—as Yoshitsune, you scamper around the battlefield and issue commands in a series of encounters

Why would gamers care about this? The Japanese audience can’t learn enough of “historical fiction” gaming—while Koei’s Warriors games are sleeper hits athwart here, they routinely sell through the whole extent of a million copies each in Japan.

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