This game reminds me a lot of Ori and the Blind Forest which I loved and was soooo beautiful! This one is just as lovely and I hope you make it into a full play through one day
8:18: Are To and Ri named for _tori,_ the Japanese word for bird? Or are they named for tu-tori-al? Or both? The world may never know. 16:10: If you watch half as much anime as me, you might think that looks like those little doll things anime characters make when they don't want it to rain. They're called teru teru bōzu. You may notice that "kiri kiri bozu" is a very similar name. And if you watch way more anime than me (or just studied Japanese normally) (or are Japanese), you might know what the kiri-kiri is about! 36:05: She's almost certainly a reference to utsuro-bune legends. It's about a round boat that supposedly washed up on the Eastern coast of Japan, containing a strange young woman, possibly with red hair (hence "vermillion stranger"). Historians either question the existence of these strange boats containing foreign women or assume they were Russian. Pseudohistorians say they were UFOs, despite the fact that no account of utsuro-bune suggests they can fly. What's her purpose in this game? I dunno, I don't speak Russian. 6:20: Oh, is that a gashadokuro? Neat! I mean, it's bad for anyone around the gashadokuro. But from a distance, it's neat! 9:10: I think they're supposed to be chōchin-obake, a kind of yokai that happens when old paper lanterns break. Kind of. Look for your own primary sources. 15:30: Sir, it has been less than ten minutes since we stole-borrowed your teapot. 15:44: Shimeji is probably a kodama, which you might recognize from Princess Mononoke. 18:50: Fans of Junji Ito will probably remember that "uzumaki" means "spiral". Sounds like a fun cave! 30:15: "Armapillo" are not traditional yokai. It's a neologism that has been invented several times for things that were never popular enough for other people to copy them, name and all. It's hard to argue that any pronunciation of this word is truly right or wrong. 33:30: That's probably either a maneki-neko or a bakeneko. Either way, it's a cat, and it will act as such.
Huh. As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I was immediately reminded that a friend recently told me about Nine Sols, which has a similar visual vibe to this game, but seems more Sekiro-coded than Hollow Knight's Dark Souls (etc.) reference pool. Maybe that's just me, though!
This game looks amazing and I still need to snag it for myself (alas, adulting takes priority…). Meanwhile though, I can recommend a couple other videos when done here! Another TH-cam dude I follow, Gaijin Goombah, loves doing culture breakdowns and has two recent videos for this game, if y’all love understanding cultural references in games! :D
Not a game for me, but I do like the touch of having the difficulty options unlock after 20 deaths, as a way of encouraging players to give the default difficulty an honest try before switching to an easier setting.
The Messenger's cloud step mechanic was a really cool idea, and I'm a little surprised it took this long for another studio to yoink it and build on it
I backed this game 😁 It was really crazy that the distributor for them was shut down within the first week of its release, so they had a lot of trouble bringing updates to consoles! The developers were very active on discord and Steam, and would do their best to bring fixes for the players ❤
Ohhhh!!! Let´s go! This game is so good. Loved Bo.The artstyle is fantastic. And it is a very unique type of plataforming, but once it clicks it feels so good.
Oh, thank you! I saw this on Humble Bundle, was intrigued and wanted it...until I saw that it was a metroidvania, which...was a mistake I made with Hollow Knight. This, though, if it is a bit more platform focused, as it seems, I should be able to do, so thank you for showing it off like this.
I'm not entirely sure, but I heard the other day that "uzumaki" is japanese for spiral swirly thingie? Makes sense, seeing Uzumaki Cave... This game seems neat.
Oh good! I backed this game, so I played it when it came out. It's pretty good, taking mostly from Hollow Knight, but also taking enough other ideas from other games (the bat is a bit like Ori's Bash, the jump refreshing midair is like The Messenger). I really like the heating up mechanic, though there is a omamori you get later that interacts with it in a way that I just wish was default. Wouldn't mind if Dan came back to this one at one point.
I've never been much of a souls like player but I have played some metroidvanias that I've been told are souls like, or at least souls like adjacent. So if you like souls like-ish metroidvanias may I suggest Ender Lillies. where as some like Salt and Sanctuary go a bit to hard in making everything slow and crunchy, Ender Lillies keeps things moving by giving you an air dash that makes the combat feel much more dynamic.
Imagine if you needed 10 bamboo to upgrade your staff, then had all that extra bamboo available to collect, and the gamr just never told you that there was nothing else to spend it on.
Certainly a lot of 'not my problem' getting thrown around out here. Lol. This game is like Hollow Knight crossed with The Messenger. (Which I recommend you finish if you haven't, as well as Sea of Stars. Lol. Such fun and good games/stories.)
