Bo: Path Of The Teal Lotus Nintendo Switch Review!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Sorry about the reupload I messed up the end score oof! Hopefully you enjoy this one regardless! Mark

[@Gideon94NC]

No worries Mark, we’re only human. Thanks for the review this looks to hold over until… Silksong lol eventually right? Right…? Lol 😂

[@ZamWeazle]

​@@Gideon94NC Yeah 16 hours till Silksong then?

[@ZamWeazle]

@@TerencioHorto-iw7fq Highly unlikely.

[@PewPew_McPewster]

It's kinda cool that Nine Sols and Bo are like two months off of each other. They seem to offer completely different Metroidvania experiences too.

[@nicol2487]

I love the modern Okami art Style from this game! It looks so beautiful

[@electricmariposa]

Oh how I love Okami! Wish a second part were made ❤️

[@UglyWinnie]

​@@electricmariposaOkami den ?

[@Foxtayls]

​@electricmariposa sorry to do a "achually", but there technically is if you count okamiden for Nintendo ds. Wouldn't be hard to emulate it either, but yeah I would adore a proper sequel, instead of a handheld game.

[@flynnryder6113]

I’m like 3-4 hours in and the game is amazing so far. If ya like metroidvanias you’re gonna love this.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Fun game for sure. Mark

[@Nedwig747]

Has all the makings of a hidden gem in this one! Using instruments for voice is an interesting idea, I'm not sure I've seen that before.

[@Dandelion2-3]

Don't starve also uses instruments for voices

[@eggygazali]

Looks a solid game to fill in my HOLLOW ness.

[@manuelquerochang2275]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ

[@MariaCalore]

I had an eye on Nine Sols and this one for a long time, a pity the first one is not on other platforms than PC yet. Can't wait for that on the Switch, and your review! I'll wait for the first discount for this one, the backlog needs a little pause, now that it's starting to form on the PS5 too 😅 Looks really good, I'll probably be playing it soon enough, I feel like playing something with this 2d hand drawn style. I reprised a little GRIS again, the trailer for their studio new entry (NEVA) made me nostalgic

[@jesssealey6552]

The pogo mechanic gives Rogue Legacy 2 vibes, seems fairly fluid, nice!

[@Pickled_squirrel]

Saw a trailer for this a while back, looked and still looks beautiful... Definitely adding to backlog

[@jyesucevitz]

I've got $20 burning a hole in my eshop wallet. I already got the new TMNT game and Bo is clearly a much different game. I think i will. ty.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Nice! Let me know how you get on with that platform section 😂

[@NotSoIndependentGamer]

Your videos haven't been popping up for me until recently. I've missed them, but now it's time to add even more to my backlog haha. Looks like a great game! Thanks for covering these hidden gems!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Well it's nice to know they've started to show up again! Mark

[@Working800]

I'll be waiting for a physical edition, that's one of the few games I really like have in my hands

[@r_apt_ure]

I seen a comment somewhere about Playasia having the physical for like 23.00

[@donthefreeman]

Thanks for reminding me! I’ve had my eye on this one for a while and had no idea until you uploaded this! 👑💯🙌

[@SwitchUpYt]

No probl❤em!!

[@denycast]

Played it until the first cave and felt in love with it. It just made me happy playing it. But I have to disagree with the "playing Hollow knight with only the stages that are required is relatively easy". I needed to Start over four times until I finally beat a required boss fight. It is just that hard😅

[@LunaticPrime]

I actually like the enemy designs. The static paper cutout design fits the Japanese theme. Just look at games like Okami or even Tinykin. It worked pretty well there.

[@YoukoZuki]

I like the bullet-batting and directional jumping in Bo, as it reminds me of Ori 1-2 which has the same similar mechanic. However, Ori's bullet-batting and directional jump works in tandem and it makes a bullet-time effect, allowing players have time to aim where they want to return the bullet or use the bullet to bounce to a direction of choice. Meanwhile, Bo only has bullet-time effect with batting, while none for directional jump, which makes the platforming involving directional jump harder and less fun.

