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What is 'Splosion Man?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/splosionmanxboxlivearcade/

Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man—it was Splosion Man™. "And all who saw him were 'sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat." Able to 'splode himself at will, Splosion Man launches his way through levels, an uncontainable force. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award-winning The Maw, comes a single- or co-op multiplayer experience that 'splodes like no other.

* Single-player adventure: Play through 50 single-player levels split into three environmentally different chapters as Splosion Man escapes the underground Big Science Labs where he was created.
* Multiplayer action: Jump into 50 multiplayer levels supporting up to four player co-op split into three different chapters.
* Bonuses: Get free unlockable premium dashboard theme, gamerpics, and Avatar accessories.
* Visual style: The personality and humor shine through in film-like cinematics and hundreds of in-game animations. Vivid and colorful graphics advance character animation and emotion.
* Hours of fun: Splosion Man is a retail game's amount of content that can be downloaded from the comfort of your own living room.
* Musical talent: The original music score is from award-winning composers Joshua R. Mosley (single-player levels) and John DeBorde (multiplayer levels).

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/20199/Summer-of-Arcade-Release-Schedule-Updated/

July 22: Splosion Man™ | 800 Microsoft Points

(Twisted Pixel Games/Microsoft Game Studios): Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man - it was a Splosion Man. "And all who saw him were sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat." Able to splode himself at will, the Splosion Man launches his way through levels as an uncontainable force. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award winning The Maw™, Splosion Man will keep you on your toes as you play through more than 50 single-player levels and 50 multiplayer levels. Nominated by GameSpy, Gamespot, IGN, and 411mania, this meat-riddled splosion-fest took several Best of E3 awards including Best Platformer and Best Downloadable Game.

Screenshots:

Video:

1up.com Game Night
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3175070

Gamespy
http://media.xbox360.gamespy.com/media/143/14337964/vids_1.html

Gametrailers
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/splosion-man/11267

IGN XBLA
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/143/14337964/vids_1.html

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query='Splosion+Man+&search_type=&aq=f

The Splode Beneath My Splosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKjxErG5rg

Donut Song Download
http://www.zshare.net/download/63013121bf785686/

Previews:

IGN
http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1000821p1.html

Team Xbox
http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/2370/Splosion-Man/p1/

Gaming-Age
http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/previews/preview.pl?sys=xbox360&game=splosion_man

IndieGames.com
http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2009/05/preview_splosion_man_twisted_p.html

Achievements:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/splosion-man/achievements/

There are 12 achievements with a total of 200 points.

Get Them Out of Our Schools 10
Eliminate 10 Scientists and stop them from spreading their filthy lies.

Master of Controls 10
Master the mastery of controlling your controls.

You're the Best Around! 25
Complete the Single Player game.

A Little Help from Your Friends 25
Complete the Multiplayer game.

Omaha Steaks®, Delicious! 15
Create 5,000 filets.

Not a Portal Reference 25
Collect all 47 cakes in Single Player mode.

Sugar High 25
Collect all 47 cakes in Multiplayer mode.

Get Over Yourselves 10
Select "Credits" from the "Help & Options" menu and watch the whole thing.

Only Gandhi Would Be Proud 10
How long can you handle being a pacifist?

Lay Off the Caffeine 10
Let your hyper little brother play the game for a bit.

All Hail The Splode King 25
Complete the Single Player game in Hardcore mode.

Eventual Destruction of a Galaxy 10
Be on the lookout for an old friend.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The Splode Beneath My Splosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKjxErG5rg

 

[McBacon]

The Maw was funny, very endearing and enjoyable to play. Twisted Pixel has my money.

And hopefully this gets maw attention that their previous game. Lol, I'm hilarious.

 

[ACE 1991]

You might want to include the Giantbomb quick look in there.

 

[chewydogg]

I enjoyed The Maw very much, I'll certainly be buying this game.

 

[eggybob]

4 player co-op. . .YES PLEASE.

 

[TheOddOne]

I'm having a splosion in my pants. I'll splode all over day one.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I don't think I will even need to check out the free trial version first for this one.

 

[jon bones]

this game looks awesome but i was on the fence initially

4p local co-op sealed the deal beyond belief

also, those are some hilarious ass achievements

 

[murderous apple]

4 player co-op. . .YES PLEASE.

Aww hell yeeah! Definitely be picking this one up after my experience with The Maw.

 

[Coin Return]

I've got 800 points left from BF1943 and Monkey Island, looks like 'Splosion Man is getting them.

 

[bigGIRLSblouse]

The Maw was very solid and I like their style.. from the videos this looks fantastic.

 

[EagleEyes]

Day 1 for me. Absolutely loved the Maw and this looks even better. Can't freakin wait.

 

[Gagaman]

Great character, reminds me of the Pepperoni mascot.

 

[Foob]

wait, what? this comes out next week? I thought it was in August

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I spent an absurd amount of time staring at 'Splosion Dude's ass.

 

[FateBreaker]

Like others have said, I will buy because Twisted Pixel has automatically earned my money for another game. The Maw was so, soooooo good.

 

[bigGIRLSblouse]

wait, what? this comes out next week? I thought it was in August

They adjusted release dates soon after the first announcement.

