Review: Noby Noby Boy
I have a riddle for you to crack. What does a giant haired soccer player, a sphinx, enormous mushrooms, and a creature that can stretch it’s body seamlessly across the Earth have in common? While I let you ponder that question, let me introduce you to the wonderfully demented world of Noby Noby Boy.
Many players got a sample of what goes on in the mind of game designer Keita Takahashi when he released the lunatic and highly addictive Katamari Damacy for the Playstation 2 five odd years ago. A blend of bright colors, catchy music, and subtly twisted game play threw players into the hands of the Prince trying to reconstruct the starry sky by rolling up…well…anything in the path of the Katamari. It was a very simple premise that caught the attention of many players world wide.
Three sequels would be released in the coming years, including two different games for the PSP and the Xbox360, however the success of the first game would never be duplicated.
Five years after Katamari Damacy’s initial release, a whole new world of insanity would be brought to Playstation 3 owners. If you have been scratching your head at the question at the start of this article, the answer…is nothing. Nothing can be further connected between those things, and yet, they are all one big part of Noby Noby Boy.
Noby Noby Boy is a very unique game in terms of how it presents itself. There are no real objectives. No lives. No enemies. No…real anything! And yet, with a game that seems to lack in all those video game staples, it manages to amuse, arouse interest, and overall come off as fun! You play as BOY, a pink little blob that can fly, stretch, and eat anything on the generated field. There is no time limit so you can stretch and eat and poop to your hearts content. The levels generated are always unique and different with the option of changing them at any point in time if you feel like stretching and eating on another level.
Graphics are extremely simple, yet work well. A similar cell shading technique used in Katamari Damacy is worked into the world of Noby Noby Boy. Now, there is one pseudo goal (I say pseudo because it is an awesome word and because you can choose to do it). High in the sky when you bring your character into space (I’m not making this up) there is a gigantic GIRL who is constantly expanding and stretching to explore other worlds in the galaxy. For this to happen, you must report the distance your BOY has stretched in order to add it to her ever expanding body. The neat thing about all this is that in order to get new worlds to play on, people whom have purchased this game are collectively adding to her length. It does give a certain curiosity to continue mindlessly stretching your pink blob to discover what wackiness awaits in other planets.
For $5, you could do worse. It is a charming and unique game that most developers would not even attempt to release due to its wacky nature. With simple and addictive game play, you can sit back, play one of the music tracks on your Playstation3 playlist and have a mindless and fun time playing Noby Noby Boy. I recommend everyone to give it a shot.
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This “game” is freaking insane. I ate a man and pooed him out into a spinning mushroom that sent him flying off the level. I’m not even sure if i like it or not.
Noby Noby Boy is my new “chill out” game, perfect for when i lose 20 matches in a row of Street Fighter IV.
It works so well, I think SFIV and NNB should be packaged together.