I really want Super Meat Boy to come out. The game has great art direction, killer old-school difficulty, a Don Hertzfeldt-flavored sense of humor, and is planned to feature 12 indie game characters in multi-player mode. An indie Smash Bros is something I've wanted for a while, and this game could make it happen, if Nintendo doesn't pull the plug on it first.
When promoting your WiiWare game, you might be able to get away with making a half-joking dig at vegetarians, but Hitler jokes? I've never seen it attempted before, and I'm guessing there is reason for that. Nintendo doesn't like it when you mention the word "Wii" (if that is a word) and "Hitler" in the same breath. It just doesn't create the kind of mental image they're going for right now.
It will be interesting to see if Super Meat Boy actually ever comes out. With WiiWare, videogames just have a nasty habit of disappearing. I'm still waiting to review the "new and improved" Eternity's Child WiiWare, but after Luc Bernard's "Nazi" game got Nintendo all annoyed, it may be that the guy might never get his stuff on a Nintendo console.
Maybe I'm overreacting, but thus far, Nintendo has shown they have absolutely no problem with games not coming to their consoles. Only time will tell if my paranoia is justified.
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2:00 PM on 04.26.2009
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The flash game actaully made fun of people like you who thought it was vegetarian propaganda.
Damn, sure told me! I'll have to replay it.
In the sense of lots of characters from other games, I'll see that.
But have you actually *played* the meatboy games? I don't think it could possibly be further from a smash bros style game.
That being said, I am totally psyched for this game.
I am a consumer whore!
And how!
Too bad he doesn't blog here anymore, otherwise he'd set the record straight.
It sure seemed like that at first, but on the final chapter the game would start giving new messages in a more sincere tone.
I guess this revels otherwise, or they could just be doing it all over again. Confusing!
What's their point? (/sarcasm).
I hate not having a Wii so much right now.