#Pocky and rocky 2 enemy list license

Pocky & Rocky feels so quintessentially co-op, that if you’ve visited my apartment on more than one occasion, chances are high that I’ve forced you to play it with me. The depth of my bafflement is immeasurable. That’s strange, but what’s really bizarre is that Pocky & Rocky Reshrined has its co-op locked behind having to beat the entirely single-player “story” mode. Neither felt as enjoyable as co-op games, but that’s partially because Pocky & Rocky With Becky was entirely single-player. I’m pretty happy about that because I felt like the sequels lost a bit of their pop. That is to say, it doesn’t borrow from Pocky & Rocky 2, and mercifully ignores Pocky & Rocky With Becky. I should also specify that Pocky & Rocky Reshrined lifts the mechanics from Pocky & Rocky. The point is that the first two levels may convince you that you’re playing a remake, as they feature many of the same beats and bosses, but after that, it’s mostly new. It’s told like a child’s storybook, so it is definitely mocking me. It feels like it shouldn’t be complicated, but I got tremendously lost somewhere along the way. It diverges after the second level, where the Black Mantle reveals itself, and then we get into some screwball plot about time travel. All the “Nopino Goblins” have gone berzerk again ( Pocky & Rocky technically being the follow-up to the arcade game Kiki Kaikai), and Rocky the Raccoon (actually a Tanuki) asks shrine priestess Pocky to help figure out why. In fact, the opening cutscene is practically a repeat of the opening to Pocky & Rocky. Pocky & Rocky Reshrined ( PS4, Nintendo Switch )

Thankfully, we’ve now gotten exactly that, but while Wild Guns Reloaded and Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors were “enhanced remasters,” Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is more of a sequel.

#Pocky and rocky 2 enemy list license

I was afraid that the need to license from Taito would be a barrier, however. After seeing the success with those titles (at least from a critical perspective, I don’t know how they did sales-wise), I was hopeful that they’d revisit one of my favorites: Pocky & Rocky.

It’s amazing to me that they’ve not only taken the time to port games like Wild Guns and Ninja Warriors, but they’ve gone to the effort of giving them upgrades courtesy of Tengo Project. Natsume had some great games that were overlooked on the SNES, at least here in the west.