name a few characters from the aforementioned game?
Quote, a robot
Cave Story
The fast-paced gameplay of "Cave Story" revolves around Quote, a robot 
which company is the developer of "cave story"? Nicalis and Amaya what controversy does the first one have? Rodriguez was controlling and exploitative of his employees and encouraged a racist atmosphere and external developers said they felt Nicalis engaged in ghosting. who is rodriguez? CEO of Nicalis name a few games developed by the first company? Dance Dance Revolution: Mobius, NightSky and Cave Story+, to name a few.
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Cave Story [SEP] Introduction
Independent developer Nicalis worked with Amaya to port the game to WiiWare and DSiWare in 2010. An enhanced version, Cave Story+, was released for Steam in November 2011, and the original game was released for the Nintendo 3DS in October 2012 with added content. A 3D remake of the game, titled Cave Story 3D, was developed by Nicalis and published by NIS America for the Nintendo 3DS in November 2011. A port of "Cave Story+" for the Nintendo Switch was released in June 2017. The fast-paced gameplay of "Cave Story" revolves around Quote, a robot who wakes up suffering amnesia and who must explore and blast his way through cavernous areas in order to figure out his backstory and escape from the cave.