The latest in the Bit.Trip series of games on WiiWare brings us ‘Bit.Trip Fate’ and here’s the first ever footage!
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This is part of an interview with Alex Neuse from Bit.Trip developers – Gaijin games.
Alex Neuse: So basically, the initial concept behind Bit.Trip Runner in particular is that we wanted a sort of run-and-jump platforming game, kind of on par with some of those older games on the Atari 2600 like Pitfall!, Jungle Hunt, or even H.E.R.O., if you remember that one.
We also needed to evolve the character and story a bit by game four. It was a very deliberate move that we built up the abstract stuff in the first three games, which kind of represents the abstraction of what it means to be a human. And then we explore what it means to actually play as a human in game number four, with Bit.Trip Runner.
The running and the jumping and everything was an inspiration from those old platformers, and then it’s kind of two-fold with having you control a human and giving a meaning to the story that’s more advanced from the earlier games. Then we just kind of went for it.
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Just a gentle reminder that Bit.Trip Runner hits WiiWare today, go get it, it’s awesome! Of course it was out last week in PAL territories so hopefully you guys have already downloaded it?!
Here’s the official PR from Gaijin Games.
Torrance, CA (May 17, 2010) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, announces Gaijin Games’s newest addition to the BIT.TRIP series, BIT.TRIP RUNNER exclusively for WiiWare™! For the first time play as Commander Video in this on-rails rhythm platformer!
“I went through so many emotions all at once: confusion, joy, determination, and success!” says Cherie Baker, PR Specialist, Aksys Games. “After an hour with Commander Video, I can honestly say I feel hardcore again. You will too once you get your hands on that controller.”
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