Cave Story eShop Release Date Confirmed Nintendo Life Digital download release is incoming by Share: Indie legend is coming to the 3DS eShop, along with a special 3D mode and additional content. It's out 4th October in North America, with a retail price of $9.99.
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Charlotte Lee 5 minutes ago
Not to be confused with - the 2011 release which effectively rebuilt the game in 3D from the ground ...
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Not to be confused with - the 2011 release which effectively rebuilt the game in 3D from the ground up - this digital download is an update of the original 2D version. As such, it will contain the 'classic' visuals but will add in a 3D effect which takes advantage of the 3DS' unique auto-stereoscopic display.
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Here's what Nicalis have to say about it: The original 2D pixel-based Cave Story is officially releasing on the eShop as a native 3D game on October 4th, 2012 for $9.99! Additionally, Cave Story for eShop supports widescreen and original 4:3 modes, two button configurations and MORE Challenges! Cave Story for eShop Features: 4:3 and REAL widescreen support.
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YES! Multi-layered 3D depth (and lots of it!) Additional Challenge modes (including Nemesis Challenge, Boss Rush, Curly Story, Hell Time Attack and Wind Fortress!) And all the other stuff you love: over 20 epic boss battles, 15 levels to explore in the vast world, 10 unique weapons to find and upgrade, four unique endings Note: Nintendo DSi owners can purchase the 2D version of Cave Story via DSiWare.
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So its coming out so now ever one can stop complainning(in NA anyways)...for a few minutes and compl...
[source ] Related Games Share: About Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded. Comments ) So no EU release date yet..?
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So its coming out so now ever one can stop complainning(in NA anyways)...for a few minutes and compl...
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So its coming out so now ever one can stop complainning(in NA anyways)...for a few minutes and complain about some other games. Too bad owners of the 2d version can get a discount or something. Probably not going to get released in Australia...
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Grace Liu 11 minutes ago
PLEAASSEEE let this get released in Europe soon I'm still looking for cave story 3d, not found it an...
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I've waited for a bit now for this, but i'll see how good it is. I still havent played Cave Story. ....
PLEAASSEEE let this get released in Europe soon I'm still looking for cave story 3d, not found it anywhere! anyone want to sell me a copy?
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Lucas Martinez 5 minutes ago
I've waited for a bit now for this, but i'll see how good it is. I still havent played Cave Story. ....
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I'm getting this, eventually. My question would be, do 3ds owners whom already have the dsiware vers...
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I've waited for a bit now for this, but i'll see how good it is. I still havent played Cave Story. ._.
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I'm getting this, eventually. My question would be, do 3ds owners whom already have the dsiware version get it as an free update? how about you wait for this one?
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Luna Park 9 minutes ago
I want to ask the same question. WHAT ABOUT EUROPE???!!!!!! Finally....
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I want to ask the same question. WHAT ABOUT EUROPE???!!!!!! Finally.
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Been holding out for a while now for this version. There are "4" endings. Bad, Good, Hell/True ending and Mimaga Mask is the 4th one . A free or cheap update would be really nice considering that i already own the regular 2D DSiWare version AND the 3DS version too. So is this one obsolete if you already have both of those?
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Cause even if its only a little different.... you know I will probably buy it yet again for a measly...
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Hannah Kim 3 minutes ago
hah. Bought. Can't wait to play the Wind Fortress finally!...
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Cause even if its only a little different.... you know I will probably buy it yet again for a measly $10.
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Victoria Lopez 9 minutes ago
hah. Bought. Can't wait to play the Wind Fortress finally!...
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Mason Rodriguez 9 minutes ago
There better be an EU release date soon. We still don't have the DSiWare version and likely nev...
The graphics in Cave Story 3D where so sickening. Sweet!
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Sebastian Silva 12 minutes ago
Guess I'll be playing this in 2014 then when it gets released for PAL regions This is a day one buy,...
