Super Meat Boy 3D Coming Early 2026 – Official Announcement
▼ Summary
– Super Meat Boy 3D was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, set to release on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in early 2026.
– The game features fast, gory 3D platforming with obstacle courses and slidey physics, differing from the original 2D format.
– Super Meat Boy originated as a 2008 Flash game and became a hit for its ultra-hard, precise platforming and instant respawns.
– It’s unclear if original creator Edmund McMillen is involved in Super Meat Boy 3D, as he wasn’t part of the 2020 sequel.
– The trailer included a Mario warp pipe, despite no Nintendo console announcement, leaving its purpose unexplained.
The iconic platforming hero Super Meat Boy is making a bold leap into three dimensions with the announcement of Super Meat Boy 3D, slated for release in early 2026. Revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase, the game will bring its signature brutal difficulty and visceral action to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC platforms.
The debut trailer showcases exactly what fans would expect – lightning-fast gameplay packed with deadly obstacles designed to shred the crimson protagonist into bloody chunks. Meat Boy slides, jumps, and bounces through hazardous courses, leaving behind a gruesome trail of gore with every failed attempt. While the core mechanics remain familiar, the shift to 3D introduces new movement possibilities, altering how players navigate the environment and approach challenges.
Originally starting as a 2008 Flash game by Edmund McMillen and Jonathan McEntee, Super Meat Boy became a cult classic with its 2010 sequel, praised for its punishing precision platforming and instant respawns that kept frustration low despite sky-high difficulty. The series’ trademark brutality is amplified by its protagonist’s grotesque design featuring a fleshy, skinless boy constantly meeting grisly fates in saw blades and meat grinders.
Super Meat Boy Forever, a 2020 sequel developed without McMillen’s involvement, took the franchise in a new direction. Whether the original creator is contributing to this 3D iteration remains unclear.
Curiously, the trailer opens with a brief glimpse of a green Mario-style warp pipe, despite no current announcement of a Nintendo Switch version. Given the Xbox-focused showcase, this unexplained cameo has left fans speculating about potential surprises down the line.
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(Source: IGN)
