Pocky and Rocky BOSS FAQ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Written by Adem Grech (Choc66)
[email protected]
30th May 2003


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Table of contents
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1. Disclaimer
2. Overview
3. Mini Bosses
  (i)   Stage 1. Haunted Shrine
  (ii)  Stage 2. Enchanted Forest
  (iii) Stage 3. The Cemetery Mystery
  (iv)  Stage 4. Battle In The Sky
  (v)   Stage 5. The Forbidden Castle
  (vi)  Stage 6. Battle With Black Mantle
4. Stage Bosses
  (i)   Stage 1. Haunted Shrine
  (ii)  Stage 2. Enchanted Forest
  (iii) Stage 3. The Cemetery Mystery
  (iv)  Stage 4. Battle In The Sky
  (v)   Stage 5. The Forbidden Castle
  (vi)  Stage 6. Battle With Black Mantle
5. General Tips
6. Credits


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1. Disclaimer
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This FAQ for Pocky and Rocky on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
(SNES) was written by me, Adem Grech, on the 30th of May 2003.  It is to appear
on no other site but www.gamefaqs.com. You may use
this for personal use only, provided you do not modify it in any way.
Distributing this guide for profit is illegal and will lead to
prosecution



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2. Overview
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Ive written this FAQ for those of you who are having trouble with some
of the games bosses.  Here you will find ways to avoid boss attacks as
well as dealing out damage to kill the boss.  You can also find this
information in my full Pocky and Rocky FAQ


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3. Mini Bosses
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Mini bosses are in the game around half way or three quarters of the
way through the stage.  Most are preety easy to kill.


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(i)   Stage 1. Haunted Shrine


No mini boss for this stage

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(ii)  Stage 2. Enchanted Forest

Difficulty =  1/5

The mini boss for this stage is a bamboo tree.

This boss is rather simple.  He has 2 main attacks.  The first one he
will throw moles from the hole at the top of his body.  No need to avoid
them, they just stay there, so kill them off and keep attacking him.  The
second attack, you have to watch his hands, 3 leaves will appear and he
will throw them at you.  When he does, dodge them.  Once he dies, he will
leave 3 items, a tray of meat, red orb, and blue orb.

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(iii) Stage 3. The Cemetery Mystery

Difficulty  3/5

For a mini boss this guy packs quite a punch.  You will be fighting a
floating skeleton with magical powers.  He has 3 attacks.  One where he
will take a deep breath and breathe a line of ice.  Easy to avoid, just
move out of the way and attack.  The key is to watch him closely, he'll
usually dash forwards before doing it. The second is where fireballs
will surrond him and then he will send them to attack.  The key here is
to run away just as he is about to throw them to avoid them, dont attack
as they are coming at you, or you will be hit.  The third attack is where
he will send 2 spinning scythes to attack you.  Easy to avoid, run away
and hit him.

With the attacks in mind, attack him.  Dont attack him when he is about
to toss the fireballs at you, attack any other chance you get.

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Difficulty = 2/5

The moment you walk in there will be four pots, one in each corner.  A
genie will pop out. Just attack him as he goes from one pot to another,
watching his fireball as you do so.  Once you have hit him a lot, he
will turn into a cloud.  When he is behind you, just run, and attack
when he is quite far from you.  Watch the little cloud puffs he throws
at you, you can easily avoid them if you are far from him.  He then
should resort to a pot, and go back to his first form.  Repeat how you
damaged him in the first form, and he will die.  A suitcase will drop,
containing a tray of meat :D

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(iv)  Stage 4. Battle In The Sky

No mini bosses for this stage


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(v)   Stage 5. The Forbidden Castle

No mini bosses for this stage

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(vi)  Stage 6. Battle With Black Mantle

Difficulty =  3/5

This mini boss is a floating armour with an orb in the middle.

He has 3 main attacks you should look for.  The first is a lightning
strike which is easy to avoid provided you dont stand directly in his
line of path.  The second attack is where he will shoot fireballs from
his shield.  Either walk or just take a dive and you wont be hit.  The
third, he throws his sword at you, best to dive here and avoid it.

All you should do here is shoot him from a safe distance, and when he
is nearly in your line of path, dive and keep shooting.  Watch his
shield fireball attack and dive, keep shooting, and when he shoots
his sword, simply dive.  After a while, he will die, and you shouldnt
lose too much energy.


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4. Bosses
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Bosses in this game appear at the end of the stage.  Here is a detailed
analysis of the bosses in this game and how to kill them.


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(i)   Stage 1. Haunted Shrine

Difficulty = 2/5

The boss for this stage is a guy with a big brown giant head with big
eyes and 2 fangs.

He has 3 main attacks.  The first is where he will walk in a direction,
stop and attack you with the nuts he has in his basket.  To avoid it,
watch his hand, and quickly run to where he isnt facing.  You can attack
him if you are far enough, and you will have enough time to dodge his
attack.  The second is where he will take a deep breath and spit nuts at
you.  To avoid it, keep running away from them until he stops.  Do not
attack him at all while he is spitting at you because you will get hit.
The third, he will bounce into a ball and try to roll into you, then
roll back up.  This is the easiest attack to avoid, plus its very easy
to attack him in this form.

