Narita Boy Is A Neo-Retro Homage To The ’80s, Coming To Swap This Spring
If Prepared Participant One left you craving extra of that shameless ’80s nostalgia, then Narita Boy might be proper up your alley. With parts of Tron, Star Wars, and numerous retro consoles sprinkled all through its pixel artwork graphics, Narita Boy is sure to tickle that reminiscence gland of yours in all kinds of how.
After a profitable Kickstarter which smashed the preliminary aim of €120,000 (£106,000ish), Spanish developer Studio Koba failed to fulfill the Swap port stretch aim, however as an alternative caught the attention of writer Workforce17 (Worms, Overcooked), who presumably helped with funding.
Narita Boy is an action-platforming recreation, wherein the eponymous Narita Boy wields the highly effective Techno-Sword to defeat the enemies of the Digital Kingdom. The sword may also flip right into a shotgun and a laser beam, as a result of that is the ’80s.
The builders additionally promise a “pumping soundtrack” impressed by analogue synthesizer music, and if the trailer’s something to go by, it is so much like Look Round You meets Dune (1984). Hell yeah.
No stable launch date has been confirmed but, however it’ll launch concurrently throughout all platforms (together with Xbox Sport Move) this Spring.
Is Narita Boy the neo-retro recreation you have been ready for? What different ’80s tradition does it remind you of? Tell us within the feedback.