Shrine like a Star

Natsume Inc’s long-awaited sequel Pocky & Rocky Reshrined lastly hit PS4 and Nintendo Change platforms final month, bringing with it nostalgic visuals, nice gameplay, and a few traditional, old-school journey. It was effectively acquired by each critics and followers, for essentially the most half.

Whereas gamers heaped reward on the franchise’s genuine return, many had been left understandably annoyed by Natsume’s baffling determination to lock the sport’s multiplayer modes, solely accessible as soon as the participant has accomplished Story Mode and bagged themselves 10,000 in-game cash. A weird selection, frankly, given Pocky & Rocky’s pure propensity for co-op motion and its enjoyable solid of recent characters. To this present day, critics and gamers have been rendered totally confuddled by the user-unfriendly determination.

Maybe realizing the error of its methods, Natsume has launched a brand new cheat code that may permit you to leap into the co-op motion together with your buddies instantly, (noticed by Japanese online game fan Gosokkyu/GSK).

All you want do is arrive on the Pocky & Rocky Reshrined foremost menu and enter the next inputs:

• Left, Left, Left, Left
• Proper, Proper, Proper, Proper
• Left, Proper, Left, Proper, Left, Proper, Left, Proper

When you full this sequence, the auto-save image ought to seem. Now you possibly can entry the Free Mode, providing you with entry to the complete roster of characters, and two-player co-op. Whereas I perceive that purists would possibly counsel that the multiplayer mode is a “reward” for ending the sport, it was merely a silly transfer to lock such an intrinsic a part of the Pocky AND Rocky expertise away from the participant base from day one. Nonetheless, it’s a really cute, very enjoyable, and really difficult sequel. Properly value a glance.

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is obtainable now on PS4 and Nintendo Change.

Chris Moyse

Senior Editor – Chris has been enjoying video video games for the reason that Nineteen Eighties. Former Saturday Evening Slam Grasp. Graduated from Galaxy Excessive with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse