Mr. N64's Summary of Mystical Ninja's Story/Play Mechanics

Mr. N64's Summary of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon's Story and Play Mechanics

Story:

If I told you the story, it would ruin a good part of the fun of the game. It starts out with Goemon and his friend Ebisumaru investigating the appearance of a strange UFO. It just gets weirder from there :-)

Play mechanics:
Here's a summary of Mystical Ninja's Play Modes and Controls:

Play Mode Description

The Game The only gameplay mode is the one-player adventure.

Button Action

Control Stick Move

A Jump; execute giant robot Impact's quick punch.

B Use weapon; execute giant robot Impact's fierce punch; press while holding Control Stick away to pull certain objects.

Top C Use any aquired magic skills.

Bottom C Change characters.

Right C Show map overlay.

Left C Change weapons.

Z Crawl; bring up map on pause screen; fire Impact's nasal bullets.

R Hold and press the C Buttons to change the camera position; have Impact grab oponent (press A or B repeatedly to draw opponent in).

Start View map/character status.

Giant Robot Impact's Special Moves: Guard (Left C, Left C or Right C, Right C), Laser Mouth (Top C, Right C, Bottom C, Left C+Z or Top C, Left C, Bottom C, Right C+Z), One-two Combo (B,B,A), Super Punch (Top C, Bottom C, Top C, A), Punch/Kick (B,B,B,A) Super Punch and Kick (Execute a Super Punch and press A), Super Pipe Combo (B,A,R,R,A), Spring Kick (Bottom C, Top C, A).

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