Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Sep 16, 2003
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83 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand is the first Game Boy Advance game that uses sunlight to influence gameplay. In the game, you'll follow the adventures of Django, a young vampire hunter on a quest to rid the world of evil. As Django, you must overcome traps, defeat enemies, and fight through the deepest parts of dungeons. Watch out for the amount of sunlight--Django is stronger by day, while the vampires are stronger by night. The game features a solar sensor on the cartridge and a real-time clock system.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. GamePro
    100
    Boktai couldn't have been done on any other system; it is uniquely Game Boy Advance, yet not at all like any of its other titles. A paradox, a conundrum, and creativity incarnate.
  2. 86
    My pick for most original GBA game of 2003. The built-in light sensor coupled with a world full of dynamic environments that actually change depending on the amount of sunlight the game pak detects ensures that the game's most interesting bullet-point feature is more than just a gimmick.
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  3. Game Over Online
    86
    My pick for most original GBA game of 2003. The built-in light sensor coupled with a world full of dynamic environments that actually change depending on the amount of sunlight the game pak detects ensures that the game's most interesting bullet-point feature is more than just a gimmick.
  4. NTSC-uk
    70
    Gimmick? Perhaps, but Boktai does enough, and achieves enough, to argue the point otherwise. Besides, sometimes it can just be enjoyable to give into that inner child, or imbecile, and embrace the novelty.

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
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  1. AlexJ.
    10
    Sweeeeet game very much like metal gear solid.
  2. KahlilC.
    10
    Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!very cool!!!!!!!!!!
  3. SeanT.
    10
    Gimmicky and yet astoundingly innovative! A unique title that not only wins over people with concept alone, but furthers the idea with their first taste of gameplay. It's a little weird, but the fun doesn't stop!… Expand
  4. Hazwin
    10
    I love it ! Yeah !

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