Tremendous Meat Boy returned in all his gory glory at right this moment’s Xbox Video games Showcase, within the unveiling of Tremendous Meat Boy 3D. It is precisely what it feels like: a 3D Tremendous Meat Boy sport, and it is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in early 2026.
At present’s trailer certain does seem like precisely what’s says on the tin: it is quick, gory gameplay by way of brief, sharp impediment programs filled with machines that may tear somewhat meat man aside. Meat Boy bounces his means by way of them, leaving a trailer of, uh, meat juice, wherever he lands, with slidey physics down partitions and tight leaping home windows. However in fact, it is all in a 3D world as a substitute of a 2D area, which is able to possible dramatically change how the platforming works, the place you’ll be able to go, and the kinds of challenges positioned earlier than you.
Meat Boy started as a 2008 Flash sport created by Edmund McMillen and Jonathan McEntee that has since grown right into a sensation with the next launch of Tremendous Meat Boy a number of years later. Tremendous Meat Boy is an ultra-hard platformer beloved for its tight, exact platforming and quick respawns on brief maps that enable gamers to strive many times and once more with nearly no downtime. The video games are notoriously gorey, on condition that the primary character is basically made from meat and retains slamming into meat grinders.
A sequel to Tremendous Meat Boy, Tremendous Meat Boy Eternally, was launched in 2020 with out the involvement of McMillen. It is unclear if McMillen is concerned on this 3D rendition.
Weirdly, there was a inexperienced Mario warp pipe proven firstly of the trailer, regardless of Tremendous Meat Boy 3D not being introduced for a Nintendo console in the meanwhile, and this being an Xbox showcase. No rationalization for that in the meanwhile.
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