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Chloe Santos 40 minutes ago
This... May convince me to buy a third copy... >.> Curly's Story's been on the WiiWare and PC ...
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Guess I'll be playing this in 2014 then when it gets released for PAL regions This is a day one buy, Never played a cave story title so this looks like a great start. Everyone needs 5 copies of Cave Story on the same system. Curly's Story?
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Daniel Kumar 1 minutes ago
This... May convince me to buy a third copy... >.> Curly's Story's been on the WiiWare and PC ...
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This... May convince me to buy a third copy... >.> Curly's Story's been on the WiiWare and PC re-release, and all it is is the same game, but with Curly, who adds her own dialogue.
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and the original main character takes Curly's original role as the sidekick, and he's still mute. An...
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and the original main character takes Curly's original role as the sidekick, and he's still mute. Anyways,10 unique weapons? Pfft.
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Emma Wilson 18 minutes ago
it's just the Polar Star, Machine Gun, Snake, Spur, Missile Launcher, Super Missile Launcher, Fireba...
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I think this (great) game has beat Lunar in terms of remakes and enhanced ports. Yeah, I got the dsi...
it's just the Polar Star, Machine Gun, Snake, Spur, Missile Launcher, Super Missile Launcher, Fireball, Bubbler, Blade and Nemesis. Nothing new. The real selling points of this--at least for us CS Veterans--are the Widescreen gameplay, 3-D, and basically having all the good stuff from Cave Story+ (except for the remastered graphics from the WiiWare) on a handheld.
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I think this (great) game has beat Lunar in terms of remakes and enhanced ports. Yeah, I got the dsi...
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Yeah, I'm really excited for this. Does it have Jukebox? It better!...
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I think this (great) game has beat Lunar in terms of remakes and enhanced ports. Yeah, I got the dsiware version.
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Yeah, I'm really excited for this. Does it have Jukebox? It better!...
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Yeah, I'm really excited for this. Does it have Jukebox? It better!
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Oliver Taylor 64 minutes ago
Now we just need nightsky's release date! Never played Cave Story before, so this is a must DL for m...
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I won't get CS a 3rd time, so unless the DSiWare version gets updated, I won't have this. The ones I...
Now we just need nightsky's release date! Never played Cave Story before, so this is a must DL for me.
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I won't get CS a 3rd time, so unless the DSiWare version gets updated, I won't have this. The ones I want is 1001 spikes, la mulana, and night sky Is this the 6th time they've remade the Cave Story game? Good stuff.
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My question is should I buy this? I have the cartridge, will I get anything extra for a digital vers...
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Then is only a port of the wiiware version with 3d effect and some extra modes. I can breath softly ...
My question is should I buy this? I have the cartridge, will I get anything extra for a digital version? Ok, i was thinking this was the retail version but digital.
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Nathan Chen 76 minutes ago
Then is only a port of the wiiware version with 3d effect and some extra modes. I can breath softly ...
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But the cash cow has definitely reared it's ugly head on this one. I stayed away from the retail 3DS...
Then is only a port of the wiiware version with 3d effect and some extra modes. I can breath softly now I really liked Cave Story a lot, it was a quality experience. It was (and probably still is) free on the PC years ago, and I couldn't believe how someone could make a great game like that and not make any money from it.
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But the cash cow has definitely reared it's ugly head on this one. I stayed away from the retail 3DS version because I thought it looked too cluttered. I didn't feel the need to get the DSiWare version because I already had the WiiWare version.
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Isaac Schmidt 7 minutes ago
But this new e-shop version sounds like the one I wish I had the whole time. Damn you, cash cow!...
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But this new e-shop version sounds like the one I wish I had the whole time. Damn you, cash cow!
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shakes fist in the air Seems a bit expensive to me. How many times can they re-issue the same game w...
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erm..... Pokemon, FIFA, PES, Madden, Call of Duty, Mario, the list goes on. I'm losing interest in t...
