Cave Story And The Binding Of Isaac Go Head-To-Head In New Puzzle-Fighter, Crystal Crisis

Weird idea. The gameplay looks alright, but animation like this seems kinda unneeded? Very odd feeling to this game, seems more like they had the licenses for Blade Strangers and just plopped them into a easy to make crossover.

It is cool to see Astroboy... although I have no clue what it even amounts to haha.

Bizarre, but intriguing.

A crossover featuring Johnny Turbo? Bought!

Also, let's all come to the right conclusion about Astro Boy's inclusion:

• Nicalis publishes Treasure's Ikaruga on Switch...
• Treasure made Astro Boy Omega Factor on GBA...
• Nicalis now has the rights to publish video games with Astro Boy...
  ???

Cave Story >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Binding of Isaac.

Indie Puzzle Fighter.. this should be interesting.

I remember seeing that Quote model before... weird.

I do love falling-block puzzle games and Curly Brace though, so maybe I'll pick this up if I feel like it.

Put Astro Boy down, he needs an Omega Factor 2 game first!

@PanurgeJr
Thanks, these two really different games needed to be ranked in a non-argumented way.

@Tibob B-but this platformer from 2004 is objectively better than that roguelike from 2011!

Nicalis is on something.

Some kind of green goo-goo gas.

Reminds me of puzzle fighter.

It'll be $30 minimum, which is too rich for my blood. I'll wait for a VERY steep sale.

@Tibob I'm here to serve.

More people should have voted b instead of a. I'm terrible at competitive puzzlers.

Oh, Nicalis let people vote on a or b to reveal something today and it almost ended at 50%.

As a huge fan of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (you have to say the whole name, it's a rule), I approve of this idea but I hope it has a few features that aren't immediately obvious, maybe a couple of different game modes and options. Otherwise, it's definitely going to cost more than it should.

Not nearly as ambitious as Blade Strangers, which has characters from Binding of Isaac, Cave Story, Code of Princess, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Shovel Knight, etc, and it legitimately looks like an awesome game, with more characters to be announced soon I'm sure.

But this looks ok. I might grab it

Reminds me of Puzzle Kombat from Mortal Kombat Deception.

@Deadlyblack Me too but the fact that Astro Boy is in this gets me excited. Definitely agree with @NinChocolate, we need an Omega Factor 2, anything to wash away those awful past from them PS2, PSP, DS, and Wii Astro Boy games.

@JaxonH Blade Strangers is shaping up to be one awesome fighter. I'd love to see Shantae and Tiny Barbarian added to the roster.

@Mew Nicalis posted a gif of the model last year on Twitter (and I think this year too). That's probably why it seems familiar.

Meh not for me-
looks at cover
gasp
Is that Black Jack? Sold Day one daaaaaaaaaaay one!

Normally Astro Boy and Cave Story in one game would mean instant buy for me, but as it's a puzzler, I'll need a demo.
A fighter or action platformer would be a dream come true, even if I didn't know I had that dream up until now.

Puzzle Fighter clone but with even more cool and oddball characters that I like. Instant preorder!

I'm on a life-long quest to find a decent Super Puzzle Fighter-like game so I'll be checking this out

Hmm... On the other hand I absolutely love Cave Story and Binding of Isaac, but on the other hand the trailer really doesn't do much to convince me. I need to know more.

Ooh, this looks almost exactly like Super Puzzle Fighter! I liked that game a lot.
I'm not sure if I like Nicalis characters as much though. That Quote looks off. But gameplay alone may sway me, if it's as engaging. And well, there's always Curly Brace
Nicalis is really bringing indies together it seems, I was half-expecting Shovel Knight to pop in there.