[@MFBBSubEsp]

I was looking for a good review of this one, thanks for making it

[@StevenBeverage]

I've been looking forward to this for months ever since I saw the trailer. Just bought it..it looks phenomenal.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah it does

[@gowary]

Aesthetics seem like Okami+Hollow Knight

[@squarestar326]

I put this on my wishlist the first time i saw the trailer, even if i m not into metoidvania. It looks like a piece of art. I had the same love struck w ori, a real work of art!❤❤❤

[@adlyadnan]

Been keeping an eye on this awhile. Love the Okami aesthetic and Hollow Knight inspiration - both some of my fave games of all time! Thanks for getting this super quick review out! ❤

[@andrewdotvalentine]

8 hours!? Based on how long it took me to get that bridge platforming and boss sequence done, I doubt I'll be getting through this that quick 😀 This game feels _great_ to play.

[@ty_sylicus]

I backed this one years ago on Kickstarter and am happy to hear it being well-recieved. I'm not looking forward to the difficulty though, that's a risk you take investing in a game before it's made.

[@SwitchUpYt]

It's a fun game for sure but yeah those spikes are extreme. Mark

[@julitakamaki4386]

I want a physical release for this title, badly.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Plan Asia £20

[@birdperson009]

tomatopika: I love the okami style art

[@timrowley2039]

The sound and art style are very compelling. Thanks for the review!

[@ppbunt]

Probably too hard for me but looks stunning!

[@SwitchUpYt]

It's like pretty easy 90% of the time. But then not... 😂

[@mrpmp5384]

I’m impressed you didn’t get tongue tied in the video. Great looking game!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Ohhhhh I did 😂. Mark

[@mayralex18]

this looks beautiful, thanks for the review guys!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Thanks for watching! ❤ Mark

[@enigmaticons]

Yay , foxy cat souls Bourne 🥳 = Pawtastic time 👍

[@SwitchUpYt]

Hehehe ❤

[@jesssealey6552]

Tickling the algorithm. Cheers SwitchUp, see you in the next one!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Cheers Jess mate. Mark

[@jesssealey6552]

@@SwitchUpYt gotcha covered mate!

[@PikaPikaLOL]

Really enjoyed this one. Beautiful world and solid gameplay and bosses. Hoping it does well because it’s games like this that show that titles don’t need to be these giant 100 hour beasts, but that shorter, tightly designed games have a lot of value. Also while I get the difficulty argument, I’m not gonna lie, I quite enjoyed the challenges and even wish some of the bosses were a bit trickier (maybe optional challenge rematches or something so the story isn’t too tough but more challenges are present).

[@penatable]

This looks absolutely amazing.

[@naseraltaee]

This game’s music and artstyle are so appealing and seem to work well together. Gameplay seems fun and interesting.

[@richardwhite3521]

Ori movement is the best I’ve ever experienced. Team Cherry has described hornet as more acrobatic and floaty, and I hope so much, that just as much as ori wotw borrowed inspiration from hollow knight, I hope silksong borrows from wotw. If silksong is will of the wisp with hollow knight aesthetics, I will be so in love.

[@TheKharymusic]

The new team Cherry Since SilkSong is not coming This shall fill the void

[@toonzelda3353]

Any game will fill the void tbh. Team Cherry has lost my interest entirely. They have taken way too long with Silksong. Many fans have moved on by now to other metroidvanias that are sharper and will likely be better as well. Take a look at Crowsworn another banger. Essentially Bloodbourne but in 2D.

[@Anony335]

@@toonzelda3353it isnt out yet

[@WarrenCBennett]

I have a haiku in this game. No idea where but it’s in there somewhere, heh

[@SwitchUpYt]

Oh nice you are a backer? Mark

[@WarrenCBennett]

@@SwitchUpYt Yeah, but my key is for the steam version. I need to download it and play and see if I can find my haiku, heh.

[@brettpardue8786]

They took the voice inspiration straight from Tails of Iron😂 Btw I still can't wait for Tails of Iron 2 to come out! They already have a page for on the PlayStation store

[@Kevster360]

It’s like Muramasa and Hollow knight had a baby

[@Gounen]

This looks/sounds legit! Also...I still need to afford the turtles lol!

[@AMBIGUITY1976]

The game's visuals and style immediately appealed to me. Unfortunately, I gave up after a few hours. It wasn't because of the enemies or the bosses, but because of the (for me) excessively difficult jumping around. What a pity.

[@jonk4255]

Looks like a decent little game, defo right up my ally

[@williammitchell116]

Love this art style!!!

