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Enter Tim: Super Meat Boy's first guest star photo

So we already heard that Super Meat Boy was going to have twelve unlockable characters from other indie games, but for all we knew, they were going for nobodies like Pamela Anderson or Anthony Burch. Looks like Meat Boy wont be slumming it like that. The game's developers have gone straight to the top of indie mountain and come back down with Tim, the star of 2008's art game of the millennium; Braid.

Turns out that Edmund McMillen, the creator of Super Meat Boy, is also the man behind the bulk of Braid's animation and character designs. It makes sense that Edmund would want a character he co-created show up in his latest game, albeit with a Meat Boy-flavored makeover (for visual consistency, of course). 

From the looks of that pic, it appears that Tim will have his endless supply of time-reversal potion with him, so we can expect that he'll play the same way he always has. If you want a better idea of how he'll look in-game, take a peek the animated Meat Boy sprite sheet at the bottom of this post, and zoom in all the way on the bottom-left hand corner. 

So what do you guys think; are you happy to see Tim's return to gaming, or does his new look (and first appearance on a non-Microsoft OS) have you ready to start a petition?


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silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 13:10
silvain
awesome. i would love the ability to rewind some stages in super meat boy.

what? what do you mean he doesn't have his powers?

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anyway, speaking of hard games, i just finished prinny, and it was the first game in a long time to give me a blister :)
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 13:19
Monodi
Amazing!

Will Quote from CaveStory make an entrance too? Quote is one of the biggest mascots of indie games.
CitizenErased's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 13:39
CitizenErased
Well...that's pretty fucking cool.
SirRobin1's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 13:53
SirRobin1
I like it when games don't take themselves so seriously. Though Braid is on of my all time favorite downloadable games, gamers look at it beyond what it really is, a game. I am not critiquing the notion of "games are art" (I fully support the movement), but rather the fact that games that reach the popularity of Braid they appear to people as a revolution and not a game. So yeah... Meat Boy Tim FTW!
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:05
Naim Master
Gotta have Trilby !
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:12
Monodi
@Naim Master

I gotta agree.

I wonder if there will be some kind of "roster" of charadcters for this. I would like to see:

* Quote
* Trilby
* Noitu Love
* The Guy (?)
* Alien Hominid (... what?)

Any other ideas?
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:15
mrplow8
I hope they add one of the knights from Castle Crashers too.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:20
pedrovay2003
Okay, well, I'm interested in this game now.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:27
Monodi
Also, in before SZSONICK!
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 14:53
Chronic Logic
So, are the devs sharing the profit with the guest stars devs?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:04
Los255
This is the first time I heard of this game, and it has Indie crossover?

DO WANT.
KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:18
KoKoO Psy
I hope to see Goo, because i like my meat gooie. :p YAY for Tim.
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:23
WarZombie
That's just awesome. I second the notion that a Castle Crashers Knight should be in there as well. I like the fact that he's all Meat Boy-ified.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:25
falinter
This is going to be sex on a cracker.
Zen Albatross's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:25
Zen Albatross
HE AIN'T NEVER RUN OUTTA TIME POTION.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:28
Justice
@WarZombie

A blue Castle Crashers knight was in the flash game, so it's highly likely there will be one in this version.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:39
Dan CiTi
Sounds awesome, gotta love that potion. Hopefully Quote and Alien Hominid or someone from Castle Crashers(a knight or the King) will make it in.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 15:48
Dexter345
Hotness.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 16:02
Los255
Or maybe one of those deers that shit themselves like a rocket going off.

That would be just as good for me.
hools vern's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 16:03
hools vern
I was under the impression that David Hellman was the chief artist on Braid. That's what it says on his resume, and the man's art style is pretty unmistakable.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 17:24
Naim Master
@monodi
EDWIN from "rescue the beagles" ,"PixelJunkEden" silk bug ,Agent Moo from "Agent Moo",a bunnny from "Lugaru" , the "Aether" kid ,a "Toribash" doll ,a "Soldat" soldier ,the "Karoshi" guy,"N" ninja , some goo from "World of Goo" ...
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 17:37
Jonathan Holmes
@ hools vern- My understanding is that David Hellman did all the finished art on Braid, but that Edmund McMillen did the character design for everything in the game but the first boss, as well as all of the game's animation.

I'm sure David tweaked the animation a bit here and there, but from all reports, there is a Edmund McMillen-looking version of Braid out there somewhere, something I would most definitely want to play.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/29/2009 17:56
DaedHead8
This is awesome. Very Awesome.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/30/2009 14:26
NihonTiger90
This can only be a sign of good things to come. :D
Chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/30/2009 15:19
Chack
Gish would be sexy here, also the robot from Cave Story.
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