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shakes fist in the air Seems a bit expensive to me. How many times can they re-issue the same game with small alterations before people get wise to it?...... Oh......
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Full price is not. I've been waiting for this for a WHILE!!...
erm..... Pokemon, FIFA, PES, Madden, Call of Duty, Mario, the list goes on. I'm losing interest in these games where they expect a high price tag. Small prices are fine.
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Full price is not. I've been waiting for this for a WHILE!!...
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I can finally get Cave Story . I rented Cave Story 3D from Gamefly and it just didn't feel right. I'...
Full price is not. I've been waiting for this for a WHILE!!
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I can finally get Cave Story . I rented Cave Story 3D from Gamefly and it just didn't feel right. I'm hoping the original "bad" translation is in this version.
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I miss my "Huzzah!!"s I've been wanting to give this game a shot for awhile now. Got my mo...
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Been waiting so long for this, I really hope it comes to EU! Koolaid man still appears in all nicali...
I miss my "Huzzah!!"s I've been wanting to give this game a shot for awhile now. Got my money.
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Been waiting so long for this, I really hope it comes to EU! Koolaid man still appears in all nicalis's translations. And guys, there are like 20 ports of the original SMB, so how is this worse?
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It would be cool if owners of the DSiware version could upgrade to this for 3.99 or something instea...
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Anymore?] promised, but only releases Cave Story. Since this has extra content and 3D,I guess I can ...
It would be cool if owners of the DSiware version could upgrade to this for 3.99 or something instead of having to pay in full. the dsiware version is still my favorite, because its the most solid (and has the cool music karaoke unlock thingy) and the 3ds retail version has no emotion on the 3d character models faces, so i gotta keep the classic sprites on with the amazing 3d backgrounds and its kind of silly with this mutli-layered 2d-3d thing, its going to be an insta-buy for me for sure I think people are upset because of how frequent a new version of cave story comes out, and that nicalis has 3 or 4 other games [Programing Project from Pixel thats heading to DSiWare, NightSky, 1001 spikes, and the fighting game.
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Anymore?] promised, but only releases Cave Story. Since this has extra content and 3D,I guess I can ...
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Anymore?] promised, but only releases Cave Story. Since this has extra content and 3D,I guess I can get this.
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So there are three versions on the same system...? Hmm....
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So there are three versions on the same system...? Hmm.
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Guess it's time i finally play one.. There's several reasons A. Nintendo sticks to making new games as well as porting.
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B. The pricing of SMB ports are fairly static (excluding compilations). CS port prices are com...
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SMB has had 6 total ports from 1993 to 2012. Cave Story has had 5 over 2 years. I'll be honest, I'm ...
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B. The pricing of SMB ports are fairly static (excluding compilations). CS port prices are completely insane (Jumping from free, to $12, to $10, to $40) C.
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SMB has had 6 total ports from 1993 to 2012. Cave Story has had 5 over 2 years. I'll be honest, I'm ...
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First off, I bought the DSi version for $10, and that was good fun. (Actually bought it twice becaus...
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SMB has had 6 total ports from 1993 to 2012. Cave Story has had 5 over 2 years. I'll be honest, I'm kind of upset with what Nicalis did.
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First off, I bought the DSi version for $10, and that was good fun. (Actually bought it twice because I traded in my DSi for a 3DS) Then, I got Cave Story 3D, which I did like, but spent $40 for a pretty much inferior version. And NOW this version comes out. I've already spent $60 on Cave Story, why can't this be a free DSi update?
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Or least cheaper for people who have that version? Yay, another rerelease.
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Well frack, I just picked up the DSi version on the eShop. Sounds like it's the same game, but still pisses me off it costs the same, but will A)actually fill up the screen and b) be in 3d.
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> EU release please. Gettin´ it when I have 10 euros... if it actually comes Leave A Comment Hol...
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> EU release please. Gettin´ it when I have 10 euros... if it actually comes Leave A Comment Hold on there, you need to to post a comment...
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