A year has already passed since Nintendo's announcement that both the Wii U & 3DS eShop would close on March 27th 2023.
While this is a disappointment to every Nintendo fan, this carries a bigger significance to Goemon fans as it means that most of the Goemon series will now be unpurchasable & inaccessible.
Here's a list of the titles being lost with the eShop closure:
3DS
- GB - Ganbare Goemon Kurofune Tō No Nazo (Mystical Ninja Starring GOEMON)
- GB - Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru
- FC - Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū
- FC - Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ōgon Kiseru
- FC - Ganbare Goemon 2
- SFC - Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki (The Legend of the Mystical Ninja)
Wii U:
- SFC - Ganbare Goemon: Yukihime Kyūshutsu Emaki (The Legend of the Mystical Ninja)
- SFC - Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu
- SFC - Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame
- FC - Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū
- MSX - Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū 2
- FC - Ganbare Goemon 2
- FC - Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihō
- FC - Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ōgon Kiseru
As a result, the only widely available title left is ironically the oldest of the bunch - the Arcade Archives port of Mr. Goemon by Hamster Corp.
While this loss is dis-hearting, just remember that Goemon will live on as long as you remember him!
