![]() My biggest problems with this release have to do with how the two player mode is gated behind completing the game once or collecting 10,000 coins, and with how the easy mode is also locked behind collecting 3,000 coins. The boss battles are quite the spectacles as well. The levels are full of baskets that have items and gorgeously drawn dango or tea that heal you. As you go through the stages, you pick up power balls that increase your own power and these can also change your attack depending on the color. You also see the score and gold coins you’ve acquired. The gauge on the bottom left of the screen has your remaining life, remaining lives, and number of specials you have left. Expect to play this multiple times as you work towards unlocking more and also trying out the characters barring Pocky and Rocky and free mode. Everything goes from overwhelming to an elegant explosion of precise movement, positioning, attacks, and more as you go through the levels and unlock other skills. There’s a point when balancing melee to reflect enemy bullets and your own ranged attack will click and that’s when Pocky and Rocky Reshrined’s gameplay starts to shine. You start out with a ranged attack and a melee one, but even the first stage was hard for me in my first two runs. ![]() I love the new designs, but the real star is how excellent movement and the core gameplay feels in Pocky and Rocky Reshrined. Comparing footage of the original game with Pocky and Rocky Reshrined shows how much has been changed or added to this experience above the visuals. The wait for the Western release has been long, but Pocky and Rocky Reshrined has finally released today on Nintendo Switch and PS4, bringing an essential for run and gun shooter fans. ![]() When it was revealed for Japan, I started looking up footage of the original game, and it seemed like something I would enjoy. I mentioned not knowing about some of these games until new releases, and that holds true for Pocky and Rocky Reshrined as well. Pocky and Rocky Reshrined aims to be the modern version of the SNES original, but it does so much more. This release has some of the best pixel art I’ve seen, and it looks amazing on the Nintendo Switch OLED display in handheld mode. For my Pocky and Rocky Reshrined Switch review, I’m going to cover how it feels to play for a newcomer to the series, and how the Switch port is for this release.īefore getting into any of the gameplay and how it feels, Pocky and Rocky Reshrined’s pixel art is absolutely gorgeous. Pocky and Rocky Reshrined is a remake that ends up going into reimagining territory for a bit. The great thing about both of these releases is that they introduced newcomers to classics with these amazing versions. We ended up getting the excellent The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors for PS4 and Switch which I loved. Ever since I played Wild Guns Reloaded on PS4 a few years ago thanks to a friend’s recommendation, I was interested to see what the team behind that release would do next.
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