Bit Boy!!
Bit Boy!! is an action video game developed by Austrian studio Bplus for Nintendo's WiiWare service. It was released in Europe on July 3, 2009, North America on July 13, 2009, and in Japan on March 30, 2010 as Bit Man!! by Marvelous Entertainment.
Gameplay
Players control a cube named Kubi, who they must navigate through a series of increasingly complex mazes in order to rescue his friends. Players must also avoid monsters that roam the mazes, though later in the game they are given a limited ability to attack them.The game's levels are spread across the setting of several "Bit Generations", which are generally representative of video game console generations. Each Bit Generation sees changes in graphics, sound and level design that are intended to invoke the aesthetics of the games from that particular generation, however in general the gameplay remains the same throughout.
These Bit Generations, presented in the game as fictional installments of a series of Bit Boy games, include:
- Bit Boy, representative of Second generation of [video game consoles|second generation]-era games
- Bit Boy 2, representative of third generation-era games
- Super Bit Boy, representative of fourth generation-era games
- Bit Boy 3D, representative of early fifth generation-era games
- Bit Boy 64, representative of late fifth generation-era games
- Bit Boy Wii, representative of sixth and seventh generation-era games