Bit.Trip Void

Players take control of a spherical black void while black and white squares come from all sides of the screen in a modern retro game described by GameSpot and IGN as a bullet hell game. It is controlled using either the Nunchuk or the Classic Controller for the Wii. Other versions use differing controls, with the console versions using the analogue stick. Void has three levels, with two checkpoints and a boss at the end.

Before each level is a cutscene of the main character, Commander Video. Players are tasked with hitting every black square, while avoiding the white ones. With each black square hit, the void grows, and the player's combo grows with it, increasing the score more with every combo increase; however, if a white square hits the void, it will undo the void's growth and reset the combo to zero. The void may grow to great sizes, taking up most of the screen.

Trip Void was developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare digital download service. It was first released in Japan on October 27, 2009, and was later released in North America and PAL regions on November 23, 2009, and March 5, 2010, respectively. com. It was produced by Alex Neuse, illustrated by Mike Roush, and composed by electronic musician Nullsleep.

Initially, it was to be controlled using the Wii Remote's pointer technology, where the void acts as the pointer's cursor and grows and shrinks based on how close the pointer is to the Wii's Sensor Bar. However, Neuse felt that it "completely destroyed the sense of meandering and flow they strove for"; additionally, the mechanic of adjusting size with the distance from the sensor bar was too complicated, leading to them using the Nunchuk. Trip Core, it enabled Neuse to design levels to have patterns coming from all sides of the screen.

Kotaku's Stephen Totilo called its controls the most comfortable in the series, also praising its graphics, sound, and for being the most "gamer-friendly". IGN's Levi Buchanan found himself "hooked" on Void after playing it at Penny Arcade Expo in 2009, citing the retro aesthetic used. GameSpot's Sophia Tong found it easy to play it for a long period of time due to its implementation of checkpoints, also calling it as engaging as the others.

08% at Metacritic and GameRankings respectively. IGN's Daemon Hatfield praised the Atari 2600-like visuals and soundtrack, in particular the players' ability to contribute to it. And while he found the game's appearance stylish, he found it too difficult to track the black squares when the background fades to black. He also derided the lack of online leaderboards, commenting that "it is becoming less and less acceptable to overlook the most basic of online functionality."