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DIY Spotlight: Super Meat Boy

Truly the best part about writing for an indie games blog is playing all the fantastically unique games that come out every year. Sure, blogs like Kotaku and Joystiq get to play Modern Warfare 2 and the new Halo games before everybody else, but I get to play games like Machinarium, Braid… and soon… Super Meat Boy. And I’d have it no other way.

Super Meat Boy is shaping up to be a delightful platformer that’s coming to the PC and WiiWare in Q1 of next year. To put it mildly, the game looks amazingly fun. As many here may know, I’m already a huge fan of fun/unique platformers (check out my Runman review) and Super Meat Boy looks poised to deliver on the same type of gameplay thats quick, challenging, and oh so much fun.

Here’s the basic premise of the game laid out in video form:

It’s beautifully simple and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Anyways like I said, it’s not set to release until the first quarter of next year, but just judging from some of the recent gameplay footage, I’d definitely mark this one as a contender for indie game of the year, next year… easily. It’s obvious that a lot of heart and thought are being paid to Super Meat Boy and those are the games that deserve that kind of recognition.

Oh and here’s some gameplay footage:

Of course, you also can’t forget about the comic…

Seriously, we are looking forward to Super Meat Boy and all it’s charming glory. Feel free to follow the developments of SMB at the devs Twitter and Blog.

[DIY Spotlight is a simple editorial post where by our writers can pick any single indie game they wish and just rant about how awesome-tacular it is. It is NOT a formal preview.]