is a video game for the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

, released in 1999. The game is based on the Ganbare Goemon

Ganbare Goemon

, known as Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Mystical Ninja, and Goemon in North America and the PAL region, is a long-running video game series produced by Konami....

 series and despite the series' relative popularity in the west for the system, the game was released only in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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The game itself copies off the Japanese board game Sugoroku

Sugoroku

refers to two different forms of Japanese board game, one similar to western backgammon and the other similar to western Snakes and ladders.Sugoroku plays identically to backgammon , except for the following differences:...

, populated with Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

's array of Ganbare Goemon characters. Up to four players control two dice, and take it in turns to control Goemon, Ebisumaru, Sasuke or Yae over prerendered boards that resemble previous locations in the Ganbare Goemon series.

Features Yae's new outfit that would be used in subsequent titles.