Duck's Diamonds: The Boktai Series

[@kura5-bondsoftheundying185]

Kura5 dev here! Listened to this video because boktai and was very surprised and honored to hear the shout-out. I recently started uploading new dev videos off my personal channel and onto this channel instead, and hope to release the game sometime this year. (for free, as a fangame) Thanks for the video and thanks for the mention!

[@ThrillingDuck]

Honored to be heard by you! You're a champion and a true fan, and I will 100% be downloading Kura 5 on release. I've literally never been more excited about a fangame :)

[@subjectnivleis7572]

I would download buy I don't have a gaming PC I have seen game play though even saw a dev vid of megaman stuff nice

[@Scorpion_Pirate]

I'm happy that someone talks about these games

[@17Kenzaki]

same man

[@megasoniczxx]

I remember it taking me about a year just to beat Boktai 2 cause the area I was in had very little sunlight so when I finally was able to beat the final boss it felt so cathartic because it felt like an actual journey that I pushed through despite the odds being against me in a funny way.

[@JonahPleatherbooth]

Likewise. I went to visit my aunt in hawaii.she was in the army and stationed there. And thats how i finally beat the final boss

[@badhair93]

I was rummaging through some things and found my old Boktai cartridge. Proceeded to search it on yt and came across your vid. Well done 👏🏼 I'm glad that a community out there still remembers this piece of gold. All 53 of us.

[@WeaponsRemorse]

That shit goes for like $300 on eBay don’t sell yours

[@DoritoGOD2811]

As a huge battlenetwork fan, I've always been curious about Boktai. However, due to the nature of the solar sensor, it always sounded like too much of a hassle to actually get into. So it was nice to go through this video and learn more about it. The DS game is such a curveball lmao

[@dukedumastv2250]

Ratatosk really be reminding me of a Belmont with all that whip cracking and axe throwing 😅

[@ming45612]

Your theory is right on actually, Dumas mentions overthrowing his master, the Lord of Destruction and Ratatosk refers to himself as the "Lord of Destruction" in his battle on B3.

[@anotherstupidhipster3551]

KZbin is in desperate need of more Boktai content. Thanks for adding to that.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Precisely my reason for making this vid lol. Thanks!

[@myliege8197]

Man, if only... *IF ONLY WE CAN PLAY THE BOKTAI SERIES ON OUR SMARTPHONES!!!!*

[@johnsmith8981]

This should actually be possible. Someone figured out how to get this game working with repro carts that have a solar sensor in them. There should be a way to have an emulator interface with the hardware your phone uses to detect light to automatically find your phone.

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@johnsmith8981 Holy shit that's awesome

[@TheAzulmagia]

Man, I wish more people appreciated Boktai. Been trying to play all of the games for my channel to expose more people to it.

[@rogue1248]

keep doing it, Django needs love too.

[@MoonHaze_exe]

I remember years ago as a child I found this game in the discount area at target and I feel in love with this game series but it's very underrated. So glad to see others talk about it. I hope one day they reboot the series to newer consoles or make an anime adaptation

[@darkshad4017]

Man, now that's what I call a great retrospect-review! I remember how I firstly encountered Boktai through MMBN4, and been trying to get myself to clear at least any part of it(including Lunar Knights), spoilers though: I haven't, but after watching your review I kinda now think about maybe giving an another go at it. Once again, very big thanks for you making this great video!

[@ThrillingDuck]

Thanks man, that means a lot! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video, and I'll be even happier if you do end up taking the plunge, even for just one title :) It may be rough around the edges, but Boktai remains really unique and special to this day.

[@blazer_sol296]

Man, I wish this series was talked about more...I love it so much...

[@anonymousxiii4780]

I live streamed this game from Boktai 1-3 what a beautiful journey and sad that it had to end. But a glorious journey indeed.

