Bit. Trip: Runner is a 'rhythm platformer'
by JC Fletcher 
on Jan 21st 2010 10:20PM
Speaking to
Nintendo Life in a
podcast, Gaijin Games's Alex Neuse spilled plenty of details about the fourth
Bit.Trip game for WiiWare,
Bit. Trip Runner. Neuse calls the game a "rhythm platformer," a genre populated, in his estimation, only by
Vib-Ribbon. Which means that players will move Commander Video through side-scrolling environments to the beat of new chiptune songs, two of which are provided by chiptune superstars
Anamanaguchi.
The game's 50 levels will make use of
user-submitted fanart, for which the developer is still soliciting entries. The universe of
Bit. Trip will also expand a bit: "We're going to be adding a lot more to this game," Neuse said. "There's going to be multiple characters – not playable characters, but we are going to introduce some new characters into the franchise."
Runner is around 2/3 complete, and is expected to release on WiiWare sometime this spring.
