Welcome back to Forgotten Gems, my column about games that have faded but shouldn’t be forgotten. Last time, I took at a look at the unexpected return of one of Square’s most unique 16-bit RPGs, Live ...

Save Japan from a group of stage performers by throwing coins and hitting robots with your trusty kiseru pipe. What do you get if you take a generous helping of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, mix ...

Out back of the Hardcore Gamer office you’ll find our Graveyard, where countless long-dead classics lie. We come here to pay our respects, to reminisce, and to wonder aloud what a passing mad doctor ...

Though well-known in Japan, Konami's Goemon franchise has never broken out of its niche status in the West. Originally introduced to US and European players as Kid Yin in Legend of the Mystical Ninja ...

It has been a while since we heard from Konami's Goemon series. In fact, the last proper game he starred in dates back to 2005 during the Nintendo DS generation. Since then, the mystical ninja has ...

Konami’s Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon was released on the Japanese Nintendo eShop in February as a Virtual Console title for the Nintendo 3DS. Sometime in the near future, it’s headed to Australia, ...

Mystical Ninja is a fun loving game for all ages, getting bored from this is actually quite hard. The graphics a fantastic for a N64 game. The Gameplay consists of four ninjas (and ones a robot) that ...