[@Im49th]

One of my favourite gaming memories ever is trying to purify the first immortal as a kid by holding my DS up to the overcast sky as it started to spit with rain just to eek out one or two blocks of sunlight.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Absolute certified Boktai moment

[@mecor9191]

Glad to have checked out the video, I was introduced to Boktai through Megaman Battle Network (a series I had found in my childhood, but couldn't remember until nearing my adulthood) and really fell in love with the series, I've played all games and I thank you for talking about them, it was a nice trip through memory lane (though I didn't play them that long ago, and played the games in order and consecutively, finishing Lunar Knights like 2 years ago). It was also very cool of you to shout out Kura 5, I did find the game around the time I was still playing the official games and played for a bit but then droped it completely for reasons I don't even remember, it was a while ago that I remembered the game and wanted to scratch that Boktai itch but ultimately didn't come to anything, seeing it recognized here made me glad and hopefully one day I'll reconnect with the game and catch up. On another note, I'd like to also mention the existance of an official Boktai manga, there's a video that covers it by the channel FlashingBlades, so if anyone wants to check it out you can search for it there.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Hey, thanks so much! Always glad to find a fellow fan of the broader series :) And thanks for bringing up that Boktai manga - I actually didn't know about it myself but will DEFINITELY be checking it out (along with that FlashingBlades video).

[@vysedyne5116]

I only have one objection to the first part and that is not discussing the endings in the first Boktai game, namely difficulty endings, like what happens with Sabata post-credits of boktai 1 and the burden he carries, but again, only up to 17:08. But still does cover the events for 3.

[@justinwilliams1127]

Love the review of the series. I still have my original cart for Boktai 1. I do wanna talk about the time travel of the 3rd one. Sending someone back in time is a pretty harsh punishment, genuinely. Imagine being sent to any time period even 50 years previous to your own; It would be chaos for you. As for Infinity changing the future, time travel theory dictates that it only changes the timeline he is sent to and not the one he lived in. The moment he is sent to the past, he is being sent to either a divergent timeline or even an alternate universe. Thus, he doesn’t actually get to change his original timeline's future, just the one of an infinite amount of timelines in which he just so happens to land on Django's release switch. Does it matter? Nope. I just find this kind of discussion interesting. Regardless, I appreciate the meticulously deep dive into such an interesting and underrepresented series. I was enamored by this game as a teenager. I can remember playing this game while at an NFL game instead of watching the actual game. Thanks for this video. Loved it.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Glad you enjoyed it! And actually that's a RLY good point about the divergent timeline. I've pondered about that phenomenon in the past with other media, so I'm a little annoyed at myself for it having not occurred to me in this case haha. Thanks for the insightful comment :)

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

​@@ThrillingDuck One thing to note about Trinity's time travel. He *never explicitly states* that he got sent back to the past as punishment by "someone", just that it's a harsh thing to happen to him for stealing.. He wonders whether it was a warp or a slip, it's not unreasonable to think he tried to pull an Aladdin with the bread and ended up falling into a random time portal, like through a warp magic square. While yes it does sound more convenient and dare i say contrived, it's at least not AS DUMB as some immortal unwittingly sabotaging themselves. This is corroborated by the fact that time travel does exist in Boktai 2 (House of Time side dungeon) which coincidentally also uses warp magic squares. Another tidbit that might explain a few things is the fact that Trinity followed his mom around before she died, who had "wicked powerful punches" and was obsessed with the legendary warrior, whom Trinity is a descendant of. NOW WHO DO WE KNOW THAT'S OBSESSED WITH DJANGO AND HAS SEVERAL JOKES ABOUT HOW MUCH PUNCH POWER SHE HAS? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....Trinity may not be from THAT far into the future after all.

[@RomHunterBlueSilver]

God I feel ancient, Thanks alot for making a Video like this, it's very underrated. Also...THE PUNS OF DS and comparison between kh n boktai is gold.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Much obliged, really glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for leaving a comment - I wasn't expecting to get a lot of feedback on this but it's nice to get SOMEthing lol.

[@RomHunterBlueSilver]

@@ThrillingDuck dude that video u made was really good, with the old trailer and good info, speaking of old info the bosses names were heavily based on norn mythology.

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@RomHunterBlueSilver Well thanks again and yes! I noticed Jormungandr, Hresvelgr, Nidhoggr, etc. I probably should've mentioned the Norse inspiration explicitly.

[@dill_himself]

Loved these games growing up. Nice video!

[@reziture]

I remember buying the first game when it came out. Very few people remember or even talk about this game which is a shame! Really cool vid shining a light on one of the best hidden GBA gems

[@Jafet2002]

I love this series. Thank you for this video.

