Cave Story (US) (Platform,Metroidvania) (WAD) (WiiWare)

2010 · adventure · Windows · The Data Archivist V0.01

MANUAL : https://archive.org/details/cave-story-instruction-booklet/mode/2up VIDEO LONGPLAY (PC) : https://archive.org/details/PC_Longplay_122_Cave_Story Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Story Cave Story [b] is a 2004 Metroidvania [1] platform-adventure video game for Microsoft Windows . It was developed over five years by Japanese independent developer Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya in his free time. Cave Story features 2D platform mechanics and is reminiscent of the games Amaya played in his youth, such as Metroid and Castlevania . After its initial self-published release, the game slowly gained popularity on the internet. It received widespread critical acclaim for many polished aspects of its design, such as its compelling characters, setting, story, and gameplay. Cave Story is considered by many as the quintessential indie game because of its one-person development team and influence on the video gaming world. [2] [3] Independent video game developer Nicalis worked with Amaya to port the game to WiiWare and DSiWare in 2010. An enhanced version, Cave Story+ , was released for Steam in November 2011, and the original game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in October 2012 with added content. A 3D remake of the game, titled Cave Story 3D , was developed by Nicalis and published by NIS America for the Nintendo 3DS in November 2011. A port of Cave Story+ for the Nintendo Switch was released in June 2017. Cave Story revolves around Quote, a robot who wakes up suffering amnesia and explores in cavernous areas in order to figure out his backstory and escape from the cave. The character gains access to new areas as he powers up his weapons by collecting triangular experience crystals and solves various platforming puzzles. Quote speaks to non-player characters scattered around the game world in order to learn more about the world and its inhabitants. Gameplay Cave Story ' s simple controls allow for movement, running, jumping, and shooting. The heads-up display in the top left displays an equipped weapon, weapon level, and excellent current health. The yellow triangles represent experience points to be picked up. The player controls the on-screen character directly using a keyboard or gamepad . They progress by navigating platforming challenges and shooting enemies with the equipped weapon. [4] When the player collects multiple weapons, they may be toggled at any time with the press of a button. Defeating enemies may yield yellow triangular crystals, which give experience points to weapons when collected, hearts that partially restore their health, or missile ammunition. [5] Weapons may be improved up to level three, but taking damage causes weapons to lose experience and levels. [6] Health and missile capacity upgrades are scattered throughout the game world. The player also interacts with many non-player characters and objects while playing the game. Plot Setting Cave Story takes place within the cavernous interior of a floating island . The island is populated by Mimiga, a race of sentient, sheep-like creatures. A particular species of red flower that grows in the island causes the normally peaceful Mimiga to fall into a violent frenzy when ingested. [7] The island also conceals an artifact called the Demon Crown, which has vast magical powers. An army of robot soldiers was sent to the floating island on a military expedition , seeking to harness the Demon Crown as a weapon for wars on the surface. [8] These robots slaughtered the Mimiga indiscriminately in their search for the crown, but were defeated when the Mimiga decided to eat the red flowers as a last resort. [9] [10] Shortly before the game begins, Professor Booster, the Sakamoto family, and various assistants formed a scientific party to research the island, but they became stranded when their medical doctor, Fuyuhiko Date, managed to acquire the Crown; he then forced the expedition to search for the red flowers. [11] Story Quote awakens in a cave with no memory of how he came to be there. He finds a village of Mimiga, who are being persecuted by the Doctor. The Doctor's servants Misery and Balrog are looking for Sue Sakamoto, a girl who had been transformed into a Mimiga. Not finding her, they mistakenly abduct another Mimiga named Toroko instead. The player finds Sue in the Egg Corridor, where she discovers the egg of a Sky Dragon, which could allow her to escape the floating island if hatched. [12] Sue attempts to rescue her brother Kazuma, but King, the leader of Mimiga Village, captures her and holds her responsible for Toroko's kidnapping. Sue tasks the player with retrieving Kazuma from Grasstown. After freeing him, they meet Professor Booster, who reveals that the Doctor plans to use the red flowers on Mimigas to create an army to take over the surface world. Booster sends the player to the Sand Zone to destroy the red flowers before the Doctor can find them. While there, the player meets Curly Brace, a female robot who also has no memories