The Bit.Trip series came to a close on Friday with the release of Bit.Trip FLUX in Europe. I'm sad to see to the series come to an end, but I'm also excited to see what Gaijin Games and their subsidiary Robotube games will come up with next.

Maybe this collection of Bit.Trip concept art will give us some clues as to what their next project could be, like the very different version of Bit.Trip FATE seen above. It looks like in the original version of the game, it's central gameplay hook, "the Fate line", is totally missing. Instead you get a 2-player co-op shmup featuring two characters named "Parasite" and "Dominator". As much as I love Bit.Trip FATE, I think I love the idea of this early version of FATE just as much. If this game every does come out, I totally have dibs on Dominator.

More concept art from the Bit.Trip series can be found at the link below. Some of them are new, some of them are old, but they're all suitable for framing.

These Target Renders Reveal Gaijin's BIT.TRIP Visions

Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)

Butternine

Oooh! It looks like R-type made love with Alex's mind. I like it. :)

Butternine

I should add that this would make a fine stand-alone game, and that I would probably buy this game as I have the rest of the Bit-trip series.

Not that I'm implying anything... :)

(I'm excited for FLUX)

Butternine

Anybody here that?

*chirp chirp*

Oh, it's just crickets.

*chirp chirp*

What's that? Timmy fell down the well?

*chirp chirp*

Oh, there's nobody here?

*chirp chirp*

Butternine

The screen of Bit.Trip Runner intrigues me the most. It's very 3D Dot Pitfall, and also very beautiful.

I still can't get over that screen you're showing though! I wonder what made them go from the screenshot to a dynamic on-rails shooter? It sure is more innovative than what we see in the screenshot, but there has to be another reason. :)

Butternine

Wait, I know what you're missing...



There, now you'll get hits.

Jonathan Holmes

@ Butternine- I'm thinking that there's no comments because I'm sending all the interested parties over to Nintendo Life.

And I was giving that RUNNER art away a few months ago on The Destructoid Show. Maybe we can give more away someday. Keep your eyes peeled.

themizarkshow

Although it'll be a bittersweet to be done with CommanderVideo, I can't wait to see what new, awesome stuff will be coming from the Gaijin/Robotube guys.

GameQueen

I love Bit.Trip Beat and Bit.Trip Runner. Bit.Trip games just seem awesome in general. I'm sure this will be great too! I seriously need to get Fate as well.

TrevHead

I wonder game theyll come up with next. It might be sometime before we see it due to Gaigin working on porting their games onto other formats