{"id":2377,"date":"2024-07-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2024-07-24T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:48:41","slug":"review-bo-path-of-the-teal-lotus-switch-charm-meets-challenge-in-this-gorgeous-metroidvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/review-bo-path-of-the-teal-lotus-switch-charm-meets-challenge-in-this-gorgeous-metroidvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: B\u014d: Path Of The Teal Lotus (Switch) &#8211; Charm Meets Challenge In This Gorgeous Metroidvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More tea, vicar?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/best-nintendo-switch-metroidvania-games\">Metroidvania<\/a> fans seem to be living through a golden age. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hollow_knight\">Hollow Knight<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/ori_and_the_will_of_the_wisps\">Ori<\/a> series, indie hits of the last decade, have established themselves as all-time classics, spurring on a horde of imitators, tributes, and new ideas. Even just 2024\u2019s entries range from the imaginative, lo-fi hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/animal_well\">Animal Well<\/a> to the lavishly presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/prince_of_persia_the_lost_crown\">Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bo_path_of_the_teal_lotus\">Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus<\/a> may be <em>yet another<\/em> Metroidvania, but, remarkably, it\u2019s yet another one worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>The story opens with an atmospheric animated cutscene, in which a \u201cTentaihana\u201d celestial blossom crashes down from the heavens into a lotus flower. This introduces Bo, a little fox-like creature draped in petals. Although the narrative doesn\u2019t go very far, the tone of the world is developed effectively, with a cheery cast of characters ranging from a two-headed clairvoyant toucan to a fishcake\u2013headed ramen chef. Dialogue never takes itself too seriously, whether it\u2019s referencing classic memes, breaking the fourth wall, or going very tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/bo-path-of-the-teal-lotus\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More tea, vicar? Metroidvania fans seem to be living through a golden age. Hollow Knight and the Ori series, indie hits of the last decade, have established themselves as all-time classics, spurring on a horde of imitators, tributes, and new ideas. Even just 2024\u2019s entries range from the imaginative, lo-fi hit Animal Well to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlesturgisrally.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}