Legend of the Mystical Ninja for Super Nintendo

This is one of my childhood games because it is that good. You play as one of 2 little ninja characters running around and attacking enemies with either a smoking pipe or a flute. You earn ryo money to buy items at stores like bombs, shoes that make you run faster so you can jump across barrels or large river gaps, food and armor that help you endure hits, or participate in lots of minigames that take place in many structures you enter. You can talk to people and enjoy endless hours of fun. The main game is entering temples and places that turn the game into a side scrolling action platformer. With 2 players, its a co-op game but both have to be together or if you're far apart and one leaves the other, the screen will follow but will kill the other player. So you both have to be together all the time and that's what makes the game hard. Still, its one of the best games I've ever played. Totally worth owning and the music is outstanding.