TIGSource: Oh, Curly~!

Oh, Curly~!

Derek Yu — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:03:00 +0000

An article in The Escapist reveals that the Cave Story Wii team is aiming for an April release of the game. Nicalis is interested in adding DLC to the game in the months following the release, possibly including a Boss Rush Mode and other fan-requested modes.

“It’s really exciting, and I do my best to keep it all in. But I’m a little bit anxious with all the expectation behind the game,” [Pixel] admits. “I’m really grateful to be able to bring it to a console. And I’m really happy that Tyrone found the game when he did and decided to put the effort to make it come to WiiWare.”

But this post was mostly an excuse to post the epic Cave Story Anthem video that Annabelle Kennedy made, as well as the Curly Brace fan art by Niklas “Arne” Jansson.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Johan

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:19:27 +0000

I mean, “we have to go the ex-tra mile” brings me somewhat close to tears.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Johan

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:16:26 +0000

I think the video is perfect - at once majestic and heartwrenching. The imperfections of the Vocaloid song are essential in setting the mood. Super job!

"Oh, Curly~!" by Deacon Blues

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:20:21 +0000

Ugh. You can’t get any more obnoxious than vocaloid music.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Josh

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:51:42 +0000

Amazing stuff Annabelle! I love it! I grabbed the MP3, but there was no ID3 tag! You should always try to tag your mp3s so that you get proper credit when things get virally spread across this world wide webs, as I’m sure this mp3 is about to be (:

"Oh, Curly~!" by raigan

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:44:12 +0000

thanks to everyone for identifying vocaloid!

"Oh, Curly~!" by Tyrone

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:32:08 +0000

The video and Niklas’ Curly are awesome.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Garbled

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:17:26 +0000

You can tell Ms. Vocaloid is Japanese. She turned “the” into “za”.

"Oh, Curly~!" by falsion

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:32:41 +0000

Vocaloid is a TTS synthesis program that can simulate singing.

You basically type what you want it to say, and give it the notes to sing. It’s available in several voices, including anime voices as well.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Adam

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:49:47 +0000

That was a lot of fun. Nice job, Annabelle!

"Oh, Curly~!" by Anonymous

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:49:13 +0000

Boss rush and bonus modes are going to be DLC? I was hoping that they would be bundled into the Cave Story Experience© and not added after the fact.

In fact, wasn’t there some kind of vague mention that the Wii mode would be the base game with better music, better graphics, and That Little Bit Extra?

"Oh, Curly~!" by Annabelle

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:20:25 +0000

I’m sorry you didn’t like it Leroy.. I hope i do better next time!

And the Vocaloid I used wasnt Miku, i used Luka.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Leroy

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:40:17 +0000

Sorry, song was awful. Awful voice, too.

"Oh, Curly~!" by BeamSplashX

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:22:56 +0000

Don’t you see? Annabelle IS Hatsune Miku!

"Oh, Curly~!" by BMcC

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:16:25 +0000

Sounds like vocoder to me, yeah. Autotune may be involved.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Peevish

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:09:09 +0000

Pretty sure it’s a vocoder. Also, pretty sure it’s fuckyeah awesome.

"Oh, Curly~!" by raigan

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:56:10 +0000

yeah, I’d love to know how that voice was made, it’s pretty awesome!

"Oh, Curly~!" by Not Nicolas/Nifflas/Niklas/Neeklars

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:20:10 +0000

So many variations of the same phonetic.

"Oh, Curly~!" by gerry

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:54:17 +0000

Awesome! I think the voice is actually Hatsune Miku.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Dominic White

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:52:57 +0000

That was a Vocaloid doing the singing. Miku, I believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-1-xDWfFnk&fmt=18

"Oh, Curly~!" by Jer

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:38:47 +0000

Thank you for finding an excuse to post that epic anthem. Great work, Annabelle.

"Oh, Curly~!" by Eclipse

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:26:49 +0000

wow Annabelle, that video was awesome, was that your synthetized voice? or are you a robot too?