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As celestial spirit Bō, explore a folklore-inspired world by chaining staff bounces, aerial attacks, and new abilities through platforming challenges.
Released 17 Jul 2024
Reset Jumps with Hits
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Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
Developed by Squid Shock Studios, Christopher Stair, Trevor Youngquist · Published by Balor Games
Bō, a celestial blossom spirit who descends from the heavens, journeys through a world inspired by Japanese folklore to fulfill a mysterious prophecy. The adventure leads through varied regions inhabited by yokai, other characters, and formidable monsters.
Explore side-scrolling areas, overcome precision platforming challenges, and fight by striking enemies with Bō’s staff. Attacks can reset jumps and dashes, letting you chain aerial moves for traversal and combat. Boss battles also draw on these movement skills.
Progress by finding arcane teas that unlock staff transformations and new movement abilities, opening routes through the interconnected world. Discover and upgrade Daruma allies to summon their abilities in battle, while quests, collectibles, and equipment upgrades add further goals.
Players often praise the distinctive hand-drawn visuals and folklore-inspired atmosphere, along with fluid movement and platforming that reward learning to stay airborne. The aerial combat is a memorable feature for some, while others find its emphasis tiring or the precision platforming frustrating. Reviews also mention strong music, but some criticize the story and dialogue, map navigation, control consistency, and grind-heavy completion goals.
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Flow with acrobatic grace and agility through a mysterious world of myth and legend in Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, a colorful hand-drawn adventure inspired by Japanese folklore.
Undertake a mystical journey as Bō, a celestial blossom (fox tentaihana) that descended from the heavens to fulfill a mysterious ancient prophecy. Use your legendary bō staff to bounce and glide fluidly through an otherworldly realm of hand-drawn, dreamlike landscapes, strange and adorable yokai, and massive monsters summoned from ancient legends of Japan.
Explore a diverse and interconnected world in a 2.5D side-scrolling action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. Journey to a haunted castle, a thriving Japanese-inspired metropolis, and many more strange and wondrous places—then find ways to travel back and fully explore newly unlocked paths and surprises.
Navigate the world’s platforming challenges with acrobatic precision, elegance, and finesse. Use Bō’s distinctive move-and-reset system to reach new areas efficiently or recover when your footing flounders.
Brew and drink arcane teas to unlock powerful new abilities for Bō’s shapeshifting staff. Mash foes with the Mochi Mallet, unlock new movement techniques like the Lotus Dash and Grappling Gun, and gracefully power up along your journey.
Each colorful Daruma doll you discover can be upgraded and summoned to the battlefield, where these adorable and powerful allies can deploy spells and other spectacular abilities to aid you in combat.
Explore a vibrant 2.5D vision that blends the beauty of paintings, the personality of hand-drawn illustrations, and the elegance of papercraft.
Engage with a larger-than-life cast of bizarre and adorable yokai (supernatural spirits from Japanese folklore) and other original characters inspired by Japanese myth, all brought to life with traditional hand-drawn 2D frame-by-frame animation. Help them with their side quests—or just stop by for a chat and a cup of tea.
Challenge massive, awe-inspiring monsters drawn from Japanese folklore! You’ll need to call upon all of the knowledge and acrobatic skill you’ve gained to vanquish these powerful adversaries and advance further in your quest.
Drift along to the music of a gorgeous original score composed by Moisés Camargo, blending traditional Japanese instrumentation with modern orchestral music. In addition to the base OST the illustrious Manami Kiyota composed 2 special guest tracks for the game as well!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 41 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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