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Kikikaikai (New)

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$22.39 $31.99 In stock

Category: Brilliant

Few will forget their first blast on Kikikaikai. The initial barrier was to be able to pronounce it to the local importer in the pre-internet days. And despite being just the early nineties, few gamers were sufficiently cross-pollinated with games of its ilk to understand the ensuing cultural chaos. Not that it requires understanding with fast paced shooting fury the order of the day. Yet a randy raccoon tanuki friend that can deflect shots with his tail did raise a few eyebrows. The Shinto inspired Japanese blaster draws on mythology as necks extend inexplicably and one-eyed umbrella ghosts hop past. Cultural references aplenty all in a luscious sprite-based world driving gamers on to see more. Unrelenting pace as you the priestess battle against all the evil of underworld armed with nothing more than a purification branch. A Super Famicom classic well-worthy of this fine update and hopefully new and old audience with new playable characters. Known in the West as Pocky and Rocky Reshrined.

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Emily ★★★★★

The pronunciation alone is a rite of passage, but once you get past that, the opening blast is pure nostalgia. It's the kind of cartridge that makes you appreciate how far we've come since the early nineties, and it still holds up.

Ella X. ★★★★★

Even after all these years, the learning curve to just ask for it by name still makes me smile every time I boot it up. That initial chaotic blast of gameplay from the early nineties hits just as hard as I remember, and the difficulty is unrelenting in the best way.

Elizabeth ★★★★★

My first playthrough was brutal in the best way, and trying to tell my brother the name over the phone was its own little comedy. The early-nineties difficulty curve doesn't hold your hand at all, which is exactly why it stuck with me.