Cave Story
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iprice
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Has anyone actually contacted pixel or is this all just speculation? I think the additional content in the WiiWare version would justify the price, and it's widely known that the original is free on pc, so I can't see how this could hurt the WiiWare game.
iprice
Certified Guru
You could always give it a try
Exophase
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Another company is selling Cave Story on Wiiware. It's quite likely that they bought the rights to the game, because otherwise they'd risk having another company compete against them. Even if it's not on Wii itself, a new free version for another platform would be viewed as competitive. Pixel can't really do anything about previous versions he's released for free, but that doesn't mean that it's not to the detriment of everyone involved for him to allow new ports.
Exophase
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I think it's fine, but I'm not sure you should be speaking on behalf of the community when this is only your initiative.
Well that's why I'm posting it here first. If anyone wants to add anything or disagrees with anything, I can change it. It would have more impact if it came from the community. I can't send it anyway, since I can't translate it.
And I don't think I'm the only one who would like it ported
EDIT: I've checked the Nicalis site, Wikipedia, Cavestory.org, and google and I don't see anything about anyone besides pixel owning the rights. The Nicalis FAQ suggests that they don't either.
And I don't think I'm the only one who would like it ported
EDIT: I've checked the Nicalis site, Wikipedia, Cavestory.org, and google and I don't see anything about anyone besides pixel owning the rights. The Nicalis FAQ suggests that they don't either.
Wouldn't it be possible to talk to the guy who made the GP2X port and get the source code from him? I doubt that would be too difficult. I don't own a Wiz yet, but if I find out a Cave Story port is on the way, it's an instant purchase for me.
kolibri
Still Fresh
Unfortunately no, the guy doesn't want to share his sources, this had already happened with the GP32 port, it was cancelled because the author doesn't want to give his sources.
But there is still a way to make a wiz port, if the author wants to commercialize his game, it can be done via funGP I think, but it won't be free I suppose :/
Is there a good reason for the GP2X-port author not sharing his source code? That doesn't seem logical. I would think that a GP2X to Wiz port wouldn't require a complete overhaul, making it less likely to be a failed project, it would become available to a slightly larger community, etc.
Exophase
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sparrow15 said:
He isn't allowed to. It's not open source. The people who have ported Cave Story received the source to do so, but not permission to redistribute said source.
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sparrow15 said:
I feel the same way, but that would probably fall under the category of "redistributing."
We still need someone who speaks Japanese if we want to ask permission from Pixel. Translators don't work very well. Example: http://translationparty.com/#4149062
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