BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!

BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! ハコボーイ!&ハコガール!
Game Information
JP	ハコボーイ!&ハコガール! (Hako Bōi! & Hako Gāru!)
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release	WW: April 26, 2019
MSRP	£8.99
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Mode(s)	Single-player, multi-player
Genre	Puzzle-platform
Credits

BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! is a puzzle platformer video game developed by Hal Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch system on April 26, 2019. It is the first BOXBOY! game on a device other than the 3DS, and is heavily focused on two-player. The game has the most stages of any in the series, with 270 between the 3 campaigns.

Description

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Plot

Qbby enters through a level door into a green field and sees Qucy who is with two Qbabies, one with blue cheeks and one with red cheeks. A meteor falls between the red-cheeked Qbaby and the others, separating the ground.

After Box Dad and Box Mom enter through a level door into a green field, black meteors begin falling from the sky and the ground turns black. They encounter Box Baby, who then joins them. After traversing a few worlds, a chunk of the meteor hits the ground the three are standing on, sending them underground. They find the Box Ship, so Box Mom gives her bow to Box Baby and her and Box Dad sacrifice themselves to power it so that Box Baby can board it and escape the planet.

At the beginning of World 5, Qbby and Qucy encounter a grey Qudy and manage to restore him. He then accompanies the group. Qbby, Qucy, Qudy, and the Qbaby find the Box Ship that Box Baby boarded, and they abduct all four into the Box Ship to help them escape the black smoke and meteors falling on the planet. After Qbby, Qucy, and the Qbabies are reunited, the Box Ship's monitor shows that the meteors falling onto the planets are caused by a purple cloud. It sends a giant meteor at the planet, prompting Qbby and Qucy to go onto the surface of the large meteor in order to destroy it before it can make contact with the planet. The Box Ship shoots three drills which connect with the meteor in various places, slowing it down.

Qudy goes back to the surface of the planet in order to destroy the purple cloud. By collecting four fragments from different worlds, Qudy powers a machine that shoots two lasers directly into the purple cloud, substantially weakening it. The Qbabies arrive to take Qudy into the purple cloud so that he can destroy it. A portal opens in space after he partially blows it up and begins sucking the cloud into it, causing him to panic, but he is teleported off-planet and into space, where is he rescued by the Qbabies.

Meanwhile, Qbby and Qucy travel across the meteor in order to power the drills. They encounter a separate box who sacrifices themselves to power the first drill, which cracks the meteor. Later, Qucy sacrifices herself to activate the second drill, which causes a second crack in the meteor.

First Ending

At the end of the last world, if the story is completed without gaining all four fragments, Qbby finds that the final drill requires two boxes instead of one. He sits down in the gap and closes his eyes before the smoke covers the entire area. The meteor, undestroyed, crashes into the planet, causing it to fall apart. A grey Qbby then falls onto the broken planet with his eyes shut.

This ending presumably leads to the events of BOXBOY!.

Second Ending

If the story is completed after gaining all four fragments (by completing all stories), Qbby arrives at the final drill and notices that it requires two boxes instead of one. He sits in the drill and closes his eyes. The four fragments then combine to create a second box which is glowing. It sits in the other gap of the drill, allowing it to be activated, which subsequently destroys the meteor. The black smoke moves away from the planet and it is green again. The credits show the Qbabies on a green field after the world has been saved.

Characters

BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! features 3 playable characters. In single-player mode, the player plays as Qbby or Qucy (switchable using ZR and ZL on the Switch controller), featuring the moves and abilities from previous games. In two-player, the first player is Box Dad, while the second player is Box Mom. There is no actual difference between them, besides Box Mom's boxes having a bow on them to keep people from getting confused. After beating either single or two-player, a bonus campaign featuring Qudy is unlocked. Because Qudy is taller than the other Boxes, his boxes are rectangular, and he can turn sideways to make horizontal boxes instead of vertical.

Game Modes

A Tale For One

A Tale For One is a single player story in BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! where the player controls Qbby through various levels. In this game mode, the player can switch between playing as Qbby and Qucy who mechanically have no difference.

A Tale For Two

A Tale For Two is BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!'s multiplayer mode where player 1 controls Box Dad and player 2 controls Box Mom.

A Tall Tale

A Tall Tale is a game mode unlockable by completing one of the other two. Players control Qudy who creates oblong boxes instead of squares.

Gameplay

Move	D-Pad	Jump	B	Create	Y + D-Pad	Throw	Y (with box)	Set Down	↓ D-Pad (with box)
Erase	X	Up Hook	Hook boxes, then Y	Hop	Create boxes, then B	Slide	A (with box)	Slam	↓ in midair

Abilities Featured

• Up Hook
• Hop
• Slide
• Slam

Gallery

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  BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! logo

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  Miracle Boy Costume

Trivia

• BOXBOY + BOXGIRL! is the first game in the BOXBOY! series which features multiplayer.
• The first ending is presumably the "true" ending and what happens before BOXBOY!

Games in the BOXBOY! Series
BOXBOY! trilogy ▪ ▪ Non-trilogy Mainline Games Demos ▪ ▪ Miscellaneous ▪ ▪ BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! Jigsaw Jumble