The Mystical Web Site of Goemon Presents The Walkthrough for Ganbare Goemon : Tengu-tó no Gyakushú! (Game Boy Color - Version 3.0) Brought to you by Gerimon Impact Of The Mystical Team of Goemon -Contents- 1. Disclaimer / Legal Issues 2. Introduction 3. Characters 4. Menu / Battle Screen Explanation / Stores 5. The Main Walkthrough 6. Special Thanks 1. Disclaimer / Legal Issues This disclaimer follows all of the disclaimer rules of The Mystical Web Site of Goemon. This walkthrough is free use for all. However, it may not be used or posted by another site without the consent of Gerimon Impact, and it must not be sold or use for profit/barter in anyway (unless approved by Gerimon Impact). DO NOT CLAIM THIS WALKTHROUGH AS YOUR OWN. Gerimon Impact can be contacted at missimpact@harris1.eurobell.co.uk . 2. Introduction This is Ganbare Goemon for the Color Game Boy, the first GREAT Goemon for GB. This is basically a heavily RPG based game. Final Fantasy, Zelda and Pokemon players will get the hang of it quickly. In a Zelda-esque fashion there are two worlds... Mystical World (where the great Goemon-4 live) and the real world (Where Hajime comes from). You may change worlds via the enchanted tree. 3. Characters *HAJIME - You start with him; he wears a yellow jersey and a blue cap. He uses a pair of Yo-Yos to fight the enemies. Hajime is the all-rounder, try to keep him at the head or middle of the group.He learns these spells: TORNADO ESCAPE (Outside of battle only; to escape a dungeon or boss area) -In battle, this second option is REFLECT; makes a shield around one character; any attack on him will reflect back to the enemy.) HEAL (One member, outside of battle only) *EBISUMARU - Fat blue guy. Ebisumaru gets the most HP out of all the characters and can take the most damage, so keep him in the middle of the party. TRIPLE ATTACK TEAM HEAL TRICK *SASUKE - Green robot with a ponytail. Sasuke has the least HP but has a huge amount of NP and is good with Magic, so keep him in the reserve slots until you really need him; never put him at the head of the battle group. His defense rating is just AWFUL! AUTUMN BREEZE HEAL (One team member) SASUKE-DESTRUCT *YAE - Green-haired girl in the pink ninja suit. Yae has the most MP but terrible attack power, keep her in reserve and only use her in battle if you are up against a really hard opponent. SNOWMAN ATTACK RESTORE BLIZZARD *GOEMON - Blue-haired guy in the red outfit. When you have Goemon, keep him at the head of the group, although his defense will be slightly weaker. This puts his attacking power up to maximum! DEFENCE UP FIRE ATTACK SPEED UP (?) *OMITSU - She is the girl with the red kimono a brown hair. Omitsu is Goemon's beloved girlfriend that pops up occasionally to help you. *GOEMON IMPACT - Giant robot in a red and blue outfit that looks like Goemon. Impact can be summoned for a special attack which does a lot of damage to the entire enemy group. 4. Menu / Battle Screen Explanation / Stores *MENU When outsde of battle, pressing start you will call up a menu. This is what functions the menu can do. -Map There are two maps in the game, one for modern Japan and one for mystical Japan. When you are in mystical Japan, you may only use the map outside of the dungeons/boss areas. When you are in modern Japan, you may use it wherever you want to. The map allows you to go back to important places you have already visited, as these places will be recorded on the map when you have been there. -Items This allows you to use Healing Items or any other items or inventory you have purchased from any general store, also lets you view what each Item can do. Selecting this take you to a second option area which allows you to: =Use Item =Throw Away =Exit -Use Magic Allows you to use out of battle spells only, like Hajime's Escape or Yae's Restore. -Alter Character's Weapons This option allows you to equip weapons and armor to you characters; remember that certain characters may only use certain weapons. An arrow pointing up and a number indicates an improvement in the weapon/armor, vice-versa for a downward pointing arrow. Selecting this option allows you to: =Upgrade Weapon =Upgrade Armor =Exit -View Character Statistics Lets you view your character's status, HP, NP, attributes, power gauge, and how far they are from leveling up. -Switch Character Positions Sort out the battle formation. Whoever is at the lead of the formation is the character you control out-of-battle. -Save Lets you save your game wherever you are. -Exit Menu Closes the Menu Screen and puts you back in control of your character. *BATTLE SCREEN EXPLANATION You can be attacked outside of towns in Mystical World. You can never be attacked in the real world. When the battle starts, the two parties of characters are shown on screen. Your group appears on the left of the screen, and the enemy group appears on the right of the screen. The battle menus will be displayed on the left and the bottom right hand corner of the screen. The menu in the bottom right says: -Take Action This takes you into a larger menu of attack options. -Run Away Your characters will attempt to flee