Sometimes it seems WiiWare is the ultimate showcase of “hit or miss” titles, with offerings ranging from the wildly pointless and stupid, to amazingly inspired and engaging.  I’m proud to say that the Cave Story is the latter, and by far one of the most complete and satisfying WiiWare titles to date.

Those familiar with indie gaming on the PC might remember Cave Story as Doukutsu Monogatari, developed solely by Daisuke Amaya and released for free in 2004.  The game quickly gained popularity and was translated into english by fans – it spent years as a cult indie classic until it was picked up by Nicalis, who brought it to WiiWare.  Is a freeware PC game worth 1200 Wii points? Absolutely.

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Ever wonder what the first few minutes of a new game might be like? Well here’s a quick video of Cave Story, a once freeware PC indie game turned WiiWare exclusive.

Have you guys tried Cave Story yet?

As if I don’t have reason enough to buy WarioWare DIY, this sounds very awesome:

Some of the video game industry’s brightest talents are contributing to a unique series of microgames for the upcoming WarioWare™: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS™ family of products and the downloadable WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase game for the WiiWare™ service.

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FINALLY, Cave Story comes out for WiiWare. Is it worth the wait and 1200 points?

The big release coming this Sunday will be the new DSi XL. Along with it, Nintendo is releasing America’s Test Kitchen and WarioWare DIY. And now Nintendo is putting out Game & Watch titles for download, kinda makes me want a DSi.

The other big DS releases this week are Shin Megami Tensei and Dawn of Heroes. The Wii gets a new MotionPlus game, Red Steel 2, which we hope will be better than the first Red Steel game. But if there’s one game coming out that I need to learn more about, it has to be Squishy Tank. How about you? Click on in for the full list.

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The long wait is finally over as Cave Story will appear on the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare tag next week. Cave Story is one of those games that is old school yet it feels refreshingly new. If you haven’t played it or heard anything about the game… I suggest you check out this video.

Any Cave Story fans excited about the games release next week?