WiiWare game Cave Story gets UK date

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 30 November, 2010

Platforming fun arrives next month.

A WiiWare remake of stunning platformer Cave Story will be released in the UK on 10th December.

Creator Nicalis made the announcement on Twitter. "FINALLY! Cave Story to be released in Europe on December 10 for 1000 points," it gushed.

Cave Story was released for the US arm of Nintendo's download service in March. Eurogamer's import Cave Story review returned a verdict of 9/10. "If this game had been released on the NES 20 years ago, it would be recalled by a generation of players as a high point of the 8-bit era," wrote John Teti.

Cave Story, inspired by Metroid and Castlevania, is a platformer created by Daisuke Amaya for PC six years ago. Studio Nicalis worked with Amaya, otherwise known as Pixel, to port it to WiiWare.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • speedjack #1 1 year ago

    I'd rather hold off for the DSiWare version... any idea when thats coming out ? I know that its this week for the US but if the delay for the PAL WiiWare version is anything to go by it probably won't be here until September next year.

    :(

  • 5lectro #2 1 year ago

    - Eurogamer
    - "FINALLY! Cave Story to be released in Europe on December 10 for 1000 points,"

    - WiiWare game Cave Story gets UK date

    just sayin'
    Edited by 5lectro at 30/11/10 @ 10:52

  • Acrid #3 1 year ago

    About fucking time!

  • vEK #4 1 year ago

    At last! :D

  • Diogo_Ribeiro #5 1 year ago

    \m/

  • Golgo #6 1 year ago

    Fantastic news. Day one, etc. and so forth. But what am I going to do for moans when the 10th rolls around? Won't feel the same without giving it "yawn, wake me up when Cave Story hits", etc.?

  • YenRug #7 1 year ago

    @5lectro

    Bleedin' Euro-philes! Go back to your own webpages!

    ;)

    I'll have to boot my Wii up, see if there's any points left in my account. Mind you, haven't turned it on since I got my PS3 about 6 months back; I had been waiting for this, but had assumed it had been released whilst I've not been paying attention.
    Edited by YenRug at 30/11/10 @ 12:18

  • gav_and_the_gavster #8 1 year ago

    Great news, been waiting ages to get my latest "Metroid" style kicks - this jumps to top of my Christmas list! Been a good gen for these, what with Shadow Complex and both Lost Winds.

    Just need to buy some Sunglasses (maybe Oakey,or perhaps some A r m a i n i ones) and it'd be the best Christmas ever. I'd be willing to go up to around $15, Anyone know where I can get some from?