Awesome run, been playing this the last couple of days and loving it. The graphics and sprite work are insane, it may be one of the prettiest 2d games ever. Though I really do think this game would benefit so much from being able to lock your shot direction like in Shock Troopers, but that’s just a nitpick. Glad that it plays great with an arcade stick.
Been playing through this in the last couple of days and could not agree more. I love what they did with bringing this series back to life but some aspects of it are quite baffling. 2 player being locked being a story clear feels odd and no stage select boggles my mind. By FAR the most painful thing is the no lock on though. I feel like the majority of the difficulty comes from not being able to line shots perfectly while enemies do their thing. I get that this was very deliberate as a design choice but its still painful. I feel like I'm fighting the game, not the game's difficulty half the time. Having gone back in the last couple of months to replay similar shooters from the Arcade Collection series that allow for all this and more in terms of control schemes really hinder this game. It's a hard one, on the one hand I'm so impressed with what they did considering the small team behind this but on the other - there are some things here that really need fixing.
@@iconoclast575 It's wonderful they did something so that those of the Switch audience can get a version of Pocky and Rocky that fits their hardware and makes the most of the graphics and sound. I still have my PS version of "Harvest Moon: Back to Nature," and it made me later appreciate "Stardew Valley" when it came out.
What a great game! I played the SNES original. The game is full of interesting Japanese mythology and figures and good music (I'm glad they left it quite untouched, it's just in higher quality) as well, I like that!
I used to really dislike the "Underworld" level... then I realized one day when I accidentally dodged out into open air that Uzume is flying, so she actually has full, free movement during sections like 24:30 and 25:45 and doesn't have to worry about falling off ledges and stuff... Between that, the triple mirrors, the Shimenawa, the Magatama's hitboxes and her shot-types, I think she may very well be the game's resident broken-tier character.
Cutscenes my way: Beggining: Long ago, monsters threatned the Seven star spirits into madness. However Pocky wanted to put and end to this and calmed them down! Days Ago, Rocky the racoon ran to Pocky's shrine he said... 0:47 Later that day... Whispy Woods: no running from master Dark Matter
on stage 5, what`s the deal with the change of characters?, what`s the condition?, at first it always changed to ikazuchi but now it always changes to hotaru
Depends on the exact type you're looking for, but there's a bunch. The Ninja Warriors Once Again (or The Ninja Saviors in America) and Wild Guns Reloaded are two other SNES remakes from the same developer and they're fantastic. There are newer retro style games like Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, and another recent beat 'em up that I really liked called Final Vendetta. PS4 has tons of shmups as well. ESP Ra.De, Ketsui Deathtiny, Mahou Daisakusen, Psyvariar Delta, Caladrius Blaze, Raiden IV & V, Kyukyoku Tiger, Cotton Rock 'n Roll (or Cotton Fantasy), Deathsmiles I & II, Battle Garegga... and a lot more. For some other side scrolling games, there's an Assault Suit Leynos remake that's pretty good, and Inti Creates are consistently good at making retro Mega Man/Castlevania style games with the Gunvolt series, Luminous Avenger (my favorite), Bloodstained, and Gal Guardians. But yeah, there's plenty more, that's just some of the ones I like off the top of my head.
@@iconoclast575 the wild guns remaster, ninja warriors remaster don't have issues on either of those systems. So ye, its a no brainer to own these compared to what a usual snes cartridge goes for
Yeah, red is typically my mainstay. Green isn't bad though, especially in stages 2 and 4. I usually only use blue for specific areas. It works pretty well on the hands & spiders in stage 3.
The 3000 coins build up over multiple playthroughs, successful or failed. So you could game over 30 times on Stage 1 while managing to grab around 100 coins each attempt to unlock Extra Easy and its infinite lives.
It differs quite a bit indeed, the story is expanded, the stages different later in the game, new enemies it seems too. Makes the first game seem like the future battle against Dark Mantle (minus Sayo-chan's death), and this a follow up to it. Yet at the end, there's now no more evil, and Sayo's mind is wiped, seems like that doesn't leave the door open much for sequel. Perhaps the second game gets a redo too, maybe fix the names changed in the original sequel, like Momotarou, instead of Captain Peach. .
It's a "Final Fantasy 7 Remake style" remake. As in "it tricks players into thinking it's a remake, when it is actually a sequel." Pretty ballsy, but I do like it. IMO, it's better to have a new game than to retread old ground.
@@BknMoonStudios Thank god, there are actually people who understood Final Fantasy VII "Remake" being a sequel and the term "Remake" a meta/narrative thing.
