We had a good time with the beautiful metroidvania Bō: Trail of the Teal Lotus when it introduced on Transfer closing yr and now, it sort of feels, the journey is about to get even larger.
Introduced throughout the previous day’s Humble Video games Show off 2025, developer Squid Surprise Studios shared an all-new trailer for the metroidvania, showcasing its upcoming ‘Tanuki Kabuki’ DLC. This one is about to reach on Steam in the future in 2025, with a Transfer free up to be introduced “at a later date”, and it’ll be to be had as a content material replace for all homeowners of the sport.
So, what is concerned? The headline addition on this one is the grand Kabuki theatre, a brand new location the place you’ll be able to re-challenge each boss from the bottom sport in entrance of a cheering target audience — Paper Mario, is that you simply? You’ll both head to the level and take at the boss reenactments in my opinion, or dive right into a ‘Gauntlet’ rush mode the place you can take on them in a curated order. The easier you carry out, the louder the target audience will cheer and the extra you can be rewarded, so it will pay to play to the gang.
The replace additionally features a new ‘Tanuki Tracker’ quest, the place you will have to search out hidden tanukis and chase them thru a sequence of platforming demanding situations. Discovering those hidden hairballs unlocks a fight observe room, the Tankui Kabuki band (for being attentive to the sport’s soundtrack, jukebox taste), and a room so that you can beautify as you please.
There is additionally a brand new gachapon device and bestiary menu to dive into, and, as an added bonus, the dev has launched a chiptune rendition of the soundtrack along the replace announcement which, having given it a pay attention on YouTube (beneath), completely slaps.
As we are saying, there may be nonetheless no actual free up date for the Tanuki Kabuki DLC on Transfer simply but, even though we’re going to be holding an eye fixed out over the approaching months for more info.
In our evaluate, we described Bō: Trail of the Teal Lotus as “a sport the place allure meets mission and a zeal for Eastern tradition is expressed with inventive aptitude”, awarding it an 8/10. Briefly, we are excited to dive again in.
