Gaijin Games said:

"Ripe with the addictive stench of the classic RUNNER gameplay, Runner2 cuts the cheese with a new art style, Retro Challenges featuring music by Disasterpeace and an endless scroll of gameplay features, costumes and playable characters" -@MikeNRoush

"After announcing Runner2 for XBLA & PSN, we got so much incredible hate mail from our Nintendo fan base that we had to release this game for Wii U under fear of death!" -@AlexNoisy

A sequel to the award-winning and incredibly popular BIT.TRIP RUNNER, originally released on Nintendo's WiiWare Service, Runner2 boasts:
■Retro Challenges playable on the Wii U Game Pad
■Special chiptune guest star Disasterpeace
■Almost 10 Playable Characters, including CommandgirlVideo, Unkle Dill, and Whetfahrt Cheesebörger
■Fancy-Pants HD Graphics
■10+ New Gameplay Abilities
■Achievements/trophies/leaderboards/whatever Nintendo's new thingie is
■Unlockable costumes
■Difficulty modes and checkpoints
■...and LOTS more to be revealed later!

They also released an image of what appears to be the new retro challenges:



Source: Runner2 Blog

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Score! Bit.Trip Runner is the only Bit.Trip game I really loved. I will own this indeed.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 06/06/12, 02:45

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS. I mean, they already kind of confirmed it without confirming it in the past, but it is good to get official confirmation.

Retro screen looks neat.

Posted by

Zero

on: 06/06/12, 02:46

Awesome! Always great to get the official confirmation.

Posted by

roykoopa64

on: 06/06/12, 03:36

Expected, but cool!

Posted by

Anand

on: 06/06/12, 03:54

Sounds good.

Posted by

anon_mastermind

on: 06/06/12, 04:06

Neuse answered some questions over on the Runner2 blog:

Although where's the 4x4 retro font? That's just the standard 8-bit font on that retro challenge. And the Commander's sprite looks different from his usual pixellated appearance...

@VinLAURiA, we're goin' in a new direction with the retro stuff this time around, to keep in line with the new stylings of the non-retro aspects. Trust us, once you see this in motion, you won't miss the old and blocky as much.

I think Sega gonna sue ya'll for stealing Wonder Boy graphics (referring to the above screenshot).

@Chris, GAH! Crap, we missed our mark I guess! We were hoping to get sued by Hudson for stealing the Adventure Island graphics! But I guess we'll accept getting sued by Sega if we have to be sued by someone.

Think you can make launch?

@Secret_Tunnel, we're gonna try our damnedest! But we will not sacrifice the quality of the game to hit launch.

Posted by

Secret_Tunnel

on: 06/06/12, 05:18