He goes on to call the studio's DMCA notices 'ugly shenanigans', urging fans instead to play the freeware version and buy Amaya's Kero Blaster. Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail says he '100% recommends you do not buy' the Nicalis version of Cave Story. RP3LPN5pXpĪ number of industry figures and developers have hit back against Nicalis, claiming that the studio doesn't have the rights to the 2004 freeware version of Cave Story.
So has decided to start DMCA'ing the freeware versions of Cave Story and fan made rebuilds of the freeware version that supported mods while also largely not even using the original source code.įuck Nicalis.