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Bo: Path Of The Teal Lotus is a Metroidvania from the people Nintendo stopped making Metroid fangamesThe AM2R team reunites
The AM2R team reunites
Bō: Path Of The Teal Lotus launched on Kickstarter back in February and quicklycleared its funding goalfor a Metroidvania based on Japanese folklore. It has gained even more attention in the last day or so, because its creation reunites some of the people who worked onAM2R, the well-liked unofficial Metroid 2 remake that Nintendo DMCA’d out of existence in 2016.
Here’s a trailer, which shows plenty of its lovely art style:
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus Official Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus Official Teaser Trailer
The list of features on the BōSteam pagereally do make it sound like the quintessential Metroidvania. You’ll explore the game’s “open and interconnected” world, unlock new abilities, and return to previous zones to access previously inaccessible areas. There are platforming challenges, boss battles, and the videos and GIFs suggest the physics of its character movement aren’t a million miles away from something likeHollow Knight.
While Bō’s executive producer worked on AM2R - which stands for Another Metroid 2 Remake - apost on the Bō Kickstarter last weekannounced that Milton Guasti had also joined the team as associate designer. Guasti was the primary developer of AM2R (and was alsoa level designer on Ori And The Will Of The Wisps).
Bō: Path Of The Teal Lotus doesn’t have a release date yet, but you can follow its development updatesvia its Kickstarter pageand find more detailson Steam.
