" Shift Attack, Fishy..."- Naija's description
Naija is an unlockable guest character in Super Meat Boy, exclusive to the PC versions of the game.
General information[]
Appearance[]
Naija is a Mithalan, a teal, humanoid, amphibious creature with a slender build, short, white hair, webbed feet, and webbed, ear-like appendages. Her clothing consists of dark blue wrist and knee guards and a top with a belly window and brown breastplates.
Origin[]
Naija originates from Aquaria, a 2007 indie action game developed by Bit Blot. In the game, Naija is the player character, and begins an adventure to recover her memories. In the game, she has many abilities controlled by her singing, including the powerful dashing form seen in Super Meat Boy.
Gameplay[]
Movement[]
Ability[]
How to unlock[]
Naija can be unlocked by collecting 50 bandages. This can be accomplished as early as The Salt Factory.
Bugs[]
- Naija is known to occasionally clip through walls.
- While this is the case with all characters when a lag spike occurs, Naija can simply clip through ledges at a certain angle.
- An example of the exploit can be found here.
- In the OGversion of the game, the clips will work sometimes. While in 1.2.5, the clipping is always consistent.
- Pressing pause while holding Special will cause her to keep that state after letting go. She can also wall jump with this glitch, which can gain her a humongous amount of height.
Trivia[]
- In the PC speedrunning, Naija is considered the fastest character, and is used in ILs and in runs that unlock her. Some neglect her as they may find it too difficult to control her dashing movements or would rather play as Meat Boy (or any other character).
- Nevertheless, her dash ability is especially useful for experienced players, and it is proven that the wall clip exploit is a useful strategy to use.
Related achievements[]
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| I smell Something Fishy... | |
| Unlock Naija (50 bandages) | ||
| Super Meat Boy characters | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All versions | ||||||
 Meat Boy |
 Bandage Girl |
 8-Bit Meat Boy |
 4-Bit Meat Boy |
 4-Color Meat Boy |
 Meat Ninja |
 Brownie* |
 Commander Video |
 Jill |
 Ogmo |
 Flywrench |
 The Kid |
 Alien Hominid |
 Tim** |
| Console exclusives | ||||||
 Gish |
 Spelunky |
 Pink Knight |
 The Ninja | |||
| PC exclusives | ||||||
 Headcrab |
 Josef |
Naija |
 RunMan |
 Captain Viridian |
 Steve |
 Goo Ball* |
 Tofu Boy* | ||||||
| Other/Unselectable | ||||||
 Potato Boy |
 Dr. Fetus | |||||
| * = Requires code input ** = Requires code input on PC only | ||||||