I loved the SNES version when I was a child in 90s. I have fully viewed this video and story looks more deep than original, but I don't like the fact that Pocky's memories missed. I am not sure if gods erased her memories or if when you return to the normal world, your memories in overworld are automatically erased. If gods erased her memory, they shouldn't. She worked hard and acted as a heroine, so she didn't deserve to take her mind manipulated.
It's available digitally on the Japanese eshop and PSN stores, you just need a Japanese account for them. You can order a physical copy from import websites like Play-Asia or amazon.jp, or wait for the American release next month.
Ironically, the demon "Astartoth" from a game that is clearly based on Shinto is more accurate to Satan if he's a seraphim as people claim, closer to a biblically accurate seraphim turned evil (although there's nothing in the bible about Satan being a seraphim), than 99% of portrayals that are explicitly stated to be Satan.
WARNING: You cannot complete this game on Hard with no continues. It was confirmed by the developers. Iconoclast has proven once again that he is a true idiot who uploads fake videos.
Still shots and no acting? US also censors that lady in pink boobs while $30. I'll stick with werewolf princess Kaguya at $5 even if only one player. Edit: $27 amazon physical sale and code for 2 player lol best we can do, meh why not. I even saw full price with stickers
Funny part is 21:50 jiggles about in US version despite her smaller portrait boobs. I did hit my wall at level 3 but I did get the game with stickers bundled. Will quit given easy mode is unlocked and 2 player code won't have story.
The sprites are what I live for.
Awesome run, been playing this the last couple of days and loving it. The graphics and sprite work are insane, it may be one of the prettiest 2d games ever. Though I really do think this game would benefit so much from being able to lock your shot direction like in Shock Troopers, but that’s just a nitpick. Glad that it plays great with an arcade stick.
Been playing through this in the last couple of days and could not agree more. I love what they did with bringing this series back to life but some aspects of it are quite baffling. 2 player being locked being a story clear feels odd and no stage select boggles my mind. By FAR the most painful thing is the no lock on though. I feel like the majority of the difficulty comes from not being able to line shots perfectly while enemies do their thing. I get that this was very deliberate as a design choice but its still painful. I feel like I'm fighting the game, not the game's difficulty half the time. Having gone back in the last couple of months to replay similar shooters from the Arcade Collection series that allow for all this and more in terms of control schemes really hinder this game.
It's a hard one, on the one hand I'm so impressed with what they did considering the small team behind this but on the other - there are some things here that really need fixing.
Rocky can lock directions by mashing y
Yea because the god damn enemies loves hitting you diagonally, that's dumb you cannot shoot without moving.
I agree 100%, having to move diagonally to land properly sucks
懷念的童年遊戲改編 謝謝你上傳 thank you
You seem becoming a friend of Pocky and Rocky, that's great, be nice, be friend, be fun ;)
the old time !! when i was child !!! like this game so much !!
This looks great. Thanks for putting this one up
It is great! Natsume is secretly one of the best developers out there.
@@iconoclast575 It's wonderful they did something so that those of the Switch audience can get a version of Pocky and Rocky that fits their hardware and makes the most of the graphics and sound. I still have my PS version of "Harvest Moon: Back to Nature," and it made me later appreciate "Stardew Valley" when it came out.
What a great game! I played the SNES original. The game is full of interesting Japanese mythology and figures and good music (I'm glad they left it quite untouched, it's just in higher quality) as well, I like that!
The Final boss music is beyond good. Love it
I remember playing the orignal way way back then.
Thank you for reminding me of a good old days
I knew it, was only a matter of time, your Snes footage P&R and this remake is godtier. Everyone should buy it.
Now this will be on my “To buy” list of Switch games!
30 dollars for this is way overprized
Yo. The story. I thought it was just a remake but I didn't realize it was going to be this different. Thank you for sharing.
I'm glad one of the two composers of the SNES original reprised his role, Hiroyuki Iwatsuki did a great job at modernizing the soundtrack.
12:00 What an adorable raccoon
She's so cute!!!! My goddess she reminds me nakoruru from samurai showdown series. Great gameplay as well man
4:05 no jodan ESO NO ME LO ESPERABA!!!!😅
Increíble lo que hicieron con un clásicazo. BIEN HECHO!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏😅👍
Y yo al inicio pensando que seria el mismo juego con gráficos más actualizados
Chronicles of Valkyrie needs this treatment aswell
➖📔📔📔◾☕📦
They need to bring Pocky and Rocky 2 to the Switch that'd be sick!
One of the true game 🎮 play masters 😎👍🏽.
I used to really dislike the "Underworld" level... then I realized one day when I accidentally dodged out into open air that Uzume is flying, so she actually has full, free movement during sections like 24:30 and 25:45 and doesn't have to worry about falling off ledges and stuff... Between that, the triple mirrors, the Shimenawa, the Magatama's hitboxes and her shot-types, I think she may very well be the game's resident broken-tier character.
