Narita Boy is an adventure developed by Studio Koba, released 29 March 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux. The main story takes about 9.5 hrs to finish.
What Narita Boy is
Narita Boy is an adventure game developed by Studio Koba and released in 2021. It was published by Team17. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are Narita Boy, a legendary digital hero in an epic quest through simultaneous dimensions. The digital kingdom is under attack and you are called as their last hope of survival. Explore a vast world to find the techno sword, the only effective weapon against the threat.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Narita Boy holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 4870, 1 GB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Narita Boy launched on 29 March 2021, within three weeks of It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Monster Hunter Rise. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: It Takes Two, Disco Elysium: Final Cut, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, Monster Hunter Rise.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Narita Boy yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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