Pocky & Rocky Reshrined - Hard, No Death Clear (Hotaru Gozen / 3,502,690 pts)

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Published 2022-04-27
Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is a brand new remake of the 1992 SNES game by Natsume. Following Wild Guns Reloaded and The Ninja Warriors Once Again, the original developers have once again returned to one of their classics and completely overhauled every aspect of it. As usual, they've done a fantastic job with all of the changes and improvements they've made. They've added new playable characters (all with unique weapons and special attacks), new stages, new mechanics, and they even seem to have implemented a good scoring system, complete with online leaderboards. I just wish they'd create separate leaderboards for Normal and Hard mode; mixing them together is dumb.

This is a playthrough of Free Mode with one of the new characters, Hotaru Gozen. He's a bit different from the rest of the characters since he's melee oriented, so his primary attack doesn't have long distance. He's still very strong though. His swipe does a lot of damage and has a wide arc, so it tends to keep you safer than anyone else's wand attack. He can shoot some arrows when you need a long range attack too by rapidly tapping the shot button - this can be really useful on some parts, especially the final boss. The red arrows are really good against him, but I screwed up and accidentally picked up blue while throwing his spinning blade. That's another really good move of his though. I picked up a few of the hidden items I missed in my previous video, so the bonus points from that made up for some of my sloppiness, lol.

This game won't be out in America for at least another month (for PS4 and Switch), but if you don't want to wait, you can get it right now on the Japanese PSN or eshop for around 4100 yen, fully translated into English (and without the censored character portrait, lol). I'm playing on the PS5, by the way.

If you want to check out the original game for the SNES and compare the differences, you can watch my no death playthrough here:    • [SNES] Pocky & Rocky - No Death Clear...  

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Stage 1 - The Haunted Shrine
3:45 Stage 2 - Enchanted Forest
11:29 Stage 3 - An Ancient Land
16:44 Stage 4 - The Underworld
22:06 Stage 5 - Cursed Airship
30:02 Stage 6 - The Burning City
32:33 Stage 7 - Battle With Black Mantle
41:06 Stage 8 - The Final Battle
44:53 Credits
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Beat 'em Ups (e.g. Final Fight):    • Beat 'em Ups  
2D Action (e.g. Metal Slug):    • 2D Action  
STG/Shmups (e.g. Dodonpachi):    • STG Replays  
All Comments (17)
  • @KevlarKes
    These graphics never go out of date! Thanks for the nostalgia!!
  • @BknMoonStudios
    This has to be one of the most adorable looking games ever made. It makes me want to learn to draw in this style.
  • @Tor-Erik
    Who needs a 3D remake when you can have a great 2D remake over a great 2D game?
  • @septimus4762
    Didn't know this game had a follow-up! The yokai have the most unique designs ever... simply cute
  • @Nero-ii5oe
    Btw, you got ps5? I'm so jealous, well i guess you will have more games to play in the future ;)
  • @gravitybeetle4921
    Wow! You're just phenomenal, even with Hotaru. The farthest I've ever gotten with her before a game over is stage 7.
  • @jakebello7988
    This game is almost out in the US! I am so getting this!
  • @Nero-ii5oe
    Cute friend, you will play with all characters?
  • @drowningin
    What's the point of the dog you jump on at the beginning? I've started avoiding getting it because I can't figure out its purpose besides messing me up and getting hit
  • @gesuyarou663
    Curious. What type of controller/control scheme do you use?
  • @aoshi000
    How do you unlock hotaru gozen? I beat the game on normal but she's still not selectable in free mode yet. Do you need to get 10k coins to unlock her?
  • @chibibeetle
    So uh Is Hotaru a dude? A gal? Idk I love em