Pocky and Rocky (SNES) James and Mike Mondays

[@InuYugiHakusho]

This game would make a nice addition to the Super NES games on Nintendo Switch Online.

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

yeeeeees

[@duffman18]

Yeah it's great. I added it to my SNES mini but it'd be great to have it on the go too

[@SoldierMan1557]

Yes it would

[@ladynikkie]

Pocky & Rocky is definitely one of those hidden gems in the SNES era

[@KhanadianGeek]

I would really like to play this offline.

[@mikekz4489]

Pocky and Rocky is the answer to the question, “What if Ikari Warriors was a great game and adorable?”

[@marcinostrowski2378]

Ikari Warriors is decent... on arcades.

[@alexrosas9654]

I adore Pocky & Rocky. It always surprise me the fact that nobody ever even heard of it. Good to see it receiving some love from my two favorites youtube guys.

[@ladynikkie]

I played the second game it was pretty good. Definitely counts as one of those hidden gems

[@alexrosas9654]

@@ladynikkie Absolutely. I also love the secual. I hope more people check out on Pocky & Rocky.

[@Randomark3087]

I think the 2nd one was my favorite, because of all the additional characters.

[@ryanb7110]

Yes a lot of people don't know of this game and it was great playing co op

[@clarkb2697]

Good game but man it kicks you in the nuts with difficulty

[@no_nameyouknow]

Mike plays an absurdly Japanese game, runs past a bunch of bamboo houses, goes into a bamboo forest, faces a big ass bamboo enemy and proceeds to ask "what is that, an asparagus?" Never change Mike, rofl.

[@mslabo102s2]

Fun Fact: This is one of those things inspired that "Touhou".

[@AirMal23]

Love to see you guys play thru this game in a 4 part series like the older episodes

[@robertlawrence9000]

Same here!

[@vonheimler]

Why? For the love of the universe, why would you waste your time? This is the least entertaining thing imaginable. Living vicariously as a GIANT LOSER NERD?

[@robertlawrence9000]

@@vonheimler go play shitty games then

[@fallouthirteen]

Yeah, game was totally in Nintendo Power. It was the only place I've actually seen the game until watching a video online like several years ago. Looks like it's April of 1993 issue (Star Fox on the cover, issue 47, page 26).

[@DjAether8]

was also on gamepro same month and year

[@ChescoYT]

Did they ever release all the Nintendo Power's in a all-one book?

[@ToHoldNothing]

@-0melette- The sequel 8 years after Pocky and Rocky 2. And apparently the SNES is a sequel to an arcade game that started the "franchise".

[@ToHoldNothing]

@@DjAether8 I think I saw it in that issue, but 1993, I'd have only been 6, so...

[@PAINNN666]

@@ChescoYT Are you insane? This would be the biggest and heaviest book in history.

[@videogameobsession]

_"If you see sushi on the ground that's like life"_ - Mike Matei

[@johnarken1810]

Mmmmmm, floor sushi.

[@videogameobsession]

@@johnarken1810 It goes great with wall chicken!

[@Usario321]

top 10 quotes taken out of context

[@UltimateCarl]

"Everything's a skull." - James Rolfe

[@jregulatori4672]

6:02 made me laugh so hard. "You're taking everything!" "I was afraid it was going away." Everything that followed that convo. haha

[@Misfit_Kitten]

Gaming with your siblings 101: "You only get the items on THIS side - THOSE are mine!"

[@LadyCoyKoi]

@@Misfit_Kitten That is very sibling rivalry ever. LOL

[@GenericSteve764]

This game owns. More games should try to be like Pocky & Rocky.

[@ChargeQM]

My nerdy ass loves the Japanese mythology the game is drenched in. There's just so many youkai, gods, important figures, and stories that the game features, even if only for a moment sometimes. Care like that hasn't been used often, like... God of War recently did well with bringing the mythos to life, but many times it's just the names or maybe one single story, isolated from the greater mythos.

[@oasisbeyond]

Well it's basically Ikari Warriors...

