Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is a video game for the Nintendo 64, released in 1999. The game is based on the Goemon series and despite the series' relative popularity in the west for the system, the game was…

25 December 1999

What Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is a card & board game game developed by Konami and released in 1999. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is a video game for the Nintendo 64, released in 1999. The game is based on the Goemon series and despite the series' relative popularity in the west for the system, the game was released only in Japan. The game is based on the Japanese board game Sugoroku, populated with Konami's array of Ganbare Goemon characters. Up to four players control two dice, and take them in turns to control Goemon, Ebisumaru, Sasuke, or Yae over pre-rendered boards that resemble previous locations in the Ganbare Goemon series.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Mystical Ninja series

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku is the 22nd of 37 entries we hold in the Mystical Ninja series. The next entry was Ganbare Goemon: Seikuushi Dynamites Arawaru!! in 2000.

See all 37 Mystical Ninja games in release order →

What it launched against

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku launched on 25 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.

Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku — frequently asked questions