If you squint really hard, you can see a second dog
Nicalis is well known for staging elaborate stunts to keep their fans guessing. The recentBinding of Isaac: AfterbirthARG, headed up byEdmund McMillen, is just one recent example.
Knowing that the company has the tendency to embed secret messages in even the most innocuous of media has me wondering what their 2016 Christmas card might tell us about their plans for 2017. Right away we see Aban, Tina and a zombie from1001 Spikes, Quote, Curly, Balrog, and a few other characters fromCave Story, and an Isaac made of snow. There are also some vampire looking people on the bottom left hand corner of the card that I don’t recognize. They could be from a new intellectual property, or it could be that my failure to play through all ofIttle Dew 2andCreepy Castlehas left me ignorant to some of the more recent additions to Nicalis’s ever growing stable of characters.
So what does it all mean? Well we’ve already heard Tyrone from Nicalis greatly hinted at Switch ports forIsaac: Afterbirth+and1001 Spikes, so that leaves us to guess about what could be going on withCave Story. There was a hint ofCave Story 2forever ago, and some fancy renders ofCave Storyfavoriteshave beenpopping up on Twitterin thepast few months, but it’s hard to predict where it’s all headed.
If Nicalis is working on an animated adaptation, sequel, further enhanced version ofDaisuke Amaya‘s classic action platformer, what you want out of it? New 2D graphics? 3D graphics? PS4 port? Switch exclusivity? I know Nicalis will read into all your comments, so feel free to be as direct or as cryptic as you see fit.
