Lunar Knights

Nintendo exclusive

Descend into the gothic Sci-Fi world of Lunar Knights and take control of two warriors on a quest to reclaim the world from the vampiric legion. Spin together tornados, guide down flaming meteors, and blow together snowstorms in Kojima Productions first ever title on Nintendo DS!

Released: 22 November 2006
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Action role-playing Role-playing
Developers: Kojima Productions
Publishers: Konami
Series: Boktai
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E10+
Languages: English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian

About

Lunar Knights, known in Japan as Bokura no Taiyō: Django & Sabata (ボクらの太陽 Django & Sabata; "Our Sun: Django & Sabata") and abbreviated Boktai DS, is an action role-playing video game and the fourth title in the Boktai series of video games developed by Kojima Productions.

The game was revamped to remove the necessity of using the real-life solar sensor due to player troubles, but it still retains the functionality if any of the Game Boy Advance Boktai cartridges are inserted.

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Gameplay

Lunar Knights revolves around two characters: Lucian and Aaron. Lucian is a vampire hunter, wielding various dark melee weapons. He is also imbued with the power of darkness, and can change into a vampire after he builds up a Trance (shortened to TRC in-game) meter by fusing with his Terrennial, Nero, which allows him to absorb life out of his foes. Aaron is an apprentice sharpshooter, and uses a variety of Solar Guns to deal damage to his undead foes.

Unlike Lucian, Aaron has light powers, and can temporarily become an avatar of the sun when needed by fusing with his Terrennial, Toasty. The player increases the two characters' levels by killing enemies, and their weapons may be upgraded with various parts, allowing more abilities to be used with that weapon.

Story

Lunar Knights producer Kensuke Yoshitomi confirmed in a 1Up.com interview that the game takes place in the same world as Boktai, but at a different time period with new characters, and is not a direct sequel to Boktai. He stated that the many versions of Princess Zelda and Link throughout The Legend of Zelda series are a good representation of this.

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one nine, one eight, one seven, and one eight for a total of 32 out of 40.