ok listen. ive heard so much hate for cave story 3d for like 10 years and i seriously just do not get it. of course, yes, it's an early 3DS game so it's gonna look a little rough, but i love the idea of reimagining each area to have these detailed, 3D environments and backgrounds, and really gives some context to some of the more abstract areas in cave story. daisuke amaya's pixel art is and forever will be beautiful, but a lot of the areas in the original cave story are just, well, caves. i think cave story 3D gives each area a little more personality, i especially like mimiga village and how they re contextualized the center tower as this big, wooden structure in the middle, covered in flowers 'n stuff. i'm also a big fan of the labyrinth, there's junk and debris scattered everywhere that gives it a sort of junkyard vibe that i really like. i will always die on this hill, people need to give cave story 3D a chance, it's a really cool take on an already great game