Cave Story coming to WiiWare this year
by JC Fletcher 
{ Oct 2nd 2008 at 2:00PM }
If you're not familiar with Cave Story, we're very sorry. Also, it's a freeware PC game created by one designer named Pixel; we happen to think that the tile-based action/platformer is the best example of the "Metroidvania" genre ever created -- better than Super Metroid, better than Symphony of the Night. And now it's going to be on WiiWare by the end of the year with "new, exclusive content and features created only for the WiiWare version."
We desperately hope it's Pixel himself doing all the creating, but in any case, this is the best news ever and we're going to go roll around on the floor.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
yomachaser @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:14PM
Oh my! So much win!
Ferco @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:28PM
For reals this time?
Dopple Boppler @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:58PM
Yes, I freaked out when I saw this. As excited as I was for new Punch-Out (and believe me, I was fangasming all over the place), WiiWare version of Cave Story is the greatest Nintendo news I've heard in I don't know how long. Easily one of my favorite games of all time, and saying it might even be better than Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night is not hyperbole.
Alexisonfire @ Oct 2nd 2008 3:01PM
Amazing. Consider me excited once again about the Wii.
Buntaro @ Oct 2nd 2008 3:30PM
Looking forward to putting this games channel next to Mega Man 9 :)
scissors125 @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:39PM
I think I've died and went to heaven...
shouryuuken @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:55PM
man awesome!
now steambolt desero and the noitu love series next please.
shoot.. somebody give pixl a job, id love guxt to show up too... great news!
esposch @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:27PM
Forgive me if I am wrong, but isn't Doukutsu free for the PC anyways? So what's the point of paying for a wii port? And I am mad at Doukutsu because of the game breaking bug where I have to lift the boulder but the other robot is in bed...
Two @ Oct 2nd 2008 11:05PM
Not a bug.
You have to get something from a room above that area and she will be in the boulder room.
Dopple Boppler @ Oct 2nd 2008 10:18PM
Yeah you can play it for free, but the point is that this is a game that's WORTH paying for. Even if there wasn't new content I would buy it just for the Classic Controller and to show some support Pixel's way. I know not everyone will understand it, but I've gotten so much joy from Cave Story that I would genuinely feel bad not paying for it when I have the option.
NOA_KB @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:02PM
I started crying. I'm not kidding.
sniping_dreamer @ Oct 3rd 2008 12:12AM
Awesome, awesome stuff. First Blast Works (Tumuki Fighters), now this.
Infinity's End @ Oct 7th 2008 2:50PM
"better than Super Metroid, better than Symphony of the Night."
hah, opinion or not, you couldn't be more wrong on this. Super Metroid and SOTN are on such a higher level than Cave Story it's not even funny... Cave Story is a great game, but not nearly as revolutionary as these two other titles.
Freako @ Oct 11th 2008 1:34AM
I think the fact that a game as amazing as Cave Story was made by ONE GUY, and that it's FREEWARE, makes it awesome enough to be compared to masterpieces like Super Metroid and SOTN. Hell, even not considering those facts, I think it can still stand up next to both games. But, of course, that's just my opinion. I do love both SM and SOTN, but Cave Story... as cheesy as it sounds, Cave Story has a special place in my heart.
Also: Cave Story had FAR better plot and characters than either SM or SOTN. Feel free to argue this if you like. Still, I don't think I've ever been as engaged in a storyline or as attached to the characters as I was when playing Cave Story. Super Metroid and SOTN don't even compete on that front, for me.