as of 2012, "goemon's great adventure" is the last "ganbare goemon" game to date that has been translated to english and released overseas. the next and final goemon title for the nintendo 64 was "goemon mononoke sugoroku", released exclusively in japan on december 25, 1999. in "mononoke sugoroku", players must collect ofuda cards while navigating a board game. konami followed with "bouken jidai katsugeki goemon", a game for the playstation 2 released on december 21, 2000, and other playstation games in 2001. the now-defunct company working designs attempted to bring "bouken jidai katsugeki" to english audiences as "mystical ninja goemon" beginning in may, 2002. motivated to promote a series "that's never quite received the recognition it deserves here [in the united states]," working designs demonstrated the game in their booth at e3 a month later. "mystical ninja goemon" remained on the studio's release list until its closing in 2005; it is rumored that sony squashed the game's release due to subpar graphics. while goemon ceased to appear on game consoles in 2001, konami continued to release handheld games, and experimented with the series formula by revising goemon's appearance, using futuristic settings, and employing a more serious tone. the medieval, quirky japanese themes were revived on june 23, 2005 with "" for the nintendo ds.