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I had a big problem with the restricted fight sections of the game. It sadly doesnвЂ™t deliver on this as each section of the game is kind of stand alone.

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Plus, the game boils down to find a series of keys and fight a boss in each area.В Though this game screams metroidvania with how often it wants you to backtrack around the area you are currently in. There is a lot of backstory dump from NPCвЂ™s, which occurs for long stretches of the game. It also helped to break up the pacing of the overall story. This helped me identify more with the Creator and motivated me to want to restore his memories. We got to see the backstory of the Creator as we locate each sealed memory. The idea that we are restoring the CreatorвЂ™s memories through the computer made no sense to me, but I loved how it was done. I wanted to touch a bit more on this specific portion of Narita Boy. It was not very creative nor engaging to me. Basically every puzzle boiled down to take these symbols, color and shape, and teleport with them. Though I feel the puzzles bothered me more.

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Plus some environments used the same background color as the enemies you commonly fight.

The muted colors used in some of the areas made it hard to see higher ledges. The charm of these graphics wore off quick. It reminded me a lot of older arcade style side scrollers. I was enamored by the retro graphics from the moment I started the game. Retro Style Graphics with Simple Puzzles. I felt that these were interesting parts in the story, but sadly they just werenвЂ™t used enough to really go anywhere. The horse was used to cross a large expanse of desert in a mini-game, and the robot suit was also used sparingly. The stag is only used in a short story driven cut scene and you donвЂ™t get to do anything with it. You get access to a stag, a horse and a robot suit to help too. Plus, I found it more creative than just going with standard traversal tools like double jumping. I actually enjoyed the dual purpose of these mechanics because it allowed me to use actions I normally wouldnвЂ™t have. Lastly, shoulder charging was used to break down purple walls and open up new paths. The dodge could be used in the air to dodge hazards, usually spike traps, and jump over large chasms. Your original jump is not that high, but the uppercut serves as a double jump. They were used in traversing and some simple puzzle solving. Most of the combat abilities served a dual purpose however.

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It was a full screen shot that, while leaving you vulnerable, killed most mobs that were hit by it. I did like the tri-colored face beam a good deal.

The shot was pretty close range, similar to a shotgun blast, and it was often better to just swing your sword over using it. The last combat tool at your disposal was a shot/beam mechanic. Depending on the enemy they might even one-shot you. however, the risk was that those same enemies would hit you harder. Usually this killed those enemies in one or two hits. If you powered up to one of the colors, you would hit enemies of the same color harder. It was an interesting risk and reward mechanic. There is this aura power-up ability you get from the different houses. Ultimately I found it easier to just dodge through enemies and swing at their back.

The game gives you an uppercut sword swing attack as well, but the Switch controls just didnвЂ™t always input that during battle. You also have a shoulder charge, primarily used for bashing shields away. Though it seemed like if you werenвЂ™t right up on the enemy it didnвЂ™t usually work. You have a dodge that goes through enemies. Just hack your way through set spawn encounters and jump over the ones you canвЂ™t destroy. Narita Boy has some basic side-scrolling controls. As Narita Boy, we are tasked with stopping HIM and restoring the backup memories stored in the computer to the Creator. He uses an army of Stallions, programs linked to the house he has taken over, to try to capture the other two houses in an attempt to rule over the Digital Kingdom. An evil program called HIM has taken over one of the three houses of the Trichromia вЂ“ a large pillar of the three colours red, blue, and yellow вЂ“ that balances the Digital Kingdom.ДЄfter somehow assaulting the guy behind the world, called the Creator, HIM rises from the program that handles junk data to become an evil and twisted program. The story has us playing as Narita Boy, a child kidnapped into his computer Tron-style by protective programs after things start running amok.

This title immediately caught my attention during its reveal at the Steam Games Festival вЂ“ letвЂ™s find out what it has to offer us. Soak up some retro aesthetics and swing your techno sword to save the Digital Kingdom! Narita Boy is the debut title from Studio Koba, best described as a side-scrolling, puzzle-solving adventure game.

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