{"id":276744,"date":"2021-07-27T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=276744"},"modified":"2021-07-27T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:19:09","slug":"super-meat-boy-limited-run-nintendo-switch-ps4-vita-pre-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/super-meat-boy-limited-run-nintendo-switch-ps4-vita-pre-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Meat Boy&#8217;s gnarly Limited Run box art can&#8217;t be unseen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pre-orders open July 30 for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS Vita physical editions of Super Meat Boy<\/h2>\n<p>While not as skin-crawling as some of the nastier too-realistic-for-this-world <a href=\"https:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/GrossUpCloseUp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">close-up shots<\/a> in <em>Ren &amp;<\/em> <em>Stimpy<\/em> (or even <em>SpongeBob<\/em>), I feel like the box art for the <em>Super Meat Boy<\/em> Limited Run physical edition is very much on that same wavelength. It fits, though. It&#8217;s the cover that this game, and fans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/edmund-mcmillen-interview-four-souls-requiem-farts-fans-fatherhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edmund McMillen&#8217;s worlds<\/a> in general, deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitedRunGames\/status\/1420057471431987200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jam-packed Twitter thread<\/a> this morning, Limited Run is opening pre-orders for physical copies of <em>Super Meat Boy<\/em> for <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/switch-limited-run-28-super-meat-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/copy-of-switch-limited-run-28-super-meat-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayStation 4<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/limited-run-81-super-meat-boy-vita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlayStation Vita<\/a> \u2014 it&#8217;s $30 across the board, and there&#8217;s a color manual tucked inside.<\/p>\n<p>All three versions are region-free. While the Switch and PS4 editions are &#8220;open&#8221; pre-orders, <em>Super Meat Boy<\/em>&#8216;s physical Vita version will only have 1,000 copies up for grabs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Standard Editions of Super Meat Boy on Vita &amp; Collector&#39;s Editions of Super Meat Boy on PS4, Switch, and Vita will be sold in limited quantity in two batches at 10 am and 6 pm ET on July 30. Copies of these editions will be limited to one per customer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qw8KrT849q\">pic.twitter.com\/qw8KrT849q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimitedRunGames\/status\/1420057477798842372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pay special attention (read: zoom in on) Bandage Girl, who&#8217;s made up of chewing-gum-pink bandages, and Dr. Fetus, who has creepy little baby hands.<\/p>\n<p>That standard release will cut it for most physical-game-likers, but there&#8217;s also a physical Collector&#8217;s Edition with a Meat Boy figure (from Fangamer), a veiny double-sided poster, and a &#8220;meat tray&#8221; for the capital-f Fans. It&#8217;s $75, and Limited Run is hosting pre-orders for <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/limited-run-28-super-meat-boy-collectors-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/limited-run-290-super-meat-boy-collectors-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PS4<\/a>, and yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/limited-run-81-super-meat-boy-collectors-edition-vita\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even Vita<\/a>, on the same day: July 30, starting at 7:00 a.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>One last stop for the midnight meat train: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-super-meat-boy-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Super Meat Boy Forever<\/em><\/a>, the auto-running platformer, is getting a Limited Run release across <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/switch-limited-run-super-meat-boy-forever-collectors-edition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/neo-frontpage\/products\/limited-run-291-super-meat-boy-forever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PS4<\/a> for $35.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious \u2014 have you gone back to replay <em>Super Meat Boy<\/em> in recent years? I truly don&#8217;t know how I ever kept up with this game. While I can still remember what it was <em>like<\/em> to be good at it, my skills have completely evaporated. No muscle memory to speak of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-orders open July 30 for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS Vita physical editions of Super Meat Boy While not as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":276746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[19968,19109,191,19111,19409,19114,2239],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":10,"display_name":"Jordan Devore","user_nicename":"jordan-devore"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/d220lhlugu3kfc.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Super-Meat-Boy-Limited-Run-Games-box-art.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","author_info":{"display_name":"Jordan Devore","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/jordan-devore\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d220lhlugu3kfc.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Super-Meat-Boy-Limited-Run-Games-box-art.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276744"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276766,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276744\/revisions\/276766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276744"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=276744"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=276744"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=276744"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=276744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}