[@trocks810]

I think my main issue with this game is the boss fights. I beat almost all of them on my first or second try, with a few exceptions. Some of them have a large arena and the attacks become easy to avoid, and it becomes a long resistance challenge where you have your moment to attack, then avoid enemy attacks, then second phase comes, and it repeats. I think my favourite could be the one against the big girl at the bridge (I don’t remember her name at all) because it had that escaping sequence at the start, which reminded me of Ori a lot, and it’s a shame it’s the only time they did something like that. The movement feels fantastic in this game and it made the platforming really enjoyable. Finished this game the other day anyway, it’s still really beautiful looking at the aestethic and listening to the soundtrack. I recommend thi while waiting for Silksong!

[@richkavanagh2778]

Nice review Mark, looks quite good I have so many games on my back log now though . Might pick it up one day

I bought Hollow Knight on their last sale, last month. Once I finish that one, this may be a good one to follow on with the genre. I enjoyed Ori 1 a lot.

[@kevinphelps5807]

Never heard of this one but I absolutely love the art style.

[@Nathd1367]

This wasn't on my radar, great review!

[@switchingitup_]

I love the art style!! I just wish I could love metroidvania games. Honestly, some of them just look incredible 😢🎉

[@shoked99]

Looks really good. Hopefully it does well. Maybe they can patch some of the issues. Thanks for the review.

[@PaleBloodHunter]

This one looks pretty fun, my only knock is copying Hollow Knight a bit to much. It’s quite obvious they bit hard on Hollow Knights style, The healing, the Movement, the loading screen lol even some of the bosses are just HK bosses with there art style slapped on top. I’m all for games taking inspiration from other titles but that can go to far and this one definitely does in places.

[@charizardoreo]

I love the art style, thank you for letting me know about this game! Added to wish list

[@rhett237]

Is anyone else getting crazy lag on the bridge boss? Her final phase was glitchy and lagging and was screwing up my jumps

[@melaniapina6368]

Looks gorgeous!

[@berentlabrecque4641]

this looks really good, cheers!

[@devonbewley7753]

The imbalanced difficulty spikes make this a very reticent eventual pickup for me. I'm very picky about balancing.

[@victorjordao6921]

Thought you slept on this one because it was not on the upcoming games for this week(it’s not on the eshop yet)! As a fan of japanese culture I’m 100% on this, been waiting for a while now! By the way, do you guys plan on joining the Gundam Breaker 4 Open Network Test this weekend? Hoping to hear your thoughts on that since I’m really looking forward to it, I’ve never played a Gundam Breaker game

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah I hope to ❤. Mark

[@zizzlerizzle8707]

This looks right up my alley

[@WhiteWolvesSupremacy]

My comment about the score caused the re upload!! Sorry Mark. It was only 1 point lol

[@SwitchUpYt]

Nah it's a fair point ❤

[@Virtualblueart]

You had me at Hollow knight type game with an Okami Japanese art style. This looks like something right op my alley. Sigh. I wish Vanillaware would put Masamune on Switch. Would really live to replay thst one

[@racingtegnsilver8909]

This looks interesting definitely gonna get this physical. Looks like a colorful arum's afterlife adventure

[@borrellipatrick]

Pre-ordered a physical from play-asia. Can't wait for it to come in via the snail mail 🐌📬

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah I've also ordered it. Mark

[@gamerforever3654]

How long do ya think till it ships? I’m tempted never ordered off of playasia.

[@borrellipatrick]

​@@gamerforever3654 Depends on the product. If it's something they have in the warehouse ready to ship, usually takes a week and a half to two weeks to get to me. Longest order took like 3 months 🥴 But it was something a few years old and they didn't have it on hand and had to source it from somewhere else before sending it to me

[@WP-04]

Awsome, I've already ordered this on via play asia!

[@magnumopus8124]

I saw this on my PS5 and was blown away. I was curious if it was on switch, cause I would prefer to have it on switch than PS5

[@NickXH85]

Had my eye on this game for a while so I'll definitely pick it up.

[@Ser-Smiley]

This... i must have this. I want it. I NEED it!

[@SiobhanR28]

Wow this looks so pretty. 😍

[@SwitchUpYt]

It really is!

[@NikolasAmodeo]

Looks great. Thanks for the review.

[@richardwhite3521]

Also, the bridge was easy enough.

