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Bit Boy!! cover

2009 · Bplus · Action · Arcade

Bit Boy!!

Nintendo exclusive

Bit Boy!! is an action game for WiiWare. In the game, you play as Kubi, who's friend were taken back in time by a evil 4-bit monster. It is your goal to save all of Kubi's friends.

Released
3 July 2009
Platforms
Wii
Genres
ActionArcade
Developers
Bplus
Publishers
Marvelous EntertainmentBplus
Series
Bit Boy!!
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Country
Austria
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English
Entry
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About

Bit Boy!! is an action video game developed by Austrian studio Bplus for Nintendo's WiiWare service. It was released in Europe on July 3, 2009, North America on July 13, 2009, and in Japan on March 30, 2010 as Bit Man!! (ビットマン, Bitto Man) by Marvelous Entertainment.

Keywords

  • digital distribution
  • wiiware
  • digital distribution only

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Players control a cube named Kubi, who they must navigate through a series of increasingly complex mazes in order to rescue his friends. Players must also avoid monsters that roam the mazes, though later in the game they are given a limited ability to attack them.

The game's levels are spread across the setting of several "Bit Generations", which are generally representative of video game console generations. Each Bit Generation sees changes in graphics, sound and level design that are intended to invoke the aesthetics of the games from that particular generation, however in general the gameplay remains the same throughout.

Development

With Bit Boy!!, Bplus wanted the game to "spark true retro feelings in all gamers, regardless of age", which led to it being set across multiple video game generations. The first three Bit Generations feature increasingly detailed 2D graphics (including the use of the authentic NES color palette in Bit Boy 2), the latter generations evolve from using simple polygonal shapes and blurry textures to complex models and sharp photo realistic textures to illustrate the evolution of the three-dimensional visuals.

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Wii3 July 2009Europe · North America 13 July 2009 · Japan 30 March 2010

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