Pocky & Rocky Reshrined Collector's Edition (NSW)

The shrine is open and Pocky and Rocky are finally home. The Pocky and Rocky Reshrined Collector's Edition on Nintendo Switch is a Strictly Limited Games and GamesRocket exclusive, individually numbered and limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. For fans of the series that helped define cooperative shoot 'em up gaming, this is the physical release that does it justice.

Reshrined marks the third chapter in a lineage that started in Taito's arcades and burned itself into SNES-era memories. The multi-directional scrolling shooter features five playable characters, 16-bit style visuals that feel handcrafted rather than algorithmically generated, a story mode, two-player co-op, and online leaderboards. It plays like the developers actually loved the originals, which goes a long way.

The Collector's Edition houses everything in a special Rocky-styled box with a magnetic latch. Inside you'll find the Switch game with a colorful manual, an original soundtrack CD, an acrylic Pocky and Rocky diorama, an omamori amulet featuring pixel-style character art, a postcard set, a character sticker sheet, an enamel pin, a reversible A2 poster, a bookmark, a leaf eraser, and a collector's coin. Every piece feels like it belongs in the set rather than being filler. At 2,000 copies, the Switch Collector's Edition offers a bit more breathing room than the Plushie Bundle, but these numbered Strictly Limited runs don't sit on shelves indefinitely. This is a display-worthy tribute to one of gaming's most charming duos.