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ChuChu Rocket! is a puzzle game released for the Dreamcast in 1999.
Gameplay[]
In the game you play as the ChuChus, a species of terrified space mice that need to escape to their rockets from the hungry KapuKapus, a species of giant alien cats.
Players compete to get the most amount of ChuChus into their rocket (indicated by the color) by placing up to four arrows on a board. Clever placement will allow you to take ChuChu from your opponents.
Points are awarded depending on the color of the ChuChu:
- Blue and white ChuChu are worth one point and are by far the most common ChuChus in the game.
- Golden ChuChu are worth 50 points
- Pink and red ChuChu are unique in that they activate a bonus when obtained:
- Speed Up! makes both the ChuChu and KapuKapu move far more quickly
- Slow Down which makes both the ChuChu and KapuKapu slow down.
- Mouse Mania! which removes the KapuKapus and large numbers of ChuChus appear.
- Cat Mania! which removes the ChuChus and lets the KapuKapu charge around the screen trying to enter the rockets and devour the mice within.
- Mouse Monopoly! which makes ChuChus get sucked into the rocket without the need to navigate the map.
- Cat Attack! which summons a KapuKapu to each opponents rocket.
- Place ↑ Again: which removes all arrows and allows everyone to place their arrows down in new locations.
- Everybody Move! which swaps everyone's rockets around randomly, meaning arrows that benefitted you may now be helping your opponent.
KapuKapu's reaching the rocket will devour a third of all stored ChuChus within it.
The Game Boy Advance port would allow players to connect to one another and compete via link cables.
Trivia[]
- ChuChu Rocket! was the first online game on the Dreamcast, the Dreamcast itself being the first console with a built in modem.
- KapuKapu appears as a hatchable animal in Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
- The ChuChu leaders mentioned in the manual appear as a playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
- Tails uses a ChuChu inspired bomb in Sonic Battle.
Gallery[]
ChuChu Rocket! title screen
Regular gameplay
Mouse Mania! bonus
Winner screen