from battle. This doesn't work in boss fights. Sometimes you will fail to retreat and be forced to fight. -Change Characters You can use this to bring stronger characters to the front, and put badly injured allies in reserve. If you select the "Take Action", you will get a list on the left. Here is what the menu says (in order). -Attack When you select this you will be asked which foe you want to attack. Move the cursor over the enemy you want to attack and press the A button. -Magic Select one of your current character's three spells, then move the cursor over who you want it to affect. -Special Tactics (involves special bar) The special tactics that you can do is dependant on the position of each character; selecting this option allows you to do a... =Power Move (First option for lead character) This can only be used if one of your three in-battle character's special bar is at maximum. You can tell if a character's special bar is at max when the fist icon next their HP and NP is highlighted in black. If there is a skull in black next to their stats, it means you cannot use that character for a power move because they are poisoned. This bar fill up a little everytime you attack. You usually have two Power Moves per character. =Team Attack (if two of your characters special bars' are at max) Can only be utilized by character in the top-left. For example, if Sasuke and Yae are your back characters (on the left side of the screen), and Sasuke is the character on the top-left, then he will have the option of using special tactics. Yae (in this example, the bottom-left character) will not be able to use ANY Special Tactics; she will only be able to Attack, Use Magic, Use Item, or Don't Attack. Team Attack allows you to: >Have the back two characters (on the left) to spring forward for a double attack on ONE enemy. >Have the back two characters to spring forward for a double attack on ALL enemies. >Heal all characters. =G-Hammer (if three of your characters special bars' are at max) Only the lead character can do this! (The second option) This is the most powerful move your team has. When used, the battle will pause and go into a short cinema. Goemon Impact will run through a town, leap into the air and then come plummeting down. The cinema will end and the damage by Impact crushing the enemy party under his pipe will be dealt. -Items This lets you use in-battle items like healing or special magic powers. If you can't tell which item does what, just try them out after you buy them, then remember what each one does. If it has an "HP" in the name, it restores power. If it has an "NP" in the name, it restores magic. You'll need items that take away poison also. -Don't Attack The Character will not attack in this turn of battle. *STORES -General Store (usually has a dark brown banner) Used to buy food and items. You can sell items also (2nd option). This is important, because there is a limit to how much you can hold in your inventory. -Inn (usually has a green banner) Stay there for a night and your whole team will be instantly healed to full power. -Weapons Store Go here to but weapon upgrades and armor protection. You can sell items here also. -Real World Stores (Toy Store, etc.) Buy items from here to upgrade everyone's weapons. Different items upgrade different people. Other stores are variations of Mystical World stores. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Walkthrough CONTENTS 1.1: Beginning Your Adventure! 1.2: Meet Ebisumaru, Sasuke and Yae! 1.3: In Edo town 1.4: Scaling the Troll's Mountain 1.5: The Mystical Ninja 1.6: Troll Ninja Castle 1.7: Troll Tank Boss 2.1: West of Edo town 2.2: Down on the Lake 2.3: Port Town 2.4: Tengu Galleon 2.5: Clawed Robot Goemon Clone Boss 3.1: Life on the Rocks 3.2: Island Village 3.3: The Deadly Cave 3.4: The Mystery of the Missing Goemon 3.5: Return to the Real World 3.6: Rescuing Goemon 3.7: Dragon Mountain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1: Beginning Your Adventure! First you will start at Hajime's House. Listen to the old guy and then leave the house at the bottom. Head right past the old men and keep going across. When you see the bridge, go up and cross the bridge. When on the other side, go right Keep following the path to the big Mystical Tree. Listen to Hajime's mini- conversation, then go inside the tree, and just go forward. 1.2: Meet Ebisumaru, Sasuke and Yae! When you come out the other side of the tree, follow the path. When you arrive on the next screen, a ladybug enemy will pop up out of the blue and start menacing you, Ebisumaru will arrive and stick up for you, and you will end up in a fight. Defeat the three bugs, then listen to Ebisumaru. After the conversation, Ebisumaru will join you! Now with two characters in your team, you will have to get used to being attacked frequently as you try to get to Edo Town. Keep following the path, and soon you should be found by Sasuke and Yae. After you've talked to them, they will join your team. Defeat any enemies that attack and keep following the path until you arrive in Edo. 1.3: In Edo Town Now that you're in town you're safe from being