[@Rebel3000]

Should be noted the Gun Del Sol's element also changes with the De Vice. I miss this series so much, i absolutley adored playing the series, if i could finf a cart, id play it to high heaven

[@ThrillingDuck]

There are repro cartridges with the solar control patch online for a pretty reasonable price if that interests you :)

[@DanielGriffiths]

This was fantastic breakdown of the series and the best video about Boktai on all of KZbin. This video really deserves more views, great work on this!

[@ThrillingDuck]

Thanks so much for your kind words, they mean a lot! I did set out to make the most comprehensive video on this series that I could, since it gets next to no recognition on this platform, so I'm glad that shone through :)

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

Using the ending theme of Boktai 3 at the very end of the video is just straight up *chef's kiss*

[@LeoLucisCaelum7789]

Boktai series one my favorite video games series

[@johnsabilla5897]

I went back home and I found my old sp and my old copy of boktai! I remember playing this game during recess and getting sun burnt haha! fun times

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

6:20 Nope, the batteries are independant from each other, so in battles with no sunlight those are useful. Because if you run out of Energy, you only need to take other batery

[@ThrillingDuck]

Ah, thank you - good catch!

[@someoneelse1534]

Though he mentioned the use of Blacklight to game the solar sensor, he missed the Overheating mechanic which "overheats" the gun (or django in the second and third game). This was allegedly done to prevent the player from spending too much time in the sun but it can be also be interpreted as Kojima's attempt to stop people from Blacklighting their way through the game as blacklights are typically a more concentrated source of UV. Awesome video btw!

[@ThrillingDuck]

I could’ve sworn I mentioned heat stroke in Boktai 2/3, but I did forget to mention overheating in Boktai 1

[@someoneelse1534]

​@@ThrillingDuck Sorry, I must have missed you mention it (I'll have another watch) :P I know it's a little bit speculative to say that this feature was included as an anti-blacklight measure but it also makes more sense I think. I read it in "Who Are You?: Nintendo's Game Boy Advance Platform" by Alex Custodio, which uses Baktai as a study of the GBA's ontology.

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@someoneelse1534 I would totally buy that reasoning! Honestly I think it’s both that and heat stroke prevention lol.

[@GrimmShane]

I feel it's proper to point out that throughout the classic trilogy, there's a couple instances of overly Advanced technology tied to the whole conflict between Solar and Moon children and the Immortals: such as the towers of light and darkness respectively, and the very base that Hel made use of: which was a GODDAMN SUN-POWERED COMBAT SPACE STATION on a course to cover the sun. All this technology is implied to have been created to Specifically fend off the Immortals who one day appeared into the world and took the monstrous denizens of the world - vampires - under their wing This does also give foot to my personal theory on Lunar Knights and Polidori: at some point after the disaster brought upon by Vanargand, the immortals had created Balance temporarily, and thus most left, leaving behind an inspector to do the thing he does in the game: test the vampires on their capability to take the reins of humanity. That, and the Immortal sponsoring of the Vampire specific clans also gives foot to Why there's so mant more pieces of high tech weaponry and whatnot, from the Solar Guns, to even Lucian's weapons Speaking of Lucian's weapons, they all seem to be monstrous in some way, the Vanargand opens up, the Jörmungandr carries with itself a thrust way beyond anything else on the ground; and Hel's blade straight up opens unnaturally into a claw, with the whole thing fucking OPENING to grab whatever the hell it's being wielded against. The tech's always been there, Lunar Knights just takes it to the logical extreme

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

See here's the thing, the immortals and vampires outside of Lunar Knights were always one and the same. They were aberrant Moon Children who sort of "fell on the dark side of the force" as it is. Sabata explains it so in the first game, Moon children blood has two sides, Lunacy and Mercy (later renamed Affection), and while Mani (Django and Sabata's mother) had overwhelming Mercy (and thus being titled a Moon Beauty, with the absolute power to control all elements), Hel her sister (and thus technically Django and Sabata's aunt) went mad in her bid for power caused by jealousy and thus became the queen of immortals...AFTER Ratatosk's agent, The Count who was sent to spy on her instead fell in love with her. It's pretty much evident that Ratatosk and his ilk, the so called "Dark Children", the immortals are basically a maddened sect of Moon Children who by their admission (just listen to Dáinn in Boktai 2) think they are carrying out the will of the universe by trying to control the Ancestor Pieces (Vanargand and Jormungandr for example) to cause all living things to go undead, thus breaking the cycle of life and death and secure their own true immortality (because...despite being CALLED Immortals they certainly can and will die thanks to being purified by the sun...except the Count, who has like a bajillion bats to rez himself with) The best part of this all is that this scheme of the immortals has been going on for generations, why else would the 4 immortals of San Miguel be locked behind the quarter-seals that seal Jormungandr away? As for the technology, it's your standard "lost civilization with advanced tech" trope. Even as far back as Boktai 1 there were floating sky cities (Sol City, not just Dark Castle btw) that were long abandoned, the whole Energy Storage mechanism, the Solar Gun itself...It wasn't just to fend off the immortals, since...well a good half of the tech were made by them before they went insane. ...yes i'm a Boktai nerd, and i put way too much thought into this. There's so many unanswered questions left in the trilogy that tells a really fucked up story if you really start thinking about it.

