Bit.Trip Fate
Encyclopedia
Bit.Trip Fate, marketed as BIT.TRIP FATE, is an arcade-style
scrolling shooter rhythm game
developed by Gaijin Games
and published by Aksys Games
for the Wii
's WiiWare
download service.
The gameplay is a twist on the standard top-down shooter formula. The player controls Commander Video
's movement independent of his targeting reticule, as in the style of twin-stick games descended from Robotron 2084. The reticule is commanded by the Wiimote's IR
pointer, with bullets firing radially from Commander Video's location. Commander Video himself is limited to a fixed rail along which he can be freely moved forward and back with the nunchuk's analog stick
. Movement is faster while the player is not holding down the trigger button. The rail takes on various shapes, usually similar to a sine wave
, which are predetermined by the stage, while the screen scrolls at a steady rate. Enemies advance from all directions, firing targeted and patterned bullets tradition to shoot 'em ups.
The player's performance and interaction with enemies creates musical feedback which contributes to the stage's soundtrack, providing an element similar to rhythm games, particularly Rez
. The gameplay is less rhythmically constrained than previous entries in the series, providing more freedom to the player, but also less dynamic feedback.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
scrolling shooter rhythm game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
developed by Gaijin Games
Gaijin Games
Gaijin Games is an independent video game development studio, best known for their BIT.TRIP series of video games. The studio was founded in 2007 by Alex Neuse and is located in Santa Cruz, California.-History:Gaijin Games initially emerged in 2004...
and published by Aksys Games
Aksys Games
Aksys Games Localization, Inc. is a video game publisher that specializes in translating and localizing Japanese video games for English-speaking markets. It was founded by Akibo Shieh in 2006. Some of its clients include Namco Bandai Games, Xseed Games, and Atlus USA. Aksys Games is best known for...
for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
's WiiWare
WiiWare
WiiWare is a service that allows Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo. These games and applications can only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section...
download service.
Gameplay
Bit.Trip Fate takes place over three environments, each divided into two stages and culminating in a boss encounter. The first environment (stages Determination and Patience) resembles a crystal cavern over a space backdrop, the second (stages Desperation and Frustration) a cityscape filled with skyscrapers, and the third (stages Anger and Fall) an underground pit with rivers of magma.The gameplay is a twist on the standard top-down shooter formula. The player controls Commander Video
Commander Video
Commander Video, was an alternate reality game and viral marketing campaign created by Gaijin Games and Aksys Games in order to promote their recently released WiiWare game Bit. Trip Beat....
's movement independent of his targeting reticule, as in the style of twin-stick games descended from Robotron 2084. The reticule is commanded by the Wiimote's IR
Infrared
Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
pointer, with bullets firing radially from Commander Video's location. Commander Video himself is limited to a fixed rail along which he can be freely moved forward and back with the nunchuk's analog stick
Analog stick
An analog stick, sometimes called a control stick or thumbstick, is an input device for a controller that is used for two-dimensional input. An analog stick is a variation of a joystick, consisting of a protrusion from the controller; input is based on the position of this protrusion in relation...
. Movement is faster while the player is not holding down the trigger button. The rail takes on various shapes, usually similar to a sine wave
Sine wave
The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It occurs often in pure mathematics, as well as physics, signal processing, electrical engineering and many other fields...
, which are predetermined by the stage, while the screen scrolls at a steady rate. Enemies advance from all directions, firing targeted and patterned bullets tradition to shoot 'em ups.
The player's performance and interaction with enemies creates musical feedback which contributes to the stage's soundtrack, providing an element similar to rhythm games, particularly Rez
Rez
Rez, developed under the codename K-Project, Project Eden, and Vibes, is a rail shooter video game released by Sega in Japan in 2001 for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2, with a European Dreamcast release and United States PlayStation 2 release in 2002...
. The gameplay is less rhythmically constrained than previous entries in the series, providing more freedom to the player, but also less dynamic feedback.