![]() ![]() You can back the game on Kickstarter here. #Narita boy concept art PcI do see a bit of NES-era stuff but just as much late 80’s/early 90’s PC adventure game stuff. The 20th anniversary edition was just released in the last couple of years on just about every platform.īut I see this as more of a fusion of Another World, Heart Machine’s excellent Hyper Light Drifter, and the over-the-top-80’s action film Kung Fury. 1980s homages are nearly played out, but Studio Koba’s action title manages to reinvent that retro style of cool with an imaginative presentation that goes a step further than let’s just slap neon and grid lines everywhere. If you haven’t played it yet, please get it. Narita Boy’s slick presentation hooked me before I even picked up my digitized sword. Which is great because that game is phenomenal. That was the first thing I picked out of the trailer. ![]() I definitely see an Another World influence in this. The aesthetic of the game is inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania, Another World, Double Dragon) with a modern touch (Superbrothers, Sword and Sorcery) and an 80s plot homage (Ready Player One, He-Man, The Last Starfighter), accompanied by the retro synth touch of the old glory days. You get a weapon called the “Techno Sword.” The “TECHNO SWORD!” Come on! Even if there isn’t, that doesn’t matter. While nothing is really revealed about the story, the trailer seems to suggest that there is a pretty deep one that we can look forward to. The game is an ode to everything “cyber 80’s” and I love it. ![]()
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