Pochi and Nyaa
Manufacturer: Aiky/Taito, 2003
Design team:
Producer: Moo Niitani
Sound Designers: Ichi, Moo Nya-Tani
Instruction: Kashima Tadayuki
Sound Production: Tanaka Katumi
Sound Direction and Design: Hayashi Kou (Oak-Sun Sound Design),
Nagata Daisuke (Oak-Sun Sound Design), Hayashi Kou (Oak-Sun Sound
Design),
Voice Acting: Moo Nya-Tani, Kemi
Development Cooperation: Oak-Sun Sound Design
Description:
Pochi to Nyaa is a cutesy puzzle game where the objective is to
match the colored invaders in chains much in the vein of Sega's Puyo
Puyo Fever. Pochi to Nyaa features three different modes of play:
story mode, vs. computer mode, and two player vs. mode.
Story mode is a bare bones, single player game with three difficulty
settings. The player works to build up chains in order to gain more
time to play in one endless level. Once the timer runs out the game
is over.
Vs. Computer mode is more of a real story mode where the player
takes on the role of the novice wizard Prim, who has foolishly been
lured into the "Pochi and Nyaa Tournament" by the promises of
pudding. Before each battle Prim engages her opponent in a brief
dialogue in order to advance the storyline. The player advances to
the next opponent after winning one round. If the player loses the
round then it is game over.
Vs. Player mode is a standard two player battle mode and begins with
a character select screen. After the characters are selected there
is a short dialogue to introduce the players' characters and then
the battle begins. Whoever wins two round of gameplay is the victor.
Unlike many other two player games, Pochi to Nyaa vs. mode is played
on one credit and so once the winner is announced the game is over.
In both single player mode games there is a brief introduction to
the gameplay to assist the novice player.
Notes:
'Pochi' is a common name for a 'dog' in Japanese, and 'Nyaa' is the
typical sound for a 'cat', so the title translates as 'Puppy and
miaw'. The title is a pun : there is an extra char, so it can be
read as 'Pochitto Nyaa', and Pochitto is the sound for a button
quickly pressed.
In Japan, the title is more like Pochi TO Nyaa.
This game was out first out on the Sega Naomi hardware in 2002, and
was ported to the SNK Neo-Geo MVS at the end of 2003 (but was not
released on the Neo-Geo AES home console).
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