
The game’s most obvious influence is Metroid, forgoing standard numbered levels in favor of an explorable open world, with areas that are only accessible after discovering the right item. It also happens to be the only sprite-based version of the game that can be played widescreen, which looks absolutely fantastic (and can be turned off for purists).įor those who have yet to play any version of Cave Story, it’s essentially a love letter to classic 8-bit games, borrowing the best elements from the best games and combining them into a near masterpiece. The new eShop release for the Nintendo 3DS basically uses the simplified sprites from the original – due to the smaller screen size – while including the extra features of Cave Story+, as well as glasses-free 3D. Although Cave Story 3D included the addition of glasses-free 3D, I felt it lost some of its charm in the conversion from sprites to models. The retail release Cave Story 3D was basically the same game, but rebuilt using 3D models.

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The WiiWare version – also available on PC as Cave Story+ – redrew the sprites at a higher resolution for more detail and included new modes and features, such as multiple save files. The original Cave Story had a very NES look to it, and was fairly bare-bones. Basically, there are three core versions of the game.

There are more than a few editions of Cave Story out there now, which can lead to a little confusion.

Not to be confused with last year’s retail release Cave Story 3D, the new eShop release of Cave Story for the Nintendo 3DS might be the definitive way to play the original version of the critically acclaimed cult classic game. Publisher: Nicalis/ Developer: Studio Pixel, Nicalis / Platform: Nintendo 3DS
