Game · NGPC

Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun

Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun is a 2000 NGPC game by SNK.

This is a basic entry from public sources. It is not a written Codex page yet, so it lists facts without checking them against a second source.

About the game

In this game you keep watch on the wacky Neo Poke-kun, a cartoony programmer thing that lives locked in his small Tokyo apartment. You don't have direct control of his actions but instead interact with him indirectly by switching stuff in his apartment on and off, which triggers different reactions from him. More importantly you can invite different characters to visit Neo Poke-kun, which will also trigger different reactions from him. Depending on the time of day and the visitor you may get different reactions from Poke-kun, and if you make him happy enough he'll get to work and code a mini-game for you.

These collection of 30 games form the bulk of the gameplay, and include different clones of other games, shooters, short platformers, and compact puzzle challenges similar to Wario Ware .

The game has a distinctly bizarre sense of humor with wacky animations played whenever something happens to your Poke-kun, and while some games use basic vector graphics, most use 2D sprites.

MobyGames · MobyGames API terms

Facts

Platforms: NGPC
First released: 2000-06-08
Developers: SNK
Publishers: SNK
Genres: Action, 3rd-person (Other), Side view, Top-down, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Platform, Puzzle elements
Official site: web.archive.org/web/20001006112056/www.neogeo.co.jp/neopocke_kun/index.html

Covers and screenshots

Box, manual and cartridge scans

Front Cover (NGPC · Japan)
Back Cover (NGPC · Japan)
Media (NGPC · Japan)
Spine/Sides (NGPC · Japan)
Spine/Sides (NGPC · Japan)
Spine/Sides (NGPC · Japan)
Spine/Sides (NGPC · Japan)
Manual (NGPC · Japan)
Manual (NGPC · Japan)
Extras (NGPC · Japan)
Extras (NGPC · Japan)

Screenshots

The loading screen. Once you save your game, you'll never see it again. (NGPC)
Pressing A invites a random guest. This one makes our character happy. (NGPC)
Please, no dying in my flat! (NGPC)
This guy knows how to brighten the mood. (NGPC)
Hi guys! (NGPC)
Inviting too many guests can break Poke-kun's door. (NGPC)
And now you can't invite anybody till you've played one of the mini-games. (NGPC)
Pressing B leads you to the mini-game selection screen. Poke-kun doesn't seem to like that. (NGPC)
This game predates WarioWare but the way it works is that when Poke-kun is in the mood, he will create games for you to play. Annoy him or hurt him and you'll be waiting for new games for days... (NGPC)
The first mini-game is a simple take on pong. (NGPC)
Scoring enough points will give you this screen and a sign near the game depending on your score. (NGPC)
The second game: avoid the balls. (NGPC)
The third game: you have to send the H flying till the end while avoiding the paddles. (NGPC)
A breakout clone with falling bricks that hurt you and the bricks slowly moving towards you. (NGPC)
Avoid the asteroids and grab the tasty stuff. (NGPC)
Avoid the volcano's eruptions and grab the food. (NGPC)
A Shinobi-like mini-game where you kill the ninjas with shurikens. (NGPC)
You shoot the bad guys with shurikens but now the stage is scrolling. (NGPC)
A Galaga clone where you dodge projectiles from the aliens and the spaceship. (NGPC)
Skydiving. Pressing A will unfold your parachute. (NGPC)
Get to the top of the floor while avoiding obstacles and walls. (NGPC)
A Dig Dug clone with invisible bombs. (NGPC)
Shoot all the aliens in space. (NGPC)
A star wars arcade clone (They even ripped off the opening) (NGPC)
It's nice to see some game over cutscenes in some of the mini-games. (NGPC)
Feed Neo Poke-kun while avoiding bombs. (NGPC)
Kill all the enemies that approach you. (NGPC)
The last enemy is a boss. (NGPC)
Help the people avoid the crook's bombs. (NGPC)
A Sumo game where you choose the direction and power of your shove to kick the enemy out of the ring. (NGPC)
Swim to the end while picking up your buddies and avoiding obstacles. (NGPC)
Kill ghosts that pop up with spears. (NGPC)
A D&D style RPG. (NGPC)
You defeat your enemies by rolling a dice. (NGPC)
When you die in the RPG, you are greeted to this scene. (NGPC)
Avoid the baseballs coming from 3 different directions. (NGPC)
Stop all the crazy naked fist fights. (NGPC)
A jump-kick fighting game. (NGPC)
An Anti-Tetris game where you shoot the tetris blocks. (NGPC)
A crane game with humans. (NGPC)
Gotta catch them all! (NGPC)
Pokekun Fighters is an actual one on one fighting game. (NGPC)
But the only attack Neo Poke-kun has is Terry Bogard's Burn Knuckle. (NGPC)
A Rock-paper-scissors dating sim. (NGPC)
A rhythm game. (NGPC)
The last mini-game is a mech fighting game with great looking visuals and close-ups. (NGPC)
Tilting the clicky stick can lead to some bizarre situations. (NGPC)
That's gotta hurt! (NGPC)
I think I hurt the poor guy's feelings. (NGPC)
See that? That's how you portray depression on a Neo Geo Pocket Color! (NGPC)