I've played the demos of all six games, and I didn't really like most of them. There isn't anything wrong with them, I'm just not a fan of retro-style games. I liked Runner and sort of liked Fate and Void, so I may get this collection at some point. Not at full price, which I'm guessing is going to be $50, but when I find it cheap.

Amazon lists regular price for Complete as $40, which seems right. I can still see your point of it being too expensive for you, though.

They're great games for sure, but they seem to be lacking something, don't they?

You are right in that train of thought. I've enjoyed the Bit.Trip games, enough to give them hearty recommendations. But I've never returned to them. Even Runner, a game I really liked, left me cold once I was done with it.

I can't quite put my finger as to why...

Character. The games lack character. In most of them you aren't even controlling a character, just a line or speck. The environments are generally plain with one or two colours of big pixels on the screen. They may shine in their gameplay, but they aren't visually appealing and don't have characters or worlds to connect with, which are usually the elements that keep players coming back for another playthrough.

I only bought one of the Bit.Trip games on WiiWare (Beat, I think), but I've heard they're really good, so that and my tendency to buy way too many 3DS games means I'll probably pick up. Man, there's pretty much no way I'm not going to have 20 3DS games by the end of this year, which is just insane.

Love the BIT.TRIP games, but I'm not sure which collection to get. Already have BEAT, CORE, and RUNNER on WiiWare, so I feel compelled to get the 3DS version, since I know all the content will be at least somewhat new...  but all of the extra stuff on the Wii disc is very intriguing. I'm also concerned the control will be tricky on the portable version. Hmm. I guess it's a win-win either way. Just thought I'd voice my thoughts.

Since Beat and Flux use tilt control, I wonder how that will be handled on the 3DS. Will they map it to the tilt or the D-pad/circle pad?

I'd imagine they'll include both options.

Actually, I talked to the three dudes who made the series and they said Beat and Tilt on 3DS were only touch screen control. I talked to them on facebook, so let me try to find the post.


EDIT: I can't find it. So I could've remembered wrong.

Trying to decide between Saga or Cave Story 3D for my first 3DS cartridge. (though Zelda is only $30 on Amazon right now) Any suggestions?

Yeah, touch screen controls make a lot of sense too. That'd probably reduce difficulty in some instances, specifically in Beat.

Oh, lol, I meant Flux, not Tilt. My brain works faster than my hands sometimes.

Control is a major point for me. I didn't like the tilt control of Beat too much. I hope they implement touch-screen. Actually, I would like the option of tilt, touch, or buttons. I want a complete package.

Also, did they fix the checkpoint system for the early games? Levels were too long so when you died, you had to start right at the beginning again. I didn't like that.

If there is improvement in these areas I will consider buying the handheld compilation. If not...well, I'm not sure I will buy either of them.

Uh dude, that was the POINT of the earlier games. It was supposed to be hard. No need to fix it. And yes, the 3DS version has touch screen controls. And since you obviously suck at the Bit.Trip games to be complaining about the checkpoint system, there's an easy mode on the Wii version for people like you.

I thought the point of games was to enjoy them? Silly me.

(also, I suck at the easy mode too  :( )

How do you know if you suck at the easy mode? The games aren't released yet.

Sorry I am confused. I was thinking I must have played easy mode on the WiiWare versions, since I find them difficult anyway. If there's only easy mode on the as-yet-unreleased Wii disc version then I am clearly mistaken.

Two more things:
1. I am really just talking about Beat. Should make that clear.
2. I can get close to mastering the levels by playing them repeatedly. Of course I can. I'm not that terrible. I just don't enjoy having to hone-up my skills by having to start the repeated playthroughs from the very beginning each time. I would rather have checkpoints. That's all.

Though I would love to see the bit trip games in 3D, bit trip complete is easily the better package. The lack of online leader boards in the wiiware games is why this game lacked reply value, the only reason you would play these games again is because of constant failure, because all these games are freakin hard. Another plus for bit trip complete is the that it's suppose to have new difficulty modes assuming the game can't get any harder than what they are, the mode has to be easy, which is gd for ppl like myself because I enjoy the bit  trip games but haven't beaten any of them. Also the bonus challenges, what ever they might be should be a plus.

Complete has more stuff, but I'd rather have them on a handheld.

I agree with the above two statements.

I hate that I have to make a choice like this.  I really have a hard time getting to my Wii to play it now and I want to play through these so, the Handheld version be the best package but, it would gnaw at me knowing there was a better package out there.