Line #10 VideoGame/RockyRodent


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3	''Rocky Rodent'' is a fairly obscure game released for the Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1993, developed and published by Creator/{{Irem}}. It seems to jump on the bandwagon of MascotWithAttitude cartoon animals, such as ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', that were common at the time.
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5	It has a fairly simple plot: Rocky, who has a stomach like a garbage disposal, must rescue the daughter of a restaurant owner who couldn't make a payment to the mob (due to Rocky eating the protection money), headed by [[BigBad Don Garcia]]. Rocky does so under the promise of an all-you-can-eat buffet just for him as a reward. He gets there using various power-ups in the form of hairstyles and the help of a bird whose egg he had unintentionally saved.
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7	''Rocky Rodent''[='=]s gameplay can be best described as a fusion of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog''; it is a traditional platformer that rewards exploration of the levels, many of which are riddled with branching passages and alternate routes. Rocky can run through these levels fairly quickly, using certain parts of the environment as if it were LeParkour. He also gains various hairstyles that can be used to defeat enemies, pass obstacles, and discover secrets. These include his signature red mohawk, which can flip and pick up enemies as well as be used to stick into certain ceilings to climb, a sharp blue mohawk that can be thrown like a boomerang and stuck into walls to scale them, a green ponytail that can be used as a whip and a grappling hook, and a yellow spring-like style that can be used to bounce upside down across gaps and bounce enemies away.
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10	!!This game provides examples of:
11	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The fifth area of the game. It's underneath the chili factory, and as such contains dangerous chili sauce everywhere.
12	* AdvancingWallOfDoom: In part of the sewers, you get chased by a ''subway''. It's pretty fast, but you're faster and there are no obstacles in your way.
13	* BattleBoomerang: The Blue Mohawk lets Rocky throw it as a boomerang projectile. He has to be a little careful using it, though. As he'll die if he gets hit before it returns to him.
14	* BigBoosHaunt: The second level combines this with HellHotel.
15	* BigEater: Rocky himself.
16	* BreakablePowerUp: Rocky loses his hair and the abilities the come with it whenever he gets hit.
17	* ConspicuousElectricObstacle: Metro Tower levels feature electric node pairs that regularly shoot out yellow electric bolts between them.
18	* EggMacGuffin: The third area of the game has you searching for this, which hatches into a small bird. This bird pecks nearby enemies while you have it, and more eggs can be found in later levels.
19	* EternalEngine: The chili factory, which also doubles as a [[LethalLavaLand Lethal Chili Sauce Land]].
20	* {{Fanservice}}: During the hotel stage, Rocky can break in a room where a girl is taking a bath. She's only visible during a moment before she covers herself for good with the shower curtain, though.
21	* TheGoomba: Small armadillos wearing fedoras.
22	* HellHotel: Well, more like apartments, really.
23	* HighSpeedBattle: You're fighting the first boss on the roof of a moving van while running down the freeway.
24	* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Red Hot Co has conveyor belts that are hindrance to the player.
25	* LawOfOneHundred: Getting 100 food items nets you an extra life.
26	* LethalLavaLand: But instead of lava, it's chili sauce!
27	* MascotWithAttitude: You think?
28	* MrExposition: The skater guy who shows up both to teach you about the game and to advance the plot.
29	* MutuallyExclusivePowerups: The hairstyles.
30	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Apparently, the reason the restaurant owner couldn't pay the mob was because Rocky accidentally ate the money.
31	* NintendoHard: Most of the game ranges from easy to quite challenging, but the bouncing gears in the last level are nearly ''impossible'' to survive, even after you learn how to proceed. The cheat that allows infinite continues doesn't even help that much.
32	* OneHitPointWonder: Rocky dies in a single hit if he doesn't have any hair.
33	* PowerUpLetdown: The Blue Mohawk lets Rocky throw the mohawk as a boomerang but while the mohawk is flying, Rocky is treated as bald, and thus vulnerable to death if he gets hit before it returns. You can throw the mohawk, then die if something hits you!
34	* PrehensileHair: Including mohawks!
35	* RaceAgainstTheClock
36	* RecurringBoss: The bat, fought as the third and fifth boss.
37	* RiseToTheChallenge: Part of the sewer level includes rising chili sauce.
38	* SaveThePrincess: The general mission. Rocky only volunteers to rescue Melody in exchange for free food as a reward from the Owner.
39	* SeesawCatapult: The game features seesaws with an anvil in one end. Jumping on a seesaw makes an anvil bounce slightly upward which, upon landing, launches the player high up in the air.
40	* SingleUseShield: Rocky's haircuts shield him from one hit, at the cost of losing his hair and turning bald.
41	* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: Red Hot Co has crushers as a level hazard.
42	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When the DamselInDistress kisses Rocky, his red mohawk suddenly springs up from his scalp.
43	* SpringsSpringsEverywhere: Umbrellas and tyres act as springboards. The game also has regular springboards towards the end of the game.
44	* TakeYourTime: Two levels make it seem like you have a time limit, but neither of them really does.
45	* TravelingPipeBulge: When Rocky enters a pipe, you can tell where he is by the bulges he makes when kicking inside the pipe.
46	* TheUnfought: Don Garcia is never actually fought; the final boss is instead his [[TheDragon Dragon]], The Bad Bulldozer. Which makes sense when you think about it. I mean, who would you think would put up a better fight? Some irritable, short guy or an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot evil bulldog flying around with a jetpack and armed with a rocket launcher]]?
47	* WeCanRuleTogether: What Don Garcia offers Rocky when he's finally confronted. Rocky turns it down, of course, leading to...
48	* WeWillMeetAgain
49	* AWinnerIsYou: The ending.
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Context VideoGame / RockyRodent