While it might look a lot like Hollow Knight, I feel like the puzzle elements and the generous checkpoints are more inspired by the Ori games. Wonder how much actual combat it will have once completed.
How many references to Japanese mythology are there? Enough that Gaijin Goomba could only cover the early parts of the game and even then it was the highlights.
I do know Dan has confirmed at least through Endwalker’s MSQ, but I don’t know if he’s decided on the patches and further. (Tho even if he doesn’t do the patch stories, I do hope he does both raid series for Endwalker.)
Oh cool, the game that with so much Japan crammed in it's not funny. Can't wait. 0:26 I would be... if it was metroidvania and not soulslike. 3:24 Wait, WHAT!? An actual metroidvania, post-Souls? Could it be? 7:54 Okay, that doesn't sound too bad. About as problematic as farming drops, and more consistent. 12:01 Be interesting to see what their skill threshold is. 13:51 Mood. 14:48 World's "first" painful teru teru bozu? 27:00 I think one reason it might not be as talked about is how many real-world Japanese proper nouns get tossed around like you're supposed to know what they are. 29:50 Man, I just remembered that I've not beaten Kraid, and it's 100% a skill (greed?) issue... I need to fire up Metroid again. (Zero Mission, to be precise) 37:59 "Demons", you say? I'm sure he just needs a nap. 40:36 I love this reference. 42:38 Oh shit, a key! (nah... doesn't work quite as well) 46:11 I don't know how I feel about 5 MP heals and health pips, compared to 100 pt health "tanks" and drops. I genuinely mean "I don't know", I'm not saying I don't like one or the other more.
I don't think I can play this and I'm really upset because it is right up my alley as a big fan of Hollow Knight. Unfortunately, that gurgling/pouring sound is like nails on a chalkboard to me (it's my misophonia noise) and every time I saved, I would want to throw the Switch across the room. *sob*
While I’m enjoying the art and more linear design in this game, it feel like it takes a bit TOO much from hollow knight in terms of UI and gameplay mechanics. It feels less like a new game and more like a very polished hollow knight hack.
at least for me when I played it, being able to refresh your movement abilities in the air, as well as the increased focus on air combat, gave it different feel, since platforming feels like a larger aspect.
There are two game mechanics that as far as I'm concerned are shoehorned into way too many games to their detriment. One is the soulslike drop stuff on death. The other is forced ironman. Those two have become the new rpg leveling and crafting systems of the current day. They get put in everything for no reason simply because devs think they have to have them to be just like "fill in the blank" game that inspired them or that is popular, and they do this without understanding _why_ that mechanic was put into the game in the first place. Also, games have bugs, so forced ironman can brick your save. Your game has to earn it for me to trust you enough to turn ironman mode on.
Played this at a friend’s house. While it’s a nice game, it just reminds me far too much of Hollow Knight and makes me want to play it instead. This almost feels like a reskin than a new game. Still, I hope the game does well.
I don't think Okami inspired Bō. I think Bō is just taking inspiration from the same artistic traditions that inspired Okami. I don't see any similarity between Okami character designs and Bō character designs beyond that and some chibi characters.
It's the height of arrogance to assume your opinions are facts. Just because someone thinks differently than you does not mean that their lying, or getting paid by the company, or whatever other reason you have to think up that someone could dain to have a different opinion than you.
"It's dangerous to go alone. Not my problem."
"That is none of my business" has some real "... It's probably fine" energy.
This game reminds me a lot of Ori and the Blind Forest which I loved and was soooo beautiful! This one is just as lovely and I hope you make it into a full play through one day
The jump/falling animation making the cloak/robe look like a blossoming flower is pretty simple genius
This is like if Okami was a metroidvania, and I love it
It really is just like Hollow Knight. Dan has a full MP gauge, is down to his last health, and isn't stopping to heal. It is *exactly* Hollow Knight.
And I'm practically twitching at the item left back at the start, it IS Hollow Knight!
You know when I first saw the thumbnail, I thought this was that Nine Souls game. There really are a lot of Metroidvanias.
I recently started playing that, and God, Nine Sols rules. There is a boss that feels on par with Sisters of Battle, if not better.
This game is filled TO THE BRIM with Japanese mythology references
Where's Gaijin Goombah when you need him?
@@ICountFrom0 He's already made 2 videos on it xD
8:18: Are To and Ri named for _tori,_ the Japanese word for bird? Or are they named for tu-tori-al? Or both? The world may never know.
16:10: If you watch half as much anime as me, you might think that looks like those little doll things anime characters make when they don't want it to rain. They're called teru teru bōzu.
You may notice that "kiri kiri bozu" is a very similar name. And if you watch way more anime than me (or just studied Japanese normally) (or are Japanese), you might know what the kiri-kiri is about!
