I am Impact! is the theme song of Goemon Impact in Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on the Nintendo 64, which plays each time Impact is summoned prior to a giant robot battle. A full version of the song[1] appears on the Mystical Ninja Official Soundtrack. In Japaenese versions of Goemon's Great Adventure, a modified version of the song is used to open giant robot battles in which Impact and Miss Impact fight side-by-side. A full version of the modified song appeared on the soundtrack to the said sequel. It is assumed that the song is sung by Goemon Impact himself, due to the deep voice and the game's suggestion that Impact is interested in the performing arts.
(Da Da Dash)
Moeru taiyou se ni ukete
Yuku zo
Hasshin
MACHINE ga unaru
Ore wa kikai da Tetsujin da
(Hei)
Ima tokihanate yo Hagane no tamashii
(Iku zee, BREAK DOWN)
Warui yatsura wo buchikowase
Hissatsu, hissatsu, genkai pawaa
da Hyakuretsu Panchi
Ore wa
GORGEOUS
Aa Impakato
(Da Da Dash)
(Da Da Dash)
Aoi unabara kakenukede
Hashire
Zenkai
Kyodaigeda sakebu
Ore no haato wa DYNAMO da
(Hei)
Ima.. kagayakasero kuuru na hitomi..
(Iku zee, BREAK UP)
Muragaru teki wo uchiku dake
Hissatsu, hissatsu, saikyou pawaa
Da Hoyoyon Kikku..
Ore wa
CHARMING
Aa Impakuto
(Da Da Dashu)
Ai to yuuki no na ni kakete
Naze ni
Tatakau
Chikara no kagiri
Ore no karada wa chou goukin
(Hei)
Ima tachiagare yo
Daichi wo kette
(Iku zee, BREAK OUT)
Atsui chishio wo yobisamase
Hissatsu, hissatsu, bakuhatsu POWER
Da Hana kara kobanu
Ore wa
FUNKY
Aa Impakutoo
(Da Da Dash)
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Version
The song that appears in Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is a clipped and slightly variated version of the song found on the Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon Official Soundtrack - only the first verse is played, likely due to the fact that the song plays a total of three times in the game before a major giant robot battle, and playing the full version would take too much time. The song is accompanied by a video of the character summoning Impact and piloting him while the camera gives the player a tour of Impact's clockwork interior.
English Translation
In American and European copies of the game, the sequence is accompanied by English-translation subtitles of the verse of the song that plays as follows:
The burning sun gleaming on my shoulders
Here we go
Start the machine comes alive
I am machinery the metal being
(Hey!)
Jump out into the sky
Steel spirit
(Let's go! Break down!)
And with all my might
Power to the highest limit
Super Punch!
I am the best
Yes, Impact!
Sequence
The character blows the Triton Shell and Impact appears, pulling them into his mouth via a beam of green light. The character falls down what appears to be impact's trachea as the camera pans around the robot's body displaying his clockwork skeleton. The character is then pushed up behind Impact's eye in a chair, from where it is assumed the robot is piloted.
After the sequence, the player may move the N64's control stick in order to rotate, lower or raise Impact's head.
Double Impact!
A modified version of 'I am Impact' is used in Japanese versions of Goemon's Great Adventure so that the lyrics state the fact that Miss Impact has now joined the fight. Like 'I Am Impact' in the first game, the song and a similar action sequence play before each giant robot battle.