Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand (2003)
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand is a 2003 action video game made by Konami Digital Entertainment.
Django is a young vampire hunter armed with the Gun Del Sol, a solar-powered weapon that fires concentrated beams of sunlight at the undead. The cartridge itself carries a photometric sensor, so real-world sunlight charges the gun. Step outside on a bright day and the weapon is powerful; play at midnight and Django has almost nothing. It is a small, strange piece of design that grounds a GBA action-RPG firmly in the physical world, and it gives Hideo Kojima's eccentric sensibility room to stretch.
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What is Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand about?
Django is a young vampire hunter armed with the Gun Del Sol, a solar-powered weapon that fires concentrated beams of sunlight at the undead. The cartridge itself carries a photometric sensor, so real-world sunlight charges the gun. Step outside on a bright day and the weapon is powerful; play at midnight and Django has almost nothing. It is a small, strange piece of design that grounds a GBA action-RPG firmly in the physical world, and it gives Hideo Kojima's eccentric sensibility room to stretch.
When was Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand released?
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand was released on 16 July 2003.
Who made Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand?
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand was made by Konami Digital Entertainment.
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The vampire-hunter premise and action-RPG structure share tone with the Castlevania series. Players who enjoyed the soul-collecting depth of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow will find a similar GBA-era willingness to experiment sitting underneath Boktai's sunlight gimmick.