Nintendo

Cave Story: The Five-Year Quest For Cute

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In 2004 billions of files were uploaded onto the internet, destined to be forgotten. As these files drowned under each other, one small game created by a Japanese office worker crawled out from the swirling pool of images, text, music, and cat memes to become something of a phenomenon. The game was Cave Story, and this is the Cave Story story.


November 10, 2011
News

The Cave Story Soundtrack Goes Heavy Metal

Cave Story already has a pretty damn good soundtrack, but as with all things, it can be improved by being dipped in liquid fire and rendered into heavy metal. Thankfully there’s Erik Peabody, who has released his new 7-track album “Made of Metal” upon the world.


November 9, 2011
Nintendo

Hey Kids, Cave Story Is Now Out On The 3DS, And It Looks Like This

From NIS America and original developer Nicalis comes Cave Story 3D, a game that graphically overhauls a title that really needed no graphical overhaul. How’d that work out? Let’s take a quick look.


October 15, 2011
Nintendo

Enjoy A Ton Of Tiny, Cute Screens From Cave Story 3D

I continue to find myself looking forward to Cave Story 3D on the 3DS — something about the game’s look seems like it will really lend itself to both portable play and to the 3DS’s screen (and hopefully, controls). In fact, I might just be looking forward to this game more than any other upcoming 3DS title except perhaps for Super Mario 3D Land.


September 29, 2011
Nintendo

This Isn’t My Cave Story, But I Could Learn To Love It

Fan’s of Studio Pixel’s original sprite-based indie PC hit Cave Story might be put off by the polygon graphics of the 3DS remake. Perhaps the game’s 2D sprite mode will make the transition easier.


June 28, 2011
News

Cave Story 3D Delayed, Now Going Up Against… Modern Warfare 3

The lovely-looking 3DS port of the popular side-scrolling action game Cave Story has been bumped from a planned summer release to November 8, right in there against the likes of Skyrim (November 11) and Modern Warfare 3 (November 8).


February 11, 2011
PC

Cult PC Game Being Remade For The 3DS

Cave Story, an indie PC game released over six years ago, is still winning new fans today following subsequent releases on the Wii and DS. Now it’s being remade, in 3D, for Nintendo’s newest handheld.


December 10, 2010

Aussie Nintendo Store: Now with more Cave Story

Kotaku AU

Today is a huge day for video game fans and, well, Australia. Not only do we find out the verdict of the R18+ Rating but we get the glory that is Cave Story for WiiWare. Both the R18+ and Cave Story have nearly taken as long to come to fruition as each other. Well almost.


November 30, 2010
News

The Nintendo Download: Two Cave Stories Are Better Than One

Nicalis’ adorable retro adventure Cave Story returns to the Nintendo Download in two new flavours: A double-screened DSiWare version and a free WiiWare demo. Only a raccoon playing disc golf could make this week any better.


September 23, 2010
News

Nintendo Power: Cave Story Going Portable

Cave Story, the delightful shooter-platformer released via WiiWare early this year, looks like it will hit another Nintendo platform soon. The new issue of Nintendo Power lists Cave Story for DSiWare in its new game index.