Pocky & Rocky 2

First of all this game is NOT RARE as it was released in America, if it was only released in Japan and in limited quantities you can come to think of it as rare but this is not the case. A better term for it would be underrated. It's a pretty fun shooter game with lots of traditional japanese mythological references. The character names differ too much from the japanese ones trying to make it more "american friendly" resulting weird, contrasting and boring. In the game you take control of Pocky a japanese priestess, the objective of the game is rescue princess Luna. You can throw cards as your main weapon and you have a "magic wand" to repel enemies and their attacks. Rocky the racoon will be your partner in the journey and can be played by a second person or the computer, there are other 4 partners that will be unlocked in the progress of the game. The grafics are some of the best of the 16bit era with beautiful made stages and enemies. The game music is pretty good too. The game consists in 7 stages and it can get quite difficult sometimes with certain areas and bosses. Overall this game is pretty good but with prices going up to 99 bucks for just the cart you should be looking elsewhere for another game of its kind or the first title of the series which is reasonably priced.Read full review