NARITA BOY SWITCH REVIEW PLUS

The game plays heavily on the three primary colours of yellow, red and blue, and some enemies will be flagged with one of these colours. Indeed, in addition to this simple gameplay, it gets a little tougher with the possibility of summoning a kind of deity temporarily. We are in a bewitching universe that reminds us of Daft Punk’s (and Tron’s) sounds or of Kavinsky. Composed by Salvador “Salvinsky” Fornieles, it perfectly fits the universe with its electronic melodies. This retro feel is accentuated by two things and the first is the music. The pixels are “blurred” like they were when you were launching Sonic on your MegaDrive and that’s what makes the universe magical. The pixel art universe has a retro effect that respects the rules of the genre by adding visual effects to give a “cathode ray TV” effect to the display.

NARITA BOY SWITCH REVIEW PLUS

The artistic direction of Narita Boy is undoubtedly the big plus that makes this game stand out. It is a pleasure to discover the levels that follow one another because the scenery is simply magnificent. To travel through the kingdom you have to find keys that are often guarded by bosses and other not-so-frequent enemies, which forces you to explore (in a very simple way) the world around you. If the basic principle is simple, that is to say to traverse the 3 chromatic regions to reach the capital and destroy the threat which is there, there is an impressive number of places where it is necessary to go in order to advance in our adventure. Every time I listened to music from the game or started my game, I had this phrase in my head. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. Instead of surfing on the vibe of this cinematographic monument with a few winks, the game doesn’t hesitate to go straight to the point, as proven by this cover of the game which uses the codes of the poster of the film 100%.īut if Narita Boy was inspired by Tron, it is not a simple plagiarism but an original way of revisiting the concept of the virtual kingdom, the hero coming from reality to save this world and the AI that wants to conquer the universe or almost.Īdmittedly, this fantasy of travelling through the computer universe hasn’t had many successful representations since Tron (we could talk about Matrix) and so it’s with open arms that you can welcome Narita Boy if the retro-futuristic atmosphere and the concept of the “digital frontier” is your hobby. Narita Boy is a completely assumed tribute to Tron and the 80s.

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