 

[Majora]

This is probably the Summer Of Arcade game I'm looking forward to the most. Good old-fashioned platforming. The Maw was a nice, charming game with excellent presentation which became a bit annoying because of how slow you seemed to move. No problems with speed here so I hope the level design is good and inventive enough to span all those levels.

 

[SapientWolf]

This is probably the Summer Of Arcade game I'm looking forward to the most. Good old-fashioned platforming. The Maw was a nice, charming game with excellent presentation which became a bit annoying because of how slow you seemed to move. No problems with speed here so I hope the level design is good and inventive enough to span all those levels.

Some of the timed exploding barrel jumps get pretty insane. I got a little bit of a Super Magnetic Neo vibe.

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

This has a shot at my GOTY, honestly. Looks completely amazing, and this is the video that sold me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmNPMXR_J9o

I want to see the 4 player Co-Op. Why is there no footage of one of the games most amazing bulletpoints? XBLA games are so poorly advertised with footage before their release :/

 

[Kilrogg]

Wait, are this game and the game featuring a sort of yellow and red Megaman lookalike one and the same? If so, wasn't this supposed to come out on WiiWare (and maybe PSN) too?

[EDIT] Wait, no, I remember, that's Explodemon.

 

[Shig]

Some of the timed exploding barrel jumps get pretty insane. I got a little bit of a Super Magnetic Neo vibe.

Hot damn, Now yer talkin' my language! I really liked SMN.

 

[Cynar]

The Splode Beneath My Splosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsKjxErG5rg

:lol

after I get mvc2 this is first on my list for when I have more points

 

[Carlisle]

Oh man. July 22 is going to be a day of profit for MS. And a day of weeping for my wallet. Why release two Summer of Arcade games on the same damn day?

It's also my GF's bday

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

Oh wow, the trailer on http://www.splosionman.com/ is amazing, and shows the multiplayer! Synchronised Sploding? :lol

 

[Cynar]

Oh man. July 22 is going to be a day of profit for MS. And a day of weeping for my wallet. Why release two Summer of Arcade games on the same damn day?

It's also my GF's bday

two? I thought it was just splosion man

 

[Nif]

At the moment, this is the Summer of Arcade title I'm most looking forward to. The videos all look really fun.

 

[atomsk]

holy fuck this is next week?

yessssssssss

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

Oh shit son. The entire soundtrack is up on http://www.splosionman.com/ for free! I'm gonna wait to play the game before downloading it!

Also seems theyre going to be giving real stuff away to the best Time Trials and top of the boards!

Win this Splosion Man Trophy and a signed poster by getting the best time in the single-player level 3-8 during the week of September 6th-12th.

I have no chance, but thats damn cool and I want one

 

[Daigoro]

the Maw bored me to tears, but ill give the demo a shot.

 

[Carlisle]

two? I thought it was just splosion man

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is also 7/22.

 

[painey]

the guy sounds like Angry Scots from Worms 2

 

[Kibbles]

I need 400 more points. Bah!

 

[ZeroCoin]

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is also 7/22.

Did Re-Shelled get pushed back up? I thought it swapped places with 'Splosion Man.

 

[Community Forum]

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is also 7/22.

wrong

 

[Owzers]

is this anything like Cloning Clide? It kinda reminds me of it and i got bored with that game rather fast, although it was solid.

 

[bestami]

Is there going to be a pc release for this one ? Maw had a pc release as far as i know.

 

[CitizenCope]

My 360 isn't going to have a disc inside it all summer is it?

 

[Dark Octave]

I guess I better finish The Maw this weekend.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Wow, next week? Got completely wrapped up in BF and forgot.
Awesome, they just keep coming.

 

[Aphallatosis]

This will be my first XBLA purchase since Symphony of the Night. Game looks great.

 

[RBH]

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is also 7/22.

Nope, Turtles got pushed back.

 

[Gowans]

My last 800points are waiting for this then 1200 for Shadow Complex

 

[StriKeVillain]

* Bonuses: Get free unlockable premium dashboard theme, gamerpics, and Avatar accessories.

Why isn't anyone talking about this? We can unlock all these from within the game?

 

[Shig]

Why isn't anyone talking about this? We can unlock all these from within the game?

They did something similar with the Maw. But yeah, that's awesome and everyone should be doing it.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

They did something similar with the Maw. But yeah, that's awesome and everyone should be doing it.

Think Undertow did it too.

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

Why isn't anyone talking about this? We can unlock all these from within the game?

Looks like theyve gone all out with the extras packed in between the free premium theme, avatar accessories, gamerpics, soundtrack free to download from the site and real life prizes to the tops of the leaderboards. You must all buy Splosion Man. Every last one of you!!

 

[Phoenix Fang]

I wasn't really interested in this game but I will buy this just because of how awesome these guys are. They give you free stuff by having you unlock it in the game. That alone gets them my support and a big thumbs up. Instead of having you pay for premium stuff they have you play for it. This is bought day 1 and I will push for some of the studios I deal with to do the samething.

 

[Jonsoncao]

i got tonz of spacebucks shure will buy this