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How CommanderVideo ended up in Super Meat Boy photo

The BIT.TRIP series is faced by one adorable little CommanderVideo. The hero if Gaijin Games' mini-epic is an ambitious little figure, a spaceman with whom the different genres of the BIT.TRIP series explore gameplay and art. However, it's not just the BIT.TRIP games that CommanderVideo will zip about in, as he is already a confirmed playable character in Edmund McMillen's Super Meat Boy Wiiware title. How did that happen?

Well, the guys of Gaijin are actually really good friends with Edmund and his team, with their respective studios just being around the corner from each other in sunny Santa Cruz. Alex Neuse says it “like we're totally BFFs, to talk like the young people.” He continues, “He'll come over to our studio, he and his cronies, and play our games and do focus tests and have fun and just chill out, and we'll do the same.”

According to the Gaijin Games team, McMillen stands as a guy who is really energetic about supporting other games and indie teams. With that built-in camaraderie between the dev teams, it means that getting CommanderVideo in Super Meat Boy was just a friendly request. Simple as that.

So what's next between these two studios? Gaijin developer Mike Roush mentioned that “I would guess Super Meat Boy might turn up in one of our games.” with Neuse adding: “Let's just say that CommanderVideo and Super Meat Boy might know each other outside of work.”

“They might be BFFs.”








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KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 14:13
KoKoO Psy
"he and his cronies"

Oh snap, you didn't just call em cronies.
xaq404's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 14:28
xaq404
Cool, I always wondered how Edmund knew the Gaijin guys. And by the way, it's spelled McMillen not McMillan.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 17:04
TheCleaningGuy
That's awesome. I love how all these indie devs are buddies.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 17:43
Electrium
I never thought such a simple story could be so cool, haha.
atlasBR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 17:58
atlasBR
i really interested in super meat boy and Bit trip series..these guys are awesome
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/21/2009 20:14
Jonathan Holmes
Just thinking about how hard Gaijin Games and Team Meat are "living the dream" gives me a huge Ice-T.
Stella Wong's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2009 03:04
Stella Wong
I love how they support each other and hang out. It just shows that they can combine the two and work alongside together. :D
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