36:05: She's almost certainly a reference to utsuro-bune legends. It's about a round boat that supposedly washed up on the Eastern coast of Japan, containing a strange young woman, possibly with red hair (hence "vermillion stranger"). Historians either question the existence of these strange boats containing foreign women or assume they were Russian. Pseudohistorians say they were UFOs, despite the fact that no account of utsuro-bune suggests they can fly.
What's her purpose in this game? I dunno, I don't speak Russian.
6:20: Oh, is that a gashadokuro? Neat!
I mean, it's bad for anyone around the gashadokuro. But from a distance, it's neat!
9:10: I think they're supposed to be chōchin-obake, a kind of yokai that happens when old paper lanterns break. Kind of. Look for your own primary sources.
15:30: Sir, it has been less than ten minutes since we stole-borrowed your teapot.
15:44: Shimeji is probably a kodama, which you might recognize from Princess Mononoke.
18:50: Fans of Junji Ito will probably remember that "uzumaki" means "spiral". Sounds like a fun cave!
30:15: "Armapillo" are not traditional yokai. It's a neologism that has been invented several times for things that were never popular enough for other people to copy them, name and all. It's hard to argue that any pronunciation of this word is truly right or wrong.
33:30: That's probably either a maneki-neko or a bakeneko. Either way, it's a cat, and it will act as such.
My first thought for To and Ri was "Rito" - the bird people from the Zelda series.
@@rmsgrey They're almost certainly named after the Japanese word for "bird". It would be like an American author calling bird-people the Drib.
Hollow Knight meets Okami.
I would love to see this eventually as a full playthrough like you did for Hollow Knight.
Huh. As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I was immediately reminded that a friend recently told me about Nine Sols, which has a similar visual vibe to this game, but seems more Sekiro-coded than Hollow Knight's Dark Souls (etc.) reference pool.
Maybe that's just me, though!
This game looks amazing and I still need to snag it for myself (alas, adulting takes priority…).
Meanwhile though, I can recommend a couple other videos when done here! Another TH-cam dude I follow, Gaijin Goombah, loves doing culture breakdowns and has two recent videos for this game, if y’all love understanding cultural references in games! :D
I was literally humming and hawing over whether or not I should buy this game last night! thank you for helping make the purchase decision easier lol
This game is so cute! Dan should totally do a playthrough of it!! He seems to love it as much as he loved Hollow Knight!
While I'm eventually going to play this myself, it's always nice to see Dan do a metroidvania on the channel.
Not a game for me, but I do like the touch of having the difficulty options unlock after 20 deaths, as a way of encouraging players to give the default difficulty an honest try before switching to an easier setting.
Oh this looks like Nine Sols. Amazing art style.
The Messenger's cloud step mechanic was a really cool idea, and I'm a little surprised it took this long for another studio to yoink it and build on it
This is one of those games played on this channel I get 10 minutes into, stop watching and buy for myself
16:45 = average Insect Glaive user
I backed this game 😁 It was really crazy that the distributor for them was shut down within the first week of its release, so they had a lot of trouble bringing updates to consoles! The developers were very active on discord and Steam, and would do their best to bring fixes for the players ❤
39:50 - Or Infinitea, if you would
Ohhhh!!! Let´s go! This game is so good. Loved Bo.The artstyle is fantastic. And it is a very unique type of plataforming, but once it clicks it feels so good.
Oh, thank you! I saw this on Humble Bundle, was intrigued and wanted it...until I saw that it was a metroidvania, which...was a mistake I made with Hollow Knight. This, though, if it is a bit more platform focused, as it seems, I should be able to do, so thank you for showing it off like this.
Heh. Dodomeki has a Hollow Knight health mask and the golden Korok seed in his little stash there.
The worst part about this is that the latest sale for this game ended yesterday. Game fun. I would support this being the next Side Quest.
I'm not entirely sure, but I heard the other day that "uzumaki" is japanese for spiral swirly thingie? Makes sense, seeing Uzumaki Cave...
This game seems neat.
Oh good! I backed this game, so I played it when it came out. It's pretty good, taking mostly from Hollow Knight, but also taking enough other ideas from other games (the bat is a bit like Ori's Bash, the jump refreshing midair is like The Messenger). I really like the heating up mechanic, though there is a omamori you get later that interacts with it in a way that I just wish was default. Wouldn't mind if Dan came back to this one at one point.
I've never been much of a souls like player but I have played some metroidvanias that I've been told are souls like, or at least souls like adjacent.
So if you like souls like-ish metroidvanias may I suggest Ender Lillies. where as some like Salt and Sanctuary go a bit to hard in making everything slow and crunchy, Ender Lillies keeps things moving by giving you an air dash that makes the combat feel much more dynamic.
