Apr 04, 2019 Super Meat Boy Forever will be missing its scheduled April 2019 launch and delayed for an unspecified amount of time, developer Team Meat announced on Twitter today. Super Meat Boy won't start-Help! I really want to play SMB, but whenever it boots, the game doesn't respond after the gamepad advisory statment. I've tried all the -windowed -resolution -detail tricks, but nothing works.
If you’re a Wii U owner and have been hoping for a release of Super Meat Boy on the platform for a while, then your wait won’t go on for that much longer. Team Meat has just posted on Twitter giving an update on the Wii U version and when we can expect it to launch.
Team Meat’s Tommy Refenes said that, “Super Meat Boy is coming to Wii U very very very soon. @BlitWorks is wrapping it up and you should be playing it in a couple months! Hooray!”
Even though Super Meat Boy Wii U will mark one of the last platforms that the game will come to, the game was originally intended to come to WiiWare in 2010 before those plans were nixed. The game is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, PC, Mac and Linux.
We had heard from the developer that a Wii U version of Super Meat Boy was in the works last October, though updates since then had been scarce. The recent PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions did not include the original soundtrack due to problems with licensing, though it’s unknown if it will be the same case for Wii U.
| Super Meat Boy Forever | |
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| Developer(s) | Team Meat |
| Publisher(s) | Team Meat |
| Designer(s) | |
| Programmer(s) | Tommy Refenes |
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| Release | 2020 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Super Meat Boy Forever is an upcoming independent video game developed by Team Meat for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows and Linux. Originally planned as a mobile-only version of Super Meat Boy,[2]Super Meat Boy Forever was gradually developed into a full-fledged sequel featuring a new control scheme and randomly generated levels.[3]
Gameplay[edit]
Super Meat Boy Forever expands on Super Meat Boy's challenging gameplay, as well as the main villain Dr. Fetus. Meat Boy and Bandage Girl's child Nugget has been kidnapped by Dr. Fetus and the couple must work together to rescue her. Both characters can kick and punch enemies and must avoid deadly obstacles to save Nugget. The control scheme uses two buttons.[4] Levels are randomly generated based on the player's skill level using premade 'chunks' created by the designers.[5]
Development[edit]
Development for Super Meat Boy Forever was announced in 2014 as mobile-only sequel to the original Super Meat Boy. Team Meat founders Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes originally teased the project as a 'live action stealth game' called A Voyeur for September, but this was later revealed to be an anagram for Super Meat Boy Forever.[2] After a few years of little to no public updates, Edmund McMillen left Team Meat and began focusing on other intellectual property such as The Binding of Isaac and The End Is Nigh. Refenes said to not 'hold your breath' expecting McMillen to come back after Super Meat Boy Forever is released.[6]
In 2017, Refenes restarted the project as full-fledged sequel and several new team members joined Team Meat to help with development. Among the new team members were Kyle Pulver (Offspring Fling, Snapshot), and Temmie Chang who worked on the art for Undertale.[6] Ridiculon, who composed the music for the PlayStation 4 version of Super Meat Boy, returned to compose the sequel's soundtrack.[7] Refenes explains that even though the game is still coming to mobile, this version was developed primarily as a console game.[4] The new version of Super Meat Boy Forever was revealed at PAX Prime 2017. The game was championed by Nintendo during their Nindies Summer 2017 Showcase,[8] and the PAX demo of the game was well received by the media.[4] The game was scheduled for an April 2019 release[9], but was pushed back to a later date on consoles with a late 2020 release for Steam.[10]
References[edit]
- ^'Team Meat @ PAX East booth #15099 on Twitter'.
- ^ abFarokhmanesh, Megan (29 August 2014). 'Super Meat Boy Forever is an endless platformer, not a little 'throwaway game''. Polygon.
- ^Devore, Jordan. 'Super Meat Boy Forever is a 'true sequel' due out in 2018'. destructoid.
- ^ abcMatulef, Jeffrey (13 September 2017). 'Super Meat Boy Forever does more with two buttons than most do with 14'. Eurogamer.
- ^'Team Meat Is Showing Off Its Meaty Sequel: Super Meat Boy Forever'. Kotaku Australia. 2 September 2017.
- ^ abPhillips, Tom (26 September 2017). 'Super Meat Boy Forever and the return of Team Meat'. Eurogamer.
- ^'Super Meat Boy Forever - Nindies@Night (Interview) - NinMobileNews'. NinMobileNews. 1 September 2017.
- ^Compendio, Chris. 'Nintendo's PAX West Indie Showcase Includes Super Meat Boy, No More Heroes Follow-Ups'. pastemagazine.com.
- ^Horti, Samuel (December 9, 2018). 'Super Meat Boy Forever release window set, will be Epic Store exclusive for a year'. PC Gamer. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^Wales, Matt (5 April 2019). 'Super Meat Boy Forever delayed, now launching 'not too far after April''. Eurogamer. Retrieved 28 May 2019.