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{{Short description|1994 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame
| image = Ganbare Goemon 3 Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame cover.jpg
| developer = [[Konami]]
| publisher = Konami
| director = Etsunobu Ebisu<ref name=goemon>{{cite video game|title=Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame|developer=[[Konami]]|publisher=[[Konami]]|date= December 16, 1994|platform=Super Famicom}}</ref>
| producer = [[Shigeharu Umezaki]]<ref name=goemon></ref>
| designer = Koichi Ogawa<ref name=goemon></ref>
| programmer =
| composer = {{ubl|Kazuhiko Uehara<ref name=goemon></ref>|Yukie Morimoto|Noriko Takahashi}}
| engine =
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 16, 1994}}
| genre = [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]]
| series = ''[[Ganbare Goemon]]''
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]
}}
'''''Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame''''' ("The Lucky Mechanism of the Lion Benefit Army") is an [[action-adventure game]] by [[Konami]], which was released for the [[Super Famicom]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web | last= | first= | date= | title=Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Juurokube no Karakuri Manji Gatame! | url=https://www.ign.com/games/ganbare-goemon-3-shishi-juurokube-no-karakuri-manji-gatame | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url= | archive-date= | access-date=2024-04-20}}</ref>
It is the third game in the Japanese video game series ''[[Ganbare Goemon]]'' to be released on the Super Famicom, and the sequel to ''[[Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun McGuiness]]''. The game is a top down action adventure that gives the ability to switch characters in order to access different powers.<ref name="ignreview">{{cite web | last=Schneider | first=Peer | date=2023-04-13 | title=Life and Death of the Mystical Ninja | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/life-and-death-of-the-mystical-ninja | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url= | archive-date= | access-date=2024-04-20}}</ref>
== Gameplay ==
[[File:SFC Ganbare Goemon 3 - Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manji-gatame.png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot]]
''Goemon 3'' is an action-adventure game with many different play styles, including platforming, 3D chases, one on one fighting, [[mecha|mech]] sequences and isometric [[Role playing game|RPG]] sequences.<ref name="ONMgg3sjnkm"/>
== Plot ==
The Wise Old Man has invented a time-traveling device and sent himself into the future. Initially using it for some romantic escapades, he soon faces a problem when Bisumaru, a French-Catholic nun and Ebisumaru's descendant, who hijacks the device. The sinister Juurokubei orders her to wreaks havoc on Japan. Goemon then travels to the futuristic Neo Edo in order to stop her.<ref name="hardcore">{{cite web |url=http://hardcoregaming101.net/goemon/goemon2.htm |title=The legend of the Mystical Ninja |last=Kalata|first=Kurt |date=June 9, 2017 |website=hardcoregaming101 |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815132805/http://hardcoregaming101.net/goemon/goemon2.htm |access-date=19 June 2024 |archive-date=2009-08-15 |quote=}}</ref>
== Development and release ==
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''Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Karakuri Manjigatame'' was developed by [[Konami]].
==Reception==
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{{Video game reviews
|CP = 87%<ref name="CPgg3sjnkm">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Console_Plus_Numero_041/page/146/mode/1up|title=Speedy Gonzatest: Goemon Fight 3|magazine={{ill|Consoles +|lt=Consoles +|fr|Consoles +}}|issue=41|publisher=EM-Images SA|date=March 1995|page=146|language=fr}}</ref>
|Fam = 32/40<ref name="FamGG3SJNKM">{{cite magazine|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: がんばれゴエモン3 獅子重禄兵衛のからくり卍固め|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|issue=314|publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]]|date=December 23, 1994|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=5378 Transcription] by [[Famitsu.com]]).</ref>
|JP = 81%<ref name="JPgg3sjnkm">{{cite magazine|last=Hellot|first=Grégoire|url=https://archive.org/details/joypad-magazine-039/page/n63/mode/1up|title=Super Famicom Import: Gambare Goemon III|magazine={{ill|Joypad (magazine)|lt=Joypad|fr|Joypad (magazine)}}|issue=39|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Disney Presse]]|date=February 1995|pages=64|language=fr}}</ref>
|ONM = 91%<ref name="ONMgg3sjnkm">{{cite magazine|last1=Harrod|first1=Gary|last2=Bright|first2=Rob|url=https://archive.org/details/nms30/page/n37/mode/2up|title=Review: Goemon 3 — The Mystical Ninja is Back!|magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine|Nintendo Magazine System]]|issue=30|publisher=[[EMAP]]|date=March 1995|pages=38–41}}</ref>
|TOT = 1-<ref name="TOTgg3sjnkm">{{cite magazine|last=Eggebrecht|first=Julian|author-link=Julian Eggebrecht|url=http://total.bee-ware.ch/tests/snes/snes_MysticalNinja3.jpg|title=Import-Corner: Mystical Ninja III|magazine=[[Total! (German edition)|Total!]]|issue=26|publisher=X-Plain-Verlag|date=July 1995|page=51|access-date=2024-05-05|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726180214/http://total.bee-ware.ch/tests/snes/snes_MysticalNinja3.jpg|archive-date=2015-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev1 = ''Super Power''
|rev1Score = 84%<ref name="SuperPowerGG3SJNKM">{{cite magazine|author=Sushi|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=20&num=2565&album=oui|title=Super Famicom Test Import: Goemon Fight 3|magazine={{ill|Super Power (magazine)|lt=Super Power|fr|Super Power}}|issue=29|publisher=SUMO Éditions|date=February 1995|pages=80–82|language=fr|access-date=2024-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113125032/https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=20&num=2565&album=oui|archive-date=2011-11-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
[[Official Nintendo Magazine|''Nintendo Magazine System'']] described the game as brilliant and original, and as "a must buy for platform fans".<ref name="ONMgg3sjnkm"/> Kurt Kalata of ''[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]'' described it as a "pretty decent game".<ref name="hardcore"/>
==Sequel==
A further sequel was released for the Super Famicom, ''[[Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake]]'' in 1995.
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