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Thirtysomething gamers will recognize plenty in this isometric pixelated depiction of the original run of Kenner Star Wars action figures from the first film to Return of the Jedi. I remember Luke Skywalker: Bespin Fatigues, the first action figure with two weapons. Spent the entire summer of 1980 coveting that one. More »
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Cave Story, an indie PC game released over six years ago, is still winning new fans today following subsequent releases on the Wii and DS. Now it's being remade, in 3D, for Nintendo's newest handheld. More »
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Cave Story Wii isn't the same Cave Story you already know and already love. For starters, it's getting a graphical facelift, character art and all. But that's not all; it's also getting downloadable content. More »
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Remember that Cave Story graphics comparison we ran a while back? Showing how the upcoming Wii version was making some slight, yet tasteful, changes to the way the game's characters looked? Got another one for you today. And it's probably the most radical, not to mention important, of the lot. Look at his little nose! And his little haircut! And the cute little details on his cute little cap! Melts the heart, it does. More »
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My current Wii doesn't get much use. OK, it gets no use. But that's not to say I wouldn't turn down the chance to get another one! Though it couldn't just be any Wii. If I had to get a new Wii - and Nintendo wouldn't let me have one of those HDD-equipped ones - I'd want this one. Because if I got it, how many other people could say they owned a Wii that had been doodled all over by Pixel, the dude who created Cave Story? Doodles of Cave Story characters, all over both the console and the controllers? Not many people, that's how many. More »
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Kotakuite the-hypnotoad toiled for months on this truly incredible 16 bit Samus painting. It is approximately three feet tall and stands watch over his desk. I've seen quite a few pixel paintings in my time and none of them comes even close to this. No decals here folk, that's all hand painted. Amazing work, the-hypnotoad! Make the jump to check out a nice close-up of the work. More »
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Is it all you imagined from the headline? No? Too jowl-y? – Jason Chen More »
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Last time we posted about the sublime freeware platformer Cave Story and its upcoming migration to the PSP, many of you called me out, claiming that this project by Variant Interactive was widely known to be an unauthorized port. Pixel had apparently decried it. I was so swayed by the collective voice that I urged none of you to buy it. More »
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With Vice City Stories and Silent Hill: Origins coming to the PSP in the next couple of months, Sony's brick has almost gone from "Portable Most Likely To Be Stuffed Into A Sock And Used To Bludgeon Ken Kutaragi Clean To Death" to being marginally worth having. But the announcement that Pixel's freeware 8-bit classic, Cave Story is coming to the PSP is a huge boon for the system. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=184219&view=rss&microfeed=true Cave Story is one of the greatest games ever made. Period, then exclamation point, then my hobnail boot imploding the obnoxious face of the fool who disagrees. So charming, frantic, ethereal... the creator, Pixel, is one of those quiet, imminently modest geniuses that just melts your heart. More »
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