Boktai
Reception. Jeremy Parish of "USgamer" called "Boktai" similar to a mash-up of "Metal Gear" and "Castlevania", although remarking that there was more to it than this, as the games also drew heavily on spaghetti westerns. He called the requirement to charge the player's gun using actual sunlight "baroque and complex", and an "extreme solution", but "perfectly fitting coming from Hideo Kojima, a man known for his love of manipulating audiences and breaking the fourth wall". Citing how he found memorable real-life places to play "Boktai", he stated that "the lengths to which I went to complete  Boktai made it one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever enjoyed". Lean-Karlo Lemus of "Ars Technica" called the "Boktai" series "ultimately a victim of Konami's fickle nature", citing their decision not to release "Boktai 3" outside of Japan. He also stated his wish for other games to use similar techniques, saying that while "the Switch Joy-Con and its powerful built-in infrared sensor puts "Boktai"'s UV sensor to shame [...] outside of "Nintendo Labo", precious few titles have used it in any meaningful capacity".