Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
| Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand | |
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| Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Designer(s) | Producer: Hideo Kojima |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Release | July 16, 2003 (JP) September 16, 2003 (NA) May 14, 2004 (EU) |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, known in Japan as Our Sun (ボクらの太陽 Bokura no Taiyō), is a video game released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003 by Konami. Produced by Hideo Kojima, Boktai's game cartridge includes a photometric light sensor that measures the amount of sunlight/uv rays exposed to it.
The player takes the role of Django, a vampire hunter, who uses a specialized weapon, the Gun Del Sol, that fires beams of sunlight at enemies. In order to charge the weapon, the player must actually take the game outside in the daytime (as verified by the light sensor). If your gun runs out of light reserves and there is no sunlight available, you'll have to avoid enemies.
Another unique feature of Boktai is that before a game is started, the player is prompted to set their current time and time zone. The engine can then determine when the sun will rise set, and will simulate the position of the sun inside the game. This way, the player has an advantage during the daytime because, according to lore, vampires cannot be exposed to sunlight.
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Two sequels have been released: Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django in 2004, and Boktai: Sabata's Counterattack in 2005.