Board 8 > Wait... really? [Cave Story] [Spoilers]

(+) Yeah! (+)

I guess I was meant to not escape on the dragon.

That was some ending.

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Unless you touch everything you will never get the best ending until you read a walkthrough.

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From: Raioxa | #002
You will never get the best ending until you read a walkthrough.

Fix'd.

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you actually thought escaping with the most cowardly dude in the game and leaving everyone else behind would be the intended ending?

But yeah there are two more endings, but I suggest not looking up the "good" ending until you've done the other one

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She probably already missed her chance anyway, so replaying a second time will be necessary.

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #004
you actually thought escaping with the most cowardly dude in the game and leaving everyone else behind would be the intended ending?

I didn't think it would actually end the game. <_<

Moved on now, chilling in jail.

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God stuff.

How did you find the Outer Wall? My favourite area of the game, for sure. Dat music is excellent.

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I really need to replay cave story and get the best ending, I loved it when I played it too I just never got around to replaying it

From: Solfadore | #007
How did you find the Outer Wall? My favourite area of the game, for sure. Dat music is excellent.

Uhh.. really? It was basically just a vertical corridor. Unless I managed to miss vast chunks of it somehow.

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well the main draw is the music, but I think that the atmosphere of the area is pretty neat when you consider the music + visual design/backgrounds + the psuedo-wind effect.

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Oh mannnnn.

I thought that was it once I'd beaten the Doctor.

:/

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From: Liquid Wind | #008
I really need to replay cave story and get the best ending, I loved it when I played it too I just never got around to replaying it

As a warning, it wouldn't be just a matter of "getting around to it." Actually finishing it the best way is really hard.

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From: nintendogirl1 | #011
Oh mannnnn.

I thought that was it once I'd beaten the Doctor.

:/

fortunately he and Misery have fairly simple patterns, so with a little practice you should be able to beat them with minimal damage and be ready for the next part.

You can also recover some health if you talk to the Mimigas in the cages a few times. One of them will make hearts appear over all their heads.

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one of the most disappointing things about Cave Story+ is that they decided to fill your health after you beat the Undead Core

true ending is not supposed to be easy to get augh

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Well, I never even beat it myself. Tried for about 10 hours and simply could not do it. So I can't exactly say they're wrong for trying to make it easier!

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I've never done it either, but I have managed to beat the boss gauntlet with full health

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From: th3l3fty | #014
one of the most disappointing things about Cave Story+ is that they decided to fill your health after you beat the Undead Core

true ending is not supposed to be easy to get augh

That just sounds like they're making the endings in general easier to get. You can refill your health before you start the true ending anyways.

Just don't get smashed by the rocks.

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From: th3l3fty | #014
one of the most disappointing things about Cave Story+ is that they decided to fill your health after you beat the Undead Core

true ending is not supposed to be easy to get augh

I'm almost positive the original version does too

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does it? I distinctly remember not being at full health without getting hit by anything

hmm

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Cave Story - Beated.

Might as well start the nex playthrough now, while I've still got the game in my mind. What's the first thing I need to worry about for getting the good ending?

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I'm pretty sure this is everything, someone let me know if I forgot something.

Step 1: Prevent Curly's death. You don't have to do anything for this until you get to the first battle with the Core. Before speaking to her in the final room there, find the Tow Rope which is sitting on the ground on the far right side of the floor. After the fight is over and she gives you the air bubble, use the rope to carry her body.

Step 2: Take her to the little cabin in the waterway. For some reason I have a hard time with this part; I often miss the jump to the cabin and there's no going back to it once you miss the jump so you'll have to reload if you screw up.

Step 3: Drain the water from her body. Put her in the bed, then read the computer and bookshelf in the cabin a few times until you learn how to do it. Make sure to take her with you when you leave. Her body will be swept away when you beat the fish, but she'll survive.

Step 4: You know the part where the Professor is at the bottom of that shaft and gives you the Booster 0.8? It's difficult, but it is possible to make the jump across that chasm without any boost. You can use the machine gun if you have it at lvl3 but if you want the best weapon in the game you won't have the machine gun at this part. If you do this right you'll get the much better Booster 2.0 from the Professor before you return to the Egg Corridor.

Step 5: In the Outer Wall there is a not-so-hidden room which contains a timer item. I don't know if this is actually mandatory but if you can't get it then you know you screwed up somewhere.

Step 6: You'll find an amnesiac Curly in the Plantation. Talk to her and the Cthulhu with her a few times until he tells you what you're supposed to do.

Step 7: Go back to Mimiga Village (teleport shenanigans make this faster) and fight the Ma Pignon mushroom in the now-accessible room inside the graveyard. He'll give you a bum item at first so check your inventory and look at the item, then talk to him again.

Step 8: Bring this back to Curly. Talk to her a few more times, at which point she'll reveal your character's name (if you don't already know it), and give you the Iron Bond. If you have that and the Booster 2.0, then you should be good to go. You'll know you did it right if the "Final Cave" or whatever that's called after you ride the elevator thing is a different, harder room than before.

Step 9: During the escape after beating the Undead Core, go inside that little building. There should be a hole in the floor which will take you to the final area. Good luck!

