The Goemon franchise is definitely one of those series I'd like to play more of. It feels like the kind of thing that would be right up my alley (Ebisumaru my beloved), but a lot of the early games feel a little too primitive for my taste. I decided to stick with the series' first foray into 16-bit graphics (and the first game to be localized, albeit horribly. Thank god for fan patches), and it was a pretty fun time! You can still see some of the roots of the original Famicom Goemon games shine through at times but for the most part it's just a really solid, really fun if slightly difficult 2D platformer

What's more, you can play it with a friend! Definitely gives me a reason to come back to it at some point. Looking forward to play the next games in the series once I get the time.