[@sushiking56]

Yea dark souls should learn a fuckin thing or two from this game

[@KyuJuEX099x]

There's Neo Contra.

[@simon12332]

@@ChargeQM Castlevania

[@babianpunktse]

I played this as a kid at a friends house and the graphics was like in a cartoon, but super difficult ...

[@mcwhirlpoolinc2641]

Pocky and Rocky is freaking awesome! I love all the yokai references in it

[@bonemasterd1]

I have a suggestion. You guys should play The Lost Vikings.

[@SmokeConsciousHipHop]

One of the most classic SNES games, that shit broke me as a kid, still haven't finished it. Good times.

[@DeimosComaBlack]

@@SmokeConsciousHipHop Some 25 years later and I still remember the password for the level that gave me so much fucking trouble as a kid. WRLR. Sure it's only four letters long but those four letters might as well be PTSD.

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

Great game on the SNES and Genesis...the Genesis does celebrate 5 levels not found in the SNES version.

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

@@rugxulo How does the DOS version look and play?

[@2dgamecity]

One of the best specially lost viking 2

[@CircleA369]

You guys are forgetting to use the fan/tail moves to knock away the projectiles.

[@TheElcentralen]

or holding it in for the charged up special move.

[@Narhijan]

@SecularDogma wasn't that Pocky & Rocky 2?

[@Mr.Beanis]

This reminds me of the legend of the mystical ninja, but also Zombies ate my neighbors. Damn I miss Goemon games.

[@chesspunk489]

The 2 n64 games are in my own personal top 5 list of best hidden gems. However, the gameboy one that the u.s. got is one of the worst games I have ever played.

[@theunknownandunsolved6963]

Lol zombies ate my neighbors! My wife and myself started playing that game, OMG its hard!

[@2apocalypse-X]

Wow I just commented that they should play Legend of the Mystical Ninja just because this game looks just like it, I guess that great minds really do think alike

[@WhiteCr_0w]

"When you see Sushi on the ground that's like.. life.." - Mike Matei

[@Link0304]

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[@StoneMonkWisdom]

It's been five and a half years since they said: "We should play Goof Troop" and we're still waiting. This was mentioned in the Clayfighter James & Mike Mondays episode.

[@keithfulkerson]

You forgot Rocky Racoon, like The Beatles song of the same name. Oh yeah, and Rocky Dennis from that movie, "Mask".

[@TheBroncoley]

And the 2nd Red Power Ranger, Rocky DeSantos.

[@derek-64]

@@TheBroncoley and dwayne the rock johnson was known as rocky maivia back in the early days of his wwe/wwf career.

[@CondorCalabasas]

"Whenever I come over" I only just realized they weren't at James' place.

[@ChaosHellfire]

Mikes f***ing face at the end when he beats the boss is priceless!

[@deckofcards87]

There's never a dull moment playing Pocky & Rocky, it's a masterpiece.

[@MeleeTiger]

I suspect one of the reason it wasn't talked about much when it came here would be the cutesy nature of the characters, that and how much culture is presented in the game. There was that weird period in time when people were either afraid of foreign culture, or the people in charge of bringing stuff over here thought we were.

[@mvyper]

James has been keeping me company during all these years, in good and bad times. I really hope he goes on for many years to come!

[@chubbycatfish4573]

When I was a kid, I had a friend that had Pocky and Rocky 1 and 2. Hopefully he held on to them!

[@jettlucashayes8508]

Maybe play reshrined when it comes out

[@ironcube1282]

> Pocky > Original Shrine Maiden before Reimu from Touhou

[@zelg.5551]

Pocky doesn't have dem sweet armpits though.

[@CFunk99]

I like how they call AVGN "that one guy on the Internet".

[@nux3960]

Yeah, I'm still hoping for new AVGN episodes, if that's possible

[@scoopstacey3112]

@@nux3960 wym? He does avgn episodes all the time.