I received this game in 2022 as a late birthday gift from my mother. It was cute.
ナツメのリメイク新作発売していたの今知りました。狸の尻尾を振るのがとてもカワイイw
GWになったらプレイしてみたいです。
楽しみにしていました。ナツメ最高~
スコアプレーは面白そうですね
Lavarropas. ◾📦📦📦📦📦📦📦◾◾🏷️🕶️
at final boss all the way to the right on the middle line with the 4 dots is a safe spot where you don't get hit, during the green blasts.
Thank you!!! This helped a bunch. That was the most frustrating part of the final battle
See, now that is gameplay Original SNES.
no, that is switch gameplay.
Nope that is gameplay original ARCADE
ooooooh man that shadow in the water give me bad case of goosebumps at 11:52
Reason i loved game back in day despite fun co op it reminded me of legend of mystical ninja to!
Goemon 😊
this game is legend. my childhood game. but i never can finish it because its really hard on SNES version, i dunno about this version
Love This Game ii
The Warrior named Hotaru gozen it's one reference to tomoe gozen the samurai woman Warrior😮😮😮😮
the intro music is epic
Cutscenes my way:
Beggining:
Long ago, monsters threatned the Seven star spirits into madness. However Pocky wanted to put and end to this and calmed them down!
Days Ago, Rocky the racoon ran to Pocky's shrine he said...
0:47
Later that day...
Whispy Woods: no running from master Dark Matter
Game looks beautiful. However, I'm not a fan of the music change when you got max power. Can you turn off that feature in the options?
I know i hate it too
Amazing! And with no death
Good game. Reminds me of the mystical Ninja on snes.
@44:09, what is that special skill? I can only turn into a statue... How come he has 4 little ones carrying him around???
You have to mash the button rapidly to do that iirc. Each character has their own special attack too.
@@iconoclast575 oh I got it?? Thanks!!
I thought this was a full remake! Not a sequel! Looks cool though!
It's out now?
on stage 5, what`s the deal with the change of characters?, what`s the condition?, at first it always changed to ikazuchi but now it always changes to hotaru
*Its randomly*
how do you stay still while shooting diagonally?
Comment on utilise le sdf ?
Thanks for share this with us!!
We're I can found this game and type of console??? Please tell us!!
U wonder when the next ninja gaiden vid is
Any classic games like these for the PS4? Recently played this and Cotton Reboot and I miss retro games.
Depends on the exact type you're looking for, but there's a bunch. The Ninja Warriors Once Again (or The Ninja Saviors in America) and Wild Guns Reloaded are two other SNES remakes from the same developer and they're fantastic. There are newer retro style games like Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, and another recent beat 'em up that I really liked called Final Vendetta. PS4 has tons of shmups as well. ESP Ra.De, Ketsui Deathtiny, Mahou Daisakusen, Psyvariar Delta, Caladrius Blaze, Raiden IV & V, Kyukyoku Tiger, Cotton Rock 'n Roll (or Cotton Fantasy), Deathsmiles I & II, Battle Garegga... and a lot more. For some other side scrolling games, there's an Assault Suit Leynos remake that's pretty good, and Inti Creates are consistently good at making retro Mega Man/Castlevania style games with the Gunvolt series, Luminous Avenger (my favorite), Bloodstained, and Gal Guardians. But yeah, there's plenty more, that's just some of the ones I like off the top of my head.
OK, I need this game! Which version should I pick? PS4 or Switch :/
Switch
Both
I think you can't go wrong with either one. I'm playing the PS4 version (on PS5) but the Switch version doesn't seem to have any significant problems.
@@iconoclast575 the wild guns remaster, ninja warriors remaster don't have issues on either of those systems. So ye, its a no brainer to own these compared to what a usual snes cartridge goes for
@@iconoclast575 Thanks. In the end, I went with the physical Switch version ;)
Do you know which situations drive to power down? i got hit and sometimes power down happens, sometimes don’t.
I think you only power down when you lose a full heart. Some attacks only do half damage, so you can take a hit from them and still keep your power.
Is this a phisical edition? I can't find this game to buy digitally
The final boss does give out Mega Stan vibes from The Binding of Isaac.
No more summon companion and throw companion? Why!?
Red seems like most far and away the powerful weapon still. The blue spread with Rocky seems positively a death sentence.
Yeah, red is typically my mainstay. Green isn't bad though, especially in stages 2 and 4. I usually only use blue for specific areas. It works pretty well on the hands & spiders in stage 3.
I finally got the game but boy is the first level hard. I dunno if I just got worse at the game or it’s harder than the snes game’s first level.
