Nicalis
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer and video games |
| Founded | November 26, 2007[1] Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
| Founder | Tyrone Rodriguez |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California , U.S. |
| Website | www.nicalis.com |
Nicalis, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Santa Ana, California. The company focuses primarily on indie games and has developed and published both original games as well as ports of existing games. Nicalis was founded in 2007[2] by Tyrone Rodriguez,[3] a former editor for IGN.[3]
Games
Since its founding, the company has developed and published several games, beginning with Dance Dance Revolution: Mobius in 2008 and Cave Story in 2010. In October 2011, Nicalis announced that it would publish a port of VVVVVV for the Nintendo 3DS via the Nintendo eShop.[2] In December 2011, Nicalis offered both NightSky and Cave Story+ for sale as part of Humble Indie Bundle 4.[4] In April 2012, Nicalis announced that its plans to publish the WiiWare port of La-Mulana in the US and EU had been cancelled, citing a steep decline in the Wiiware userbase.[5] In January 2017, it was silently announced that Nicalis will release several of their games on the Nintendo Switch.[6]
Games developed and published
Games published
Cancelled games
Awards
Cave Story was nominated for Game of the Year at the 2010 Nintendo Power Awards, as well as WiiWare Game of the Year.[7] The 3DS version of Cave Story was nominated for Best Adventure Game at the 2011 Nintendo Power Awards.[8] At the 2011 Independent Games Festival, Cave Story was a finalist in the category of "Excellence In Visual Art" and both Cave Story and NightSky received honorable mentions in the category of "Excellence In Audio."[9]
References
- ^ "NicAlis.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ a b "VVVVVV COMING TO 3DDDDDD!!!!!!". 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Carter, Grey (27 March 2012). "NightSky Dev: Kojima is Terrible At Making Games". The Escapist. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ Brown, Mark (14 December 2011). "Humble Indie Bundle 4 zips up Cave Story, Meat Boy, Shank and more (Wired UK)". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Jackson, Mike (1 May 2012). "Wii News: WiiWare: 'Window for success passed in 2009' - Nicalis - ComputerAndVideoGames.com". Computer and Video Games. Future Publishing. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Frank, Allegra (January 19, 2017). "Nintendo Switch UI gets new close-up in deleted tweet". Polygon. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ Nintendo Power Issue 250. South San Francisco, California: Future US. 2010. p. 73.
- ^ Nintendo Power Issue 276. South San Francisco, California: Future US. 2012.
- ^ "2011 Independent Games Festival Announces Main Competition Finalists". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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