[@acrowdofpeople]

@@AndrevusWhitetail I don't know if it's in the Japanese version of the manual, but even in the manual for the first game it states that Immortals came from outside the Solar System. I don't think all of them are from beyond the Solar System, because then how do you explain the relationship between Mani and Hel?

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@acrowdofpeople Damn, I only ever owned this game as a loose cartridge, so I totally missed that detail! The green skin out of nowhere is still pretty weird though...

[@acrowdofpeople]

@@ThrillingDuck Oh, I agree. Lunar Knights seems to present some division between Vampires and Immortals, whereas before vampires were a kind of Immortal. I think you're right that Lunar Knights isn't *entirely* in-continuity with Boktai.

[@monkeybtm6]

53:38 there was a game like that released in 1996, blood omen: legacy of kain. zelda style game where you play as a vampire gaining more powers as you progress.

[@ThrillingDuck]

I’m actually aware of this game, although I’d prefer something with a bit more emphasis on exploration and puzzle solving. And like, more accessible and less dated. Seriously appreciate the recommendation though!

[@Jafet2002]

I also really love the comparison to the resident evil games😌

[@dukedumastv2250]

I'm so glad I still own all these games, whenever I play Castlevania or see a Castlevania game video or boktai video on KZbin it makes me wanna bring my GBA SP and my DSi XL out, for lunar knights of course

[@Moriarty369]

I stumbled upon these games through... 'alternate methods' and I really enjoyed it. Kinda bummed out that the devs probably aren't going to remake or add anything into this story, but I'll keep my small hope alive 👏

[@arcaneScribbler]

Thank you so much for this retrospective! It's great to see other people remember this series!

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@arcaneScribbler Thanks for watching! Always love hearing from other Boktai fans :)

[@arcaneScribbler]

@ThrillingDuck I played Lunar Knights a LOT as a kid. Really hope to get to play Boktai someday, too. Their take on the undead and those who hunt them is so refreshing, and I remember really loving Sabata when I watched let's plays. And to hear someone is making their own is amazing!

[@acrowdofpeople]

I just finished playing the first three games for my channel, I loved this series! Each game is my favorite for one aspect or another that appears only in that game. The first game was more willing to experiment with piledriver locations, the second has some of my favorite locations like the spiral tower, changeable coffins, and my favorite story. The third game has my favorite gameplay, what with being able to freely switch up between guns and swords, and some of my favorite bosses - Hresvelgr in particular is hilarious to me, and I really enjoyed the rematches with Sabata and the Count.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Hard agree with all of this. One of my favorite things about Boktai is how it strikes a balance between innovation and refinement with each entry. They all feel just distinct enough to have their own strengths and identities while still maintaining the same core gameplay.

[@acrowdofpeople]

@@ThrillingDuck This video also reminded me of how much I loved Lunar Knights, even though it removed the purification battles that I'd always loved. Thanks for the heads-up about Kura-5, though, I'm definitely checking that out!

[@acrowdofpeople]

@@ThrillingDuck Also, I love the comparison of Otenko to a Cosmic Lorax. "I am the Otenko, I speak for the Sun!"