attacked by enemies. Go to the Inn and you can get your health restored for 20 coins. Head off to the left of town, and look for the house with Omitsu in it. Listen to what she has to say, then head to the north of the town. Talk to the man and he will move out of your way. 1.4: Scaling the Troll's Mountain! Nasty tigers, baboons and raccoons inhabit these parts and they're quite tough to kill, fight a few to gain experience points and money, and when your health is low, go back to town and recharge, then come back. Work your way up the pathways. You'll know if you are heading the right way if you arrive at an inn on the mountainside where you can recharge your health. Work your way along the path fighting monsters to gain experience points and you'll make it to the top. 1.5: The Mystical Ninja As soon as you arrive on the top, Hajime will then notice someone at the entrance to the enemy castle, and he'll go over and discover that it's GOEMON! Hajime will try to talk to Goemon, but Goemon will attack Hajime with a magic attack, when Hajime gets blown away, Yae will come and tell Goemon off for attacking Hajime. Goemon will explain himself and say sorry (he attacked Hajime because he thought Hajime was an enemy). Goemon gets a bit annoyed because the rest of the gang is here, because he was here to face the enemy alone. He will join you, now you have all five characters! Plus, if you go back to the left and pay one coin to the shrine at the top of the screen, you'll get full HP and/or NP! 1.6: Troll Ninja Castle Now that you're in the castle, keep going upscreen, fighting your way past the Trolls, and Troll Ninjas. Before you attempt to fight the boss in the last room, try to be at Lv 5 experience with all the gang, seeing as the first boss can be annoying if you're not prepared. 1.7: TROLL TANK BOSS When you enter the final room, the two main villains will spring out and menace you with threats before sending the tank out to kill you. For this battle, put Goemon at the head of the team, and Ebisumaru and Hajime behind him, with Sasuke and Yae in reserve. The Tank only has one attack, which does alot of damage if it hits, so have Hajime and Ebisumaru cast magic at the tank, and Goemon attacking with his pipe. If you get desperate, use G-hammer to make Goemon- Impact attack the tank. Although G-hammer may not completely kill the Tank, it'll take off alot of its health. Once you've defeated the Tank, watch the baddies escape. Then go right into the next room. Check all of the objects, and the gang should then start talking about something. When the conversation is over, head back down to Edo Town. Now you should go back to the real world. Go back to the area where you house is located, but take the first upward path right before you get there. Talk to the 2 guys there, and something will happen. You can go back to Omitsu's house in Mystical World now, but first, you should head to the city area south of your house and buy some items from the toy store. 2.1: West of Edo Town Find Omitsu's house again, and find the path that heads off to the left underneath it. If you go along the path, you'll be on the western outskirts of the town. Talk to everyone and then find the exit to go down onto the lakeside. 2.2: Down on the Lake Now that you are out of town, head east along the paths, but BE WARNED... much harder enemies like chickens, rams, and plucked chickens will attack you here, and these enemies are capable of poisoning your party of heroes. Keep heading across, and watch out for the padogas, then go inside to find a chest with goodies in. Also be on the lookout for shrines around the place. Eventually you should find yourself in Port Town. 2.3: Port Town Life on the coast isn't what it used to be, so find the market if you want to and stock up on energy refilling items, to restore NP's and HP's. You can't go ahead of this town until you've freed the Galleon from the Tengu. Defeat them, and an old seaman will guard the exit onto the sea path, and won't let you through. Look around and find the boat. 2.4: Tengu Galleon This small ship has been overrun by The Tengu (crow goblins) Make your way downscreen, fight or flee if you are attack by the Tengu, and when you get to the bottom of the ship, the two villains will appear again and send out a boss. 2.5: CLAWED ROBOT GOEMON CLONE BOSS An absolute insult to Goemon's image, even Impact is more Goemon-like than this tentacled monstrosity! Use the same tactics as you did for the Troll Tank, but this time have Goemon cast his fire magic at the boss too. Make sure you saved before this fight, as this can be annoying. The Goemon robot can cause ALOT of damage if you aren't at the correct level of experience for fighting him. Keep hammering him with magic and heal when needed. Once you've killed this poor excuse for a clone, the villains will escape again. Leave the boat and head back to the seaman. He will now let you proceed out of town! Hooray! 