Boktai - Light-Sensitive Gaming Previewed

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday May 28, 2003 @12:32AM from the the-gulls-have-plucked-out-my-eyes dept.

Thanks to Shacknews for pointing to the IGN Pocket hands-on preview of Boktai, Hideo 'Metal Gear' Kojima's new Gameboy Advance action title, due out from Konami later this year. It uses a special light sensor in the cartridge, so you can harness sunlight to power up your character - and as the preview says, ".. this sensor can only detect sunlight...it won't recognize any artificial light." Overall, we get a much better idea of how the game works - too much sunlight, "and your gun will begin to overheat as you use it", but not enough, and "you can utilize [in-game] power areas that store excess sunlight" to keep playing. Intriguingly, there's also some serious Metal Gear leanings (enemies use line of sight, you can sneak past them, you can tap on a wall to distract them.)

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I don't think... by BigNumber · 2003-05-28 00:39 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't think this is what my mom meant when she kept telling me to stop watching tv and go outside to play.
Danger! by Tux2000 · 2003-05-28 00:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't these people know that gamers burn to ash when they are exposed to sunlight? That's why they hide in dark rooms with only artificial light and don't go out until it's dark.

No wait, that was vampires, not gamers, right?

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