[@nux3960]

@@scoopstacey3112 yeah but it's not the same :(

[@MistahJay7]

@@nux3960 Lol you tripping, he still puts them out. ofcourse its not gona be the exact same. he doesn't have as much time. Still puts out one every 2-3 months tho ive noticed. which is good enough after like 15 years

[@no_nameyouknow]

@@MistahJay7 agreed, he is indeed trippin AVGN is still alive and well. Some of the best episodes ever have been in the past year or two. They are kinda just getting better and better imho.

[@TerraExodus]

Chaos Engine on Co-op for Sega Megadrive

[@DrakoDragonis]

Better on the CD32 ;)

[@13lueBomber]

#JamesandMikeMondays: I’m so glad there’s still games out there that I haven’t heard of or played. Man, this series is just the bees knees. Thank you James and Mike! Definitely gotta get this bad boi.

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

This is one of the games that made the SNES great back at the 90s

[@Adventureruler]

Love the ending! And nice to hear you guys say "Thanks for Watching" instead of just ending it on a no-note

[@Chris-Courage]

Don't forget about the prequel on the PC Engine. Kiki KaiKai

[@TheDarkQueen89]

It was also on the Famicom Disk System 😁

[@anonymousidea9119]

And in the arcades

[@incognitro7634]

The remake, Pocky and Rocky: Reshrined for Nintendo Switch is Phenomenal.

[@MarquesAllenJones]

17:59 "If there's another form, I'm going...to jump...off a bridge." -Mike Matei

[@WardogblackyEX]

I find it staggering how not just the AVGN but James and Mike themselves have yet to cover so many SNES,GENESIS, NES titles let alone dare touch the likes of PS1,N64, and the later generations. They've been doing this for quite a while and there are just so many more games that I'd love their take on: Mystical Ninja, Gargoyle's Quest, Ristar, Illusion of Gaia, The Magical Quest, and so on. They've far from exhausted the library of games. Keep it up guys! Some of the most wholesome gaming content on the internet!

[@mysteryoothero]

I need a compilation of all the Zelda references in these videos

[@chriscalvert4609]

Daniel Schacht I think KZbin limits videos to 24 hours sooo

[@alexsilva28]

@@chriscalvert4609 Lol. But seriously I want that compilation

[@AtlasBlizzard]

You never know the strength of your relationship until you play Pocky & Rocky together.

[@JamesChessman]

This game was DEFINITELY covered in Nintendo Power during its release, and I know for sure, bc it was the only reason that I knew about this game. It got raving reviews, and I thought the screenshots and artwork were great, so I imagined that the game must be awesome. IDK how many issues of Nin Power covered it, but at least one issue.

[@LurkyyMurkyy]

This game was my childhood! I’m glad they finally played it!

[@travisiswin]

So just how many James & Mike videos do you guys record in one sitting?

[@oaf-77]

All of them

[@etielrincon]

yes

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

travis.is.win 4-5 episodes. James gets about 6 hours to record so I have to divide the time so that we can fit enough videos for the month. I try to stream the games ahead if time if I can so that I have some idea what we are doing. I dont always get to though. Like the Mask, that one we just popped in. At least these days I get to play a bit first on stream so we dont get as badly stuck. Like we used to with videos like Comix Zone and Dennis the Menace..

[@elproson1]

@@JamesNintendoNerd Cool that you answer this kind of questions. Always nice to know trivia.

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

This was one of my favorite childhood games. Thanks for tackling it.

[@TalesfromVaporFashion]

Fester’s Quest was fun to watch Mike conquer 👑

[@Nordicsmith]

Fester's quest is an amazing game. It's one of those you can play through when just wanna play something. Fairly easy to beat too. As long as you make it past the fourth boss (always called him the owl) with the machine gun you're almost done. Awesome music too.

[@DarkGerson]

This was a great game back in the day. The 2 was my favorite. The nerd would love Unconventional Soccer games like MEGAMAN SOCCER 🤣

[@grimTales1]

He could try Red Card on Gamecube, or ISS 64 on N64

[@elproson1]

Do you still have the sequel?

[@bradhodges4521]

He played the mega man soccer game in the mega man avgn episode.