This game is so freaking cute
It starts at 100% Japanese then rockets up 1000% per stage.
Who knew Black Mantle could be so powerful. He took down Pocky with a single lightning zap.
Iconoclast is a 100% true fool.
Do i have to clear stages with no deaths to get the 3000 coins needed for super easy mode?
The 3000 coins build up over multiple playthroughs, successful or failed.
So you could game over 30 times on Stage 1 while managing to grab around 100 coins each attempt to unlock Extra Easy and its infinite lives.
@@seant1326 thank
Anyone else think this game is a masterpiece?
Not exactly a full remake, from stage 3 onwards the stages and music are completely different.
I am glad it deviates enough from the original to be it's own thing. Would be boring otherwise.
It's really just a sequel. Stage 1 is as close as the game feels to a remake, even stage 2 is barely recognizable and then it's just nothing alike.
It differs quite a bit indeed, the story is expanded, the stages different later in the game, new enemies it seems too. Makes the first game seem like the future battle against Dark Mantle (minus Sayo-chan's death), and this a follow up to it. Yet at the end, there's now no more evil, and Sayo's mind is wiped, seems like that doesn't leave the door open much for sequel. Perhaps the second game gets a redo too, maybe fix the names changed in the original sequel, like Momotarou, instead of Captain Peach. .
It's a "Final Fantasy 7 Remake style" remake.
As in "it tricks players into thinking it's a remake, when it is actually a sequel."
Pretty ballsy, but I do like it. IMO, it's better to have a new game than to retread old ground.
@@BknMoonStudios Thank god, there are actually people who understood Final Fantasy VII "Remake" being a sequel and the term "Remake" a meta/narrative thing.
It was like a touhou game snes or switch.
ZUN was a fan of the original games of this series
I loved the SNES version when I was a child in 90s. I have fully viewed this video and story looks more deep than original, but I don't like the fact that Pocky's memories missed. I am not sure if gods erased her memories or if when you return to the normal world, your memories in overworld are automatically erased. If gods erased her memory, they shouldn't. She worked hard and acted as a heroine, so she didn't deserve to take her mind manipulated.
PS4 or Switch... Problem ... ?
Ps4. The switch version isn't as stable.
Where can I buy itn
It's available digitally on the Japanese eshop and PSN stores, you just need a Japanese account for them. You can order a physical copy from import websites like Play-Asia or amazon.jp, or wait for the American release next month.
1:07:39 Ending
Best natsume game.
But this game is
super hardcore level 😢
I Will play with my daughter
But it's Kiki KaiKai!!!
What happened to the “eey, eey”
Shame this isn't coming to PC, 'cause I could get behind this.
Its on Steam now 🤣
Y yo enterándose ahora
Ironically, the demon "Astartoth" from a game that is clearly based on Shinto is more accurate to Satan if he's a seraphim as people claim, closer to a biblically accurate seraphim turned evil (although there's nothing in the bible about Satan being a seraphim), than 99% of portrayals that are explicitly stated to be Satan.
I love music game
21:48
>seven gods of fortune
I only see six
the last one is unemployed because of harrassment
6:39
But, why is she even named Pocky to begin with?
Name translation to appeal to American audience
How are you able to get English text if this is the Japanese version?
1:09:03
I wait till sale its not worth it at the moment
exactly. its too expensive for this kind of game. if they would bring the second part on top of this ok, but not 30 bucks for this game alone.
1:14:21 This music is good better than SNES version
shame this wasnt released for pc 😢
They just announced the PC release! It comes out on February 24th.
store.steampowered.com/app/2200580/Pocky__Rocky_Reshrined/
If video games had impossible mode
This is giving such a Touhou vibe...
The original was one of ZUN's inspirations.
Here's my idea:
Whispy Woods
Kracko
Mr shine and Mr bright
Sweet stuff
Lololo and lalala
Ice dragon
Dark matter (Blade form then Eye form)
Lord 0
WARNING: You cannot complete this game on Hard with no continues. It was confirmed by the developers. Iconoclast has proven once again that he is a true idiot who uploads fake videos.
Still shots and no acting? US also censors that lady in pink boobs while $30. I'll stick with werewolf princess Kaguya at $5 even if only one player. Edit: $27 amazon physical sale and code for 2 player lol best we can do, meh why not. I even saw full price with stickers
Funny part is 21:50 jiggles about in US version despite her smaller portrait boobs. I did hit my wall at level 3 but I did get the game with stickers bundled. Will quit given easy mode is unlocked and 2 player code won't have story.
since the snes part 2 was so much more exciting.... i cant stand this game. the first game was kind of awful
14:56
43:19