Gegege no Kitaro jumps on to the DS

By Spencer . May 13, 2008 . 8:29pm

Gegege no Kitaro jumps on to the DSGegege no Kitaro, an anime series about a ghostly boy and his eyeball bound father, is getting a Nintendo DS game on July 10. Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daigekisen is one of many games based on the character. This one has Gegege no Kitaro punch ghosts, glide with his jacket and fight huge skeletons.

 

The whole thing sounds old school almost like the Famicom game, which strangely appeared in America. Although, it stripped ties of the Gegege no Kitaro license similar to Bandai’s Dragon Power. Ninja Kid was actually a localized version of Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daimakyou. I doubt Namco Bandai is planning to do sprite swapping with Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daigekisen.

 

If you are considering importing Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Daigekisen there is a pre-order bonus. Namco Bandai is giving people who reserve the game in Japan a soft DS Lite carrying case as a freebie.

 

Images courtesy of Namco Bandai.


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  • Dr. Slump

    Actually Gegege no Kitaro was originally a manga series from the 60′s by Shigeru Mizuki. Unfortunately it hasn’t been translated into English yet.

  • Dr. Slump

    Actually Gegege no Kitaro was originally a manga series from the 60′s by Shigeru Mizuki. Unfortunately it hasn’t been translated into English yet.

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    @Dr. Slump – It’s true that Gegege no Kitaro is based on a manga, but I’m pretty sure all of the games are counterparts of the anime starting back with the incarnation from the 80s. I didn’t mean to overlook the manga roots of a bathing eyeball!

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    @Dr. Slump – It’s true that Gegege no Kitaro is based on a manga, but I’m pretty sure all of the games are counterparts of the anime starting back with the incarnation from the 80s. I didn’t mean to overlook the manga roots of a bathing eyeball!

  • Mazen

    Looks good my little sister loves Kitaro so much, by the way the 60s manga is Hakaba Kitaro, Gegege no Kitaro is much newer maybe late 70s or early 80s.

  • Mazen

    Looks good my little sister loves Kitaro so much, by the way the 60s manga is Hakaba Kitaro, Gegege no Kitaro is much newer maybe late 70s or early 80s.

  • Mazen

    Looks good my little sister loves Kitaro so much, by the way the 60s manga is Hakaba Kitaro, Gegege no Kitaro is much newer maybe late 70s or early 80s.

  • Mazen

    Looks good my little sister loves Kitaro so much, by the way the 60s manga is Hakaba Kitaro, Gegege no Kitaro is much newer maybe late 70s or early 80s.

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