Though it is making its Nintendo debut on 3DS, Ikachan is already more than 10 years old, existing as a freeware game created by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya, best known as the developer of Cave Story. Time has been very kind to the game, fortunately, especially since Nicalis touched up the graphics and added some very nice 3D effects for the recent eShop release.
Right from the get-go, Ikachan has a hell of a lot in common with Cave Story. You wake up as a creature with no memory of where you came from, and then you go exploring an open 2D world, slowly piecing together your past. The graphics and music are also extremely similar to boot, so much so that if you closed your eyes and turned on one of the games at random, you might have trouble telling the difference.
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