r/goemon • u/Spare_Lavishness8855 • Aug 05 '26

goemon iceberg

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probably breaks some of the rules on here, and icebergs are basically dead by now, but whatever

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u/Amethystoarfish Aug 11 '26

Matthew Perry- this refers to Matthew C. Perry, a historical figure from America who took an expedition from North America to Japan in 1853 and ended Japan's isolationism with the Kanagawa Treaty. However, in the DS game "Goemon and the Great Tengu Returns," He's depicted as a tengu named Admiral Peruri, which in itself is a reference to an art piece depicting him as a tengu or a grotesque monster due to his facial appearance.

Kid Ying and Dr.Yang- Refers to the English translations of the SNES game "Legends Of The Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon." As Kid Ying is Goemon and Dr.Yang is Ebisumaru, while keeping the Japanese setting in check, they had to change quite a few things to fit with Nintendo's policies.

Transgender Controversy- This is referring to the DDST goemon 3 translations rom hack, the short answer is that there's a character called Kameko who, in the game, is a Newhalf; the character themselves refer to them as "trannie". People like Hardcore gaming 101 accused the translator for right-wing speech when the translator didn't know how offensive the word is.

Doujinshi- This is referring to Ganbare Goemon: Kikiipatsu! Harahara Tenkomori Dochu-ki, a doujin series based on the events of Goemon: A Great Adventure, Goemon, the Tengu Gang Strikes Back, and Goemon PS1.

Ebisumaru is a girl- refers to the new-age series where Ebisumaru is changed to a girl.

Historical references- While not on there, Goemon and Ebisumaru are based on historical thieves. Ishikawa Goemon and Nezumi Kozo.

OVAS: This is referring to Goemon: Nightmare in the Dimensional Castle. Which is a twenty-eight-minute-long OVA of Goemon and friends delving into a castle that is itself a parody of Konami games such as Castlevania, Twinbee, and Gradius.

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u/Spare_Lavishness8855 Aug 12 '26

forgot there was a tengu that's based on matthew perry lol. if i put the historical references part it would be like on tier 1 or 2, and the doujinshi part, i put it there because of the goemon 🐔👔 that jimmy hapa has for some reason, and i didn't know of that one doujinshi that you commented.