Whereas Mischief Makers remains one of the lesser-known games from its catalogue. Kind of out of place, too, for a console pushing its 3D adventures agenda.īut over 20 years after Mischief Maker’s release, more people are remembering the SOB fondly.Ī lot of classic N64 titles have been hitting the big 20 over the last year, with the likes of Ocarina of Time and Banjo-Kazooie rapidly approaching their respective birthdays (and blasting right by them).Īnd those games are massive behemoths in the console’s legacy. However, up against titles like Goldeneye 007 it was immediately overshadowed.Īnd it was generally regarded as that quirky and chaotic entity from Nippon. Good!Īnd Treasure’s game arrived in Europe (where we’re from-England, to be precise, Manchester a bit more precise… don’t go hunting us down, now, you hear?) in January 1998 and met with strong reviews. However, Goemon and Mischief Makers did make it to the west for the N64.

Except Konami’s 1998 3D adventure is even more insane than this. Kind of like Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon. Gaming may have changed, but its capacity to influence and connect people hasn’t.Its structure is quite odd-it’s one of those warped Japanese titles publishers think westerners would just find too weird.

Woods’ gaming passion, which started when he first played River City Ransom, Megaman 5, Mischief Makers and Nights into Dreams, has only gotten stronger with age. “Because then you know you’re making friends with people that line up with your same interests, and that’s what gaming’s been since I was little.” “I like that kind of energy,” he explained.

His career means Woods is travelling often, and gaming helps connect Woods with his friends who don’t follow wrestling. Woods said community was an essential part of his gaming, particularly through his UpUpDownDown YouTube channel. Mischief Makers was a product of a simpler time, and the way people play games and connect through them has changed completely over the last two decades. We’re still working on that, but hopefully at some point in time, I’ll be able to show you [what a sequel would look like.” “Like, oh yeah, we love Mischief Makers, so that the guy, when he goes to Japan next, he can say ‘hey look, there’s a buzz over here about your game, sell us this IP and then we’re gonna remix the game’. “It was so people would start coming out of the woodwork,” Woods said.

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