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The Best News In Sixteen Thousand Years: Cave Story Coming to WiiWare

Posted by Nadia Oxford

Well, there were rumours about this possibly happening. I remained cynical and said, "Naaaaah," but I was just putting on my icy bitch act (wait, act?) to keep my heart from being broken. Oh the tears I shed at night in hopes that Pixel's beautiful Cave Story would come legitimately to WiiWare, XBLA, PSN, a Tiger Handheld game, anything that let me get my fix through a different means.

And now, Praise Ballos...

I've ripped through Cave Story forwards, backwards and upside-down; if someone wrote a Cave Story Gama Sutra, I would totally flip through it and nod confidently at, uh, half the positions, I guess. I haven't finished Hell, you see.

I have reason to delay my attempts even further, since there are whispers that the WiiWare edition of Cave Story will have extra features. Fascinating. I wonder what they'll be? Probably Mega Man 9-style achievements that will validate our lives like religion and community service never could.

Perhaps the story will be fleshed out more, though I don't think Cave Story needs that. Its storytelling is beautifully subtle; pretty cute and funny with something thin and dark coiled around it. There aren't many games, movies or novels around that can actually make bloodthirsty rabbits seem daunting without turning it into a Monty Python tribute.

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Rob said:

no f'in way! sweeeeeeeeeeeet

October 2, 2008 8:03 PM

AbsolutelyNot said:

Excellent! *air guitar*

I, too, have not been able to beat hell, maybe using a controller will make it easier.

In regards to the extra features, I recommend watching this site come monday just like i plan to do: https://www.cavestorywii.com/

October 3, 2008 9:47 PM

Demaar said:

If Pixel is involved then this will be the best thing to hit WiiWare. That's right, I'm making a blanket statement.

Don't know whether to hope it will come to one of the other consoles or not. My "fridge" is kinda full, and none of the stuff in there has gone bad yet.

October 4, 2008 11:36 AM

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