It felt like bloody action platformer Super Meat Boy would never make it on to a Nintendo system, but we got there in the end. It eventually made it over to the Wii U eShop in May last year and we had a great time with it.
When asked if we might see Meat Boy jump over to Switch on Twitter, Team Meat said the following:
Super Meat Boy Forever was originally intended for mobile platforms and is designed to be played with a simple control scheme. The game will have randomly-generated level structure and will feature an endless runner mode in addition to the core game.
MeatBoy Infinite appears to be a pure endless runner from what we can tell and this is not being considered for the Switch at present.
Let us know if you hope Super Meat Boy Forever might make its way over to the Switch later this year with a comment below.
[source twitter.com]
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the more the merrier I say!
Another mobile game ported to the Switch... I have a bad feeling about this.
So...SuperMeat Boy but a lesser chance of playing a good level?
Nah, I'll pass. This isn't a mobile device.
It's good that Switch also get mobile games.
If it had cellular you wouldn't even need a phone lol
Howabout,
we put console games on consoles?
Maybe?
People are acting like mobile games on the switch are somehow a bad thing. As if they will somehow magically delay proper console style games. More games, even if they are mobile games, is only a good thing. If you don't like them, don't buy them. I know I won't be buying most of them, but if there is someone hooked on a particular mobile game, or maybe gave a great was a pass in the past, having them available on the switch can only benefit consumers/Nintendo. It's not hurting anything by launching.
I'll take it, make it happen.
Team meat has more than proven themselves to me. I don't care if it's started as a mobile title. Still picking it up.
Wait, a "simple" control scheme? How is it more simple than the original game? That was just run, jump, and move wasn't it?
7 year old game.....pass
@marnelljm this isn't the original. Read the article.
@roadrunner343 The developers talked about porting a mobile game before their console game. That's what's worrying.
I'm waiting for the switch port of Epic Dumpster Bear!
Seriously, though! That game is actually good,lol.
@ThePoochyKid Not really. One is new, and one is very old that nearly everyone already has. Super Meat Boy has been given away as part of Humble Bundles and sold for as little as $1 on Steam. I agree with you that I would much rather see Super Meat Boy rather than a mobile endless runner, but it makes perfect sense from a developer and marketing perspective.
Wait... are there three Super Meat Boy games already?
I haven't even played the first one.
@BornInNorway81 As far as I know, this will be the third. The first was Meat Boy, which can be played for free online and is not overly great. The follow up, Super Meat Boy, was outstanding and that's definitely the one you should be looking for if you're new to the series. Then this post makes it sound like there are 2 more mobile style games on the way, forever and infinite.
Team Meat has been working on Super Meat Boy Forever, like... well FOREVER! I love their first game but as of right now, that is the only game they have ever completed. So I won't put too much credits to that tweet.
I would buy the crap out of actual super meat boy though. Even more so if it got a physical release like BOI did.
Super Meat Boy and/or Super Meat Boy Forever would be awesome on Switch! Both would be day one buys for me!
My understanding is that Meat Boy Infinite isn't even a thing. So the "definitely won't be" was saying "because it doesn't exist". It's highly likely that Meat Boy Forever has changed drastically from its initial preview and could possibly now be a full fledged sequel and less a "simple mobile game". Though I think its intentions are still as a mobile game, which is where the "maybe" comes in.
Or it could end up forever delayed/cancelled like Duke Nukem Forever, Gish 2 and Mewgenics
@Scapetti Yeah, I was really looking forward to Mewgenics!
Itll only happen if their insane demands are met.
@xxAcesHighxx Just seen he said in January it wasn't dead https://twitter.com/edmundmcmillen/status/815444694154952704
Though that doesn't mean it will come any time soon. It just means that he never officially states projects are dead. Gish 2 probably isn't dead either and could come EVENTUALLY. It probably didn't help that that neko atsume game came out and kind of stole their idea
@Scapetti That's a great point, buddy! I completely forgot about Neko Atsume. I remember downloading it, but never got around trying it.
Yeah, precision platformers with randomly generated levels is never really a great idea. Definitely passed.
i got it on xbox 360 but boy what a boring game. Lately all 2D games are just ugly and dark!
I wish they would port the original...Switch is shaping up to be the ultimate indie platform. The portability justifies old ports in itself.
Typical overinflated ego balognia
Nintendo owners should receive the same quality version as their peers, that's basic consumer respect!
@marnelljm ...a comment on the same site where people make a fuss about Virtual Console not coming up soon enough. XD
And I just bought that game on steam.....oh well still will re-purchase for the rage if comes to switch.
@Billsama Not entirely true, it is (or was) a two man creator team and the co-creator went on to do The Binding of Isaac I think as well as this.
Poor Bobby Carrot...
@Rudy_Manchego Nope. Team Meat is still a two man team. McMillen and Jonathan McEntee. Isaac is a personal project by McMillen, not related to Team Meat.
RE the complaints about mobile games, people seem OK to buy an old emulated NeoGeo game for 8 USD, but are not interested in a brand new game. Obviously Free to Play is a bad idea on console, but if it's a good game (and this one will be) then I would much rather play it with a controller than a touch screen.
I played human resource machine for ten minutes, it was a lazy port (I could barely read the text on the small screen), and had no controller support. I think if mobile games get the right volume of care (more than HRM had) then there is no reason they can't be great additions to the platform.
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