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Jonnyram · Jun 2, 2006

bit Generations started life as the Digitylish series, a collection of simplistic but very artistic games for the Game Boy Advance. We first heard about it when a bunch of odd names were trademarked by Nintendo Japan at the start of 2005. Later the series turned up in an interview with someone at Nintendo Europe. An exhibition was held in Tokyo in April/May this year and now the games are finally being released.

series one 2006.7.13
dotstream
boundish
dialhex

series two 2006.7.27
coloris
orbital
digidrive
soundvoyager

2000 yen each

Monitor campaign
Nintendo is starting a monitor campaign in Japan, applications being accepted up to 15 June, and 700 people will receive two random games from the collection to check out and comment on the bit Generations BBS (to open later). The campaign will run from 1 July to 12 August. details here

Developed by
digidrive is made by Q-Games (Dylan Cuthbert) in Kyoto.
Most of the other titles are developed by Skip in Tokyo.
Cornelius has also worked on some of the series, though it is not known what he has provided. link

Further reading
Screenshots up the wazoo here.

demi · Jun 2, 2006

clitoris?

SuperPac · Jun 2, 2006

Games look supercool. Wonder if Ninty would bring this series to the US? I love budget-priced software.

meltpotato · Jun 2, 2006

be great if they did similar promotion here but thats doubtful at best. DIGIDRIVE looks interesting and the whole concept is pretty intriguing. just wish is was being done with a compelling set of DS software instead.

aoi tsuki · Jun 2, 2006

i don't know what this is about, but the retro graphics are making very moist.

Jive Turkey · Jun 2, 2006

Yeah what is this all about? I keep hearing it mentioned but have absolutely no clue.

What else is new?

Jonnyram · Jun 2, 2006

I suck at making official threads.
OK, I'll put in some info in the first post for people who don't know what the hell I'm going on about

Hang on a few minutes.

imastalker co. · Jun 2, 2006

that one shmup on DS looked really neat. what's soundvoyager?

seems like nintendo is totally embracing this after all.

i expect them to put their money were their mouth is when it comes to indie games on Wii.

Emotions · Jun 2, 2006

These need to come stateside, Nintendo could localize a lot of stuff that's been Japan only for the GBA.

jGuru · Jun 2, 2006

That's better Jonny.

Looks really nice and interesting, I hope it comes to the US. Otherwise I might import some of'em.

Shiggy · Jun 2, 2006

dotstream - Dotstream (formerly known as dotliner)
boundish - Boundish (formerly known as Neopong)
dialhex - Rotohex
coloris - Chromatron (?)
orbital - Orbiter (formerly probably known as Eyeball)
digidrive - Chromatron (?)
soundvoyager - Sound Voyager

The ESRB only lists 6 games of this collection, what means that I don't know whether Coloris or Digidrive ist called Chromatron.

jesusraz · Jun 2, 2006

Emotions said:
These need to come stateside, Nintendo could localize a lot of stuff that's been Japan only for the GBA.

They're coming as the 'Digiluxe Series'...

GhostSeed · Jun 2, 2006

Most of these look like they could be really fun. I'm excited to try them.

inthegray · Jun 2, 2006

here's the trailer from E3 2005

jesusraz · Jun 2, 2006

2,000Yen ~ £9.50. Hmm, so after VAT they'd probably retail at at £14.99 each here. Don't know if I'd be willing to pay that much...

I'm guessing there's not too much text in these, from the looks of it. So it might be worth importing, especially Skip's efforts.

Shiggy · Jun 2, 2006

The same price as for the NES Classics (19.99 USD / EUR)

FortNinety · Jun 2, 2006

Thanks for the info Jonny! Been dying for new info on the games since forever. Even if they do come out in America, which I hope, I'll still be getting the Japanese release since you know the packaging will be extra hot.

jgkspsx · Jun 2, 2006

Dotstream, Digidrive, and Orbital look the best. SoundVoyager intrigues me the most, and if it lives up to its name it's my most likely purchase. Coloris looks to be an evolution of the Tiger Electronics classic Lights Out, which could be fun. $20 seems real, real steep, though, unless there's significantly more content than has been implied.

Edit: God, I love the graphics.

Jonnyram · Jun 21, 2006

Here's a comparison shot to show how small the bit Generations boxes are:

Also, the games come with special GBm straps - not sure if this is an Amazon-only deal or not, though.

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Greenpanda · Jun 21, 2006

wow, I hadn't heard about this at all--sounds interesting; I'm looking forward to hearing more about these.

neopong and dotliner have some interesting style.

mutsu · Jun 21, 2006

Can't wait for some impressions on the games.

psy18 · Jun 21, 2006

Jonnyram said:
Here's a comparison shot to show how small the bit Generations boxes are:

Also, the games come with special GBm straps - not sure if this is an Amazon-only deal or not, though.

OMG my eyes are burning!

