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Bit Boy!! Arcade cover

2014 · Bplus · Action · Adventure

Bit Boy!! Arcade

Nintendo exclusive

The 3DS sequel of the WiiWare game BitBoy!!

Released
2014
Platforms
Nintendo 3DS
Genres
ActionAdventureArcadePuzzle
Developers
Bplus
Publishers
Bplus
Series
Bit Boy!!
Modes
Single-player
Themes
Action
Country
Austria
Age ratings
ESRB E10+PEGI 3
Languages
English
Entry
#2 in Bit Boy!!

About

Bit Boy!! Arcade is an action video game developed by Austrian indie studio Bplus for Nintendo 3DS' eShop service. It was released in the United States on April 17, 2014, and in Europe on April 24, 2014. It is a sequel to the 2009 released Bit Boy!!

for Nintendo's WiiWare service and the second installment of the Bit Boy!! series. It uses a 3D, isometric playing field, with polygon characters.

Keywords

  • digital distribution
  • play coin support
  • nintendo 3ds eshop
  • digital distribution only

Media

Bit Boy!! Arcade screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Players control a red cube named Kubi (from Greek: κύβος (kubos) ), who they must navigate through a series of worlds. The game follows the principle of rescuing Kubi's friends and avoid monsters that roam the levels.

The main goal in each phase, each level consists of 10 normal and 10 action phases, is to rescue seven of Kubi's friends.

Story

ZeLeLi is a mighty gearwheel-shaped being created out of the essence of our dying sun 7 billion years in the future. ZeLeLi is the origin of time, life and light, so it possesses power over these universal forces. Travelling through time and space, ZeLeLi spreads the seed of life and light in all time in the whole universe. Its counterpart is the black Shadow Plättchen.

Forcefully cut out of the negative space of a black hole, the black Shadow Plättchen represents exactly the opposite of ZeLeLi. Like the ZeLeLi, Plättchen is not limited within the constrains of time and space. Wherever it comes along it spreads massive havoc. Central to the plot of the game are two main characters, the game's hero Kubi and the game designer Bernd.

Development

Bit Boy!! Arcade was produced by Bplus. The first announcement was made via press release on February 16, 2012, stating that the game was halfway done. A first playable demo was shown at E3 2012.

Bplus announced that a reimagining of Bit Boy!! Arcade was in development for the Nintendo Switch 2 on April 16, 2025. A release date has yet to be announced.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Nintendo Life praised the overworld, saying it was one of the most interesting on the gaming history; they also said it had an excellent soundtrack, but criticized the gameplay as broken and hard to play.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Nintendo 3DS17 April 2014North America · Europe 24 April 2014

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