{"rewrite":{"id":"r_cf0b68f6ae93098877a3a5f0","clusterId":"c_dee40c42e68223018bd11569","slug":"chaos-smash-launches-first-collab-with-hokuto-city-mascot-zushi-hokki","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Chaos★Smash Launches First Collab With Hokuto City Mascot Zushi-Hokki","summary":"Moon Rabbit began Chaos★Smash's first collaboration event on November 12, adding Zushi-Hokki, the official mascot of Hokuto City, Hokkaido, as a hat avatar and link character. The free-to-play browser shooting game runs the event until 14:59 on December 10. Players raise intimacy by giving Hokuto specialties, and a sugoroku board with dice offers a second route to the character.","whyItMatters":"The event is the first installment of the laid-back mascot collaboration Chaos★Smash announced when it launched on October 29, so the mascot pick is the test of what that promised format looks like in practice.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eZushi-Hokki is a walking sushi character built on the Hokki clam, a Hokuto City specialty, and Fukkurinko rice from southern Hokkaido. The design is described as kimo-kawaii, with eyes that sometimes do not focus and limbs growing out of the clams. The Zushi-Hat avatar is free to every player who logs in during the event and raises the drop rate of rare items.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe link character takes more work. Players clear Solo Mode, Free Arena, and Team Expedition to collect tomatoes, rice, and clams, then give them to Zushi-Hokki until intimacy reaches 100. A separate sugoroku board, played with dice from the same modes, awards the character for completing 10 laps, with ranking rewards on top.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Chaos★Smash pairs its first collab with Zushi-Hokki, a real city mascot rather than another game. The intimacy gifts are Hokuto specialties, so the event doubles as regional promotion.","twitterPost":"Chaos★Smash's first collab is with a city mascot, not another game. Zushi-Hokki arrives as a hat avatar and link character.","threadsPost":"Chaos★Smash picked a municipal mascot for its first collaboration. Zushi-Hokki, Hokuto City's official character, drops in as a hat avatar and link character, and the intimacy gifts are Hokuto specialties. The dice sugoroku board is the second route to unlocking the character, running until December 10.","newsletterBlurb":"Moon Rabbit started Chaos★Smash's first collaboration event on November 12, bringing in Zushi-Hokki, the official mascot of Hokuto City, Hokkaido. The walking-sushi character is a free login hat and a link character earned through intimacy or a sugoroku board. The event runs until 14:59 on December 10.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261112-478885/\",\"title\":\"Free-to-play 'terrain-destroying' STG \\\"Chaos★Smash\\\" suddenly goes off the rails officially, with suspicious laid-back mascot \\\"Zushi-Hokki\\\" joining; first collab partner is beyond imagination\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5567,"outputTokens":830,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794473968,"createdAt":"2026-11-12T08:53:49.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T08:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T08:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dee40c42e68223018bd11569","canonicalTitle":"基本プレイ無料“地形ぶっ壊し”STG『カオス★スマッシュ』いきなり公式が暴走、怪しいゆるキャラ「ずーしーほっきー」参戦。初コラボ相手が想像の斜め上","representativeArticleId":"a_2d0d65f899303ff83ab669f8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Chaos Smash\"],\"studios\":[\"Moon Rabbit\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-12T08:18:26.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-12T08:18:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T08:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261112-478885/","title":"基本プレイ無料“地形ぶっ壊し”STG『カオス★スマッシュ』いきなり公式が暴走、怪しいゆるキャラ「ずーしーほっきー」参戦。初コラボ相手が想像の斜め上"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Chaos Smash"],"studios":["Moon Rabbit"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Moon Rabbit began the Chaos★Smash collaboration with Zushi-Hokki on November 12.","Zushi-Hokki is the official mascot of Hokuto City, Hokkaido, based on the Hokki clam and Fukkurinko rice.","The Zushi-Hat avatar is free to all players who log in during the event and raises rare item drop rates.","Players obtain the Zushi-Hokki link character by raising intimacy to 100 or completing 10 laps of the sugoroku board.","The event runs until 14:59 on December 10."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["chaos-smash","moon-rabbit"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"chaos-smash","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":9,"overall":"unverified","story_count":3,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"moon-rabbit","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":2,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}