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One of my favorite all time games is finally out on the Wii! Cave Story is now available for 1200 Wii Points on the Wii Ware store.

Cave Story is a retro styled shooter/platformer in the vain of Metroid or Megaman. The keyword is “charming”. Kotaku does a good job of describing what’s so great about Cave Story.

While the inspiration from games such as Metroid and Mega Man is readily evident, Cave Story never feels like a derivative of those classics. Instead, its combination of retro graphics and old-school platforming mechanics feels like more like a refinement, taking elements from those beloved titles and smoothing out the rough edges.

It was originally created as a freeware PC title by Studio Pixel (who is actually one dude, Daisuke Amaya). It has since been ported by Nicalis to the Wii. Everyone should just pick this up, Pixel deserves all the money we can give him.

Now, more pretty art by Pixel!