Story woes aside, the game does excellently to make it feel like you’ve been sucked into a world made up of code, cables, and circuits. The action on screen always looks better than the button inputs required to execute it. I just doubt most players have the patience to penetrate the nonsense and get to it. Narita Boy is absolutely dripping with lore. Sure, learning about the “houses of the Trichroma” or the meaning behind “creator totems” is good for world-building, yet it so often comes off as pretentious. This lack of context further isn’t helped by most NPCs speaking in gobbledygook. This does fine to push the pixelated visuals firmly at the forefront of your mind, but can become a little disorientating when you’re multiple hours in. The reality is, however, that Narita Boy places style over substance at almost every turn – at least on the surface. When I explain the narrative like that it probably sounds just as epic as developer Studio Koba would like it to be. As the sole wielder of this powerful item, you alone can save the digital realm, slashing through countless corrupted bosses and underlings to prevent the rogue program known only as HIM from taking over. In this case, though, it’s not an identity disc that’s being raised, but rather the legendary Techno-sword. The sight of a neon-laden humanoid figure raising his arms and blasting up a light into the air will be instantly familiar to fans of Tron or its 2010 sequel. You only need to look at Narita Boy’s key art to see where it pulls its influences from.
#NARITA BOY TECHNO SWORD FULL#
Narita Boy makes full use of the nostalgic 80s aesthetic, to the point that floppy discs are used as surfboards. But what it lacks in combat depth is more than made up for by a deeply atmospheric tone and pulse-pounding electro soundtrack. Does Narita Boy deliver on this? Sadly, not quite. What I’m saying is that it takes much more than just retro-inspired visuals to make your 2D platformer stand out in 2021 this impressive level of style also needs to be backed up by exciting moment-to-moment gameplay.
When we aren’t slashing our way through enemy-stuffed rooms using a blade in Katana Zero, we can always play the role of an 8-bit ninja warrior in either The Messenger or most recently Cyber Shadow. This is the first post in my “Games are Beautiful” series, where I plan to showcase some amazing visuals and artwork from recent games.Įnter your email to follow myVGBC and receive the latest posts straight to your inbox.Pixel-drenched paradises are par for the course these days on Nintendo Switch. There are huge games with so much going on, and there are also simple, smaller games that may feature a single mechanic or movement. I’ve said it before, but it’s so cool that games of all sizes, styles and scale can bring a player the same amount of excitement. That same year we had God of War win the Game Award for Game of the Year, and Celeste was also nominated in that category. Celeste is a pixel art platformer created by a team of four people. I remember back in 2018, Celeste was one of my top games. Today, we have games that look better than real life - games like Destiny 2, Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon: Forbidden West. Something that always surprises me is when a pixel art or retro style game makes it into the conversation for top game of the year. I’m a big fan of pixel art in games, maybe it just transports me back to my younger days playing on my Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Sometimes a game comes along and you will play through it for the beautiful artwork and world design, whether the gameplay is good or not so good.
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