Certified Nicalis Moment™

They literally turned balrog into a marketable plushy and they didn’t even sell them

I wonder how Cave Story would be nowadays in the hands of an actual competent publisher/developer.

I do just wish there was more recognition of Cave Story from Nicalis even still. It's barely mentioned on their twitter and the few art pieces that are scattered here and there are great but so scarce

9:39 "Sorry guys, we actually meant 20022" - Nicalis probably

THAT PIXEL REMAKE WHAT THE HELL NICALIS YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT CAVE STORY BACK INTO THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THAT

The doctor’s my favourite character so when I first time saw the blade stranger clip on twitter, I was so happy because not only was this the most detailed sprite there is of the doctor but also the entire clip is him being a total badass and kicking the shit out of our beloved hero. That’s a Big Bad right there!

Wow! Really appreciate the love you're showing for this project... should share my story. Back in 2009 I was asked by a company called Attract Mode to make some t-shirts for Cave Story which were going to be produced in partnership with Nicalis. I drew 'em up, poured my heart and soul into them. Then Nicalis ghosted us for several years before cancelling the collaboration. We were supposed to be the first people to ever make official licensed Cave Story merch, and instead we became the first people in history to get Nicalis'd

I was going into this expecting disappointment for what could have been, which happened, but it also introduced me to Cave Story Encore which cancels that disappointment out

Tbh, I just want a prequel for cave story and nothing more. There is lots of stuff to be explained

I would love to see Cave Story Story actually be done because alot of my favorite games are Indie RPGs, and Cave Story isn't an RPG really, so if Cave Story Story was finished then it would finally fit in more with my other favorite games.

3:28 I'm not sure if this is a slip of the tongue, but "fan-made Blade Strangers designs"? You mean, Nicalis actually put out some kind of fanart contest for Blade Strangers and picked the designs based on that? Or fan-made because Nicalis are not Studio Pixel? Also, and call me a cynical grumpy guy, but I get the sneaking suspicion that the "vast differences between Cave Story+ on Switch and Cave Story+ on Steam" is a deliberate, intentional marketing tactic. A similar thing happened to Hyper Light Drifter on Switch - two new weapons were added (to a game with 6 weapons, so it's actually quite a significant addition), but more notably, there was some additional areas and levels with hints as to the game's story and lore. The changes were so significant that the HLD Discord server needed to implement a "switch-spoilers" channel, which is just ridiculous. The truth is, if this wasn't intentional, they could have updated the Steam version with the new content or made a small "upgrade" DLC for 5 or 7 euro or something. But no, I'm pretty certain that this additional content is a trap for hardcore fans. It creates the sense that the PC version that they own is somehow "incomplete" or "inferior", so if they own a Switch, they might be tempted to buy the game a second time just for the new content. It's game industry emotional manipulation 101.

Honestly, Cave Story Story sounds like a weird idea, but at the same time, it sounds pretty interesting. Also, I wish we could see more about the CastPixel remake, because it looks like it would be really good!

Aw man thats not fair for these games to be cancelled

Regarding 8:02 - while they didn't update the Steam version of the game in 2021, they *did* actually release a PC version that uses KAGE (in-house game engine made by Nicalis which is used in the Switch version of the game) instead of SDL. This version happens to be... the GOG port, which we all know is full of bugs and has zero QA. So it's likely that they did start updating the PC version, but they did it poorly. Knowing Nicalys, they've probably given up on the project altogether after noticing the backlash/criticism that hit the GOG port. But I hope I'm wrong with that last part.

i love these uploads bro, they feel so exclusive its like someone came from the heavens to deliver me amazing content i wanted to see

I wish there was like a cave story fan film

Another SOLID video, Nerdio! I actually had no idea about that Pixel remake, that's super neat! Also, if you ever decide to go into non-Cave Story content, I'd be super down to watch. Your video format is very interesting and easy to watch, but I know how hard it is to make consistent content on only one subject, and I'm confident you could pull it off. If you stick with Cave Story though, I'm also happy lol it's hard to come by content for it!

If Blade Strangers was a more snappy fighting game the Doctor could have been an enjoyable and loose character for aerial combos, it certainly leaves an impression that makes you wanna play as him so badly.

3:49 Probably an assist fighter kinda game and thats a swap in. Like MVC2 6:30 Could have also been used to show how quote looked underwater

I wish there were articulated figures from the main cast of Cave Story :(

Some of these would have been really cool

TYRONE WHERE ARE MY NEW WEAPONS AND NEW CHARACTERS

Thank you Nicalis!!!

this game is criminally slept on

at this point I'd be as much happy seeing a kero blaster 2 then a sequel to cave story.

Wait, Balrog and The Doctor were gonna be in Blade Strangers with possible 2v2 fights?! Now I REALLY wish they made a Blade Strangers 2! 😲

I always thought the Cave Story figures were just Nicalis cockteasing us.

ブレードストレンジャーズ、クリスタルクライシス、シークレットサンタだけじゃ足りない。ニカリス社は洞窟物語関連のゲームをもっと出すべきだ。

Wow i am so out of the loop with cave story projects. Cool video!

How and where did you get these Blade Strangers screenshots and footage of the Doctor?

Nicalis is basically the Disney of Indie companies.

this is literetly my favorite game in the world. Im so happy people know about this game.

I wish Nicalis was competent. It's 2024 and we've still had none of these projects see the light of day.

I still want to make Cave Story Story myself, its such an interesting idea to me. Hell, after my current projects, I actually plan on doing an unrelated turn based game so.. I might make some kind of mockup as practice. If anyone wants to wait like.. 10+ years for help from a beginner, I'd be totally down to form a team to take it beyond mockup.

Here's a game that I would like to see ported to SNES.

neat video as always. I'm still pretty bummed about cave story story, it would've been really nice to see the game in a whole another gameplay style

Cant believe i havent been getting notifications for you missed thid content

You think they would have made a wearable version of quotes hat. That thing would sell like pan cakes!

Nicalis…

The figures should have been pixelated like minecraft ones

I hate Nicalis but I would love to buy that Toroko figure they teased, it's so cute.

THE CAST PIXEL BEING LOST SUCKS however, Cave Story Encore looks great and Im glad to hear about it!!!

Squad unite ❤

2023 and cave story is still being ignored by nicalis. i feel at this point it cares not for cave story ;w;

What is the labyrinth zone remix used throughout the video?

720p?

I know I'm not fully in the picture, but Nicalis does give off a bad impression for sure. They have the reputation of having screwed Pixel over, they have a million scrapped projects, they make announcements and then there's only silence and there's nothing positive to hear about them. Is that really how it is? Maybe they have no money, which is why they never make anything good.

I'll never understand nicalis

is tyron on discord

bruh the founder is on discord?

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