{"id":746377,"date":"2026-02-06T14:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/746377\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:08:16","slug":"konami-and-m2-announce-new-goemon-switch-collection-here-are-the-13-retro-titles-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/746377\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami And M2 Announce New Goemon Switch Collection, Here Are The 13 Retro Titles Included"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

If you’re a fan of the Goemon and Mystical Ninja series, there was a rather exciting 40th anniversary announcement shared during this week’s Japanese Partner Showcase.<\/p>\n

Konami and the emulation experts at M2<\/a> are teaming up to release Ganbare Goemon! Daishuugo<\/strong> – a new retro collection coming to the Switch and multiple other platforms in Japan on 2nd July 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This package will include 13 titles from across the series. More specifically, it includes releases from the Famicom, Super Famicom and Game Boy era. Here’s the full list (thanks, Time Extension<\/strong><\/a>):<\/p>\n

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– Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu<\/strong> (Famicom, 1986)
– Ganbare Goemon 2<\/strong> (Famicom, 1989)
– Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta \u014cgon Kiseru<\/strong> (Famicom, 1990)
– Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou<\/strong> (Famicom, 1992)
– Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyuushutsu Emaki<\/strong> (Super Famicom, 1991)
– Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Sh\u014dgun McGuiness<\/strong> (Super Famicom, 1993)
– Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi J\u016brokub\u0113 no Karakuri Manjigatame<\/strong> (Super Famicom, 1994)
– Ganbare Goemon Kirakira D\u014dch\u016b: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake<\/strong> (Super Famicom, 1995)
– Soreyuke Ebisumaru! Karakuri Meiro \u2013 Kieta Goemon no Nazo!!<\/strong> (Super Famicom, 1996)
– Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!<\/strong> (Game Boy, 1991)
– Ganbare Goemon: Kurofune T\u014d no Nazo<\/strong> (Game Boy, 1997)
– Ganbare Goemon: Tengu-t\u014d no Gyakush\u016b!<\/strong> (Game Boy Color, 1999)
– Ganbare Goemon: Seik\u016bshi Dynamites Arawaru!!<\/strong> (Game Boy Color, 2000)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Once again, the catch is that this collection has only been announced for Japan. If there are any major updates about the collection’s availability or news about online pre-orders for the physical release<\/a>, we’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

Images: Konami<\/p>\n

In some other Partner Showcase news, Konami also announced a new Super Bomberman Collection<\/a> and it’s available right now (and locally) on the Switch eShop.<\/p>\n

Would you be interested in this Goemon collection? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you’re a fan of the Goemon and Mystical Ninja series, there was a rather exciting 40th anniversary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[12871,220477,2731,220476,2122,1420,123,53,16,15,614],"class_list":{"0":"post-746377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-anniversaries","9":"tag-famicom","10":"tag-game-boy","11":"tag-goemon","12":"tag-japan","13":"tag-konami","14":"tag-nintendo-switch","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-upcoming-releases"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116024082830302962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}