Super Meat Boy won't make Nov. on Wiiware, PC still on track

by Richard Mitchell on Nov 1st 2010 11:45AM

Bad news, Super Meat Fans. Team Meat has tweeted that Super Meat Boy will not make its planned November release on WiiWare. The team notes that a November release would be "impossible" and that the game hasn't been compressed beneath the WiiWare file size limit. Team Meat is shooting for a final size of 39MB, though it has yet to compress it down to 50MB. Another tweet states that the Team is looking to compress 700MB worth of data, and it's worth noting that the XBLA version released last month clocks in at just over 90MB.

Meanwhile, the PC version (with Minecraft guy!) is still set to arrive on Steam during the last week of November. We realize it won't make up for the lack of meaty goodness on Wii, but perhaps you could console yourself with a Meat Boy plushie?

[Thanks, John. Above: Our unofficial Meat Boy expresses his disappointment.]

Source: @SuperMeatBoy [Twitter], @SuperMeatBoy [Twitter], @SuperMeatBoy [Twitter]

Tags: nintendo, pc, Steam, super-meat-boy, Team-Meat, wii, WiiWare

Reader Comments (15)

Wasn't this game announced for the wii first?

Yes, but Team Meat wisely realized they would actually make money by putting it on XBLA. I buy Wiiware games, but very few other people do. Microsoft even made a month long 'Game Feast' promotion for them. Microsoft also stipulated that the Wii/PC would have to release at least a month after the XBLA version.

Why did they compress it so much for XBLA? What is the file size limit on xbox?

@Poor Tom Maybe they were just doing it out of the kindness of their hearts, for people who still have 20 GB hard drives. Thank you, Team Meat.

I was going to wait for it on WiiWare because I like the classic controller's d-pad so much, but now I'm glad I bought it on Live.

I wanted to wait for WiiWare because I don't like the 360 controller. Now I'm glad I got it + the soundtrack for as much as it will cost on WiiWare whenever it's released.

Seems weird that they had to compress so much for XBLA when there are plenty of games that are not shy to reach the 2.0 GB limit. Maybe they were just preparing for the Wii version and knew they'd have to compress eventually.

Prediction...

...it's never going to be released on WiiWare.

They have to compress the heck out of it. Then they have to submit it to Nintendo's QA which could take a long time. Then they have to get a slot in the Wiiware schedule. It could be a long time, but it will release eventually.

I am shocked by how much I like this game.
Some of the levels are very hard, but doable.
It's still on sale for $10 on XBLA, but goes back up to $15 soon.