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Type
  
Private

Website
  
www.nicalis.com

Founded
  
26 November 2007

Area served
  
Worldwide

Founder
  
Tyrone Rodriguez

Industry
  
Computer and video games

Headquarters
  
Santa Ana, California, U.S.

Video games
  
The Binding of Isaac: Re, The Binding of Isaac: Aft, 1001 Spikes, Cave Story, VVVVVV

Profiles

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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 by Tyrone Rodriguez, a former editor for IGN.

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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 respectively. In October 2011, Nicalis announced that it would publish a port of VVVVVV for the Nintendo 3DS via the Nintendo eShop. In December 2011, Nicalis offered both NightSky and Cave Story+ for sale as part of Humble Indie Bundle 4. In April 2012, Nicalis accounced 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. In January 2017, it was silently announced that Nicalis will release several of their games on the Nintendo Switch.

Developed

  • 1001 Spikes (Steam PC / OS X / Linux, PS4, PS Vita, 3DS, Wii U, Switch) with 8-bit Fanatics
  • Big Brother (Mobile)
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Mac OS X, PS4, Linux, PS Vita, Windows, Xbox One, New 3DS, Wii U, Switch) with Edmund McMillen
  • Cave Story (3DS, DSiWare, WiiWare, Switch) with Daisuke Amaya
  • Cave Story 3D (3DS) with Daisuke Amaya
  • Cave Story Plus (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) with Daisuke Amaya
  • Castle in the Darkness (Mac OS X, Windows) with Matt Kap
  • Dance Dance Revolution (Mobile)
  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mobius (Android)
  • The Electric Company Wordball! (iOS)
  • Grinsia (3DS, Windows)
  • Guxt (3DS)
  • Ikachan (3DS) with Daisuke Amaya
  • Legend of Raven (PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One)
  • MLB Power Pros Baseball (Mobile)
  • NightSky (3DS, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows) with Nifflas
  • Rock Revolution (Mobile)
  • Swift Switch (iOS)

    • Published

  • 1001 Spikes (3DS, PS4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Switch)
  • The 90s Arcade Racer (Wii U, Windows)
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (Mac OS X, PS4, Linux, PS Vita, Windows, New 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, iOS, Switch)
  • Castle In The Darkness (Windows)
  • Cave Story (3DS, DSiWare, WiiWare, Switch)
  • Cave Story Plus (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)
  • Grinsia (3DS, Windows)
  • Guxt (3DS)
  • Ikachan (3DS)
  • Legend of Raven (PS4, PS Vita, Xbox One)
  • NightSky (3DS, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)
  • Swift Switch (iOS)
  • Toribash (Linux, Mac OS X, WiiWare, Windows)
  • VVVVVV (3DS)

    • Awards

    Cave Story was nominated for Game of the Year at the 2010 Nintendo Power Awards, as well as WiiWare Game of the Year. The 3DS version of Cave Story was nominated for Best Adventure Game at the 2011 Nintendo Power Awards. 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."

    References

    Nicalis Wikipedia
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