Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand[a] is an action-adventurerole-playing video game released by Konami for the Game Boy Advance in 2003, and the first game in the Boktai series. The player takes the role of Django, a vampire hunter, who uses a weapon called the "Gun Del Sol" (Solar Gun), that fires bolts of sunlight at enemies. The game made novel use of a light sensor on the cartridge which encouraged playing parts of the game in direct sunlight. The game was produced and designed by Hideo Kojima.
The game's story takes place in a time period near the end of the world, called the Age of Darkness.[1] The story features the appearance of undead creatures after the natural cycle of life and death was broken. People quickly began dying due to the use and misuse of "Dark Matter", a type of energy that corrupts and destroys life. Those who survived quickly became prey to dark creatures called "Immortals", beings composed of Dark Matter at the cellular level.
The story is set in the city of Istrakan, which had already been overrun by the Immortals. The city was in a hopeless situation as the curse brought the "undeadening" of all, edging the human race closer to extinction. Even the heroes who used to hunt the Immortals have already fallen, and so people's hopes have been shattered.
One day, however, a mysterious boy named Django emerged. He turned out to have the blood of one of the most legendary vampire hunters running in his veins, and was also the heir of the Gun Del Sol. He must go to Istrakan, the City of Death – where many times and places intertwine – in order to prevent the end of the world.
Django's mission to save humanity is reinforced by his desire to avenge his father, Ringo, after his death. He uses sunlight as his weapon throughout his endeavors.
Gameplay
The game's cartridge has a photometric light sensor which measures light exposure. In order to charge the in-game solar weapons, the player must take their Game Boy Advance (GBA) outside in the daytime (as verified by the light sensor). If the player's gun battery runs out of light reserves and there is no sunlight available, then the player must avoid conflicts with enemies or find an in-game "Solar Station" to recharge.
Before a game is started, the player is prompted to set their current time and time zone. The game can then estimate when the sun will rise and set, and simulates the position of the sun inside the game. The player has an advantage during the daytime as vampires cannot be exposed to sunlight. Sunlight also affects the world around the main character - an example is a Solar Tree, a tree that is being damaged by the darkness of the Immortals, and can be cured by playing the game in the sunlight. The outdoor game environment also includes bird chirp sound effects in the morning and a soft orange glow around sunset.
Game combat focuses on stealth. An integral concept is shooting an undead in the back, stunning it, then either running away or killing it. Getting caught by a monster, indicated by a red exclamation point above the head, will reduce the grade received at the end of a stage. A number of other factors also determine the grade received, such as total time taken to complete the level. After a number of dungeon levels the player will reach an "Immortal" level where one of four bosses resides. The player will have to fight their way to the boss creature, or Immortal, and defeat it. The boss is then faced again in the sunlight outside of its lair. In this fight, a weapon called the "Pile Driver" must be charged by the player exposing the game to sunlight. The greater the amount of sunlight, the more damage the Pile Driver will inflict upon the Immortal during the fight.
