We had a good time with the beautiful metroidvania Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus when it launched on Swap final 12 months and now, it appears, the journey is ready to get even larger.
Introduced throughout yesterday’s Humble Video games Showcase 2025, developer Squid Shock Studios shared an all-new trailer for the metroidvania, showcasing its upcoming ‘Tanuki Kabuki’ DLC. This one is ready to reach on Steam in some unspecified time in the future in 2025, with a Swap launch to be introduced “at a later date”, and will probably be accessible as a content material replace for all house owners of the sport.
So, what’s concerned? The headline addition on this one is the grand Kabuki theatre, a brand new location the place you possibly can re-challenge each boss from the bottom sport in entrance of a cheering viewers — Paper Mario, is that you just? You possibly can both head to the stage and tackle the boss reenactments individually, or dive right into a ‘Gauntlet’ rush mode the place you may deal with them in a curated order. The higher you carry out, the louder the viewers will cheer and the extra you may be rewarded, so it pays to play to the gang.
The replace additionally features a new ‘Tanuki Tracker’ quest, the place you may must seek out hidden tanukis and chase them by way of a sequence of platforming challenges. Discovering these hidden hairballs unlocks a fight observe room, the Tankui Kabuki band (for listening to the sport’s soundtrack, jukebox model), and a room so that you can adorn as you please.
There’s additionally a brand new gachapon machine and bestiary menu to dive into, and, as an added bonus, the dev has launched a chiptune rendition of the soundtrack alongside the replace announcement which, having given it a pay attention on YouTube (under), completely slaps.
As we are saying, there’s nonetheless no exact launch date for the Tanuki Kabuki DLC on Swap simply but, although we’ll be preserving an eye fixed out over the approaching months for extra info.
In our evaluation, we described Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus as “a sport the place appeal meets problem and a ardour for Japanese tradition is expressed with inventive aptitude”, awarding it an 8/10. In brief, we’re excited to dive again in.