WiiWare is getting a present.
In fact, it’s already recieved a few: Toki Tori, Mega Man 9, and World of Goo are excellent. Not to mention the wonderful Orbient, the best of the ported Art Style series. But the rest is crap like Family Glide Hockey. And regardless of it’s great titles, the service could really use something more… musical.
Developed by Gaijin games, BIT.TRIP BEAT is a trippy rhythmic arcade experience with a retro (like, Atari retro) look. It plays a little like Pong, only if Pong had an adventure mode… in space. Maybe you should just see for yourself:
Notice the excellent chiptune music? Just from this clip, I have a feeling that the music will drive this game as it drove Rez or Lumines. The gameplay, while seemingly simple at the beginning, alludes to more chaos and depth near the last few seconds of the trailer. Which, really, brings to mind Mega Man 9 — another retro game that utilizes the design philosophies of modern games.
Only a few more months of shovelware, and we’ll be gifted with a trance.