Bright, sugary piano notes tumbling over each other like a music box on fast forward. Laura Shigihara's Super Sweet Boy is her four-track contribution to the Super Meat Boy 5th Anniversary re-score, covering Cotton Alley for the PS4 and Vita release.
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Cotton Candy floats with this airy, playful warmth that completely contrasts the brutal precision platforming underneath it, and Bandage Girl Boogie flips the mood with a darker, bouncier groove for the Dark World version.
The menu tracks tie it together with short but melodically rich loops. Four tracks, barely ten minutes, but Shigihara packs real personality into every second. If you played Super Meat Boy on PlayStation and wondered why Cotton Alley suddenly felt adorable instead of punishing, this is why.