Boktai was followed by two sequels on the Game Boy Advance: Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django and Shin Bokura no Taiyō: Gyakushū no Sabata (also known as Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack).[15][16] The latter was released exclusively in Japan. Both GBA sequels employed the use of a solar sensor on their cartridges. A fourth game was released for the Nintendo DS titled Bokura no Taiyō: Django & Sabata, released outside Japan under the title Lunar Knights. The name change was an attempt to rebrand the series after the fourth game abandoned the use of a solar sensor (due to the Nintendo DS using cards instead of cartridges).[17]
Other media
A manga was produced called Solar Boy Django. It was produced by Makoto Hisoka and was loosely based on the Boktai storyline. It was written by Makoto Hisoka and published in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic from September 2003 to July 2007. It does not follow the plot of the games directly, although it does include many of the characters, such as the Count and Sabata. An English version of the manga has been made available from a Singapore manga production company. In 2007, Elex Media Komputindo licensed the manga for the Indonesian market with the title Jango the Solar Boy.[citation needed]
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^Jeremy Parish (September 23, 2006). . 1UP.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016. Yoshitomi: I've had quite a large say in the rebranding of Boktai as Lunar Knights -- we want to tell users in North America and Europe that this is something new, something totally fresh, and there's no sun sensor. This is a good way to do it, to let everyone know this is a different world with so many new features it almost doesn't feel like a sequel at all.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Boktai The Sun is in Your Hand a is an action adventure role playing video game released by Konami for the Game Boy Advance in 2003 and the first game in the Boktai series The player takes the role of Django a vampire hunter who uses a weapon called the Gun Del Sol Solar Gun that fires bolts of sunlight at enemies The game made novel use of a light sensor on the cartridge which encouraged playing parts of the game in direct sunlight The game was produced and designed by Hideo Kojima Boktai The Sun Is in Your HandEuropean cover artDeveloper s Konami Computer Entertainment JapanPublisher s KonamiDirector s Ikuya NakamuraProducer s Hideo KojimaWriter s Ikuya NakamuraComposer s Kazuki MuraokaMasashi WatanabeNorihiko HibinoShuichi KoboriPlatform s Game Boy AdvanceReleaseJP July 17 2003NA September 16 2003EU May 14 2004Genre s Action role playingMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Reception 4 Sequels 4 1 Other media 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditThe game s story takes place in a time period near the end of the world called the Age of Darkness 1 The story features the appearance of undead creatures after the natural cycle of life and death was broken People quickly began dying due to the use and misuse of Dark Matter a type of energy that corrupts and destroys life Those who survived quickly became prey to dark creatures called Immortals beings composed of Dark Matter at the cellular level The story is set in the city of Istrakan which had already been overrun by the Immortals The city was in a hopeless situation as the curse brought the undeadening of all edging the human race closer to extinction Even the heroes who used to hunt the Immortals have already fallen and so people s hopes have been shattered One day however a mysterious boy named Django emerged He turned out to have the blood of one of the most legendary vampire hunters running in his veins and was also the heir of the Gun Del Sol He must go to Istrakan the City of Death where many times and places intertwine in order to prevent the end of the world Django s mission to save humanity is reinforced by his desire to avenge his father Ringo after his death He uses sunlight as his weapon throughout his endeavors Gameplay EditThe game s cartridge has a photometric light sensor which measures light exposure In order to charge the in game solar weapons the player must take their Game Boy Advance GBA outside in the daytime as verified by the light sensor If the player s gun battery runs out of light reserves and there is no sunlight available then the player must avoid conflicts with enemies or find an in game Solar Station to recharge Before a game is started the player is prompted to set their current time and time zone The game can then estimate when the sun will rise and set and simulates the position of the sun inside the game The player has an advantage during the daytime as vampires cannot be exposed to sunlight Sunlight also affects the world around the main character an example is a Solar Tree a tree that is being damaged by the darkness of the Immortals and can be cured by playing the game in the sunlight The outdoor game environment also includes bird chirp sound effects in the morning and a soft orange glow around sunset Game combat focuses on stealth An integral concept is shooting