RaidenZR · Jun 21, 2006

This looks so interesting. I wish I'd have a chance in hell of playing it sometime.

Shiggy · Jun 21, 2006

Hmm,
I think I'll buy dotstream, BOUNDISH and DIGIDRIVE for less than EUR 50, that's a great deal imo (each of them costs EUR 20 in Europe, at least if the release won't cancelled)

How does Soundvoyager work?

Ranger X · Jun 21, 2006

So, any sign of these wonderfull packages coming out in the US?

aku:jiki · Jun 21, 2006

imastalker co. said:
that one shmup on DS looked really neat.

Which one is that?

These look hot. I was about to order them all when I saw Jonny's release dates. I especially like Dotstream...

Shiggy · Jun 21, 2006

Ranger X said:
So, any sign of these wonderfull packages coming out in the US?

If you look at the NES Classics packages...no

radios shipping overview · Jun 21, 2006

Shiggy said:
If you look at the NES Classics packages...no

Best-case scenario:

Shiggy · Jun 21, 2006

jiji said:
Best-case scenario:

http://namakoteam.com/images/colorisfake.jpg

The 'Digiluxe Series' tag is missing.
But to be serious, the European NES Classic boxarts didn't look too bad.

mutsu · Jun 30, 2006

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bit_g/index.html

Lots of movies, screens.

RaidenZR · Jun 30, 2006

So umm, this isn't coming out in the US, is it? Despite initial reports?

Okay Dialhex looks really cool and the music for all three is badass. I wish these were a touch cheaper to import. I'd like them all but that is a little much considering the expense.

GhostSeed · Jun 30, 2006

Those dotstream movies make it look slow and boring.

CreatureX3 · Jun 30, 2006

These games look cool and everything, but am I the only one who thinks all these games should be on one cart?

Hopefully NOA will collect them all on one cart and release them over here.

Hyoushi · Jun 30, 2006

These are so bought it's not even funny.

thread approved

thanks Jonny

GhostSeed · Jul 11, 2006

Famitsu scores

dailhex 7 6 8 6

dotstream 9 6 7 8

boundish 7 5 7 7

taken from this thread

eudaemonic · Jul 11, 2006

CreatureX3 said:
These games look cool and everything, but am I the only one who thinks all these games should be on one cart? Hopefully NOA will collect them all on one cart and release them over here.

I second that thought.

:Motorbass · Jul 11, 2006

So I'll post my wallpapers here, too...

RaidenZR · Jul 12, 2006

So if one were to only pick one of these to import right now, which do you guys think would be a decent bet? I can't decide.

gururoji · Jul 12, 2006

RaidenZR said:
So if one were to only pick one of these to import right now, which do you guys think would be a decent bet? I can't decide.

Who knows, they all look interesting--go check out that website and watch the How To Play movies and such and see what you think.

My opinion:

Dotstream: I understand this one the least, and thus I feel like it has the most potential to be a sleeper hit. Choose this one if you want to take a chance.

Boundish: looks like it could be great multiplayer, but solo? Hmmmph...get it if you have a friend that wants to.

Dialhex: Looks the most solid/obviously interesting. Choose this one if you like puzzle games and don't want to take a chance.

Shiggy · Jul 12, 2006

Do the games have single-card or multi-card multiplayer?

Kiriku · Jul 12, 2006

Cornelius involved? That's cool.

Shiggy · Jul 12, 2006

Kiriku said:
Cornelius involved? That's cool.

Who's Cornelius? I only know she was involved in Soundvoyager

agent069 · Jul 12, 2006

gururoji said:
Dotstream: I understand this one the least, and thus I feel like it has the most potential to be a sleeper hit. Choose this one if you want to take a chance.

It's just a racer, you drive one of the dot/line against the others.

Boundish seems to be pretty boring, it looks like a pong with a tons of skins, I hope it's better than it looks.

Kiriku · Jul 12, 2006

Shiggy said:
Who's Cornelius? I only know she was involved in Soundvoyager

I thought it was about this Cornelius: http://www.matadorrecords.com/cornelius/

Emotions · Jul 12, 2006

I like Dotstream and Diahlex. Boundish has a cool look but not as interesting as the others. I hope they announce an US date for them.

Shiggy · Jul 12, 2006

Kiriku said:
I thought it was about this Cornelius: http://www.matadorrecords.com/cornelius/

It would make sense

bluemax · Jul 12, 2006

I love the music, is there a soundtrack being released?

Jonnyram · Jul 13, 2006

First impressions... dotstream is awesome.
More later

Emotions · Jul 13, 2006

Jonnyram said:
First impressions... dotstream is awesome.
More later

Whoa, thanks Jonny. You picked up the 3?

Lyte Edge · Jul 13, 2006

Definitely picking up Dotstream and Dialhex today; probably going to pass on Boundish. It just looks like it would get old within minutes. :/

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