[@thetinhat1022]

This video rules, nice work! Can’t wait to see future videos

[@ThrillingDuck]

Thanks a lot! There’s more on the channel btw ;)

[@dukedumastv2250]

One thing I like about boktai is Alot of the Castlevania references like the skeletons and red skeletons, red durather is similar to an enemy on Castlevania sotn that has a red rose and blue rose variation there's a few other creatures as well I just love it it's a nice nod to see

[@SarthMannson]

This was an eye opener cuz I played Lunar Knights when my ex gave me their old ds games and I always wondered why the game didn't have a series now I see

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

I see someone talking about Boktai, I immediatly like you! Also you forgot the third weird mix to Boktai’s lore: NORSE MYTHOLOGY! Because nothing makes more sense then vampires named after norse deities xD Also I’m betting my sunlight that Zazzy have an Osaka accent in japanese. Its the most fitting to her localization accent and notably comedic, especially if you watched CardCaptor Sakura.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Yeah, I shoulda mentioned Nidhoggr, Hresvelgr, etc Norse connections haha. Thanks for watching! Always glad to find another Boktai fan :)

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@ThrillingDuck And thanks for raising awareness for Kura 5! I never heard of that before but seeing the footage of it in your video brought the dumbest smile of disbelief to my face! And about names again, the ones in Lunar Knight are a weird mix too, with a lot of writers (Edgar and Virginnia Poe referencing Edgar Allan Poe and his wife, Baron Stoker referencing Bram Stoker, Duke Dumas referencing Alexander Dumas...) and to make it even weirder, the two rockets in the space piledriver segments are Laplace and Schrodingger! Man, the writers of this franchise really had a weird brainstorm when it comes to mixing elements... Its almost like they were competing with Tite Kubo for "most random cultural mix in one canon" xD

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

@@ThrillingDuck And by the way, if you don't mind a suggestion, another great trilogy of games that fell into obscurity and deserve a lot of praise is "Summon Night: A Swordcraft Story" 1, 2 and 3 (with an active community aaaaaaalmost finished translating the third one kinda like what happened to Boktai 3!)

[@oneupdawg]

Fantastic video! Who knows, maybe Konami will make a collection of some sort in the future.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Thanks! Ugh, I can dream lol.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

1:03:23 To be fair, those names are still more creative than slapping "Advance" at the end of GBA titles or "3D" at the end of 3DS titles. :P (I think only Kingdom Hearts got creative with the DDD title?) Also, Game Boy got Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Agreed! It’s just funny to me lol

[@ForgottenGBA]

Great review! I just finished mine as well!

[@damnablethief]

I wanted boktai so bad as a kid. unfortunately, I was a broke kid. but I might give this one a try, I love Hideo Kajima and always thought this seemed like a really neat game. good vid.

[@LeoLucisCaelum7789]

Lunar knights aka boktai ds is my favorite boktai game

[@Jumpsuperfun]

I just recently finaly beat my baktai 2 copy, i'll go back for the extra boss thanks for the vid 😁

[@osiahene]

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand is my favorite entry in the series because the other games dropped the stealth mechanics and personalization features.

[@TheSabataish]

I really miss these games

[@stumpedtroper]

I played these games every halloween when I was a kid, fun times

[@17Kenzaki]

thank you for talking about this game :>

[@WspiDigits]

Nice review man

[@ThrillingDuck]

Thanks man

[@subjectnivleis7572]

the pains that konami is holding this franchise hostage

[@80sMoviesRule1]

Got a couple sunburns playing the first two games.

[@dukedumastv2250]

Hands down Duke Dumas is one of the best if not the best boss fight in the entire boktai franchise IMO 🤷 man when you fight him as Lucian and go dark trance and you're in a clash with him sometimes the way Dumas reacts to your moves can get intense

[@smiley8374]

I was only expose to boktai in the battle network series. Only recently I bought both physical copies. I finished the first game and it was a unique experience. Due to work and school, I don't have much time during the day and was softlock irl lol. Nonetheless it truly is a hidden gem on the gba using the sunlight for many in game mechanics. Sadly I can not complete the Azure Sky Tower due to needing another copy to trade emblems.

[@JMsolidsnake]

I still play my copy of Boktai 1 and 2 at least once every year

[@uszerntlm9567]

I would love to see boktai crossover with okami and billy hatcher!

[@reziture]

Omg I love all 3 series but Billy Hatcher is another fairly hidden gem that no one talks about! I remember I got That, Boktai and Viewtiful Joe in the same year

[@TonyTama]

Note to self. Rebuy Lunar Knights before i am unable to

[@rawrharhar]

I havent played the games, but how you descibed it, Lunar Knights seems like a prequel. Immortals arent killed, take bodies of vampires explaining their identity of them in the first game.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Interesting theory, but again, the Gun Del Sol and Gun Del Hell are antiques in Lunar Knights, and the general level of technology in the world of Lunar Knights is higher. And also there’s the Trinity connection. Honestly it’s messy enough that I’d guess it’s just another universe before I’d guess it’s a prequel.

