Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django ''Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack'' ''Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack'' was released on July 28, 2005, in Japan with a retail price of ¥4980. In it, Django is able to use both a gun and sword, and action elements were increased, with a corresponding decrease in the amount of puzzles. The game has
motorcycle-riding sections in which the player avoids obstacles and defeats enemies. Motorcycles can be customized and raced against other players via
Game Link Cable. The game was never officially released in the West, but received a complete dialog
fan translation in 2007, enabling it to be completed in English.
Lunar Knights Lunar Knights was first released on November 22, 2006. It retained the
Bokura no Taiyō series name in Japan, and takes place in the same universe, but was not localized under the name
Boktai 4. This was stated by one of the game's producers to be due to its more drastic changes from previous entries and the fact that it was a
soft reboot. Craig Harris of
IGN also theorized that there was a "stigma" around previous games' use of the solar sensor that Konami wanted to avoid by making it seem like a new IP, saying that "unless you're a sharp cookie or a die-hard
Boktai fanatic, you'd never be clued in" to the fact that it was an entry in the
Boktai series.
Lunar Knights revolves around dual protagonists, Aaron, a hero equipped with a solar gun, and Lucian, a sword-wielding "vampire killer" who gains power from darkness, as they seek to free the planet from the hold of tyrannical vampires who have covered the world in a false sky. The player must swap between them depending on the time of day in the real world, which affects the weapons and techniques the player can use. The game removes most puzzle elements that were in previous games, focusing more heavily on action, but still incorporates
Metal Gear-inspired stealth gameplay that can be used to sneak past enemies. == Reception ==