Cave Story remake coming to 3DS

If you haven’t gotten enough Cave Story from the original PC version, the WiiWare port, and the recent DSiWare release, Nicalis has another project in the works for the revered indie game: a new 2.5D remake for the 3DS!

Nicalis and Cave Story creator Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya have teamed up with NIS America to release a new version of the game with 3D graphics (though still presented as a side-scrolling, Metroidvania-type game), stereoscopic 3D effects, remixed music by a mystery composer, and some new content this summer.

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Cave Story WiiWare’s holiday outfits

If you downloaded Cave Story’s recent WiiWare update, you should see a special Halloween sprite for Quote! Sorry for the crappy TV photos — in case you can’t tell from our blurry images, the game’s hero has a new goth look. I hear there’s a jack-o-lantern Mimiga mask somewhere, too?

This isn’t the only holiday outfit Nicalis added to the update. Someone uncovered a Christmas-themed skin for Quote, complete with a red nose and a Santa hat:

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Three Cave Story audio treats

Since Nicalis’ Cave Story WiiWare update release two days ago — which fixed critical issues with the game’s music (while addressing other bugs and adding GameCube controller support) — I’ve seen several items pop up about its audio. They’re not super-secrets or mind-blowingly awesome, but I gathered the audio treats, much like Quote collected those puppies, for you in this post!:

1. You can access a sound test feature in the WiiWare game by opening the Options menu, highlighting the New/Old music option, and hitting ‘1’ or ‘2’ on the Wii Remote (or Classic/GameCube controller equivalents) to cycle through the soundtrack. You can do this for both the original and remixed music.

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Cave Story revealed for DSiWare

The latest issue of Nintendo Power gave up the Cave Story secret that really wasn’t much of a secret: the revered indie PC/WiiWare game is coming to DSiWare!

There’s no details yet on what’s new in this downloadable version or when it will release, but I expect we’ll hear more about Cave Story for DSiWare from Nicalis very soon.

Buy: Nintendo DSi XL (Blue, Burgundy, & Bronze), Standard Nintendo DSi (White, Pink, Black, & Blue)

See also: More Cave Story!

[Via Nintendo Power #260 TOC, Image of Balrog’s face via RavenWorks]

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Nicalis considering more Cave Story ports

Nicalis and Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya (Cave Story’s creator) are reportedly considering more console adaptations for Cave Story beyond WiiWare. Neither have announced specific platforms they’re leaning towards, but it’s not like there are dozens to choose from: XBLA, PSN, DSiWare, and Apple’s App Store are the likely contenders.

A commercial portable release would be especially welcome — remember how  RavenWorks was working on a sanctioned Cave Story port for GBA and then DS a while back? The demo he put out (no longer available) had a lot of promise! From what I’ve heard, the game’s homebrew PSP port is quite nice, too.

Nicalis has also mentioned bringing more of Pixel’s games (e.g. Guxt, Ikachan) to consoles. The studio is playing around with the original PC version of the Cave Story for something, and “the very different, rarely seen Cave Story Beta”, too. It’s great to hear they’ve got more in the works than just NightSky and La Mulana!

No word yet on when Cave Story’s European release or a fix for the music problems. The studio did show something secret at TGS, though, according to Destructoid…

Buy: Nintendo Points Cards

See also: More Cave Story!

[Via Destructoid, Image via Koutaro]

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