Bit.Trip was easily my favorite new IP of 2009. BEAT, CORE, and VOID are all amazing in their own ways, but as great as they are, they couldn't have prepared me for this.
Bit.Trip RUNNER, the fourth game in the series, looks amazing. It's planned to be a rhythm-platformer in the style of Vib Ribbon, and will have over 50+ levels. That information alone has me thinking that it could easily go on to be my 2010 Game of the Year. It's also got me wondering how the team behind the series could possibly top themselves from here. After RUNNER, what the hell are they going to do to blow my mind?
Ah, what am I worried about? They haven't let me down yet.
OK, I'm going to go lock myself in a dark room now and listen to the Vib Ribbon soundtrack until I start hallucinating. It may be the only way for me to deal with the overwhelming urge I have to fly to the Gaijin Games studios and try to steal Bit.Trip RUNNER before it's done.
And don't forget that you could get your artwork into Bit.Trip RUNNER. Yes, you too could be a part of greatness.
Gaijin Games Reveals First Bit.Trip RUNNER Details [Nintendolife]
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9:30 PM on 01.21.2010
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Why hasn't Anthony ULTRA-SUED them yet?
Platforming I like...Ugly brown visuals not so much.
It's strange just how DIFFERENT Runner looks from the other 3 games in the series. The first three were so crazy and abstract, and this one looks so... literal. Though I have only ever seen one screenshot, so I hardly have any information to base this on.
I'm missing out on alot of good Wiiware....
That soundtrack is incredible.
No really, I mean that literally.
I don't believe it can be real.
ffuuck.
Laugh & Peace don't make music like that anymore, but the music they made for that game is something I listen to almost every day for the past years.
"YO, THE BEATS ARE STRONG!"
People, do yourself a favor and listen to that music. Almost on the same level as The Pixies.
On first listen I'm picking up a very "The Go! Team" vibe, which is very much A Good Thing.
Would love to see a Best Game Soundtrack countdown. Katamari Damacy, Mega Man 2, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Kingdom Hearts would make obvious nominees.