Dear Reader:

You are viewing a story from GN Version 5.0. Time may not have been kind to formatting, integrity of links, images, information, etc.

Goodbye! BOXBOY! - More footage, screens, art, and tons of gameplay details

by rawmeatcowboy
18 January 2017
GN Version 5.0

Check out screens and art here and here

New elements

- Box-Rocket: special boxes that can shot up in the air
- Box-Bomb: special boxes that can explode and destroy nearby elements (including harmful elements, such as spikes)
- Box-Warp: special boxes that allow you to warp to the spot of the last box
- Remote-Box: special boxes that can be controlled at a distance
- Box-Bit: little “children” boxes that you need to safely guide through levels
- Wind areas: areas where the wind is strong, pushing you back/forward
- Water: in some areas, water can be found. You have to use your blocks to navigate through those
- Scales: pretty self explanatory (if not, the footage below will make it clear!)
- Gravity: in some areas, gravity is flipped

Returning elements

- collecting all the crowns in the levels allows you to earn in-game currency
- use this to buy extras such as tips and tricks books, but also additional costumes
- will feature costumes from the first two games, but also some brand new ones.

Story and stages

- Qbby and his friends hop onboard the Boxship (Hakoship) in order to travel through the galaxy and save the planets
- these planets were taken over by a mysterious black smoke
- 22 different worlds, and 150 levels
- special set of 40 challenge stages that you need to buy in the in-game shop using in-game currency

Challenges include:

- completing levels without throwing a single block;
- collecting all the crowns;
- completing levels without jumping even once.

Level help

- go back to an earlier point in a level if you’ve messed up
- restart from the very beginning
- use Play Coins to display some hints
- ask for help via Miiverse

Compatible amiibo

- Qbby amiibo: unlock a GameBoy filter
- Kirby: unlocks a Kirby costume
- King Dedede: unlocks a King Dedede costume
- Waddle Dee: unlocks a Waddle Dee costume
- Meta Knight: unlocks a Meta Knight costume

Technical info

- Players: 1
- Save data files: 1
- Save data file size: 512KB
- File size: 1 210 blocks / 151MB
- Stereoscopic 3D: No

Demos + Wallpaper

- players with a Japanese 3DS can download a demo version for all three games in the BoxBoy series
- buy Sayonara! BoxBoy at launch and get an exclusive Kirby x BoxBoy wallpaper

 
Pinball FX on Nintendo Switch