Aug 13, 2019 at 9:53 PM
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Nicalis is a game studio whose model seems to be getting existing indie game IPs and more or less hijacking successful games and putting it under their umbrella.
In the case of Cave Story, they seem to have taken control over the IP as a whole (which is a problem in of itself), and what they do with the game can be very questionable. Cave Story 3D takes what could have been a really great idea (imagine a 3D Cave Story with a sort of pixel-art inspired 3D aesthetic - a Mega Man Legends-esque visual style would suit the original graphics wonderfully. Quote could look like how he does in the end slide art, too) - but the execution was an amateur mess. Cave Story 3D is a drab, inferior version of the original with muddy background art and childish character designs.
Even then, does anyone else remember the CS Wii fiasco? The music was totally botched, replaced with poor MIDI instrumentations with anemic percussion. For instance, CS Wii's rendition of Safety is really awful compared to the original.
CS+ has many features I appreciate - Boss Rush, making the beta Wind Fortress playable, playing as Curly, etc. These are all great additions. However, there is evidence that Nicalis took existing fan mods and used them to make some of these mods possible. Here is a comparison between the boss rush mode in CS+ when compared to a fan mod - it should be noted that the code comments are the same, which is highly suspicious.
In addition, the localization Nicalis went with for their CS ports is a lot less charming and natural sounding than the original fan translation project.
In the case of Cave Story, they seem to have taken control over the IP as a whole (which is a problem in of itself), and what they do with the game can be very questionable. Cave Story 3D takes what could have been a really great idea (imagine a 3D Cave Story with a sort of pixel-art inspired 3D aesthetic - a Mega Man Legends-esque visual style would suit the original graphics wonderfully. Quote could look like how he does in the end slide art, too) - but the execution was an amateur mess. Cave Story 3D is a drab, inferior version of the original with muddy background art and childish character designs.
Even then, does anyone else remember the CS Wii fiasco? The music was totally botched, replaced with poor MIDI instrumentations with anemic percussion. For instance, CS Wii's rendition of Safety is really awful compared to the original.
CS+ has many features I appreciate - Boss Rush, making the beta Wind Fortress playable, playing as Curly, etc. These are all great additions. However, there is evidence that Nicalis took existing fan mods and used them to make some of these mods possible. Here is a comparison between the boss rush mode in CS+ when compared to a fan mod - it should be noted that the code comments are the same, which is highly suspicious.
In addition, the localization Nicalis went with for their CS ports is a lot less charming and natural sounding than the original fan translation project.