| PLATFORM |
| PC/Steam |
| On Xbox Game Pass PC/Console |
| DEVELOPER/PUBLISHER: |
| DEVELOPER: Studio Koba PUBLISHER: Team17 |
| RELEASE DATE: |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2021 |
| VIDEO |
| https://youtu.be/3pFNSdv3_LI |
| Me Playing Horribly! Fast Forward as much as you need. Get to Servo-Horse! |
| AUDIO CLIPS |
| https://studiom80.com/brian/boopshow-284-narita-boy-1.mp3 |
| ^ Launch Trailer Audio |
| https://studiom80.com/brian/boopshow-284-narita-boy-2.mp3 |
| ^ Game Play Audio |
| HOW LONG TO BEAT |
| 6+ Hours |
| https://howlongtobeat.com |
| IS THERE ANY DEALS |
| part of game pass ($24.99) |
| https://isthereanydeal.com/game/naritaboy/info/ |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world! |
| EXPERIENCE |
| Some amazing neo-retro stylings wrapped around a hack and slash platformer with plenty of backtracking woven together with the suffering of the digital world creator told through collectible memories throughout. Outstanding music that drives the emotion and action and almost becomes part of the story but not quite. These Stallions sent forth by HIM ain’t the Wild Stallions I think of during the 80s. But I did enjoy my ride on my mech enabled Stag (my spirit animal)…well…up until I didn’t enjoy it…and then I was like. F this |
| Art: a unique neo-retro style that employs a crt effect. |
| Animation: Really great! Fun to look at for sure |
| Music/Effects: punching above its weight class. |
| V/O: pretty nonsense but fitting |
| World Building: pretty good fantasy. Could use less techno babble |
| Currency: good will and floppies |
| Gameplay/Loop: metroidvania a little lackluster |
| AI/NPCs: dumb as dirt and on rails |
| Controls: mostly works when the task is not improbable |
| Interface: not that great. Health disappears when not in battle? |
| Replay/Endgame: like any metroidvania…long waits between visits |
| Score: 7 Wild Stallions out of 10 Cyber Stags |
| LINKS |
| https://naritaboy-game.com |
| https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=Narita Boy |
| https://www.igdb.com/search?type=1&q=Narita Boy |
| Tags:Metroidvania, Adventure, Retro, Platformer, 2D, Pixel, CRT |
| SCOTT GUESS MY GAME |
| Play on show |
| BRIAN GUESS MY GAME |
| https://brian.studiom80.com/boop284-thegamename.mp3 |
| hints: 2005 feels like 2021 |
| Contra III: The Alien Wars |
| Next Week (optional) |
| SCOTT: Dunno yet |
| BRIAN: Wildfire (Humble Bundle Monthly for April) |
