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* JokeItem: The Neko Pepper in Tesso's shop changes the sound effect for collecting a Maneki Neko from a stately gong to a masculine sounding meow.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tamako has green hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tamako has green hair.----

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** Futakuchi-onna: She runs Club Futakuchi, where you can just hang out and listen to the game's soundtracks from collected cassettes.



** Nuppeppō: You can steal his map of Haikyo House from him if you need help with navigating the level's numerous rooms.



** Umibozu: In Nori Nori Bay, Tamako rides on their heads to traverse the level.

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** Umibozu: In At Nori Nori Bay, Beach, Tamako rides on their heads to traverse the level.

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The Funa Yurei in Ryuuto Pier function as one for the stage.

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The Funa Yurei in Ryuuto Ryuto Pier function as one for the stage.stage, although they only show up at certain points rather than following Tamako through the whole level.



* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Reaching the end of the Kin-Neko-Ji Temple [[spoiler: changes Tamako into a {{Miko}} outfit]].

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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Reaching the end of the Kin-Neko-Ji Temple [[spoiler: changes [[spoiler:changes Tamako into a {{Miko}} outfit]].outfit]].
* AutoScrollingLevel: Sukui Falls is one of the upwards variety, with Tamako riding on the enormous hands of a Tearai Oni to ascend to the top of the falls and take on the giant yokai.
* BottomlessPits: Many stages have these, such as Chochin Cave, Giri Giri Pass, and Daitengu Mountain.
* {{Checkpoint}}: These appear as small statues that gain a red cape and hat when touched. Reaching them will save the number of coins Tamako is carrying with her and allow her to restart her progress in a stage.



* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying at any point in a stage has no serious consequences on Tamako and simply forces the player to start from the beginning or the last checkpoint they activated. If Tamako collected a Maneki Neko or a cassette tape before dying, the player doesn't need to try and collect it again. However, dying does reset the number of coins Tamako is carrying to what she had when she reached her last checkpoint.



* FetchQuest: Getting the Maneki Nejo and tape in Hyakki Yagyo Square requires finding special items throughout the game and returning them to the [=NPCs=] living there.
* GiantFootOfStomping: The Ashiarai Yashiki boss at the Sento and Haikyo House.

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* FetchQuest: Getting the Maneki Nejo Neko and tape in Hyakki Yagyo Square requires finding special items throughout the game and returning them to the [=NPCs=] living there.
* GiantFootOfStomping: The Ashiarai Yashiki boss at the Ashigawa Sento and Haikyo House.



* TheLostWoods: Several stages, such as Kappa Bashi Forest, Kasa Kasa Grove, and Jinmenju Woods.
* ManekiNeko: Tamako can collect these in every stage as part of the game's {{Collection Sidequest}}s. Most stages have about three of them.



* RainOfSomethingUnusual: In Kasa Kasa Grove, coins rain down from the sky, which makes keeping Tamako's coin count down trickier. Fortunately, a friendly Karakasa can help make things easier.
* {{Retraux}}: The game has 16-bit visuals that look like they came straight out of the 1990s.



* TemporaryPlatform: Jinmenju fruits are of the crumbling variety.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The game's ExcusePlot is that Tamako has become trapped in the realm of the yokai after wandering into their world by accident.



** BakenekoAndNekomata: Bakeneko-chan, the {{Miko}} who runs Kin-Neko-Ji Temple is a Bakeneko.

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** BakenekoAndNekomata: Bakeneko-chan, the {{Miko}} who runs Kin-Neko-Ji Temple is a Bakeneko.one of these.



** {{Oni}}: Find them and hop on their foot to reveal secret exits.

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** {{Oni}}: Find them and hop on their foot to reveal secret exits.pathways in the game's map.

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The main feature of the game is its focus on "anti-coin collecting." Depending on how many coins you have, numbered blocks and other parts of the environment change, either breaking when Tamako touches them, becoming solid

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The main feature of the game is its focus on "anti-coin collecting." Depending on how many coins you have, numbered blocks and other parts of the environment change, either breaking when Tamako touches them, becoming solid
solid, or something else. Complicating things are all the yokai creatures that you need to either avoid or manipulate in order to reach each stage's goal.



** Rokurokubi: Yuu, the farmer living in Hyakki Yagyo Square. He asks Tamako

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** {{Oni}}: Find them and hop on their foot to reveal secret exits.
** Rokurokubi: Yuu, the farmer living in Hyakki Yagyo Square. He asks TamakoTamako to retrieve his farming equipment.
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''Rising Dusk'' is an "anti-coin collection" PuzzlePlatformer created by Studio Stobie. After a successful [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/studiostobie/risingdusk Kickstarter campaign]], it released on July 26th, 2018.

When the sun sets, the mysterious realm of the {{yokai}} appears. A young girl, Tamako, accidentally wanders into this world and must make her way to the mysterious mountain peak that wasn't there before to return.

The main feature of the game is its focus on "anti-coin collecting." Depending on how many coins you have, numbered blocks and other parts of the environment change, either breaking when Tamako touches them, becoming solid

The game is available on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/848930 Steam]] and [[https://studiostobie.itch.io/risingdusk Itch.io]].

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* AlwaysNight: Variation. The realm of the yokai always has a twilit sky.
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Reaching the end of the Kin-Neko-Ji Temple [[spoiler: changes Tamako into a {{Miko}} outfit]].
* CollectionSidequest: Each normal stage features three Maneki Neko statues and one cassette tape. The former unlock {{secret level}}s (though you only need 50 out of 60 total), while the latter unlock the soundtrack at Club Futakushi.
** Yokai Remains, obtained when defeating a boss.
* DemBones: [[spoiler:Odokuro.]]
* FetchQuest: Getting the Maneki Nejo and tape in Hyakki Yagyo Square requires finding special items throughout the game and returning them to the [=NPCs=] living there.
* GiantFootOfStomping: Ashiarai Yashiki.
* {{Miko}}: Bakeneko-chan, who oversees the Kin-Neko-Ji Temple.
* SecretLevel: The ten stages of Kin-Neko-Ji Temple, unlocked by collecting Maneki Neko statues.
* {{Yokai}}: The inhabitants of the world Tamako is stuck in.
** [[spoiler:Gashadokuro: The final boss.]]
** {{Kappa}}: They're capable of pushing anything pushable they come across.
** {{Karakasa}}: He'll follow you around Kasa Kasa Grove, protecting you from raining coins.
** Nurikame: They take the form of numbered Nurikame blocks. If you have the number of coins printed on them, they start to worry... because another yokai touching them will cause them to disappear. Tamako can touch them with no effect regardless of how many coins she has.
** Rokurokubi: Yuu, the farmer living in Hyakki Yagyo Square. He asks Tamako
** {{Tanuki}}: They'll shy away if you're broke, but if you have at least one coin, they'll take chase and try to steal it from you.
** Wanyuudou: The boss at Kubinashi Station.

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