With these attacks in mind, the best time to attack him he when is is
doing nothing or preparing for an attack.  Its very easy to attack him
when he rolls into a ball.

With patience, you should kill him quite easily.

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(ii)  Stage 2. Enchanted Forest

Difficulty =  3/5

This boss has 4 long headed serpents as well as a octopus to contend
with.

To kill this boss, you have to attack the serpents that pop out of the
water.  2 at a time will pop up, attack one till it goes down, then go
for the other.  Do this quickly before they can start firing fireballs
at you.  After a while, the octopus will decide to show up.  Watch out
for the water beam it shoots from its mouth, so dont stand in front of
it.  Attack it until it goes down, then the serpents will re-emerge.
Once it starts getting closer to death, the octopus will start emerging
with the 2 serpents, so you have to watch out for the octopus's water
beam attack, and possible serpent fireballs.  Go for the octopus,
because he goes down quicker, plus the fireballs are rather easy to
dodge.  The more hits he takes, the quicker the octopus will re-emerge.
Keep repeating this strategy until he finally dies.

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(iii) Stage 3. The Cemetery Mystery

Difficulty = 3/5

Its the same boss as the first mini boss you fought.  He uses exactly
the same methods of attack as his previous form, only this time, you
have to make sure you dont fall over the edge of the cliff, and he does
more dashes then before.  But if you didnt find him hard the first time,
you wont find him hard this time around.

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(iv)  Stage 4. Battle In The Sky

Difficulty =  3.5/5

The boss for this stage is a armoured flying bird.

This is the most difficult boss you have encountered so far.  He has 2
main attacks: One where he will fly around the screen shooting 4 sets of
feathers at you 2 or 3 times, and the other attack he go off the screen
and come at you and kick you.

To make this boss easier, take your time killing him.  When he shoots
feathers, dodge, and when he goes back from left to right, attack him
then. You can attack him just before he throws his feathers as well if
you get the chance. When he comes at you from the top of screen, keep
moving to make it harder for him to land his attack.  Keep repeating.
Once he starts flashing, he will move and throw feathers a bit faster.
You can use a bomb here which will preety much kill him off.

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(v)   Stage 5. The Forbidden Castle

Difficulty =  4/5 first form, 1.5/5 second form

The boss for this stage is a vampire.

This is one tough nut.  He will start by throwing white bats at you.
These are easy enough to dodge.  The other attack you should be worried
about is the one where the floors will be filled with electricity.  To
avoid this, watch the sides of the floor, when the start lighting up,
its going to damage you, so move to a panel where its safe.

To make things easier, at the start of the battle, keep shooting him,
get close and use a bomb real close to him.  If you time it right, he
will change into his second form

In his second form, he will be a massive purple bat.  He is real simple
in this form.  All he does is fly around with bats surrounding him
just kill the bats off and attack him, and eventually he will die.

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(vi)  Stage 6. Battle With Black Mantle

Difficulty =  4/5

The boss for the stage is the purple hooded figure you see in the cut
scenes.  In other words, you guessed it, this guy is the last boss of
the game.

When you first encounter him, you wont be able to hit him, but he can
sure hit you.  See those two dragon statues shooting fireballs, well
concentrate your attacks on them, when both are destroyed, you will
be able to actually hit the boss.  If you have a bomb or two, this is
a good time to use them.

Once at this point, he has 3 attacks you should be wary of.  The first
he will shoot 2 fireballs that bounce and split into 6.  This is very
hard to attack, so keep moving, and if you feel you are going to be
hit, dive for it.  The second attack he will throw his cape at you.
Dont worry if you get hit as it does no damage but leaves you unable to
move.  Press all the buttons to wiggle out of it.  The third attack he
will shoot a lightning beam at you that will actually follow you around
so you have to do the occasional dive if it gets to close to you.

If your feeling cheap, a good way to avoid the third attack and receive
no damage guaranteed is to get hit by the cape, and dont wiggle just
yet, the lightning will stay on you but you wont lose any damage.  This
is good to do when your low on health.

The best strategy is to play it safe and take your time.  Shoot him
whenever he floats around, and avoid his fireballs, shoot him again
until the cape comes at you, dive (or get hit if you want to avoid his
next attack easy) and avoid the third attack, while getting in any
shots you can.  He takes a while, but using this strategy will get you
home with minimal damage done to you.

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5. General Tips
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- Learn Boss paterns, this will make bosses all the easier

- Dont be scared to use bombs, sometimes they can finish a boss of in
no time.

- If there are 2 of you, dont stand in the same spot, attack the boss
from different angles.

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6. Credits
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Gamefaqs:  For hosting this faq, as well as many other brilliant faqs

Natsume:   For creating a very enjoyable game

Nintendo:  For making a wonderful machine in the Super Nintendo

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