Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 2, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:21, 18 September 2016 (UTC)



Super Meat Boy is an independent video game designed by Edmund McMillen (pictured) and Tommy Refenes and developed by Team Meat. It is the successor to McMillen and Jonathan McEntee's 2008 Flash game Meat Boy. Super Meat Boy was released on the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010, and on Microsoft Windows in November 2010. It was ported to OS X and Linux in 2011, to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2015, and to the Wii U in 2016. In the game the player controls Meat Boy, a red, cube-shaped character, as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, from the game's antagonist Dr. Fetus. The platform gameplay is characterized by fine control and split-second timing as the player runs and jumps through over 300 hazardous levels while avoiding obstacles, immediately restarting levels upon death. The game sold over 1,000,000 copies by January 2012, and was critically acclaimed. In 2010, it received awards for Most Challenging Game from IGN, and for Best Downloadable Game from GameSpot and GameTrailers, as well as a nomination for the Grand Prize at the 2010 Independent Games Festival. Critics lauded the game's difficulty, precise control, retro artwork, and soundtrack.
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 * Promoted: January 30, 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: Unusual and critically acclaimed game. Also we need requests... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 06:05, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support as main editor; I've also adjusted the blurb (and should probably adjust the lead to match). -- Pres N  17:40, 14 September 2016 (UTC)