Rondo of Blood hit the Virtual Console today, and it's awesome. To have one of the most sought after and critically acclaimed 2D action/platformers ever made for a mere nine bucks seems too good to be true. That's not an easy act to follow, but if there is any game that has a chance at outshining Rondo, it's Cave Story.
The game hits WiiWare exactly one week from today, and I couldn't be more excited. To get a brief idea of how the game looks (and sounds) check out the video above. Not only will you get a sense of what kind of improvements the game has seen since it's freeware days (including Time Attack and Boss Rush modes), but you'll also get a peek into the minds of Pixel (the game's creator) and Nicalis (the man responsible for the WiiWare port). I especially like the bit where Pixel talks about how to change soap into a videogame character. These guys are clearly making games for the right reasons, and I love them for it.
In other Cave Story news, it looks like Quote wont be the only playable character this time around. These screens from Wiiz.fr show that Quote's little robo-moe pal Curly Brace might be getting into the action solo, and not just as the occasional attack-assistant. Quite righteous indeed.
In case you missed it, we ranked Cave Story 23rd on our top 100 games of the last decade list. Yeah, it's a good game alright, and these additions will only make it better. If you don't buy this game, then aren't you sort of a jackass?
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The Wii sucks because this game isn't on the PS3/360. :F
I'm glad that this is finally coming out, after months of it being pushed back. I wonder what goodies they're gonna throw in that we don't know already. ...I also hope my skill hasn't eroded too badly since the last time I played.
ive played this game so many times, but you better believe i'll be downloading it again next week.
i hope it sells really well and everyone involved gets to take a vacation.
I just discover this game a few games ago (feel free to insult me) and I loved the art, style, music, difficult, everything, right now i'm stucked, but who cares, this is an instabuy for the Wii
I will definitely check out Cave Story on the Wii. I played a little bit of the PC version way back when, but couldn't get into it because playing games with a keyboard suckkkssssss.
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3:00 AM on 03.16.2010
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A week is too long to wait for this game.
I'm glad that this is finally coming out, after months of it being pushed back. I wonder what goodies they're gonna throw in that we don't know already. ...I also hope my skill hasn't eroded too badly since the last time I played.
i hope it sells really well and everyone involved gets to take a vacation.