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Nostalgic metroidvania Narita Boy is out nowWield the technosword
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Nostalgia just seems to me like pandering, butNarita Boy’s ’80s, neon, CRT aesthetic is delivered with enough verve that its trailers almost win me over. It’s a metroidvania about a boy trapped in a videogame world, trying to restore the memories of the game developer with the aid of their weapon, the Technosword. It’s out now via Steam.Here’s the launch trailer:Narita Boy Launch Trailer | Steam, PS4, Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, GOG, PC.Watch on YouTubeAlice B reckoned the game’s demo was one ofthe best of the recent Steam festival, saying that it was fun and that she “could tell in a hot second that loads of you are going to bloody love this game.“I don’t know if I’ll love it, but I look of its zippy, hacky melee combat, and of its thin pixel art characters. I like these things precisely because they seem modern rather than retro. It had Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery among its listed inspirations onits successful Kickstarterback in 2017, and it shows.I’m less enamoured with the ’80s throwback plot and digital world. I don’t have any genuine first-hand love for arcades, and I’m happy enough with He-Man and Tron being distant memories.The demo is sadly no longer available, but Narita Boy can now be boughtvia SteamandGOGfor £20/€25.
Nostalgia just seems to me like pandering, butNarita Boy’s ’80s, neon, CRT aesthetic is delivered with enough verve that its trailers almost win me over. It’s a metroidvania about a boy trapped in a videogame world, trying to restore the memories of the game developer with the aid of their weapon, the Technosword. It’s out now via Steam.Here’s the launch trailer:Narita Boy Launch Trailer | Steam, PS4, Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, GOG, PC.Watch on YouTubeAlice B reckoned the game’s demo was one ofthe best of the recent Steam festival, saying that it was fun and that she “could tell in a hot second that loads of you are going to bloody love this game.“I don’t know if I’ll love it, but I look of its zippy, hacky melee combat, and of its thin pixel art characters. I like these things precisely because they seem modern rather than retro. It had Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery among its listed inspirations onits successful Kickstarterback in 2017, and it shows.I’m less enamoured with the ’80s throwback plot and digital world. I don’t have any genuine first-hand love for arcades, and I’m happy enough with He-Man and Tron being distant memories.The demo is sadly no longer available, but Narita Boy can now be boughtvia SteamandGOGfor £20/€25.
Nostalgia just seems to me like pandering, butNarita Boy’s ’80s, neon, CRT aesthetic is delivered with enough verve that its trailers almost win me over. It’s a metroidvania about a boy trapped in a videogame world, trying to restore the memories of the game developer with the aid of their weapon, the Technosword. It’s out now via Steam.
Here’s the launch trailer:
Narita Boy Launch Trailer | Steam, PS4, Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, GOG, PC.Watch on YouTube
Narita Boy Launch Trailer | Steam, PS4, Xbox Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, GOG, PC.
Alice B reckoned the game’s demo was one ofthe best of the recent Steam festival, saying that it was fun and that she “could tell in a hot second that loads of you are going to bloody love this game.”
I don’t know if I’ll love it, but I look of its zippy, hacky melee combat, and of its thin pixel art characters. I like these things precisely because they seem modern rather than retro. It had Superbrothers: Sword And Sworcery among its listed inspirations onits successful Kickstarterback in 2017, and it shows.
I’m less enamoured with the ’80s throwback plot and digital world. I don’t have any genuine first-hand love for arcades, and I’m happy enough with He-Man and Tron being distant memories.
The demo is sadly no longer available, but Narita Boy can now be boughtvia SteamandGOGfor £20/€25.
