I just began to find the hidden power of the wii, and I decided to look into getting some free demos, as I am not too sure about dishing out money and not getting a disc. Following the simple, addicting retro style of this series is Bit trip runner! This game is a whole barrel of fun! I absolutely love this game and hope to get my hands on the Bit Trip Complete disc. Seemingly simple, yet deceptively treacherous. Watch out for pitfalls and enemies and always watch your head! As the game progresses, you gain more and more abilities. So far I have acquired jump, slide, kick, and spring, which will be activated when you hit the little purple boxes on the ground. So let's run along and see what is so great about this game.

Graphics: 9

                    Way cool! I love the awesome blend of retro and modern graphics. They work so great together! I was especially appreciative of the color scheme. Even in the darker places everything still had a cheery look to it. The block minecraft kind of look for everything is just beyond awesome, and I hope that they decide to make more awesome games like this!

Sound: 10

               I think that the sound has to be the strongest department of this series. It technically is not a music game, but every move you make creates more beats to the song, so when you play well, the music flows well. The songs that they choose, I never can seem to get tire of. Once again, the retro take on things just works perfectly to me!

Addictiveness: 10

                             Even the demo is extremely addicting! I've played as far as it would let me twice already, and I had just as much the second time as I did the first. I was pleased that they were putting extra moves in there, because I was beginning to think that the game might get boring if all I had to do was jump! But there is more to this game than meets the eye, and I cannot wait to actually play the full version of this game!

Story:  No rating

            I know there is a cutscene at the beginning, but that was all I saw. I really did not see much of anything else to give any indication of a storyline. Just bitman crash landing somewhere. And I don't want to give it an unfair rating for something I have not even seen So, I'm not rating this yet...though I may update this department in the future...

Depth: 9

             While the demo itself does not go very far (about 6 1/2 levels) The full game looks as though it has quite a few levels and some challenging bosses. I like the fact that if you manage to collect all the gold in a level, you get to play a bonus level where you try to collect even more gold. So as if the levels are not enough, you can try to shoot for the bonus levels!
  


Difficulty: 8

                  It's not too tough, but good enough to get a good, fun challenge out of it. Stuff really starts to get tricky when they start adding different moves in there! Just adding the slide into the mix could be tricky if you are not quick enough. Especially in a combo move where you need to jump slide, jump to get the gold, then slide again, then, jump, jump, jump, to get up the steps. Overall, the difficulty is just fun and challenging.
               
Overall: 9

                 Why not? With great sounds, cool graphics and fun gameplay, who even needs a storyline?! Bit trip runner is what I would call a modern classic. It's good enough to stand up with all the arcade giants, and yes, it was made in the wii's time!

Awww man, this is such a great review about a game that sounds really awesome (almost enough to make me want a Wii just to play this game lol). The ONLY thing keeping me from featuring it is that you only reviewed the demo of it since you haven't gotten the full version yet.

Please...please please please (lol) let me know if you get the full version and update this review, and you'll have an instant feature for sure.

Great work, man. Possibly your best yet.

I also like this review. Its simplicity belies the urgent notes you took, enough is said without overstating it. And it does sound like fun. Hurray!

The double 'awesome' in the graphic sentence just looks funky to me. I'd put another adjective in place of one, but thats just nit-picking here.

endings : Technically that was a triple awesome! LOL!

Eirinn : Yeah, I'll be sure to do that! I was wondering if that was going to be a problem! Anyways, thanks, eirinn.

The Bit.Trip series is crazy difficult. That's why I love it. It's a serious challenge with some seriously awesome music. Since you have a Wii, it seems, I suggest checking this out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058CA4S8/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=64405383199&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10828825234405459467&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_60qhyo6hxx_b

There's also Bit.Trip Saga on 3DS that's pretty awesome to have on the go.

These games are so highly underrated.