the protagonist of "goemon's great adventure" is goemon, a ninja with blue, bushy hair who wields a kiseru. goemon can jump higher than his friends, throw money, and use a chain pipe. goemon's friends ebisumaru, yae, and sasuke feature once again in the game. ebisumaru is a fat man with a blue bandana and a love of food. idolizing james dean as the ultimate ninja, he can attack enemies with a decorative paddle, a magic megaphone that causes his shouts to turn to stone, and stomach gas. yae is a green-haired female ninja, or kunoichi, wielding a katana. she has the ability to morph into a mermaid in order to swim underwater and use a bazooka. finally, sasuke is a fast mechanical ninja who has upgradable projectile attacks such as shuriken and bombs. the villains of "goemon's great adventure" are bismaru and dochuki. bismaru, a cross-dressing nun (who first appeared in ""), steals wise man's resurrection machine to revive dochuki, an ancient prince of the underworld. while bismaru fights with his giant robot, dochuki confronts the party in person.