an undead in the back stunning it then either running away or killing it Getting caught by a monster indicated by a red exclamation point above the head will reduce the grade received at the end of a stage A number of other factors also determine the grade received such as total time taken to complete the level After a number of dungeon levels the player will reach an Immortal level where one of four bosses resides The player will have to fight their way to the boss creature or Immortal and defeat it The boss is then faced again in the sunlight outside of its lair In this fight a weapon called the Pile Driver must be charged by the player exposing the game to sunlight The greater the amount of sunlight the more damage the Pile Driver will inflict upon the Immortal during the fight Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic83 100 2 Review scoresPublicationScoreEdge8 10 3 Electronic Gaming Monthly8 5 10 4 Famitsu36 40 5 Game Informer5 10 6 GamePro 7 GameSpot8 3 10 8 GameSpy 9 IGN8 5 10 10 Nintendo Power4 4 5 11 X Play 12 Entertainment WeeklyA 13 The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 2 In Japan Famitsu gave it a total score of 36 out of 40 5 14 Sequels EditBoktai was followed by two sequels on the Game Boy Advance Boktai 2 Solar Boy Django and Shin Bokura no Taiyō Gyakushu no Sabata also known as Boktai 3 Sabata s Counterattack 15 16 The latter was released exclusively in Japan Both GBA sequels employed the use of a solar sensor on their cartridges A fourth game was released for the Nintendo DS titled Bokura no Taiyō Django amp Sabata released outside Japan under the title Lunar Knights The name change was an attempt to rebrand the series after the fourth game abandoned the use of a solar sensor due to the Nintendo DS using cards instead of cartridges 17 Other media Edit A manga was produced called Solar Boy Django It was produced by Makoto Hisoka and was loosely based on the Boktai storyline It was written by Makoto Hisoka and published in Shogakukan s CoroCoro Comic from September 2003 to July 2007 It does not follow the plot of the games directly although it does include many of the characters such as the Count and Sabata An English version of the manga has been made available from a Singapore manga production company In 2007 Elex Media Komputindo licensed the manga for the Indonesian market with the title Jango the Solar Boy citation needed Django and Otenko appeared in Mega Man Battle Network 4 Notes Edit Known in Japan as Bokura no Taiyō Japanese ボクらの太陽 lit Our Sun References Edit Boktai Walkthrough IGN January 26 2004 Retrieved May 9 2018 permanent dead link a b Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand for Game Boy Advance Reviews Metacritic Retrieved September 9 2012 Edge staff October 2003 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand Edge No 128 p 92 EGM staff October 2003 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand Electronic Gaming Monthly No 171 p 164 Archived from the original on March 26 2004 Retrieved September 9 2012 a b Chris Winkler July 9 2003 Famitsu Rates Boktai RPGFan Archived from the original on August 12 2016 Retrieved June 20 2016 Matt Helgeson October 2003 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand Game Informer No 126 p 142 Archived from the original on July 27 2009 Retrieved June 20 2016 Star Dingo September 15 2003 Boktai The Sun Is In Your Hand Review for Game Boy Advance Review on GamePro com GamePro Archived from the original on March 8 2005 Retrieved June 19 2016 Greg Kasavin September 16 2003 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand Review GameSpot Retrieved June 20 2016 Darryl Vassar September 17 2003 GameSpy Boktai GameSpy Archived from the original on January 2 2006 Retrieved June 20 2016 Craig Harris September 15 2003 Boktai IGN Retrieved June 20 2016 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand Nintendo Power Vol 172 October 2003 p 139 Chris Hudak August 18 2003 Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hands sic GBA Review X Play Archived from the original on February 26 2004 Retrieved June 20 2016 Gary Eng Walk October 17 2003 Boktai Entertainment Weekly No 733 p L2T 20 Retrieved June 20 2016 Updated Famitsu Rates F Zero amp More Nintendojo July 16 2003 Archived from the original on July 29 2003 Retrieved February 27 2017 Kojima Productions 2005 Lineup waybacked Archived from the original on November 7 2005 Kojima Productions TGS 2005 Day 2 Report archive Archived from the original on November 27 2005 Jeremy Parish September 23 2006 Lunar Knights Preview 1UP com Archived from the original on May 27 2016 Retrieved June 19 2016 Yoshitomi I ve had quite a large say in the rebranding of Boktai as Lunar Knights we want to tell users in North America and Europe that this is something new something totally fresh and there s no sun sensor This is a good way to do it to let everyone know this is a different world with so many new features it almost doesn t feel like a sequel at all External links EditOfficial website Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boktai The Sun Is in Your Hand amp oldid 1149666467 Legacy, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
