At its core, Cave Story can be lumped into the broad category of "Metroidvania." You explore a mysterious floating island, gaining new weapons and abilities as you progress that allow you to access areas you previously couldn't. There's more to it than that, however, and a pretty deep story as well. It's game that I can unequivocally recommend to anyone and the fact that it will finally have some kind of co-op option makes it even easier for me to do so.

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