HAL's 3DS Puzzle Platformer BOXBOY! Will Be Available To Download Today

Announced during yesterday's Nintendo Direct

by Damien McFerran Thu 2nd Apr 2015

HAL Laboratory's retro-themed puzzle platformer BOXBOY! will be available for download on the North American and European 3DS eShops today.

Announced during yesterday's Nintendo Direct, the game tasks you with guiding a box-like character through increasingly tricky levels, using his ability to generate additional boxes to overcome puzzles. The game launched in Japan earlier this year.

We reviewed BOXBOY! yesterday, and gave it a lukewarm 6/10 score, stating that it was "a polished puzzler with surprisingly dull tendencies."

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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BooJoh
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

Not available on the NA eShop yet. Still says TBD and "Coming to Nintendo eShop."

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RadioShadow
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

Off to download after work!

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rjejr
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

@BooJoh - Probably noon eastern, same time they update the eShop every Thursday.

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rjejr
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

Did they give a price in the ND?

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BooJoh
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

@rjejr Yeah I figured. When the news story went up it said "available now."

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RupeeClock
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

It was available as the stroke of midnight in the UK, I've downloaded it and I like it.
It'll be some nice filler between longer play sessions of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, or intense play sessions of Azure Striker Gunvolt.

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gurtifus
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

I can't stop playing it since I downloaded it . It's a good surprise !

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manu0
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

It's already out in Europe. I LOVE this game.

Btw: It's funny that, like with this game, sometimes games get announced for the US first, but then get released earlier in Europe anyway.

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Nintendo_Ninja
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

Is it free?

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rjejr
Thu 2nd Apr 2015

@BooJoh - "When the news story went up it said "available now.""

Man, the stupid PS.blog did that every week - "available now" - but the PSN store never had a set time so it would always update 5 or 6 or 9 hours later. Sometimes even the next day. Drove me crazy. I give Nintendo credit for the noon update. Sometimes they miss it, but it's usually close enough. I think PSN updates are still done whenever, I haven't really paid attention in awhile since my PS+ lapsed last November.