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News

Notebook Dump: Halo Bible Height, Cave Story And Xbox Champagne

10:20AM Stephen Totilo | There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? More »
Culture

Roll Up, Get Your Cave Story T-Shirts

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Cave Story seems to be getting bigger and bigger the closer it gets to a WiiWare release. Take, for example, these new t-shirts, due to go on sale later this year on Attractmode’s online store. More »
Media

It’s Cave Story Time, Kids

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Nintendo did some in-house promo vids during E3 for upcoming games. One of them is Cave Story! It has loads of gameplay footage! And appropriate recognition for the original developer! So let’s watch. More »
News

Nintendo Celebrates A Year Of WiiWare

1:20AM Mike Fahey | Nintendo celebrates the first year of WiiWare titles, highlighting some of the platforms big releases while looking forward to even greater games to come. More »

Cave Story Wii Has A Little Extra Something

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Cave Story Wii isn’t the same Cave Story you already know and already love. For starters, it’s getting a graphical facelift, character art and all. But that’s not all; it’s also getting downloadable content. More »

Cave Story WiiWare Trailer

6:00AM Luke Plunkett | Well, here it is moving. Looks wonderful. Excuse the sound though, it’s a work-in-progress. More »

Meet The New Cave Story Hero, Same As The Old Cave Story Hero

3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Remember that Cave Story graphics comparison we ran a while back? Showing how the upcoming Wii version was making some slight, yet tasteful, changes to the way the game’s characters looked? Got another one for you today. And it’s probably the most radical, not to mention important, of the lot. Look at his little nose! And his little haircut! And the cute little details on his cute little cap! Melts the heart, it does. More »

Cave Story Wii Makes Me Want A New Wii

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | My current Wii doesn’t get much use. OK, it gets no use. But that’s not to say I wouldn’t turn down the chance to get another one! Though it couldn’t just be any Wii. If I had to get a new Wii – and Nintendo wouldn’t let me have one of those HDD-equipped ones – I’d want this one. Because if I got it, how many other people could say they owned a Wii that had been doodled all over by Pixel, the dude who created Cave Story? Doodles of Cave Story characters, all over both the console and the controllers? Not many people, that’s how many. More »

Cave Story Graphics Comparison, PC v Wii

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | In case you missed it, Cave Story is coming to the Wii. As a WiiWare title. If you don’t have a PC and don’t mind paying for a free PC game, there is no question, you should get this game. But just in case there are any questions, know that the Wii version isn’t a straight-up port. It’s having its graphics tarted up. Like a HD remix, except, not really in HD. Above is King. On the left, King from the PC version. On the right, King from the Wii version. After the jump, same thing, except for Toroko. Looks great, a lot more like the character art from the cutscenes, but I’m sure some people will still find some reason to complain about this graphical treason. More »