Cave Story’s long journey to WiiWare saw it miss a 2009 release, and plenty worried when any mention of it was absent from Nintendo’s 2010 lineup announcement. But Nicalis has posted an update about the game, verifying that it is still moving along, with classic controller support, new graphics and music, and three difficulty settings among other features.

Where does this put the release date? We’ll find out after the New Year according to the update. Drop by and read the post for yourself to get all the details, there’s some new Christmas-themed Cave Story music to listen to while you’re there.