Cave Story DS on the way?

By Fred Dutton Published 22 September, 2010

Indie classic goes portable.

Acclaimed homemade platformer Cave Story is heading to DSiWare, according to a hint in the new issue of US mag Nintendo Power.

A grab of the contents page published on its site reveals a screen from the new version of the game, but gives no further information.

The work of solitary Japanese developer Daisuke Amaya, the original Cave Story launched on the PC as freeware in 2004.

A remake of the game is heading to WiiWare later this year. Eurogamer's John Teti gave the import version a hearty 9/10 in April.

We've been in touch with publisher Nicalis to shed some light on things. We'll update if it gets back to us, or when the magazine hits the shelves later this week.

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About Fred Dutton

Fred Dutton is Eurogamer's US news editor, based in Washington DC.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Malek86 #1 2 years ago

    Can't they think of Europe first?

  • lucky_jim #2 2 years ago

    If a game ever deserved a full cartridge release, it's Cave Story. Ok, I'm a but grumpy cos I've only got a DS Lite (and therefore no DSiWare) but it really is brilliant. Oh well, I'll just have to carry on playing it on my Mac.

  • Zanuah #3 2 years ago

    Whatever happened to the WiiWare release for this in Europe?

    I already played the original PC version but I was looking forward to playing this again with upgraded graphics and a big screen. :)

  • Rorsch #4 2 years ago

    Still waiting for the Wii version (in EUROPE!)

  • erp #5 2 years ago

    Yes -- how about concentrating on getting the European WiiWare release out first??!

    It's been bloomin' ages since the US release now.

  • erp #6 2 years ago

    Incidentally, it's also worth mentioning that anyone after a portable Cave Story might want to know that you can play it on PSP with Half Byte Loader.

    (HBL, for those who don't know, is a homebrew solution for PSPs that runs on all firmwares (and I think all models) and operates completely in user mode. This latter point is particularly important because it means there's no chance of it bricking your PSP, interfering with PSN or your purchased games, and most importantly no chance of it being abused for piracy. Check it out.)

  • king2001 #7 2 years ago

    @Earl

    Well they're baiting me as I wait not-so-bloody-patiently for the euro wiiware release!

  • Mr.DNA #8 2 years ago

    I agree with the majority here: WiiWare European release or Get the Fuck Out.