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'nowhere near as hard as the original, but still fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: August 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In the 90's, if there was any one game that made me want to kill myself, it was the original Pocky & Rocky for SNES. It had an insane level of difficulty for such a cute game. Even the 'easy' difficulty was impossible. I remember making it to the last boss finally, and him saying "you can never beat me", and my game reset right then. But after months, I ended up beating him...after plugging in a second controller and using player 2's special attacks while I just layed on the rapid fire. It was a great feat, and I even marked the date I beat it on the back of the cartridge. Fortunately, Pocky & Rocky for GBA is nowhere as nuts as that. And that's a good thing too, because if it were, there'd be tons of broken GBAs laying around.

P&R has a simple little story just like the original did. You're given a problem, and it's up to you to take care of it. No little side quests or anything like that. Just old fashioned action/shooter fun. A ghost that Pocky sealed in a cave has escaped, and it's up to Pocky, Rocky and Becky to put 'em back in his place. You go through level after level, dealing with demons, ghosts and other paranormal beings, getting (get this) a high score in the process. There is a little challenge here and there, but it's about average on the difficulty factor. In fact, I only had trouble with level 2 on my flrst play through. The game's layout is nice. I could see this working back in the SNES/Genesis era and getting a good following. It's just a shame that not that many people care about 2-D shooters anymore. While it doesn't make that much of a difference, each of the characters have their own unique skill. Pocky has exploding cards (more powerful attacks than even the fireballs), Rocky has guided leaves (very useful since enemies attack you from every angle at will), and Becky has multidirectional cards. And there's no save feature, just a password which is kind of annoying...I never liked passwords in action games. But with only a few levels, you can beat this in one sitting. Under 20 minutes even probably.

The graphics are fluid and look almost identical to the SNES sprites. Animation isn't as smooth but it looks great on the GBA's screen. Many bright colors are here too, so you're not stuck with one boring setting each level. The majority of the game is in 2-D but there's one or two 3-D effects thrown in. And cutscenes introduce the story and follow boss fights, again like the original. Sound effects and the music are just as good too. You can tell that the developers had fun and took their time making these tracks/sounds.

Unfortunately, there isn't anything to do once you beat the game. Each character has their own ending (barely), but there's no challenge mode or any extra features thrown in. But if you loved Pocky & Rocky, it's worth getting to relive the classic moments. Throwing leaves/cards, waving your tail/prayer stick and using super bombs (sorry, no slide dashes here) is just how you remembered it. Pick this up for the cheap price and for something to do when you're waiting around for something.

very original,imaginative,and all out fun!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 63
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

ALL HAIL NATSUME!!!!!!

to tell the absulute truth the first pocky and rocky game i played was pocky and rocky 2(for the snes) last week....

it.....was.......AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

an experiance only rivaled by:

earthbound,harvestmoon,final fantasy 3,robotrek,and wonder project when it comes to originallity and fun!

i reccomend this to anybody who likes great classics or anime

(^-^)

Cool Classic RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Cool Classic RPG from the 8 bit days! Highly Recommended!

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