The digital kingdom needs a hero! It is the 1980s and the best-selling video of all time is called Narita Boy. Inside its binary code, reality is being connected to the digital realm and the creator’s memories are being deleted. To save what is left, the Narita Boy protocol has been activated, and only you could save the Digital Kingdom.
Narita Boy is among the best Metroidvanias in recent years. Its beautiful world, surprisingly emotional story, and diverse enemy pool will leave you wanting more from its short run time.
PC Invasion
I’ve reached an age where the games I would have enjoyed 20 years ago and more are a distant recollection of quick wits, skill and muscle memory, of the ‘how-on-earth-did-I-play-that?’ variety. Yet here we are, four years on from Studio Kobe’s Kickstarter launch and while it feels like a lifetime has passed in the interim, not just in videogames, I find myself playing a game in a genre that I had all but given up hope of finding any kind of pleasure in again. In Narita Boy, beating seemingly insurmountable odds can still be fun.
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