The writing on the player character's hat (only mentioned once, by someone who doesn't understand what it says) is revealed in Pixel's artwork from the Beta version of the game.
All Myths Are True: You're told that a Mimiga that eats a red flower apparently dies shortly thereafter.This is, however, avoidable if you go through the Bonus Level of Hell.Some of the monsters, such as the Hoppers, are even cute. Alas, Poor Villain: When the island crashes, the ending cutscene features a slow pan over the different areas over the island accompanied by slow music, featuring all the creatures who were trying to kill you, as well as Curly's dead body in the Core.Affably Evil: Balrog and Misery, especially in the best ending.Aerith and Bob: The more important Mimiga have western names (Jack, King, Arthur, Igor, etc) except for Toroko, which is Japanese, but any self respecting fan also knows of Chie, Kanpachi, Mahin, Sandaime and Megane.Adaptation Dye Job: Misery's portrait is no longer green in the 3DS remake, much like her actual sprite.
Even though she is defeated off-screen, the main character didn't fare much better against the same foe on his first attempt. She's never incompetent in combat (in either sense).
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Accidental Pervert: The hero after finding his partner's panties, even more 'cause they have no use and just lay there in the inventory however, they unlock the owner of those panties as a playable character in the Plus version.A port for Nintendo Switch of the 3DS version was released in 2017.ĭaisuke has confirmed that a sequel is very, very likely. It's also available for the 3DS as a remake with complete 3D, new content, and more! Another port was released for the 3DS eShop, which features the Cave Story+ Steam extras but not the 3D sprites. There has also been ports to several other obscure systems and platforms, among them Haiku OS, AROS, AmigaOS 4, Sega Genesis, GP2X, GP2X Wiz, and the TI graphing calculator.Īlso, it was released on the Wii, DSiWare, the Apple Mac Store and, as of November 22, 2011, on Steam as a commercial version with extra features.
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A port to the original Xbox also exists, as well as a PSP port, here (requires custom firmware).
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There's a Mac OS X port available here, and a Linux port available here. Its breeding ground on the English-speaking Internet is here. Daisuke Amaya wrote the scenario, drew the artwork and scenery, animated the sprites, designed all of the levels, composed all of the music, and programmed the entire game engine, all by himself over the course of five years. This game was created entirely by one man in his spare time. There are robot soldiers, bunny people called Mimigas, and a Mad Scientist with a magic helmet and a Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate trying to Take Over the World. The game thrusts you into the action with no explanations, forcing you to figure out the plot by yourself as you go. Then you have to go to a different cave, followed by.Ĭave Story is a freeware Metroidvania game by Daisuke Amaya a.k.a. You shoot your way out of the cave, so you can get to a village in another cave.