What happened to Cave Story?

First of all I apologize for you having to watch that On The Spot intro.

Secondly I’m not trying to be a hater - but seriously this just looks awful. I have nothing against NIS either, because no one could ever make a Cave Story remake with polygons and a 3D effect that would look better than this to me.

Even if it was on better hardware.

The issue is that primitive graphics were a key part of Cave Story’s original charm and now that’s been discarded. I also don’t like the updated 2D graphics when the game came out on Wii Ware.

I just don’t see the point, because Cave Story came out during a time in which it could’ve had the graphics that it’ll have on the 3DS, but it was a design decision to make the game with sprites.

All this updating to Cave Story dilutes the game’s value for me and it’s sad to see something so pure and simple become so aesthetically destroyed by technology and misdirection.

- Kyle