[@Seekingthesky]

Just so you guys know. A plasma globe works better than a blacklight, and the risks are basically minimal!

[@ThrillingDuck]

Neat, thanks for the tip!

[@sean1oo1]

You didn’t even talk about the vambery tower? It definitely gives some solid lore for a post game dungeon while also explaining why the ending can be isolated to this game alone

[@ThrillingDuck]

Oh wow! Tbh I don't usually engage with postgame content much, so I never rly explored it. In the case of Lunar Knights this is largely because I don't find the combat SO enjoyable that I have the urge to engage with it outside the momentum of the story. But I'd love to hear what lore the Vambery Tower adds if you're willing to share :)

[@sean1oo1]

@@ThrillingDuck no no that’s definitely a reasonable argument especially since it was also pretty challenging needing you to climb 100 floors. But lore wise The vambery tower is essentially a biological seed vault polidori created to collect dna which he uses to recreate all the bosses fought throughout the story including polidori himself. However as you continue to ascend the tower and find Perrault the truth comes out that these are soulless copies of the deceased. Eventually you end up destroying the final tower and the last remnants of polidori where you find that dumas has regained his body and soul due to Perrault/Schrödinger interrupting the space battle with polidori during the games finale. So since we don’t have a means to permanently kill immortals in this game (a la piledriver) polidori didn’t truly die until the vambery and because of this act Aaron and Lucian killing the emissary of the immortals was considered a declaration of war between earth and the immortals. However dumas points out that time is irrelevant for beings like them and the war could be in any scope of time be it tomorrow or thousands of years from now. Before leaving he proposes a truce between the humans and vampires against the immortals, that Lucian rejects. It’s left ambiguous so you can take it as the immortals could be involved in the next game or they don’t retaliate in our protagonists lifetime forgoing needing a sequel.

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@sean1oo1 Neat! Sounds like it's mostly unfulfilled sequel bait, but still rly cool. Not a lot of ppl talk about these games online so this is legit the first I'm hearing about this content. Thanks for taking the time to share!

[@lugisky385]

It’s unique how this game has to play with sun man konami was awesome company back in 90s and early 2000s and mid 2000s from elebiets , dewy’s adventure , wireway more

[@Xizax41325]

In defense of the time travel thing. You can't expect every immortal to be a 200 IQ genius and complacency is a bitch and a half. Also I'm pretty sure boktai will be the reason I die from skin cancer.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Lol I respect the complacency thing but seriously? How much effort does it take NOT to send someone back in time? That doesn't require a 200 IQ genius, it's a sub 50 IQ play. No one who's lived more than one human lifetime should be THAT stupid.

[@peckneck2439]

If anything now is the best time to play boktai games because emulators on android use your device's light sensor to emulate Solar Sensor perfectly allowing you to play these games as they were meant to be played: outside. I've been playing Boktai games for so many years with a solar sensor patch installed but this is nowhere near as fun as connecting your phone to a controller via bluetooth and playing the game outside with sun gauge properly reacting to the sun above you

[@LeoLucisCaelum7789]

Boktai 3 is second my favorite boktai

[@ViperousVT]

Thankfully I bootleg my copy that allows you turn on the sun without organic sun light. 🐍 🌞

[@kevinabad6699]

The best for me was Boktai 3 Sabata's Counterattack... A Japan only exclusive and never released from US. But lately many patchers used english patch to play it and luckily i am grateful someone translate it to english

[@ThrillingDuck]

Yeah, I uh... covered it in the video lol

[@rhnirsilva652]

i remember like 2 instances where they immortals "came" from somewhere else,,,, am i remembering it wrong? like hell's place was in the planet orbit and such

[@ThrillingDuck]

Hel does offhandedly mention something about that I think, yeah, but in general the Boktai trilogy Immortals have blue skin and don’t go around carrying on about being aliens and serving their home planet the way Polidori does in Lunar Knights.

[@rhnirsilva652]

@@ThrillingDuck i remember something like "humans fucked around space and found out" gotta replay them again

[@LeoLucisCaelum7789]

ratatosk is my favorite villain in boktai

[@kefeshamedje9647]

I have boktai and lunar knights and I love the games and there Good games.

