Some Wiimakes are worth waiting for. Er, let us rephrase. One Wii-bound remake is worth waiting for: Cave Story. But with developer Nicalis playing the hermit through Thanksgiving and the month of December, the outlook was quickly bleak-ening. Had the recession starved dead this fragile indie? Was WiiWare destined to mire in sandy beaches? The holiday season passed without a glimmer of hope -- a promise unfulfilled.
But with the coming of the New Year, we renewed our faith, depositing 2000 Wii Points into our account -- just for Cave Story. Lo and behold, our call was answered! Nicalis emerged from the darkness, a so-called "night game" this week to bring testament: "Cave Story for Wii hasn't been killed," pledged the developer. "Truth be told we did try to make it in time for Christmas, however, we weren't able to do so." Fair enough.
Nicalis continued: "We're still working ... to make sure it's faithful to Amaya-san's original while adding a few things for the console release." Wait for it ... "One of these new additions, I'm happy to announce" -- almost there -- "is Download Content." Hmmm, an uncertain path for sure. Will it be "oh, here, buy this character we forgot to add" or "and here's that time trial mode you wanted ... for a little more" kinda DLC? Or, a legitimate expansion of the story -- beyond the cave, so to speak? Back to the waiting game for us.
(In the meantime, Nicalis has posted its updated Curly sprite -- seen above, on the right; and reminded us of the game preview in the January EGM -- the last issue in print ... ever!)
Reader Comments (26)
Posted: Jan 9th 2009 1:56PM Esat Dedezade said
Wow! Before it was just a shapeless blob.
But now I'd TOTALLY tap that!
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But now I'd TOTALLY tap that!
Posted: Jan 9th 2009 2:15PM (Unverified) said
This is *exactly* the kind of thing that is wrong with DLC. I can't understand how Joystiq defends/advocates DLC at all.
Gouged, gouged, gouged - that's all we're getting this gen.
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Gouged, gouged, gouged - that's all we're getting this gen.
Posted: Jan 9th 2009 2:19PM Esat Dedezade said
True...
Unless you were a masochist and/or in to S&M, in which case you would probably appreciate all of the gouging.
Just thought I'd shed some of my unique input, I hope that's ok :)
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Unless you were a masochist and/or in to S&M, in which case you would probably appreciate all of the gouging.
Just thought I'd shed some of my unique input, I hope that's ok :)
Posted: Jan 9th 2009 2:41PM (Unverified) said
no, TWO wii remakes are worth waiting for: Cave Story, and Klonoa.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 6:19PM bm111 said
Cave Story, Klonoa, and I'd say Pikmin 1 & 2, and Metroid Prime 1 & 2, are all worth waiting for. In the past, RE4 and Okami were -well- worth waiting for. What's not worth waiting for are new Nintendo related post by JRW, each of which is basically a remake of the last. Or should I say port. :(
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 2:42PM (Unverified) said
the guy has been giving his games away for years. I think he's intitled to a couple bucks for some dlc stuff.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 3:09PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
Braid, while fun and artistically beautiful, was shallow and short. I almost regret downloading it. $15 was a bit much for how short it was. $10 would've been a better value.
Cave Story, however, is certainly much longer than Braid. And I can't imagine them charging much for it, given how the PC original (and it's many ports) are free.
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Cave Story, however, is certainly much longer than Braid. And I can't imagine them charging much for it, given how the PC original (and it's many ports) are free.
Posted: Jan 9th 2009 3:46PM (Unverified) said
A killer app for the Wii being a remake/rehash as opposed to an entirely new, original game. Shocker.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 4:37PM (Unverified) said
Oh no, he said something bad about a game system. He must be trolling.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2009 4:44PM (Unverified) said
So Cave Story has a retardedly vague story that it doesn't have to answer for since its an "art game" and "the point is for you to figure it out yourself"?
Shit, might as well just slap some Tactical Espionage Action on the title and call it a day
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Shit, might as well just slap some Tactical Espionage Action on the title and call it a day
Posted: Jan 10th 2009 2:53AM (Unverified) said
Can I get Jade and Lara Croft alternate costumes?
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