We'll Be Cursing At Super Meat Boy's Insane Difficulty "Very Very Very Soon"

"You should be playing it in a couple months! Hooray!"

by Damien McFerran Mon 7th Mar 2016

Super Meat Boy for Wii U was hinted at not so long ago, but its appearance during the recent Nintendo Direct broadcast (the European one, at least) is the first solid confirmation we've seen that the indie platformer is indeed bound for a Nintendo system.

Now, co-creator Tommy Refenes has taken to Twitter to announce that the port - which is being handled by BlitWorks - is going to be available sooner rather than later:

https://twitter.com/TommyRefenes/status/705766978317717504

Meat Boy's arrival on Nintendo system marks the end of a long and rather tortuous saga. Originally intended for WiiWare, the game was cancelled and talk of a Nintendo outing was only recently revived.

Are you looking forward to playing it, or have you already sampled it on one of the other formats it has been released on? Let us know by posting a comment below.

[source twitter.com]

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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abe_hikura
Mon 7th Mar 2016

first things first yay! cant wait till I nearly tear the gamepad in half. (seriously will be first in digital line)

secondly, since when was "very, very, very soon" the same as "a couple months" @_@

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JH64
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Will it have the original soundtrack???

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Blastcorp64
Mon 7th Mar 2016

@abe_hikura I guess in terms of super meat boys gestation period for a Nintendo release - a couple of months is very very soon. Seriously, I remember anticipating this release for the Wii back in like 2010.

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Blastcorp64
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Finally! I remember really liking this game. I played the flash version on a laptop and thought it was great. My generic controller for the laptop stopped functioning, so I tried playing it with the arrow keys. After about 30 seconds, I was like, 'I can't do this, I'll just wait for the Wii release.' Since then, I got married, bought a house, and I'm raising a two year old, but I'll be sure to download this for the wiiu as a form of closure.

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6ch6ris6
Mon 7th Mar 2016

isnt the standart difficulty already very hard??

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Madder128
Mon 7th Mar 2016

I had it on 360, yet, it would be great to play through again on Wii U.
Think I'll pick it up when it's out.

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crimsontadpoles
Mon 7th Mar 2016

I rather enjoyed this game a few years back. I remember my hands starting to hurt when I eventually unlocked The Kid after a ridiculous number of attempts.

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millarrp
Mon 7th Mar 2016

I am going to pass on this. I've already picked up the PC version and it was a game I didn't enjoy enough at the time to make me want to double dip now...

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NintendoFan64
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Welp, won't be long now 'till I start cursing like a sailor!

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yuwarite
Mon 7th Mar 2016

That tweet came across a little sardonic. Like, 'lol, I'll talk to the Nintendo fans like they're children'.

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yuwarite
Mon 7th Mar 2016

@Dakt Sorry, the SMB acronym is typically reserved for Super Mario Bros. I guarantee you confused a few (older gamer) people there.

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bezerker99
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Couple of months? Sheesh, wake me when it's here.....

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sketchturner
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Finally bought it on PS4 just two months ago.
Unlocking the kid is possibly the hardest thing I've ever done in a game.

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-DEMISE-
Mon 7th Mar 2016

@yuwarite Ha, I totally read it as Super Mario Bros. even though I knew I was reading an article about Super Meat Boy. Can't undo decades of mental programming.

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EllenJMiller
Mon 7th Mar 2016

If it has the awful PS4/Vita OST, no thanks.

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LinkSword
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Sounds like it'll only take a couple years to make it to Europe, then. Cool.

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vgakvd
Mon 7th Mar 2016

Loved this game when I played it on ps4. I eventually got to the last world and reached a point where I could not get past and it was taking up way too much of my time when I had other games waiting to be played, so I called it a day. Ended up sticking with Bloodborn until the very end though. No desire to go back but it's definitly a great game to anyone who hasn't played it yet.

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NodesforNoids
Tue 8th Mar 2016

Got it free with Plus, but I would have bought it for 5-10$.
It's definitely a grand sense of accomplishment, unlocking everything.
Even if 12-18 attempts of the same boss had my controller routinely bouncing off the memory foam pillow beneath my feet.
It's cathartic, being able to drop your controller in dismay and not break it!
Speaking of controllers, I still can't believe I was able to get a brand new DS4 for just 25$ on Boxing Day. My partner loves playing Helldivers, Gauntlet and Tomb Raider Osiris while my son laughs as we die hilarious deaths.