Imagine if you needed 10 bamboo to upgrade your staff, then had all that extra bamboo available to collect, and the gamr just never told you that there was nothing else to spend it on.
Certainly a lot of 'not my problem' getting thrown around out here. Lol.
This game is like Hollow Knight crossed with The Messenger. (Which I recommend you finish if you haven't, as well as Sea of Stars. Lol. Such fun and good games/stories.)
I thought this was nine sols! 😅
While it might look a lot like Hollow Knight, I feel like the puzzle elements and the generous checkpoints are more inspired by the Ori games. Wonder how much actual combat it will have once completed.
How many references to Japanese mythology are there?
Enough that Gaijin Goomba could only cover the early parts of the game and even then it was the highlights.
asahi you don't have to kill them. this looks like those old japanse paintings
This game looks -gorgeous-, it's absolutely going on the list. - R
Love your videos I have a backlog of other lps of yours I want to watch. Question, are you gonna continue story mode of ff XIV, endwalker, dawntrail?
I do know Dan has confirmed at least through Endwalker’s MSQ, but I don’t know if he’s decided on the patches and further. (Tho even if he doesn’t do the patch stories, I do hope he does both raid series for Endwalker.)
What... is he not gonna do more? I was really looking forward to seeing him play 😢
Oh cool, the game that with so much Japan crammed in it's not funny. Can't wait.
0:26 I would be... if it was metroidvania and not soulslike.
3:24 Wait, WHAT!? An actual metroidvania, post-Souls? Could it be?
7:54 Okay, that doesn't sound too bad. About as problematic as farming drops, and more consistent.
12:01 Be interesting to see what their skill threshold is.
13:51 Mood.
14:48 World's "first" painful teru teru bozu?
27:00 I think one reason it might not be as talked about is how many real-world Japanese proper nouns get tossed around like you're supposed to know what they are.
29:50 Man, I just remembered that I've not beaten Kraid, and it's 100% a skill (greed?) issue... I need to fire up Metroid again. (Zero Mission, to be precise)
37:59 "Demons", you say? I'm sure he just needs a nap.
40:36 I love this reference.
42:38 Oh shit, a key! (nah... doesn't work quite as well)
46:11 I don't know how I feel about 5 MP heals and health pips, compared to 100 pt health "tanks" and drops. I genuinely mean "I don't know", I'm not saying I don't like one or the other more.
Today is not Wednesday, so is this a full playthrough? Because this looks interesting.
I think it’s a filler oneshot episode due to Deltarune not filling a full last week. Tomorrow will likely be another oneshot, I think.
I don't think I can play this and I'm really upset because it is right up my alley as a big fan of Hollow Knight. Unfortunately, that gurgling/pouring sound is like nails on a chalkboard to me (it's my misophonia noise) and every time I saved, I would want to throw the Switch across the room. *sob*
While I’m enjoying the art and more linear design in this game, it feel like it takes a bit TOO much from hollow knight in terms of UI and gameplay mechanics. It feels less like a new game and more like a very polished hollow knight hack.
at least for me when I played it, being able to refresh your movement abilities in the air, as well as the increased focus on air combat, gave it different feel, since platforming feels like a larger aspect.
There are two game mechanics that as far as I'm concerned are shoehorned into way too many games to their detriment. One is the soulslike drop stuff on death. The other is forced ironman.
Those two have become the new rpg leveling and crafting systems of the current day. They get put in everything for no reason simply because devs think they have to have them to be just like "fill in the blank" game that inspired them or that is popular, and they do this without understanding _why_ that mechanic was put into the game in the first place.
Also, games have bugs, so forced ironman can brick your save. Your game has to earn it for me to trust you enough to turn ironman mode on.
Played this at a friend’s house. While it’s a nice game, it just reminds me far too much of Hollow Knight and makes me want to play it instead.
This almost feels like a reskin than a new game. Still, I hope the game does well.
Okami much? Specifically in reference to the character designs
I don't think Okami inspired Bō. I think Bō is just taking inspiration from the same artistic traditions that inspired Okami. I don't see any similarity between Okami character designs and Bō character designs beyond that and some chibi characters.
Are these bot comments? This game is such a pathetic copy of hollow knight with worse art and gameplay all around as far as I can tell
People disagreeing with your opinion doesn’t make us bots. The negativity is unnecessary.
It is common knowledge that only a bot could enjoy two similar things at once XD
It's the height of arrogance to assume your opinions are facts. Just because someone thinks differently than you does not mean that their lying, or getting paid by the company, or whatever other reason you have to think up that someone could dain to have a different opinion than you.