[@EarhirX]

I was afraid it was going to be a Hollow Knight clone but it looks different enough and similar enough

[@kirbygeek4]

Looks like a game I could really get into, thanks for the review Melneedsaname

[@Jedbullet29]

Looks beautiful and ...foxes! Sold oh lord the backlog is getting silly 😮😊

[@mauricerichardson4976]

I don't wanna jinx anything, but R34 is gonna have...a field day lol😏

[@SwitchUpYt]

What's R34???

[@mauricerichardson4976]

@@SwitchUpYt Rule 34. But don't worry I'm not jinxing it. This game is perfectly safe.

[@tfannis]

It's in my Playasia basket 😅 Need to ad more games to get free shipping though 🤔

[@mcenini21]

This Hollow Knight mod looks great 👍

[@chonkhampter]

It's entirely different than hollow knight. Get over it. Not every fps game is a call of duty clone, not every Metroidvanias are a hollow knight clone. This is more of a platforming game.

[@mcenini21]

@@chonkhampter at first look there are so many things that are the same : screen blinking when hit, the loading screen with the guy running ... It's just the exact same feeling.

[@chonkhampter]

@@mcenini21 yeah but the more you get into the game the more difference you find. The topic is going back to like 2018 controversy when people were saying that Fortnite copied Pubg

[@mcenini21]

@@chonkhampter don't hear me wrong : it's not because I think it's a copy that I mean it is bad. Of course it's different, but many elements have been copied, this is obvious. It's just about which one they copied, how clever it was, and what are the big differences. It looks like a good game indeed. That being said, I still have to finish Hollow Knight and this one will not fit my game time, so I'll pass now, but maybe come back on it later.

[@chonkhampter]

@@mcenini21 I've finished hollow knight and nine sols. Started this yesterday. 3 hours in and I can confirm that despite those copied elements this one is a complete different experience. The art style, the hand drawn animations, the npc and the attack effects. It's a different vibe the the gloomy hollow knight one( don't get me wrong, I love hollow knight) some mechanics feel a bit lackluster like the grappel. But everything else feels very good while playing. And the time when you reach Sakura city you'll fall in love with this game. The npc, the scenery and so beautiful. Yeah but the game can be punishing. Some things I don't like are the major difficulty spike and platforming in some places. And there are some places you're supposed to use the enemies to jump on top of them but you kill them first and you have to reset the area again to reach the next spot. But this is a beautiful indie game that deserves support.

[@kcant65]

Sadly Humble Games have been gutted yesterday after the acquisition by IGN (as IGN reports it was just their parent company Ziff Davis that owned humble games and did this so they have no connection at all and aren't the bad guys >_>). It was initially seen as a shut down but now it's "restructuring" in press releases. How true that is remains to be seen.

[@Cotsos88]

Played it the past few days. The visuals and audio just like the video says, are fantastic, the world is well constructed, you have an idea where you need to go, but you have the freedom to explore other areas too. The gameplay though has problems. Copying everything from Hollow Knight and Ori doesn't instantly make a good game. Weird hitboxes, a lot of unresponsive controls during combos (that maybe the Switch joycons), on few bosses the camera is WAAAAAY zoomed out so you can barely see your character amidst the projectile chaos (on handheld), some unbalanced platforming parts (like the one on the video, I raged more on this than on the Elden Ring DLC final boss) and unnecessary long boss fights. Having 3-4 (and more) phases doesn't make a difficult boss. It makes a boring one. Having to spend 10-12 minutes hitless just dodging with minimal attack windows, on the first phases to get to the one you died is just frustrating. Overall it's worth the price, you'll get a decent 10-15 hours out of it, but prepare yourslef for a few frustrating parts.

[@bastianweber2648]

Great, I find more games through you guys then these Nintendo directs 😂

[@fallen12star]

Man, this is gorgeous! Cute and silly turned me off Hollow Knight, but in this one it looks great! I wish it were longer and more non-linear. Still, on the list it goes!

[@ZamWeazle]

Silly? Hk is a pretty dark game.

[@ZamWeazle]

Also Mark said it's good that it wasn't longer because it'll become tedious if it was.

[@fallen12star]

​@ZamWeazle Just art-wise, silly, I mean. The juxtaposition of cute cartoons with darkness gives me too big a Tim Burton vibe. I like cute and silly OR dark and broody, not both at once heh.