[@barelyhere7200]

I think I’ve been watching too much of the ducktails reboot because when I first saw the title of this video all I saw was duck and immediately assumed it was a duck tales video😂

[@ThrillingDuck]

Ducktales reboot is based

[@FallenDemonFly]

How sad that they couldn't port this game to a console wich can sense sunlight (and even adjust the screen according to it) Seriously there was no reason NOT to port it to either switch or 3DS AND it would get kids outside.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Honestly if they really wanted, they could have just patched in solar control or even an in-game weather system like Lunar Knights had. Konami’s already demonstrated willingness to add an ancillary feature here and there like with the Castlevania Advance Collection. I wish they’d give Boktai the treatment too…

[@lemonlightning9309]

have you heard of the 3D Boktai fangame called Kura5: Bonds of the Undying

[@ThrillingDuck]

Bruh, did you finish the video lol?

[@lemonlightning9309]

@@ThrillingDuck lol I stop after boktai 3 don’t really like lunar knights sorry my bad

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@lemonlightning9309 Lol it's cool. Short answer, yes, I've heard of Kura 5 and I'm quite enthusiastic about it.

[@lemonlightning9309]

@@ThrillingDuck me too

[@Rebel3000]

Lunar Knights IS the dark future, set in a timeline where Django starved to death in the crypt in 3. Lucien IS Sabata, he's refrenced his involvmemt in the events of 3 a few times. The Immortals all control diffrent areas of the planet, the area Lunar Knights is in is only a area controlled by The Count. Ratatask being in control still isnt out of the question, just your in one Immortals jurisdiction

[@ThrillingDuck]

Lucian is Sartana. When does he mention being involved in Boktai 3? And even if he was somehow, Sabata isn’t immortal…

[@Rebel3000]

@thrillingduck289 ... damn i always thought he was Sabata with how he spoke in game, given hes infused with Dark Matter and raised by a Immortal. Also theres Vampires being born of the Earth while Immortals are of the Cosmic

[@MagnificentDreamFox]

Yeaaaah. Have my like.

[@thatoneautistickid9386]

the only game i got is lunar night nd i cnt emulate the othe games although i love the game

[@moogish]

Was Boktai 3 released in America? I have 1 & 2.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Boktai 3 never received an official localization, but a very good translation patch has been available since like the early 2000s :)

[@moogish]

@@ThrillingDuck ok cool. I’ll look into it. I recently purchased 1 & 2. Getting back into the whole gameboy seen myself.

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@moogish If you prefer playing them on original hardware and you’re willing to drop a few bucks on it, you can find repro carts with the translation patch and solar control patch built in online as well.

[@moogish]

@@ThrillingDuck definitely original hardware

[@ThrillingDuck]

@@moogish Awesome, have fun!

[@tiziphone3309]

mgba emulate boktai trilogy flawless

[@drachenkeks42]

ver nice

[@WeaponsRemorse]

I want to buy these games but I’m not paying like $1000 for all 3

[@ThrillingDuck]

Psssssst, hey kid. If you wanna play on original hardware, I hear you can get repro-cartridges with solar control online for like $20 a pop. But you didn't hear it from me ;)

[@WeaponsRemorse]

@@ThrillingDuck oh shit!!!! hell yeah

[@TheSabataish]

I would disagree. The stealth mechanics are excellent for drawing enemies into ambushes

[@lowlygrinder2977]

Rapier, not Rupire.

[@ThrillingDuck]

I definitely did not say “rupire” lol.

[@Rihcterwilker]

The puzzles of the first and second game are so damn good. 3 and LK are too actiony, which is a shame.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Tbh I kinda hate the puzzles of 1 and 2, which is why I prefer the action focus of 3 lol. But hey! To each their own.

[@Rihcterwilker]

@@ThrillingDuck that's fair. And i agree that having diversity in gameplay is always a good thing.

[@rogue1248]

god i mis django

[@Vopyr]

I love Boktai, but Boktai 2 is so disappointing to me... the vampire form is interesting, but everything else... meh. Also, Sol Gun in Boktai 2 are shitty.

[@TheSabataish]

fucking hell, thank you @thrillingduck for telling me about kura 5. i loved every minute of it. @kure5-bondsoftheundying185, thank you so much for making this amazing game, thanks to your team as well for the help makeing it