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-'''''Boktai''''' is a [[video game]] series developed by [[Konami]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[Nintendo DS]] handheld consoles. The title is an [[abbreviation]] of the series' full Japanese title '''''Bokura no Taiyō''''' (ボクらの太陽) or ''Our Sun''. (The name "Boktai" has come into regular fan use in Japan, as it is a common abbreviation scheme to use the first two [[kana]] of the major terms in two-word titles.) They are recognized for using a solar sensor that is a key element of gameplay. The ''Boktai'' games are produced by [[Hideo Kojima]], creator of the ''[[Metal Gear (series)|Metal Gear]]'' series, who also came up with the initial game design and concept.
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-There are currently four games in the series. Of these games, the first two and fourth titles were released outside Japan, while the third game was never localized.
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-===''Boktai''===
-{{main|Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand}}
-The first game uses a major attachment onto the game's cartridge, a solar sensor. This has major effects in gameplay, and a key element needed to progress further into the game. The amount of UV rays that the sensor is sensing currently is displayed on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. The sunlight is measured in blocks, with a maximum of eight blocks.
-The main character, [[Characters in the Boktai series#Django|Django]], fights with a solar-powered gun known as '''Gun Del Sol''' (Solar Gun), which uses batteries which store energy (displayed at the bottom right-hand corner). This is solar energy collected via the sensor or various methods in gameplay. This energy can be stored in '''Solar Stations''' which the player can withdraw and use when sunlight is not available, like at night time. The solar energy in a Solar Station is limited to how much the player has collected. The system of storage also uses the amount of energy in a Gun Del Sol battery. Also, solar energy can be stored in the solar bank to gain interest and pay debt. The solar bank can store the same amount of energy as the solar stations, which doubles the sunlight you can have at one time.
-Using stealth and Django's solar gun, the player can purify enemies known as boks, or undead. A shot from the back can stun them leaving them vulneruble to attack, or you can just sneak past. These enemies are found in various dungeons located in Istrakan, the City of Death, throughout the game.
-''Boktai'' has a built in clock, which enables the game to adjust to different times of the day, such as dawn, noon and evening. This also affects gameplay, which the environment changes with the clock, and different enemies may be active or dormant.
-===''Boktai 2''===
-{{main|Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django}}
-The second game continues to use a solar sensor and a built in clock, but this time the amount the sensor can detect was increased to ten blocks. Unlike the first game, Boktai 2 is more of an [[Action RPG]] than a stealth game. Nevertheless, keeping the same qualities in ''Boktai'', Hideo Kojima expanded characters and maps, enemies and weapons. A new feature, '''Solar Forging''', allows the player to [[forge]] two weapons together to create a new, stronger weapon, sometimes with special abilities. The player may unexpectedly end up with a very special weapon, known as a 'R-Rank' weapon.
-During gameplay, the storyline temporarily shifts the [[player character]] to Sabata, who is Django's twin brother.
-===''Shin Bokura no Taiyō'' (Japan only)===
-{{main|Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack}}
-[[Image:Shinbok.jpg|thumb|left|Cover of ''Shin Bokura no Taiyō''.]]
-The third game in the series, released only in [[Japan]], also uses the solar sensor, but it has changed its gameplay mechanics slightly. The main weapon is still the Gun Del Sol, but instead of attaching different frames, lenses, batteries, and grenades only lenses and frames are changed; plus, hammers and spears have been removed from the game, using swords instead. It also does without the overworld map seen in ''Boktai'' and ''Boktai 2'', replacing it with a stage-select theme. Also, the '''Casket Cycle''' was introduced; this requires the player to go through a race-like event when first going to a dungeon, and also allows for Casket Cycle races between players over link mode. ''Boktai 3'' also features a "Crossover Battle 2" with ''Rockman.EXE 6'' (the Japanese version of ''[[Mega Man Battle Network 6]]'').
-===''Lunar Knights''===
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-[[Image:LunarKnightsCover.jpg|thumb|left|Cover of ''Lunar Knights''.]]
-After skipping the third game, Kojima Productions decided to localize the next game, ''Bokura no Taiyō: Django & Sabata'' (or ''Boktai DS'') as an unrelated product. The main characters, Django and Sabata, were renamed Aaron and Lucian respectively. According to producer Kensuke Yoshitomi, this was done to distance the fourth game from the earlier ''Boktai'' games, due to the lack of a solar sensor.<ref name=rebranding>{{cite web|quote=Yoshitomi: I've had quite a large say in the rebranding of Boktai as Lunar Knights -- we want to tell users in North America and Europe that this is something new, something totally fresh, and there's no sun sensor. This is a good way to do it, to let everyone know this is a different world with so many new features it almost doesn't feel like a sequel at all.|url=http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3153974|title=1UP.com Previews: Lunar Knights - Just don't call it Boktai DS.}}</ref>
-==Related media==
-===Manga===
-{{main|Solar Boy Django (Manga)}}
-''Solar Boy Django'' is a manga by Makoto Hijoka loosely based on the ''Boktai'' storyline. It does not follow the plot of the games directly, although it does include many of the characters, such as the Count and Sabata.  An English version of the manga is currently available from a Singapore manga production company. In 2007, Elex Media Komputindo licensed the manga for the Indonesian market with the title ''Jango the Solar Boy''.
-==References==
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-==External links==
-* [http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/boktai/ Official Konami Boktai homepage]<br.>
-* [http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/zoktai/ Official Konami Zoktai homepage]<br.>
-* [http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/shinbok/ Official Konami Shinbok homepage]<br.>
-* [http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/boktai_ds/ Official Kojima_Pro Bokura no Taiyou: Django and Sabata homepage (JP)]<br.>
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