![]() Another scene that sticks out in my mind was the statue of a pregnant computer program, it's huge belly surrounded by ceremonial candles-like something from the mind of David Cronenberg. In one area, two priests suspended in mid-air have been hooked into a computer, electrical energy crackling as they convulse in the air. And while Narita Boy can’t swim, he can surf across water on a giant 3.5-inch floppy disk. There's some back and forth between certain areas, but so much of the game has some incredibly striking scenes that it's a pleasure whenever you do have to double-back. Narita Boy retro graphics have never seemed so stylish (pic: Team17). Narita Boy's story is strictly linear, with marked goals to follow as you run around its pixel-perfect backdrop. One boss battle I had to dodge a giant mechanical carp in a Japanese bathhouse as I surfed on a giant floppy disk One boss battle I had to dodge a giant mechanical carp in a bathhouse as I surfed on a giant floppy disk-which was pretty fantastic. ![]() These dramatic encounters feel more about showing off the idea behind the creation rather than being actually difficult. This wikia is a collaborative resource for the game and is maintained by the contributions of. Release date is Mafor Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam. It was Kickstarter funded in April of 2017. Boss fights are more challenging, but not as much as I was expecting. Narita Boy is a retro-pixel action-adventure game developed by Studio Koba and published by Team17. The game brings technology and mythology together to create an interesting world.Įnemy attacks are clearly choreographed to the point where if you just remember which technique works for each enemy you'll breeze past with ease. ![]() There's a certain mysticism too, like how the high-priestess of the entire Kingdom is a supervisor program named Motherboard, how sentient programs called techno-fathers worship complex algorithms, how floppy disks act as keys to the holiest of temples, and how lines of code are treated as ancient scripture. It's the usual 'hero saving the world' narrative but with the twist of being inside a retro console from the '80s, and I think Narita Boy's execution of that idea is brilliant.Įvery scrap and segment of the gaming console has been assigned a specific role within this fantasy universe, and the world has enough lore that it could rival Game of Thrones. Traveling through each of the kingdom's three regions, you must defeat the evil servants of HIM, a dark program that wishes to see the Digital Kingdom fall. Another scene that sticks out in my mind was the statue of a pregnant computer program, it's huge belly surrounded by ceremonial candles-like something from the mind of David Cronenberg.Playing as the titular pixel hero Narita Boy, you have been summoned to save the Digital Kingdom from crisis. There's some back and forth between certain areas, but so much of the game has some incredibly striking scenes that it's a pleasure whenever you do have to double-back. Boss fights are more challenging, but not as much as I was expecting. Playing as the titular pixel hero Narita Boy, you have been summoned to save the Digital Kingdom from crisis.
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