Nov 17, 2012 at 6:09 AM
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Okay, so, for those of you who don't know, the beast fang is an item that is programmed into Cave Story, but is inaccessible in regular gameplay. It exists in Yamashita Farm, in the block under the life capsule. However, it can only be obtained by using an editing program to remove the block that covers it. When examined, its description is: "A sharp fang found at the Yamashita Farm. Is its owner still alive...?". Most people consider it to be an item from earlier in development that Pixel simply forgot to remove from the game. Anyway, I discovered something that may be the key to what the item was originally intended for.
Look at the Red Ogre's sprite sheet.
Notice how he's missing a fang? We all know that Pixel is brilliant when it comes to attention to detail. For these reasons, this is what I believe: I think that the Beast Fang was originally intended to be a secret easter egg item, a bit of foreshadowing to the Red Ogre. I have a few theories: Maybe the Red Ogre lost that fang in his fight with Arthur (the Red Ogre is confirmed to be the monster that Arthur fought, by the way. Jack tells you that if you talk to him at a specific point), who stored it in the Yamashita Farm. And who knows? Maybe Pixel left it in the game intentionally, a little easter egg for the fans to find, something left by Arthur that the player can't normally find. However, whether or not those theories are true, the basic idea that the Beast Fang's original intent was to be a hidden item that foreshadowed the Red Ogre seems very, very likely to me.
(Sorry if this has been covered before. I looked, but I couldn't find anyone else who has pointed this out yet, so I thought I might as well post it.)
Look at the Red Ogre's sprite sheet.
Notice how he's missing a fang? We all know that Pixel is brilliant when it comes to attention to detail. For these reasons, this is what I believe: I think that the Beast Fang was originally intended to be a secret easter egg item, a bit of foreshadowing to the Red Ogre. I have a few theories: Maybe the Red Ogre lost that fang in his fight with Arthur (the Red Ogre is confirmed to be the monster that Arthur fought, by the way. Jack tells you that if you talk to him at a specific point), who stored it in the Yamashita Farm. And who knows? Maybe Pixel left it in the game intentionally, a little easter egg for the fans to find, something left by Arthur that the player can't normally find. However, whether or not those theories are true, the basic idea that the Beast Fang's original intent was to be a hidden item that foreshadowed the Red Ogre seems very, very likely to me.
(Sorry if this has been covered before. I looked, but I couldn't find anyone else who has pointed this out yet, so I thought I might as well post it.)