Pocky & Rocky: Stage 6: Battle with Black Mantle & Ending
2With all of the innocent Nopino Goblins and Youkai freed, Pocky & Rocky now storm their way towards the peak of Black Mantle's castle to confront the dark wizard, himself.
Of course, more Gorgonzola Goblin forces will stand in their way before they can reach Black Mantle, such as lance thrusting knights, lightning-fast laser spiders, and giant fireball-blasting beasts!
The last thing to stand between you and Black Mantle is a huge Ghost Knight. You have to shoot where its core is, but be careful with that. It can shoot lightning from its face, breath fire from its shield, and strike you with its sword!
Then, I get a bit cheesy and manage to safely attack it from behind, but be careful with this, too. While the lightning can't hit you like this, the fire breath still can.
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After the Ghost Knight has been vanquished, you can go into the next room, where Black Mantle awaits to send you to your doom!
This isn't an easy fight, because Black Mantle also has two statues that fire 3-way shots that alongside whatever Black Mantle is doing. I suggest taking out the statues as soon as possible so you can deal with less of a Bullet Hell, here.
For Black Mantle, himself, he will shoot his own 3-way shots, but they first start out single before turning into a 3-way after ricocheting off the side walls.
Another one of Black Mantle's attacks is to shoot some dark magic goo at you to hold you down if you don't dodge it. Use your buttons to break free from it.
The last of Black Mantle's attacks is to shoot lightning at you. It follows you around, so use your slide as much as you can at the right spots so you don't get zapped!
Later on through the fight, I found out that sometimes, when your character is trapped in that dark goo, Black Mantle's lightning can't hit you! Seems better than just moving to dodge it, but it doesn't always work.
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After a long battle, Black Mantle was finally no more!
Turns out that the Gorgonzola Goblins were also under Black Mantle's spell, as they finally come to their own senses once Black Mantle was defeated.
With that, everyone was able to return home in one piece. The Gorgonzola Goblins went home, Rocky returned home with his fellow Nopino Goblins, and Pocky when back home to her lovely shrine. She would sleep and dream much better than before on that night.
But then later that night, Rocky came back to share some treats with Pocky. These two new friends then sat down in the meadows to watch the full moon. If they look hard enough, they can even see themselves!
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Thanks for watching my playthrough of this niche game! I eventually want to move on to Pocky & Rocky 2. Stay tuned for that, eventually!