[@draculawolfman1502]

One of my favorite games. I believe there's a city where you can walk around and there's an arcarde where you can play minigames. It blew my mind when I was a kid. Great video.

[@PunishedV]

Just stick to one power up color! You don't know how much this triggers me.

[@jayhanson5587]

I know!! I had this game growing up and as I child I even figured this out :(

[@jasonwehner7221]

I used to rent this game every chance i got from my local video store back in the 90s. This game is an absolute gem.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

This game will always be apart of my child hood

[@TheSegacampGamerandWerecamp]

8:12 you made it slightly further than me I died and get a Game Over before fighting the Bamboo Boss!

[@ryanross3101]

I always wondered when you would play this glad yous finally did 😁

[@rydermccall3590]

Underrated classic. Should have been on the SNES Classic!

[@BennyTheAzn]

You guys should definitely play the sequel !!!!!

[@pite9]

This game have amazing music as well. One of the best soundtracks of the 16 bit era.

[@Elmsmore]

@cinemassacre now you need to play Pocky and Rocky 2

[@tomderry7295]

This game is in my top 20 SNES games. Loved it

[@noisetv1863]

You guys should play Ristar for Sega Genesis, or Mr. Gimmick for nes

[@AkaiAzul]

I’ve heard of this game as a kid, but that’s it. As an adult, I’ve heard about it again and how fun it was. Got the chance to play it earlier this year, and it’s a game I wish I grew up with.

[@PBlue-ei1bs]

Isn't there a slide move you can use to dodge the water beam? And I think after one player dies they can use a credit to re-join, down there you can see it says "you can try too"

[@NietypowyKurde]

Not a credit. You steal the other player's lives. Notice when Mike has a life left there's the message you mention, but when he hits his last it changes to the game's logo.

[@AftermathRV]

I think you should deffo make a multiparter playing this together. You two enjoying a good game together is peak James and Mike Monday contend! Also, if youre dying and going gameover, you can collect eachother while you fly up, this then saves the other player!

[@AnkfordPlays]

This makes me want to see you guys play Legend of the Mystical Ninja

[@timesplitter8040]

I would love a complete compilation video of James and Mike going "Yeaaaah"

[@SaltySparrow]

Love this game. Glad I picked up my copy before you guys played it, haha.

[@MrTamiya89]

Cool Game, There's Rocky Marciano and i Liked Mike's Joker Reaction at The End of The Video

[@dante452]

Kiki KaiKai: Nazo no Manto Kuro super famicom a love this game !!

[@kylelambskies8062]

Just wanted to say I love you dudes and thank you, literally, for being who you are (for all these years) -- it's a gift.

[@SirWhiskersThe3rd]

That game was incredibly hard and I loved it second one was okay better graphics though

[@RetroMoments]

One of the best SNES-titles! No doubt!

[@theterriblegamer1228]

Over $1000 for pocky and rocky 2? I bought it just a few years ago for $150.

[@KenPowers-i1z]

"Rocky the Raccoon" *has* to be a Beatles reference

[@THE_VictoryPictures]

It's like Ikari Warriors, but good.

[@voidhead78]

Oops! the game I was referring to was called Legend of the Mystical Ninja, reminds me of that game a lot but it as a difrent aspect the Pocky & Rocky, seems there is more meat in Legend of the Mystical Ninja but Pocky & Rocky still seems fun.

[@Stufftough]

AVGN new Mandela effect episode idea where James grew up with only good games.

[@JasonScalici]

*Walking through a bamboo forest* Mike - "is that a walking asparagus?" 😕

[@albireotheredguard1599]

Always wanted to play this game! I hope you play Ranma 1/2 Hardbattle one day!

[@retroraider5313]

Ranma 1/2 wow I remember it...but never played the game, curious to see how it is

[@albireotheredguard1599]

@@retroraider5313 I played the HELL out of it on my Super Nintendo, unfortunately my father pawned it and all my other games to pay the light bill. He and Genma could trade stories! 😓

[@retroraider5313]

@@albireotheredguard1599 oh my Lord...I'd love to hear stories

[@albireotheredguard1599]

@@retroraider5313 Suffice it to say they all end in, "And I had to give up my games so we could have lights."