3.1: Life on the Rocks This bit can very extremely annoying, because it's like a maze of rocky paths across the ocean, with VERY DIFFICULT enemies prowling around the place. You'll have to keep going around until you find the Island Town. On the upside, there are quite a few chests to be found, so be ready to find goodies. The enemies here consist of Otters, Bovine Warriors, Snakes and Singing Seahorses, most of which are quite hard to kill. Keep following the paths to find the town. 3.2: Island Village Here you will find many shops, but it's VERY expensive to heal here, so I suggest you use the magic map to go back to Edo, and then use the map to come back here. Work your way up town, and when you come to the two exits, head to the one on the left and then head up. 3.3: The Deadly Cave This cave is filed with VERY hard monsters and animals, so be VERY careful, and head upwards and find the path off into another cavern. Then...disaster will strike.... 3.4: The Mystery of the Missing Goemon Goemon will tell the gang to wait and he will go off, and get trapped on the other side off a rockfall!!! You will lose Goemon for this point. When the conversation ends, exit the cave, then Yae will tell you that the rest of the team will wait here. You will now only have Hajime to play as. Use the magic map to warp back to the Mystical Tree and go back into the real world. 3.5: Return to the Real World Go back to where your house is, and you will now find that the woman that was blocking the entrance to town has vanished, so go down to go into the city. Walk around speaking to EVERYONE YOU CAN. Also where you come back from the Mystical Tree, you'll notice there was a pathway blocked off earlier, near an old man, you now have access here too. Go up this blocked path and you'll notice a reporter. Talk to him, and then go to the city and find the museum, and talk to the attendant. If this doesn't work keep talking to everyone. If you've got it right, an old man will be on the path, blocking the way to the Mystical Tree, so talk to the old man. He should move out of the way and you can return to the Mystical World. 3.6: Rescuing Goemon Warp back to the Island Village, and find Yae, speak to her, and everyone should re-join the party in a quest to find Goemon. Head back down into the village, speak the man in green blocking a path and he should move out of the way. Now head up onto the mountain. 3.7: The Museum Keys Head way back to Hajime's world, and go to the museum (the southwest most building on the map and in the city). Search the glass cases (face them and push the A button). If you search each cases you should come out with 3 keys in your item inventory (they all end with }"). You need only two of these to open a metal plate and a green door, but which one? If you pick the wrong one, you'll automatically fight 3 monsters (don't worry, they're not that hard). But before you think about that, head back to the mountain that the man in green was blocking. 3.8: Dragon Mountain If all your characters are above level 17, you should have no real problems with this final stage. Here, you'll face 2 major mazes. The first maze, you will make your way up the mountain until you reach a metal plate. Time to pick one of the 3 keys to use (face the plate, then go to your item inventory to use a key). Use the wrong key, and you'll have to fight 3 wind-up monsters each time you pick the wrong key. Pick the right key, and you'll continue on to a cave maze. Once you make your way out, you'll come to a big room with big green water pools in it. In the southwest corner of the room is a green door in which you'll have to use another key (don't use the same one you used for the plate, or you'll have to fight 3 more enemies)! Once you make it through, follow the path to fight a blue dragon. It will take awhile, but eventually, you'll defeat him. Use the statue on the right to fill up your NP, then continue on the the left exit. Follow the path to fight the game's final two bosses. Once again, it will take awhile, but you'll defeat them (use all magic and the G-Hammer whenever possible)! After all the talking is over, head back to the cave, and you'll be transported back to town. Go back to the Mystical Tree, and you'll say goodbye to Goemon and co. Then head through the tree, and talk to the old man here in the real world to see the ending! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6: Special Thanks *The Mystic Ninja For letting me work with the site and also for telling us to get our butts in gear when things were getting lazy; also for having a lot of patience. *Super Saiyan Goemon For Being very supportive and being a good friend throughout my writing of these walkthroughs. *Miles DeVinny (EBISU411) For being a cool bloke, and also his brother Kenneth DeVinny (SASUKETEA) for supporting me! [Special Thanks to Miles for figuring out how to end this game; he provided all the info about the 3 keys and Dragon Mountain!] *Nathaniel Guy For doing translation stuff for the team and generally being a cool guy. *Jay_Drive For helping me put my website together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF THE MYSTICAL WEB SITE OF GOEMON. AUTHORED BY GERIMON IMPACT ( missimpact@harris1.eurobell.co.uk ) EDITED BY THE MYSTIC NINJA ( the_mystic_ninja@goemon.8m.com )