As for the best weapon in the game, you need to not trade with Curly, and then don't speak to the cockroach guy sitting at the store counter in the labyrinth. If you return to the Merchant whom you first stole the Polar Star from once you can get there (via Booster), he'll upgrade it to the Spur if you still have it. If you talk to the cockroach guy instead, he'll give you a different weapon but it's not as good. However, if you talk to him after you get the Spur, he gives you a different item. It's not super-useful but it does help a bit.


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Yeah, beating the undead core has always refilled your health.

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What Wazzup said, 'cept he got the order wrong, I think.

- Desert: [Optional, but heavily recommended] Refuse the machine gun Curly offers. Keep your Pole Star.

- Labyrinth (1): [Optional, but heavily recommended] Refuse the trade with the cockroach guy. Keep your Pole Star.

- Labyrinth (2): Skip the Booster. When you see Professor Booster fall down, don't go see him and jump past the chasm. You should barely make it.

- Core Room: Once you activated all the door and Curly moves to the actual boss room, don't talk to her right away. Examine the floor in the far right corner - you should find a tow rope. Once you beat the boss, interact with Curly and you'll have the option of taking her with you with the Tow Rope.

- Waterway: Go to the cabin and once you're there, do what Wazzup said.

- Mimiga Village: Before going to the Egg Corridor?, Prof Booster should come in and give you the Booster 2.0. Also, if you still have your Pole Star, use the Booster to go to the very top of Mimiga Village, back into the first cave in the game. Talk to the guy at the end of that cave and he'll give you the Spur. Take it.

- Outer Wall: Timer item is not mandatory, but might as well get it.

- Plantation: Do what Wazzup said.

- Return to Mimiga Village and do what Wazzup said. The Ma Pignon will be a bit annoying, since you'll have to answer a few questions before he even gives you the fake item (which you should then examine, and talk to him again).

- Plantation: Go speak with Curly until she gives you the Iron Bond.

- Last Cave (Hidden): If you did everything correctly, the Last gave will be much harder. Good luck!

- Prefab House: After the final battle with the Undead Core, as you're escaping, you should be able to get into the small house. Whatever you do, do NOT save unless you have full health. Do not. Redo the final fights if you lost some HP on the way to the Prefab House. Trust me on that. Anyway, once you're there with full health, save, and then jump in the hole on the left.

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Oh, is the Booster before the Core? It's been a while, I guess I got mixed up there, plus I haven't gotten the Booster 0.8 for probably the past five playthroughs.

And as for that tough jump when bypassing the Booster, there's a small marking on the platform you start on which is a perfect marking for where you need to jump to make it across.

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This is one of the most heavily requested games from my subscribers for me to play... is it really that good?

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Cave Story's only downside is that it's a bit too easy (until you hit the endgame and the difficulty spikes)

great game otherwise!

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It might be my favorite game all-time. There's really nothing about it that I don't like.

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Yeah I still haven't beaten this game because I'm stuck on the final boss (for the regular ending, I guess). I only tried a couple of times but got bored. I'll probably just replay it sometime to get the best ending because I screwed up the booster part.

Booster 2.0, Underwear, Tow rope, Lipstick GET. Curly rescued and deflooded. Sisters beaten, saved and off. I forgot to get the Spur, but I'll go back and get it once I get the Plantation teleport working.

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From: nintendogirl1 | #006
Moved on now, chilling in jail.

Playing Cave Story is a good way to spend your time before going to jail.

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Getting the Snake instead of Spur is also reasonable. It's probably marginally less useful overall, but it'll make runs of the timed final area faster if you care at all about speed.

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This is gonna be her first time through it, of course she doesn't care about speed.

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Did you get the Nemesis on your first playthrough, ngirl?

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From: CalvinbalI | #034
Did you get the Nemesis on your first playthrough, ngirl?

Nope! I missed the Little House completely, though I found the guy in the graveyard and was confused by him.

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As per expected.

The Nemsis gets worse when it levels up. "Huh".

Got Spur, Nemesis, timer thing and Iron Bond. Up to 50 HP and 30 missiles. Think the only thing I missed was the not taking damage from the waterway boss.

The new Last Cave is hard. :/

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ah yes, i remember discovering cave story and getting everything done in the game in a week and a (grueling) half on my last summer vacation

that secret dungeon is hard, the secret boss is insane, and beating it under that time limit is just hell

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The secret boss is insanely difficult. I think the best I ever did was barely making it to the second phase, and then dying painfully. Doesn't help that the secret dungeon is so goddamn hard!

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Yeah I was about to laugh maniacally at "The new Last Cave is hard :/" because I remembered the secret dungeon.

And then I realized I remembered the secret dungeon and went D:

It's SO GOOD but SO HARD. Also best music.

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To be fair, the new last cave IS hard. Slightly easier than the secret dungeon, sure, but it's still pretty difficult.

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I beat the miniboss at the end of the Last Cave.

Didn't finish the Last Cave.

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*sigh*

IIRC, the Nemesis is your best friend for that miniboss.

(And that sucks.)

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From: Solfadore | #042
IIRC, the Nemesis is your best friend for that miniboss.

That's what I used.

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Good weapon.