Cave Story released on Nintendo's WiiWare service on Monday, March 22, 2010.
Cave Story was designed by one game designer, Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya, over a 5 year period.
The WiiWare version is a port of the PC Cave Story game, that was released for free in 2004.
Cave Story can be downloaded off Nintendo's Shop Channel for 1200 Wii Points($12).
It took approximately 85 days for Cave Story's data to debut on the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
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Number of Players Reporting Data:
Cave Story has approximately 6,256 players reporting their play-time data, for its data debut on the Nintendo Channel.
"Total" Game-Play & Average Play Hours Reported:
Cave Story has 50,900 Total Hours reported for its debut, with an average of 8 Hours 8 Minutes play-time per person.
Sale Rank & Advertised Price:
Cave Story
's Nintendo Shop Channel sale rank is #20 out of 20 and the current selling price is 1200 Wii Points, which is the equivalent of $12.00.GameRankings.com Review Score Average:
Cave Story's review score average is 90.30%, based on 15 reviews.
Questions:
Have you played and beaten Cave Story if you downloaded the WiiWare version? If so, is your average play-time around the 8 Hours 8 Minutes; like isGobu currently reported per person reporting data?
If you have played the PC and WiiWare versions of Cave Story, do you prefer one over the other?
I have not played the PC version, and I have not downloaded the WiiWare version of Cave Story.
If you don't know what Cave Story is, I have included the trailer below:
You can purchase the game directly from the Nintendo Shop Channel with a credit/debit, or by purchasing a Nintendo Points Card(seen below):
