Huzzah? Cave Story may be headed to WiiWare [update]
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 29th 2008 at 5:00PM }
This is definitely the best possibly-fake news we've heard in a while. Apparently, Doukutsu Monogatari (Cave Story) creator Pixel has asked everyone developing ports of his masterpiece (including the PlayStation 3 Linux version) to stop their work.According to Amigaworld.net, who reported on the cancellation of the Amiga OS4 version, the reason for the cutoff of port projects is that Cave Story is planned for release on WiiWare. The implication here is that this version of Cave Story will be official and Pixel-approved (or, ideally, Pixel-developed). We hope this is true, because we would love to play Cave Story on the Wii, and we'd love to give Pixel some money for the privilege.
[Update: Amigaworld redacted the previous statement. Apparently it's all some kind of misunderstanding.]
[Via Indie Games]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dignan17 @ Jul 29th 2008 5:34PM
YES!! I LOVE this game. The gameplay is some of the best I've found in years.
Alaska Nebraska @ Jul 29th 2008 5:42PM
I love Pixel, he is one of my favorite game developers of all time. And I would be more than happy to pay for his work. But if this rumor IS true, I can't help but feel he was forced into it...
Ferco @ Jul 29th 2008 5:55PM
Amigaworld has unfortunately said that it was a big misunderstanding, Cave Story won't appear on wiiware.
pakkman781 @ Jul 29th 2008 6:18PM
Personally, I think this game is better suited for portables. Luckily, there's a great PSP port:
http://cavestorypsp.googlepages.com/
Looks like the DS port never quite came through tho...
ejamer @ Jul 29th 2008 6:51PM
Shame that it's not gonna happen. I'd love to see Cave Story playable on either my DS or Wii.
Unfortunately I don't own a PSP, and Cave Story just isn't enough to convince me to change that...
Blue_Falcon @ Jul 29th 2008 9:47PM
This news made me happy like a little school girl...and then crushed my soul.
Crazylink @ Jul 30th 2008 9:18AM
What a coincidence, I was just asking /v/ if anyone was working on a homebrew version.