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=                              Nicalis                               =
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                             Introduction                             
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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
game designer and former game journalist. In 2017, Nicalis announced
that it had acquired SuperVillain Studios and Cowboy Color.


                                Games                                 
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Since its founding, the company has developed and published various
indie games, beginning with 'Dance Dance Revolution: Mobius' in 2008
and 'Cave Story' in 2010. 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 announced 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 would release several of its games on the
Nintendo Switch.


 Games developed and published 
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!Release year	!Title	!Platform(s)	!Co-developer(s)	!Notes
|2010	|'Cave Story'	|Nintendo 3DS, DSiWare, WiiWare	|Studio Pixel
|Ports
rowspan="4" |2011	|'VVVVVV'	|Nintendo 3DS	|Terry Cavanagh	|Port
|'NightSky'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, iOS
|Nifflas
|'Cave Story 3D'	|Nintendo 3DS	|Studio Pixel	|3D remake
|'Cave Story+'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux	|Studio Pixel
|Enhanced port
rowspan="3" |2014	|'1001 Spikes'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux,
PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One	|8-bit Fanatics
|'Grinsia'	|Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
|'The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Nintendo
Switch	* Designed by Edmund McMillen	* Remake of 'The Binding of
Isaac'
rowspan="2" |2015	|'Castle in the Darkness'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac
OS X	|Matt Kap
|'VVVVVV'	|PlayStation 4, PS Vita	|Terry Cavanagh	|Port
|2016	|'The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One	* First paid
expansion to The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
rowspan="5" |2017	|'Cave Story+'	|Nintendo Switch	|Studio Pixel
|'Knight Terrors'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Nintendo Switch
|FreakZone Games
|'Tiny Barbarian DX'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Nintendo
Switch	|StarQuail Games
|'VVVVVV'	|Nintendo Switch	|Terry Cavanagh	|Port
|'The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One	* Paid expansion to
'The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth' 	* Physical release for Nintendo
Switch	* 'Afterbirth' is required to use the content in Afterbirth+
|2019	|'Crystal Crisis'	|Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft
Windows	|Crossover puzzle game
|2021	|'The Binding of Isaac: Repentance'	|Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series XS	* Paid
expansion to 'The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth' 	* Physical release for
PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch	* Expansions 'Afterbirth', and
'Afterbirth+' are required to use the content in Repentance.
|2022	|'Cramped Room of Death'	|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
|Hafiz Mohd Rozlan	Released on the Epic Games Store, Steam, and
GOG.com
|TBA	|''90s Super GP'	|PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft
Windows	|Pelikan13	|[[Retrogaming|last=McFerran |first=Damien
|date=2019-01-02 |title=Whatever Happened To The Sega-Style Racer '90s
Super GP? |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Nintendo Life
|language=en-GB}}


 Games published 
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!Release	!Title	!Platform(s)	!Developer(s)	!Co-publisher(s)	!Notes
|2006	|'Toribash'	|Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, WiiWare	|Nabi
Studios
|2013	|'Ikachan'	|Nintendo 3DS	|Studio Pixel	|Studio Pixel	|Port
rowspan="2" |2016	|'Dimensional Intersection'	|Microsoft Windows	|DNV
|'Creepy Castle'	|Microsoft Windows	|Dopterra
rowspan="3" |2017	|'Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'	|PlayStation 4,
Nintendo Switch	|Lizardcube	|DotEmu	* Remake to 'Wonder Boy III: The
Dragon's Trap'	*Port	* Physical release
|'Ittle Dew 2+'	|Nintendo Switch	|Ludosity	* Sequel to 'Ittle Dew'
*Enhanced port to 'Ittle Dew 2'	* Physical release
|'The End Is Nigh'	|Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4	|Edmund McMillen,
Tyler Glaiel	|Ports
rowspan="5" |2018	|'Runner3'	|Nintendo Switch	|Choice Provisions
|Choice Provisions	|Physical release
|'Ikaruga'	|Nintendo Switch	|Treasure	* Port	* Physical release
|'Code of Princess EX'	|Nintendo Switch	|Studio Saizensen	* Enhanced
port	* Physical release
|'Blade Strangers'	|PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
|Studio Saizensen	|Crossover fighting game
|'Save Me Mr Tako'	|Nintendo Switch	|Deneos Games	|Publishing
agreement with developer ended in November 2020
rowspan="2" |2019	|'RemiLore'	|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch,
PlayStation 4, Xbox One	|Pixellore Inc., REMIMORY
|'Redout'	|Nintendo Switch	|34BigThings	|34BigThings	|Port
|2020	|'Monkey Barrels'	|Nintendo Switch	|Good-Feel	|Physical Switch
release in North America only
rowspan="2" |2021	|'Spectacular Sparky'	|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo
Switch	|FreakZone Games
|'Critadel'	|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch	|Pixelian Studio
|2022	|'The Legend of Bum-bo'	|Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch,
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S	|Edmund McMillen, James
Interactive	* Released on the Epic Games Store and GOG.com	* Prequel
to 'The Binding of Isaac'


                                Awards                                
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'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."


                     Controversy over management                      
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In September 2019, 'Kotaku' editor Jason Schreier posted a lengthy
article compiled from interviews with anonymous internal employees of
Nicalis and external developers that have used the company related to
the management of the company, particularly to its CEO Tyrone
Rodriguez. The investigation was spurred by observations from players
of brief conflicts between Nicalis and its developers across social
media in the years prior. The report asserted that Rodriguez was
controlling and exploitative of his employees and encouraged a racist
atmosphere within the company. External developers also stated that
they felt Nicalis engaged in ghosting; they had signed deals for
Nicalis to help publish their games, but later could not get any
response from Nicalis, causing them to lose time and potential sales,
and forcing them to turn to other publishers. In response to the
report, Nicalis issued a statement stating "We do not condone abusive
workplace environments or discrimination and have people from all
walks of life." Rodriguez apologized on Twitter that his comments to
his employees reported in the article were "indefensible and
unacceptable".

On hearing of these accusations, Edmund McMillen, who had developed
several games through Nicalis, stated that he would no longer be
working with the company on any future games, though 'The Binding of
Isaac: Repentance'  would still be releasing as originally planned due
to contractual obligation.


                            External links                            
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*[http://www.nicalis.com/ Official website]
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