Apr 04, 2019 Super Meat Boy Forever was announced in 2014, and was originally intended to be a mobile-only version of Super Meat Boy.Over time, the game developed and grew in.
Super Meat Boy Forever will miss its originally scheduled release window according to a Twitter update posted by Team Meat that reveals that the team doesn’t want to push the people working on the game too hard in order to get the game out slightly earlier.
“We’ve been knocking out the last bits of Super Meat Boy Foreverat record speeds while keeping a healthy and sustainable pace,” reads the post. “We are going to keep that pace which means we will not hit our April 2019 release. Sorry about that…Team Meat isn’t some studio owned by an Evil Asshat corporation that has say over what we do and how we do it. We are fortunate enough to have control over how we work and we choose not to run ourselves into the ground.”
Team Meat stops short of confirming a new release date for Super Meat Boy Forever, but they do note that they expect to be able to release the game “After but not too far after April 2019.” Fortunately for fans, that doesn’t account for too long of a delay and it does sound like the team have a lot of the game already in place.
You may remember hearing about this game forever ago (cue cliche comedy drum roll) but it’s changed quite a bit since it was first “revealed” around 2015. At that time, Super Meat Boy Forever was believed to be either a fully-fledged sequel to the original game that would debut on PC or some kind of mobile project.
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Now, we know that Super Meat Boy is going to be released for the Nintendo Switch and all other popular platforms. We also know that PC gamers will have to download it on the Epic Store as it is yet another entry on the growing list of Epic Games Store exclusives.
Whichever platform you eventually choose to play Super Meat Boy Forever on, it figures to offer the same brand of chaotic retro platformer gameplay that made the original title such a classic experience. This time, Meat Boy and Bandage Girl’s baby, Nugget, has been kidnapped by Dr. Fetus, and it’s up to Meat Boy to traverse ridiculously dangerous environments to save his baby.
While the footage of Forever that has been shown thus far suggests it will be fairly similar to the previous Meat Boy games, there is at least one new feature that will certainly freshen up the formula a bit. Super Meat Boy Forever is actually now an autorunner that touches upon the style of the original title but offers a fundamentally different gameplay experience. Fear not, though, as we’ve had a chance to play the game and are happy to report that it is indeed as good as ever (and maybe even better than that).
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| 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.