Kiki Kaikai / Pocky and Rocky

[reiwamale]

Have you played these games? Do you love them? I think they're extremely cute. What do you like about them? Kiki Kaikai thread

 

[Action_Hank]

Never heard of her but do all Shrine Maidens look like her?

 

[happymasksalesman]

I don't know them much. I didn't play Japanese game had tanuki in them after Mario tanuki lore.....

 

[Stare best girl]

yep, I played the first one in PC-Engine and both SNES games they were fun

 

[Bonkers225]

Played the first one abit years ago, I enjoyed it, but never played it again after that.

 

[DanVzare]

Yep, I've played some of them. Specifically the two Pocky and Rocky games on the SNES.
Fun games, although very VERY difficult. I didn't finish a Pocky and Rocky game until last year, and even then I had to cheat a lot.

That music though. It plays in my head non-stop whenever I see anything that reminds me of the games. Which usually happened when I see anything related to Japanese shrines or Tanookis. So in other words, it plays in my head a lot.

 

[UnDubious]

I beat Pocky & Rocky 2 a few years ago. It's a game I'd thought looked cool for years, but in the end I found it disappointing. Nice graphics, I like the mini-RPG elements, but the shmup gameplay is lacking. The levels are kind of slow and boring, the bosses are a drag because of how you need to throw your partners at them to really hurt them. Oh yeah, and there's a long-ass final level on a dragon that's a real pain. It's frustrating, it never ends, it controls differently from the rest of game, and then if you lose to the final boss you have to do the whole thing again. Probably why the game left a sour taste in my mouth.

In the same genre, I think Twinkle Tale on the Genesis is a lot better.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I really like these games, but can't really play them too much for some reason.

 

[FTLOTG]

I tried the first one on PC Engine, it's ridiculously challenging. I have played the Super Nintendo one but never completed it.

 

[UnDubious]

The first game is terrible because enemies literally never stop spawning. You can hardly ever walk forward. Each successive game is easier.

 

[bjork]

I think I've played all of them, owned Pocky and Rocky on SNES and the version on GBA "with Becky" but getting through them is another story, heh. Oh, I also have that newer version that came out in the last couple of years, and I feel that it's somehow even tougher than the original? But I love the aesthetic so I give them a whirl every so often, die quickly, then go do something else with my itch scratched.

 

[UnDubious]

I think I've played all of them, owned Pocky and Rocky on SNES and the version on GBA "with Becky" but getting through them is another story, heh. Oh, I also have that newer version that came out in the last couple of years, and I feel that it's somehow even tougher than the original? But I love the aesthetic so I give them a whirl every so often, die quickly, then go do something else with my itch scratched.

That's the thing, they look cool but aren't that fun to play. The aesthetic is way above the gameplay.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

That's the thing, they look cool but aren't that fun to play. The aesthetic is way above the gameplay.

Well no, they are very fun to play
It's like a goofier and less complex Guwange or what would happen if our old friend Takamaru actually left the Famicom

 

[UnDubious]

Well no, they are very fun to play
It's like a goofier and less complex Guwange or what would happen if our old friend Takamaru actually left the Famicom

A lot of people seemed to be saying "I like them but for some reason I can't play them for too long", etc... I used to think I liked them before I actually decided to beat Pocky & Rocky 2, and yeah, not really that fun after all. That's my opinion though, if you have fun playing them more power to you.

 

[legsrjust4show]

I enjoy the Pocky and the Rocky and the shooting and the shrine maidening

I think yeah it's Real Tough

There's also that new remake they did on modern platforms that's really good. All of the remakes that team has been doing is some of the best.

Go in expecting to die.