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  1. Zennistrad

    Another Cave Story Sequel (ACSS) V: 1.19.1

    Sorry for the double-post, but I seem to have run into a bug. In the hydroelectric plant, after activating HEF Gate C (the one shortly after defeating the monster hive), going back to the room with the save point gives an error that says "failed to load stage," after which the game crashes. I...
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    Another Cave Story Sequel (ACSS) V: 1.19.1

    Hey, I just checked this out, and I've gotta say this is definitely one of the most promising mods I've seen in a long time! It reminds me in some ways of Jenka's Nightmare, which I consider pretty high praise as far as the world of CS mods goes. Eagerly awaiting to see what comes of the next...
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    Rosenkreuzstilette

    I remember buying this game from the Japanese website and installing a fan translation when I was in high school: the impression I got of it was that it was really hard, even for a Mega Man clone.
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    What is your favourite video game?

    Paper Mario: the Thousand-Year Door. It's a perfect blend of RPG elements, platforming, humor, presentation, and most importantly of all it's the first time there's ever been a Mario game that tried to make you care about its story and characters.
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    Dumbest thing you've done during your first playthrough of cave story?

    Its ability to shoot through walls does make it a lot more useful in a few situations, though.
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    Honestly Jenka's Nightmare is good enough to count as a sequel for me, even if it is a fan mod.
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    Cave Story 2?

    I wouldn't be so sure. A few years ago there was a rumor of a sequel floating around, around the same time Cave Story + gave us the Wind Fortress level, which seemed at the time to be a clue towards some previously-unrevealed plot thread. Unfortunately we've heard nothing about that since.
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    Cave Story 2?

    Jenka's Nightmare is pretty much the closest thing there will probably be to a second Cave Story. From what I've been able to tell, Pixel's distanced himself from CS due to Nicalis's involvement in the rights to the game.
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    Is Cave Story A prequel to Undertale?

    "Sans" and "Sue" are just several letters apart from being exactly the same as each other! They must be the same person!
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    Jenka's Nightmare - Done. *mic drop* [3.0.1.0]

    The fight against Genesis and Oblivion at the end of the Last Cave is just plain evil. I don't know whether to curse Zarro for coming up with it or respect him for pulling such a clever stunt. As an aside, I'm probably going to have to just watch the rest of the game on a Let's Play since this...
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    Is the Island bigger than what we see of it?

    One of the things that struck me when looking at the Island's official portrait is that its appearance from the outside doesn't seem to correspond to the areas of the game when taken all together. Sure, this is mostly because you spend most of the game within the Island's caverns, but even then...
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    Just to be clear, I'm not disputing its canonicity, I'm just saying I find the official explanation kind of disappointing. It goes from "holy crap, the bad guy is serious" to "you were careless." Ballos doesn't want anything other than someone to finally kill him, so bribery is right out...
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    It wouldn't make sense for him to punish Misery for forcing him create the crown if that were the case. And Ballos probably wouldn't want to use his power outside his prison either: his dialogue and backstory make it apparent that more than anything else, he just wants to die.
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    The sickeningly cheerful say hello, introduce yourself; now where's my cookie? topic.

    Hey there. I'm Zennistrad (as you can probably tell). I remember making an account here a few years ago under a different name, but I've stopped using that name altogether on most websites so I created a separate account here. I played Cave Story several years after it first came out, during a...
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    What the heck is Balrog?

    I can see that now, I think I misread the last post as saying "J.K. Rowling." That would have made Harry Potter... interesting to say the least.
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    That does make sense, but I also kind of feel that this official explanation dilutes the feeling of desperation that the ruined Egg Corridor is meant to embody: it comes directly after nearly every character you've met is taken away and directly before Kazuma tells you that you should just give...
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    What the heck is Balrog?

    The term was coined by Tolkien in Lord of the Rings: it's the giant demon with the whip that confronts the fellowship in Moria.
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    What the heck is Balrog?

    My personal headcanon is that Balrog is a magical construct that Misery created to do her bidding and was enslaved along with her when she forced Ballos to create the demon crown. Pooh Black was likely a failed previous attempt at such a construct that was abandoned in the Labyrinth, given the...
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    The Egg Corridor is destroyed immediately after the Core is taken to be zombified and right when we know the Doctor has launched his largest and most successful campaign of enslaving the mimiga population. There's no way that it could have been subjected to such sudden and widespread devastation...
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    That would be assuming that the Crown grants powers to its slaves in addition to its master, which is not supported by anything you'll see in game. "Standing on her own two feet" doesn't give any indication that she's actually lost her power given that she does so at multiple points before...
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    Bunny Must Die

    This is a game that I really want to like, but the clunky controls really make it difficult to get into it. It's hard to time your jumps correctly or aim your attacks, and if the characters were more responsive to inputs this could definitely be a great game in its own right.
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    Dumbest thing you've done during your first playthrough of cave story?

    Trying to avoid getting killed by Basil in the Egg Corridor by shooting it.
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    Why didnt Misery kill Quote instead of sending him to the labyrinth when Balrog knocked him out?

    I'll repost something that I posted elsewhere about Misery, and how I feel that we really don't get the opportunity to see how strong she really is at any point in the game. So I’ve been thinking about Cave Story a bunch lately and one thing that’s kind of quietly crept up on me is the...
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