[@markrolle2527]

Looks fun, but I wish the art looked better.

[@randyhalfway]

I'm sold, this looks awesome.

[@LucemFerre82]

I'd give it a 5/10, its ruined by the annoying lack of a regular double jump, other than that it's a solid 7 or 8, graphics are definitely a 10, reminds me of okami.

[@SaintKines]

Did you play it?

[@moxiejju7014]

Gameplay is unfortunately not for me, but the art style looks gorgeous!!

[@rivaldobox]

I was so hyped to play this, but I keep hearing about these unforgiving mandatory plataform sections and that's definitely worrying me.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah they're REALLLLLY annoying. Mark

[@rivaldobox]

@@SwitchUpYt I remember in your review for PoP: The Lost Crown it was mentioned that the platforming can get frustrating for some people. I completed that game and absolutely loved the platforming, didn't really get frustrated. Would you say Bo is similar in that regard or would it be a bit worse? Thanks in advance, love your videos!

[@anthonyshoop575]

Think Ori in terms of the platforming roadblocks…except more tedious and less fulfilling. You beat one monotonous challenge only to run into another one immediately. It kills the games fun so far for me. It’s a shame because the movement and mechanics are great…but the game almost locks you out of enjoying the positives because of the tedious platform puzzles.

[@grahamwalker2168]

Ori definitely does that long perfect platforming section. I didn't like it there

[@martindion4846]

I saw that yesterday! Too many good games in the last weeks

[@paulblyth9793]

Love the art style but I picked up Fez and the Collection of Mana after your midweek sale video so I really shouldn’t buy another game… ?

[@UndeadEggmiester]

Sounds interesting but im not sure if its for me. In my old age im not as good ss i once was gor platformers.

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yeah the spikes are REAL! Mark

[@detritiv0re144]

Performance is not up to standard. I will consider a purchase when this has been addressed.

[@yajmuhs7853]

Buying this

[@vvolfflovv]

So much of what I look for in a game :)

[@fettuccinialfonso]

Looks really good but the camera is way too zoomed out for my liking. Just watching the trailer on the Eshop in handheld mode I can tell it'd be way too hard to keep track of the main character during combat/platforming. Ugh.

[@pedroneves967]

I was thinking the same thing, but it is not a problem. I mean, for a switch maybe... But for a computer screen is ok

[@fettuccinialfonso]

@@pedroneves967 Well, seeing as this is a switch review I would assume most people would be playing it on the go.

[@grahamwalker2168]

£17 looks like a great price

[@echidna13]

Cool game, I'm playing it on my phone now

[@robbeal6130]

Bo-live me this one is looking like a must have title this year! Looks unBOlivable!

[@pol.k]

Very nice game, reminds me on the hollow knight

[@dwasp27moto41]

do we have it on physical on switch? thank you!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Yep through Play Asia, link amd saving below

[@dwasp27moto41]

@@SwitchUpYt thank you

[@sketchysina]

Please do a review on hop lap racing please

[@oldcrossing7145]

It doesn't really look like japanese art tbh. It looks like western flash cartoon with some japanese characters. The Hollow Knight inspiration both in style and gameplay obviously doesn't help in that regard as it makes the lack of an identity of its own even more obvious.

[@ZamWeazle]

That's definitely an opinion lol

[@zyonmdc]

buying this one and pretending is nine sols

[@Noah-zo6zn]

Im "patiently" waiting for Nine Sols as well friend.

[@chonkhampter]

Entirely different than nine sols maybe in some aspects even better. If you talk about the art style and animation it's definitely better. In combat nine sols is better. It's more of a platforming game.

[@Billsdude17]

​@@chonkhampterThose are definitely just your opinions you can't definitively say it has a better art style and it definitely doesn't have better animations.

[@chonkhampter]

@@Billsdude17 you played this game? I've played both. I've finished nine sols. Just go to the Sakura city and then talk. I'm not saying nine sols art is bad. But this is better. This looks better. The colors, the art style, the npc and boss designs are better. If you're just talking from the trailer. Play the game. You'll understand what I'm saying. Putting "definitely" three times in a comment doesn't necessarily mean that you're right and your opinion is correct.

[@toonzelda3353]

I ended up getting Nine Sols on my Steamdeck absolutely in love with the game! :O).