Ponpoko
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Gameplay
In Ponpoko, the player controls a Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., or Japanese raccoon dog, that can climb ladders, walk across platforms, and jump over deadly apple cores and gaps.[3] Colorful creatures (called hairy caterpillars by Sigma,[4] scorpions by Venture Line[5]) move horizontally from one side of the screen to the other and back again, floating over gaps in the platforms.[3] A mystery pot usually gives bonus points when collected, but certain pots in each level always release a snake.[5] Both caterpillars and snakes are deadly to the touch.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Ponpoko on their August 15, 1983 issue as being the fifteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[6]
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