Super Meat Boy Forever jumping to PS4 and Xbox One this month

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The sequel's Switch exclusivity is nearly over

After launching on Nintendo Switch on December 23, 2020, Super Meat Boy Forever is now coming to PS4 and Xbox One in just one week on Friday, April 16. 

Developer Team Meat – whose name I will never get over – announced the PS4 and Xbox One release date in a short new trailer. The game's Switch console exclusivity will come to an end after roughly four months.

Super Meat Boy Forever is something of a spiritual sequel to the original game. It's got two main characters, for one – Meat Boy himself is joined by Bandage Girl – and it expands the classic controls with new moves like sliding, diving, and basic attacks. More importantly, it swaps individually handcrafted levels for procedurally generated levels assembled from approximately a zillion possible obstacles. It's still a tough-as-nails 2D platformer – every time you beat a level, a harder version is generated and added to the level pool – but it's also got some infinite runner DNA in it as well. 

The PS4 and Xbox One release of the game will put it on all major platforms and finally bring an end to its long, delay-filled development period, which Team Meat attributes to the sheer scope of the game. It jokingly described its level generation system as "a remarkable feat of engineering and a monumental example of ignoring the limits of rational game design and production." So yeah, it took a while to put together. 

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Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.