![]() Faster, Stronger, BetterĪs you progress through the linear hero’s journey of delving deeper into the digital kingdom, you will receive more power ups and foes who match your current power levels. The Techno Sword is largely a lightsaber, the Uni Cannon is representative of the ultimate moves of giant robots, and even the dash maneuver is utilized by many protagonists over the years. The game always reminds you that you are chosen for this heroic task and on your journey, every power bestowed upon you by the world is a hyperbolic representation of fandom tropes seen in many of your favorite properties. The digital world is packed with its unique digital denizens, each harboring a Mac Classic monitor and its villains packaged as other forms of obsolete tech such as Lord VHS or General Black Rainbow. The creator has forgotten the source code and now it is up to you, Narita Boy, to collect the fragments of his memories and defeat HIM to restore balance to the world.įrom the get-go, we’re introduced to a retro-futuristic stylized world that has its unique aesthetic and fully commits to its techno-divinity culture. Narita Boy tells the story of the titular faceless chosen hero who has been called to liberate the digital world from HIM, a nefarious overlord who rebelled against the creator, and his dastardly minions–The Stallions. It’s nothing like that, but hey to each their own. This is what we nerds who grew up in the eighties imagined the 2020s to be, either we’re physically living in a digital world listening to nothing but synthpop, while fighting our robot overlords. From Star Wars to Tron to Akira, Narita Boy covers quite a lot of ground blending elements of retro cool and venerating it to divinity. ![]() Narita Boy is a love letter to the retro sci-fi fantasy we old nerds grew up to. While retro action platformers has had a resurgence with Shovel Knight, Carrion and even most recently when the excellent rendition of Cyber Shadow- each game is a love letter to their respective sub-genres. Surely, there are better ways to get my synthpop fix besides putting Daft Punk and The Midnight on shuffle, but there’s more to Narita Boy than meets the eye. The clincher was when I ended up listening to the theme, I knew I had to get it. Whether or not it was the synthpop / synthwave soundtrack, or just how it was presented as a stylized retro action platformer along the lines of Flashback and Blackthorne, made me want to try it out. When the trailer for Narita Boy dropped last February, I was hooked.
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