Burried in this official press release for Nintendo's E3-killing press conference is a little nugget of sprite-based gold that got me so happy, I actually gave my computer monitor the thumbs-up. Cave Story, the totally free 2D action/platformer, is making the jump to retail release on WiiWare sometime before 2009. At least, that's what I'm inferring NoA means by "Holiday 2008". Not only that, but the port will receive some new stuff, the details of which remain unknown. If it's anything like the new stuff Tumiki Fighters and de Blob received in their jumps from PC freeware to Wii retail, then we're in for something good.
The first time I heard about Cave Story was back in February when our resident game analyst supreme, Anthony Burch, profiled the title. After reading that post, I played Cave Story for half an hour and thought "Wow, that's awesome! I can't wait to finish it!" Here we are months later and I still haven't done so, as PC gaming doesn't work for a guy like me. Every moment I'm on the computer, I'm either scouring for news about videogames, writing about videogames, or making sprites for videogames. To have Cave Story on my TV and away from all the tempting "work" that my PC offers will be more than worth the price (probably $5 or $10).
Speaking of sprite making, who wants me to make a Cave Story sprite for the next revision of the Mega Man Maker?
[Via GoNintendo and Pedro's Cblog]
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6:40 PM on 10.02.2008
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So is Nintendo publishing this? I seem to recall Pixel either refused to accept donations from people who felt he deserved some payment for the game or when asked he said he's just happy people enjoy his work. I wonder what the details of the deal are and who is working on the new content/features.
I'll probably buy it as well even though I too have played through it already.
you think both cave story and megaman 9 will be available on dsi ware I'd rather them on the go
http://cavestorypsp.googlepages.com/
Not wanting to play on PC is no excuse. (Note: the script errors are not distracting. There's about 5 cases where enemies appear before the edge of the screen because of widescreen, and there's two lines of dialog that have the last character cut off. All and all, I think it plays better on PSP than even the original PC version)
Oh, and buy the game when it hits the Wii!
The only thing that bugged me about that game was that there is apparently multiple endings, but no discernible way to get a particular one. :S
@Koholint:
You'd say something like that wouldn't you.
I agree, but now I'm concerned over script changes.
Anyway, this is awesome. We all owe it to the game's creators to buy it and make it a hit, if you can. Doesn't matter if it is/was free. Support indies. Buy it.
I even looked for your old c-blog for reference, but couldn't find it.
I hide all my older blog posts, so I can use the comment tracker to track new threads. (I hope I'm not the only one who has to do that.) Of course, if Niero fixes that, you'll be able to find all my wonderous blog posts... :)
Thanks for the votes of confidence, Jonathan and Sam. I love how poor my timing is. :)
heres hoping that this trend continues, and we see noitu love 2 and fez on wiiware. too much good news for the wii.
I say stupidly, because I went after it without the knowledge of how much of a nightmare the last hidden dungeon was going to be. So there my save sits, right before the final dungeon and I still haven't beaten the game, because I suck :(
Still tho, one of the most wonderfully crafted 2D games I've seen in a long time. Especially when you consider it was entirely made by one man.
For those few of you bitching about this not being free, no one is forcing you to buy it.