[@franksmith613]

😢Oh man, I really miss James and Mike playing video games together. I wish the two reunite and play the sequel.

[@Thebluedud]

Eyyy! I was just thinking about this game. I lost the cart when I was little, so I'm hoping it comes to Switch SNES.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

James is right: Pocky and Rocky is just Stallone beating people up with a huge Pocky stick, yelling "Adrian!"

[@Costikeke]

You folks simply miss out on a ton of good japan exclusive games, so many its a shame. Go find them on game mondays.

[@donkeypong1847]

Had this as a kid! One of my favourite snes games.

[@sperrin]

Never heard of Pocky & Rocky? Wait till they learn about the sequels...

[@Kourumeme]

Have u heard of Kikikaikai?

[@realtrisk]

Sequels, plural? There was more than one?

[@Kourumeme]

Kikikaikai is the predecessor to pocky and rocky and it was an arcade title made by taito. I know it was ported to pc engine

[@sconrey7]

That would be prequel

[@zerosaberx2177]

I had this game as a kid and played it a lot of times, both alone and with friends. Execellent hidden gem 💎 of a game!

[@GojiraRising]

Cutest co-op shoot 'em up.

[@diamon1310]

Cute em up

[@Spartan77]

If you like Pocky and Rocky, you will love Wild Guns, also published by Natsumi. Wild Guns is video gaming bliss on the SNES, and worth a James and Mike play through.

[@Kawber]

This game is so good

[@JorgeAraujo97]

It's amazing how a lot of SNES games aged so well. Chrono Trigger, for example, is still gorgeous to this day. So is this game.

[@JorgeAraujo97]

@Kuwabatake Sanjurō Yeah, we could go on and on with this list. It's an amazing console to this day.

[@arcticridge]

please return to Kid Chameleon, James needs to see the hoverboard powerup!

[@Mithrandirkun]

Nice! I was playing this game with a friend before summer. A Hidden Jewel of the Snes library.

[@SlayerOfCunts]

I misread the title, and got excited for a new Child's Play reboot with Chucky & Stallone going on wacky adventures.

[@PikaLink91]

It could be so fun if James did a Nerd episode where he somehow visits himself from another timeline where he is the Happy Video Game Nerd, a timeline where he only grew up playing great games like this, and the Angry Nerd then decides that he wants to stay, but Happy Nerd convinces him that his own timeline NEEDS him to review all the bad games, that in order for there to be balance in the universe they must remain in their own native timelines, doing what they both do best, and Angry Nerd then reluctantly agrees to go back, realizing how important his role in the universe is.

[@kasivisio846]

Super Mario 4 Rambo Pocky and Rocky Metal Gear Cobra Pitfall Cliffhanger Contra Expendables

[@zorochii]

The series is now Pocky and Rocky Mondays. They took over!

[@maosama3695]

if you like this then i suggest gunstar heroes.

[@shadow-wolfgaming1737]

Agree

[@GameOverScy7he]

I used to LOVE this game as a kid. I rented it from Blockbuster quite often lol

[@wildjiggaboo1]

Play Legend of the Mystical Ninja for the SNES. Great co-op game from Konami.

[@Randomark3087]

These games are so underrated. Hopefully they get the same remaster treatment as Wild Guns and Ninja Warrior.

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

Mistaken those kappa for ninja turtle, that's funny james, right on

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

Western folk aren't told about Eastern folklore monsters that often. •́⩊•̀ It's pretty cool how every almost every culture have their own "horror stories" and creatures to go with 'em, still.

[@jasonshiers5771]

Watching these sort of videos has got me going back to playing my PS1 and 2 , the gameplay then says more than makes up for some of the shifty games on PS4.

[@truedashfan]

Please play Pink panther goes to Hollywood on super Nintendo it's a pretty good game

[@Godzilla-vd9lj]

"It's Rocky Balboa And The Japanese Snack" I Was Laughing My Butt Off

[@PascalNeem]

And they said infinity war was the most awaited cross over.