<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2.5D	O
action	B-Application
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
digital	O
download	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Summer	O
of	O
Arcade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
'	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
an	O
escaped	O
science	O
experiment	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
explode	O
himself	O
repeatedly	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
works	O
his	O
way	O
through	O
obstacles	O
and	O
traps	O
trying	O
to	O
exit	O
the	O
fictional	O
laboratory	O
known	O
as	O
Big	O
Science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
voted	O
by	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
players	O
as	O
the	O
Best	O
Original	O
XBLA	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
eleventh	O
in	O
their	O
top	O
twenty-five	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
placed	O
thirteenth	O
overall	O
in	O
sales	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
year-end	O
2011	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
487,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
Ms.	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
character	O
,	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
fictional	O
laboratory	O
Big	O
Science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
includes	O
a	O
story	O
mode	O
consisting	O
of	O
fifty	O
levels	O
,	O
including	O
three	O
bosses	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
up	O
to	O
four-player	O
cooperative	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
fifty	O
coop-exclusive	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre-production	O
for	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
began	O
in	O
early	O
2008	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
winding	O
down	O
of	O
development	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Maw	I-Application
,	O
another	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-production	O
began	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
team	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
title	O
once	O
The	B-Application
Maw	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
released	O
a	O
press	O
announcement	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
called	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
onto	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
on	O
July	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
five	O
titles	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Summer	O
of	O
Arcade	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
premise	O
for	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
spawned	O
from	O
a	O
random	O
idea	O
proposed	O
by	O
Sean	O
Riley	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
made	O
a	O
downloadable	O
title	O
due	O
its	O
simplicity	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
creating	O
a	O
retail	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
stated	O
that	O
practically	O
any	O
platform	O
game	O
may	O
have	O
had	O
some	O
influence	O
on	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
though	O
they	O
credited	O
Earthworm	B-Application
Jim	I-Application
for	O
his	O
sense	O
of	O
humor	O
and	O
Sonic	O
the	O
Hedgehog	O
when	O
comparing	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leung	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
art	O
lead	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
words	O
of	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
director	O
James	O
Bear	O
,	O
"	O
ran	O
with	O
 [ it ] 	O
and	O
brought	O
 [ it ] 	O
to	O
life	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
to	O
provide	O
Avatar	O
Awards	O
to	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
has	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
port	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
to	O
other	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
no	O
traditional	O
downloadable	O
content	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
two	O
exclusive	O
levels	O
were	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
's	O
Comic	B-Application
Jumper	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Captain	I-Application
Smiley	I-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
unlocked	O
through	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Todd	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
called	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
original	O
platformers	O
to	O
come	O
down	O
the	O
road	O
in	O
a	O
while	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
the	O
price	O
was	O
"	O
very	O
reasonable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clubs	O
Samantha	O
Nelson	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
B+	O
and	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Unlike	O
many	O
platformers	O
that	O
are	O
packed	O
with	O
button-pressing	O
combos	O
to	O
master	O
,	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
revels	O
in	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
voted	O
by	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
community	O
as	O
the	O
Best	O
Original	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Game	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2009	O
Shadow	B-Application
Complex	I-Application
developer	O
Donald	O
Mustard	O
praised	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
recent	O
downloadable	O
games	O
,	O
specifically	O
mentioning	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
for	O
how	O
unique	O
it	O
and	O
others	O
are	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
September	O
2010	O
ranking	O
,	O
IGN	O
listed	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
eleventh	O
in	O
their	O
top	O
twenty-five	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
titles	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
four	O
other	O
Summer	O
of	O
Arcade	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
best-selling	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
title	O
during	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
August	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
over	O
390,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
developed	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
titled	O
Ms.	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
female	O
version	O
of	O
'	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
selected	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Josh	O
Bear	O
of	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
underlying	O
homage	O
to	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Bear	O
's	O
opinion	O
that	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
was	O
an	O
improvement	O
on	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
Ms.	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
likewise	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
advancement	O
on	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2011	O
,	O
Capcom	O
released	O
an	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
game	O
entitled	O
MaXplosion	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
several	O
similarities	O
to	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
CEO	O
Michael	O
Wilford	O
also	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
had	O
once	O
pitched	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
to	O
Capcom	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
rejected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
did	O
not	O
plan	O
to	O
take	O
legal	O
action	B-Application
against	O
Capcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capcom	O
responded	O
to	O
the	O
allegations	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
independently	O
by	O
Capcom	O
Mobile	O
,	O
a	O
different	O
division	O
from	O
the	O
one	O
that	O
had	O
discussions	O
with	O
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarities	O
to	O
Splosion	B-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
a	O
coincidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	O
Pixel	O
included	O
a	O
hidden	O
jab	O
towards	O
Capcom	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sequel	O
,	O
Ms.	B-Application
Splosion	I-Application
Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
finding	O
a	O
secret	O
area	O
the	O
character	O
Star	O
from	O
Comic	B-Application
Jumper	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
of	I-Application
Captain	I-Application
Smiley	I-Application
notices	O
similarities	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
ripoff	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
