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Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:20:48 GMT

I won't be getting this one... I did enjoy Plattchen but what I've read and seen about this game doesn't really interest me... I think there's more to Retro gaming than simple graphics, and my favorite retro games have little to do with mazes (never was a big pacman fan). I loved Bit Trip Beat and am really looking forward to the upcoming Bit Trip Core, which for the same price, seem to be much more polished, although ultimately it's the gameplay...

By maka

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:20:26 GMT

I could totally make a better version in Java.

By pixelman

Re: Gold Nintendo World Championships Sells for $17,500

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:47:50 GMT

Wow...that is cool.

By MetalMario

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:46:54 GMT

Oh don't worry, I'm not at all offended, in fact I'm rather more amused and indeed impressed that everyone can find so much to talk about when it comes to Bit Boy!!

By Kirigirisu

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:44:16 GMT

Cool concept, but it doesn't sound fun.

By Kid_A

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:35:31 GMT

Most pointless discussion ever.

By joshed

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:30:37 GMT

@fudgenuts - What's my favorite Bplus game? Well that would have to be a tie between Plattchen and Bit Boy -- since those are the ones I haven't played! :p

By accc

Re: Incoming! Coming to WiiWare in July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:25:06 GMT

I just saw the video. UGH!:P

By WolfRamHeart

Re: Pulseman

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:12:41 GMT

Another game for Pal users to avoid

By Betagam7

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:11:03 GMT

Yeah, I've still never forgiven Daz for the Pong Toss review. He's got quite the mean streak in him sometimes. :P

By Corbie

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:06:38 GMT

@Chicken - Don't worry, I made it very clear to Adam what to expect! It's a baptism of fire that we put all of our reviewers through eventually :-p

By Dazza

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:03:45 GMT

Oh, and one more thing...I hope Adam (the reviewer) doesn't take offense at any of the comments in this thread. Unless he hasn't been paying any attention at all for the past year, he knew you were throwing him to the lions the moment you assigned him to review a BPlus game. :D

By Chicken Brutus

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:02:35 GMT

@malnin, comment 2:
"What did you expect for 600 points"

Not having a go at you, friend, but I've never understood this reasoning, and I've heard it many times before. Money is still money, and the buyer deserves a decent product, no matter the cost. And as others have pointed out, a low price point doesn't mean the game is destined to be lousy. WiiWare has Art Style and Bit.Trip to prove that wrong, and the tons of remarkable $5 games on Steam make that clear as well. (Not to mention the loads of NES-era classics you can get on the VC for less.)

If you're going to fork money over for a game, I don't think it's out of line for the purchaser to at least expect to enjoy it. Money is money, and if the buyer feels as though they've wasted their money on something, that's a bad feeling no matter HOW small the amount was.

None of this, necessarily, applies to Bit.Boy as I haven't bought it, and so won't be commenting on it. That said, I'd feel pretty foolish plunking down my money for something that so few people seem to have enjoyed. (I can count them on one hand.)

Narrow-minded? Maybe. But it's tough for me to justify the purchase when there's so many releases I KNOW I will enjoy that I haven't gotten around to downloading yet.

Sorry, BPlus.

By Chicken Brutus

Re: DRiiFT MANIA

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:02:21 GMT

Looks like a remake of Super Sprint not Micro Machines

By Betagam7

Re: Konami Announces WiiWare Plans for Europe

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:01:40 GMT

@ Comment 14

Think people rather want Rondo of Blood than Castlevania Rebirth.

By Atlantis1982

Re: Interviews: BIT.TRIP CORE - Gaijin Games

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:57:04 GMT

I have a hard time this game will be anywhere near as good as Beat, but, as someone said before me (too lazy to scroll up), that's only because Beat set the bar so remarkably high.

That said, I'm sure it's going to be great, and it's going to cause me to shout all kinds of profanities at my television.

By Chicken Brutus

Re: Konami Announces WiiWare Plans for Europe

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:56:28 GMT

I know it hasn't been announced or anything, but the thought of an update to Salamander gets me excited .. mmmmmmm, Salamander Rebirth.... lol

:-P

I'd also love to see a Castlevania Rebirth as well, that could be awesome!

By djshep1973

Re: Scribblenauts Required Dedicated "Reading Team"

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:36:56 GMT

What if you just enter 'Star' on every level......

By Curt

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:29:08 GMT

And........................ there goes all my hope for B+. At the very least, it had a very good idea, but failed to execute it properly. If this is the best they can do, they're gonna have a hard time to find supporters.

By Nintendork

Re: Review: Bit Boy!! (WiiWare)

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:22:53 GMT

OK it's time for my 2 cents now. I have played the game all the way through all the generations and rather predictably I agree with Adam's verdict. It's not in the interests of Nintendo Life to bash any game unnecessarily, especially one developed by an indie such as Bplus. Ever since the days of WiiWare World we have been all about championing indie projects and it’s fair to say that we were hopefully that Bit Boy!! would turn out to be one of the good chapters in Bplus’ journey.

Sadly this game just isn’t that much fun to play. Yes I understand that it is a classic arcade style game where you are meant to go back and challenge your high-scores, etc – but why would I want to do that if I didn’t even enjoy my experience the first time around? The faults with Bit Boy!! have been well documented. The abundance of dead ends in the maze design does cause significant problems in my opinion. Yes you do get a special attack, but even when taking care they need to be used up quickly in order to avoid losing a life.

The dumbest thing is that the bad guys come out of a hive from all directions, and often the orbs are placed around the hive so you have to put yourself at risk to get them. This is fundamentally flawed game design.

I don’t want to sound too harsh on Bit Boy!! There are some redeeming factors, the idea of the game is good and when the mazes are larger and more open it’s actually not too bad. But for me it’s just nothing more than an average game. It’s a shame that many of our readers in North America are unable to play the game for themselves yet, but I am confident when most of them are able to they will agree with the sentiments of this review. Sorry Wiiloveit, but I have to differ with you on this one.

By Dazza