''Bit.Trip Saga'' (stylized as ''BIT.TRIP SAGA'') is a music video game developed by

Gaijin Games Choice Provisions Inc., formerly known as Gaijin Games Inc. prior to June 2014, is an American-origin independent video game development studio, best known for their '' Bit.Trip'' series of video games. The studio was founded in 2007 by Alex N ...

and published by Aksys Games for the

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. It was released on September 13, 2011 in North America and in the PAL region by Rising Star Games on March 16, 2012. It is a compilation of the six downloadable video games released for the Nintendo

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Bit.Trip Beat ''Bit.Trip Beat'', marketed as ''BIT.TRIP BEAT'', is an arcade-style music video game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It was released in 2009 in North America, and released in Japan an ...

'' (2009), '' Bit.Trip Core'' (2009), ''

Bit.Trip Void ''Bit.Trip Void'', marketed as ''BIT.TRIP VOID'', is an arcade-style bullet hell rhythm game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It was first released in Japan in 2009, and later in N ...

'' (2009), ''

Bit.Trip Runner ''Bit.Trip Runner'' (stylized as ''BIT.TRIP RUNNER'') is an arcade-style rhythm game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It is the fourth game to be released in the ''Bit.Trip'' series o ...

'' (2010), '' Bit.Trip Fate'' (2010), and '' Bit.Trip Flux'' (2011).

Gameplay

All six of the ''Bit.Trip'' titles support the Nintendo 3DS' stereoscopic 3D visual effects. All of the games feature "simple graphics" and "challenging gameplay tied to a soundtrack of Atari 2600-like bleeps".

Development

''Bit.Trip Saga'' was announced on April 28, 2011 in a press release by Aksys Games, its publisher. Gaijin Games, along with Aksys, was responsible for the creation of all the ''Bit.Trip'' titles included in this collection, which included ''Bit.Trip Beat'', ''Bit.Trip Core'', ''Bit.Trip Void'', ''Bit.Trip Runner'', ''Bit.Trip Fate'', and ''Bit.Trip Flux''.

Reception

Pre-release

The release of all six ''Bit.Trip'' games in one collection garnered excitement from journalists. ''

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''s Michael McWhertor wrote that its numerous features would make it "worth the cost/wait". GameZone's David Sanchez wrote that "''Bit.Trip Saga'' will be a worthwhile purchase for indie gamers and fans of all-around awesome games".

Critical

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Video games 2011 video games Music video games Nintendo 3DS games Nintendo 3DS eShop games Nintendo 3DS-only games Video game compilations Choice Provisions games Video games developed in the United States Single-player video games Rising Star Games games