The early part of the game is a tutorial of sorts, teaching you how to navigate the world – jumping and climbing – and recognising what can and cannot be fought. It’s superb world-building, and none of it is a chore. Some just chat about the world around them, others pass on detail on what you have to or go to next, and some tell personal tales of how devastating the recent events have been to them. Still with me? There’s a lot more to it obviously, but how the story unfolds in these conversations and situations with Motherboard and the various inhabitants of the Kingdom, plays a massive part in just how charming and engaging a world has been created here. Our only hope? Narita Boy, the hero that can wield the Techno-Sword, forged with Trichroma beams and the only weapon capable of defeating the Stallion code. The supervisor program, HIM, craved supremacy, and while he was defeated along with the Stallion programs, they have returned.
This is made up of three beams from that source code, each with a specific function and occupying a region within the Kingdom and creating entities around them, the Houses of the Trichroma: Yellow House, of the Desert simulation Blue House, of eternal rains and the Blue simulation and finally the most powerful of all and the source of all the issues, Red House. She begins by explaining what you’re seeing and why you are here: a visual representation of the Trichroma, the source code of the Kingdom. The first major character you meet – well, receive a pre-recorded message from – is Motherboard, the Supervisor program of the Digital Kingdom and your spiritual guide on your adventures.
Because of the reading skill involved and high difficulty, I’d say this game is best for older players.Lionel Pearl – the creator of the massively popular Narita One console and its Narita Boy game – is missing! The Digital Kingdom is in danger, and with the Silent Eclipse weakening their defences, with the return of HIM and the Stallions, a hero is needed. I didn’t notice any crude humor in the text so it must be used sparingly. You do slice and dice enemies and the fluid animation really makes it look like they’re being cut in half, but I don’t know if I’d call any of that ‘blood’ since you are fighting digital enemies. Narita Boy is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Crude Humor, and Violence. It’s a shame because otherwise this game showed real promise. Worst of all, even though you can view your objectives, the goals are very unclear and not having a map doesn’t help either. Luckily you can turn that off in the option screen. The graphics default has a CRT filter that makes everything a little blurry and rounded on the sides (like an old TV) but it kind of gave me a headache. The overly complicated storyline really bogs the game down, and the slippy-slidey controls make it hard to land on small platforms precisely. But the game has loads of problems that kept me from staying interested. And as said earlier, the animations are amazing. I absolutely love the graphics and music in this game, as it clearly is a callback to TRON, one of my favorite movies as a kid. The silky smooth animations and use of color also make me think of games like Out of This World or Flashback.
This game is similar in structure to titles like Metroid, where you must backtrack through mazes with new abilities and items to progress further. As you progress, you’ll learn new abilities which will help you reach other areas. You can also fire beams with the sword as well as bat back projectiles if you time it right. Early on you’ll get the Techno-Sword so you can slash enemies. It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.Īs Narita Boy, you can run, jump, climb certain walls, and dodge enemies with a dash. The title screen even looks so much like the TRON movie poster, I’m surprised Disney didn’t sue! Anyway, Narita Boy is a 2-D platformer hack and slash with some Metroid-like exploration elements. With the storyline and graphics, this game was clearly inspired by the classic movie TRON. Armed with the Techno-Sword, Narita Boy must defeat HIM and save the programmer’s memories. Meanwhile, a gamer who enjoys playing on the computer late at night gets sucked into the PC, and is transformed into the hero Narita Boy. In the early 1980s, a famous computer programmer gets his memories erased by an evil computer program named HIM, and now that program threatens to take over the digital world.
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