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{{quote|"It's a basic story. Life and death. It's the story of a human's life. You are nothing--or are you? And then you are, and then what do you do with your life? And then it ends. No one really knows before you're born and then you die. People have beliefs but nobody really knows."|'''Alex Neuse'''}}
Alright, let's put this [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|as straight as possible]]: you are playing [[Atari 2600]] games [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|while high on acid]]. While listening to [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] music. Nothing could be [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|more awesome]].
''Bit.Trip'' is a series of [[Rhythm Game|rhythm games]], originally for [[Wii Ware]], developed by Gaijin Games. The specific games are:
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* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Conspicuously averted in ''Bit.Trip Flux'', in which every beat is the same color, including the ones that bounce back and must be hit again an instant later.
* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: If you die in ''Bit.Trip Void'', you have the choice between accepting your current score for the high score list, or losing all your points to continue. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwFAbnc6elY Averted] somewhat in ''Bit.Trip Runner''. If you hit an obstacle in one of the stages, you just get instantly shunted back to the start of the stage to do it all over (although you do have to re-get all the points you got up to the point you 'died'). There is no limit as to how many times this can happen: just keep going until you get it. Note that this does not apply to Retro Challenges, which are just there to give you bonus points. Though at a certain point, going through a level over and over only to die on a point near the end gets painful.
* [[Cosmetic Award]]: The "PERFECT!" acknowledgment on the scoreboard. This does extend to real life as getting the elusive title gives you [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204956/http://commandervideo.com/perfects.html name recognition on the official site].
* [[Crapsack World]]: Triumph in ''Bit.Trip Runner'', and all of ''Bit.Trip Fate''.
* [[Crossover]]: [[Meat Boy]] and [[Robotube Games|Mr. Robotube]].
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* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: CommandgirlVideo.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Every game name except ''Bit.Trip Runner'' and ''Bit.Trip Complete'' is only four characters long. In addition, most of them are pretty descriptive of gameplay: ''Bit.Trip Runner'' is about... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|running]], ''Bit.Trip Void'' has you controlling a movable black hole, and so on.
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: ''Bit.Trip Fate'' seems to have this going on... even [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927124024/http://www.bittripgame.com/images/box-FATE.png the WiiWare icon for the game] has [[Black Blood]] dripping from it. And for even more credence, ''Bit.Trip Runner'''s [[The Stinger|stinger]] had the [[Big Bad]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI21HtsIzic wishing death upon CommanderVideo]. {{spoiler|And the Commander does die at the end of the game in a [[Suicide Attack]]}}.
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: ''Bit.Trip Beat'' has you playing a game of ''[[Breakout]]'' for one boss and an ''authentic game of [[Pong]]'' for another, at which points the rhythm aspect of the game would be completely set aside. Though if you listen closely, the bouncing of the ball from the walls and paddles does kinda follow the rhythm.
* [[Variable Mix]]:
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** In games after ''Bit.Trip Beat'', "Nether" has a metronome to help you out.
** In ''Bit.Trip Flux'', the music doesn't change, but instead the instrument used when Beats hit the paddle and leave the screen change... all the way up to a ''violin'' in Meta mode.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926092706/http://www.bittripgame.com/bittrip-beat.html The website] [
* {{spoiler|[[A Winner Is You]]}}: At the end of ''Bit.Trip Flux'', you are presented with {{spoiler|a GAME OVER screen}}. It is, by far, the best parody of the trope.
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