Kudzu Is A Lovely Zelda-Inspired Adventure That's Playable On Game Boy

I always find the idea of someone making a cartridge for an old system odd, especially when you can play it on a current gen system for a 1/10 of the cost, or legally free on PC.

Hmm if only these games were fun or not just a riff on something that came before. I understand the novelty of having a new game for an old system but meh I rather play an old school inspired game with complete modern playability like Katana Zero or even Shovel Knight

@ikki5

what is it that you find odd: the fact that they are making it, or the fact that people want to buy it?

Curious to see how the game does. Hopefully NL can review it.

@ikki5 It's called collecting. Not odd at all.

I may just nab the heck outta this bad boy.

@ikki5 People still buy vinyl too even though very few modern vinyls actually produce better audio quality than a high quality stream. There's both a nostalgic novelty to it and a satisfaction as a collector but if you're looking for practically, idk.

Tempted to pick this up just to support the dev

I loved the MIDI music in the trailer. I'll wait for the review, but it's tempting. What annoyed me the most in Link's Awakening is how linear it was.

Edit: Just read that it's out on the US eShop, but it's "coming soon" to the European one. (the link is in Dutch)

https://dailynintendo.nl/2024/03/31/binnenkort-kun-je-terug-in-de-tijd-met-kudzu/

8-Bit Legit published games have made a strong case for capturing that retro style 1 to 1, and I have a few of their games on my wishlist. This game is no exception.

Well I grabbed it. We'll see if it's decent. Should be playing soon since I'm at the tail end if Pepper Grinder.

@ikki5 because there's a whole community of gamers who modify old game boys and/or buy the Analogue Pocket with the intent to play on original carts.

Kinda confused how it's a 30mb file. How does that work when clearly the data on the physical Game Boy version isn't 30mb? Or do they make some sort of special carts for these new-old games?

Or is 29mb filler Switch bloat stuff and a couple hundred kb game inside all that?

As someone who manages urban forests and has to deal with invasive vinelands on a near-daily basis, and as a gamer whose first console was the Game Boy, and as a huge Zelda fan, this game seems tailor made for me!

As an Appalachian, I'm far too familiar with kudzu. It's native to countries like China and Japan, but dumb local officials imported it over here and, as the article says, it's a very invasive species. Lots of our buildings are covered in foliage like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie where nature starts taking over again. As if our buildings didn't already look run-down enough. It's a site to see. My community basically looks like the ruins in a Horizon game, but ugly.

@ParadoxFawkes Or the games with modern mechanisms for old consoles !

This looks really promising.

@Justaguest unless you're collecting human teeth

@Not_Soos That honestly sounds really cool! Then again, I am a fan of that run down aesthetic, being an explorer of abandoned buildings.

Was playing a bit last night, it's quite charming. I felt a warm nostalgia blanket wash over me, haha. If I have one criticism, I noticed there's no swish sound when the main character cuts down a bush or whatever, unlike another sword wielding adventurer who's name escapes me.

So where can I get a gameboy ?

@dodgeskill100
There's an old-school manual and some frames in the settings. I think I encountered a little classic gameboy slowdown at one point so the ROM feels authentic to me. It's a very charming game.