Thankfully, the checkpoint system is very good, so you’ll quickly respawn after losing all of your hit points. It does not quite hit a Soulsbourne level of difficulty, but it’s certainly up there.
If you want to stay alive, you’ll have to always be ready to dodge incoming attacks, or else you’ll lose a big chunk of your health. As you continue your 2D adventure, you’ll unlock more abilities for your repertoire. As soon as you have access to the Technosword, you’ll be able to swing it around, charge it up for a huge swing to deal extra damage, or use it as a shotgun to deal some damage from a safe distance. Once you get going and find the Technosword, you can really start to dive into the core of combat. Another World is a great example of telling a story of a stranger in a strange world with no text, and Narita Boy goes in a different direction with its lore being everywhere, with visual cues here and there, and lots of text to read to expand on things. There’s a ton of lore to learn, with evil Stallion programs to defeat, a big bad villain, and three houses you’ll have to visit to obtain their support. You’ll have to wield the Technosword and vanquish the evil. Narita Boy is a new 2D action platformer jumping on the 1980’s pop culture phenomenon and one of my favorite games in a while! Narita Boy is supposed to be one of the most popular games ever, and you’re pulled into the game to become the savior this universe needs. The Stallions are coming, and the Digital Kingdom needs a hero.
Supervisor program, Motherboard, and her agents have activated the Narita Boy protocol. Him has returned and deleted The Creator’s memories.
Meanwhile, inside the binaural code the digital realm connects with reality.
Within weeks Narita Boy is the best-selling video game of all time, critically acclaimed for its power-fantasy wielding the Techno-sword and taking players on a journey like no other. Narita Boy becomes a tremendous hit! Copies of cartridges are flying off physical shelves worldwide. The Creator, a genius of his time, creates a video game console called Narita One with its flagship title being a game called Narita Boy.