well, It's that time of the year where it's sunny and I could get more points on my sun sensor.

I moved across the country so most of my stuff is still in various boxes, so I discovered I had a 4th DS. Apparently I own 4 DSes, 3 DS lites which were owned by family who quickly got tried of them and eventually handed them over to me. But a year ago a big shocker was the DS Fat cracked it's hinge, which was a surprised by everyone I talked to considered it to be indestructible. Well, here's a perfect DS Lite in amazing condition, the right hinge is always quick to crack and sometimes the R button gets stuck in it's place there. The Screen brightness is perfect for outdoors, and the DS Lite still has that AMAZING Battery life which the 3DS has just lowered my expectations.

As you can see I've just moved into a nice home, with a very large back yard that's quite secluded from anything else. So I never have the fear of looking like a grown man trying to play a GBA game. I adore Boktai because it provides something other games don't.... running around a yard while a cloud passes above me.

If you're new to Boktai, some still are, which makes sense considering how unpopular this series is. Basically it's Metal Gear meets Zelda meets Castlevania with Spaghetti Western and Anime flavor. The game cart comes with a sun sensor which acts as a power meter and environmental effects along with a built in clock. The game mostly plays like Metal Gear Ghost Babel for the Gameboy Color, you can knock on walls and trick a ghouls and ghosts into burning themselves in the sun.... literally.

While the Sun Sensor is evenly balanced as a gameplay mechanic, but it makes it quite difficult to play it on the East Coast. I actually caught a cold trying to play this game outside in snow. Now living in California that might change, but still, it's good to play this game between 11 AM and 2 PM, the PEAK sunlight hours. So this game isn't really friendly with the most adult who have a job. For example if you are close to 5pm, your going to get pretty much maybe 4 or 3 bars of sun power even standing directly in the Sun. So boss battles can wait for another day. Also it's a common misconception you always need to be in the sun. I found it better to just sit under a tree, the sun sensor collects just UV radiation, so in the shade you might collect 2 or 3 bars of sun. The whole sun system is built not to hinder you to play there are still little things like the Bank which collect sun light while playing and builds up interest as you keep it in there..... and you could go into debt while asking for too much from the bank and spend time running a hamster wheel to pay them back. There is also if you play at odd hours while the clock registers you shouldn't be on, Carmella will pop up and curse you so your sun sensor so that it will not work at all. The only way to cure this is to play the game at 6 am and get sunlight in the sun sensor.... this is Kojima lunacy at his best.

But yeah, I'm debating playing this. I have a perfect spot, landed a decent job where I can make my own scheduled to make time to play it.... and I'm hesitant to play it. Boktai provides something other games don't, Lunar Knights which dumped all of it's sun sensor gimicks in favor of a more fast paced action never got the whole weapon crafting and exploration Boktai had. And as I load up Boktai 1 and 2, I'm am confused where these save files are in the game. Boktai 2 I haven't played since 2006. Boktai 1 I believe I played a bit of it maybe 2010 so that save file is set to hard difficulty and deep inside one of the end game dungeons. I'm leaning toward's Boktai 2, but only 1 save slot, so that, Level 51 character and 20 hours I put might all be lost.

Like I said, Bokati does provide something different other games don't. It's relaxing to sit under a tree and play a game that's influenced by your surroundings. Actually, the more I think about it. I might just end up buying a GBA SP, the later ones with the brighter screens that rival the DS Lite. I feel like I have a ticking time bomb on this perfect DS Lite until it cracks it's hinge. That's the thing about this move, really appreciate how much of a collect I have been even if it's collecting broken DSes.