Dec 20, 2010 at 5:10 AM
In an overall point of view, Ballos would be viewed as an antagonist as he is the final boss and is responsible for destroying a kingdom but does that make him necessarily a bad guy?
Ballos used to be a kind and helpful person and people respected him more than their king.
He was then cruelly and horribly tortured by the king which might mean either that the king was evil or just plain selfish, possibly both.
Ballos went mad after being tortured for such a long time and killed a lot of people including his children, his wife, the king...
Jenka, instead of killing him (as he was her younger brother), sealed Ballos inside the island to prevent further harm.
Year later, after Quote managed to destroy the Core, the island began to crumble, presumably by all the nagative energy Ballos had.
In my opinion the real antagonist of Cave Story is undoubtedly The Doctor because he wanted to take over the world and not caring about all the lives that would be lost in the process.
It is true that Ballos has a lot more power than The Doctor and killed many more but his power was out of control.
Ballos used to be a kind and helpful person and people respected him more than their king.
He was then cruelly and horribly tortured by the king which might mean either that the king was evil or just plain selfish, possibly both.
Ballos went mad after being tortured for such a long time and killed a lot of people including his children, his wife, the king...
Jenka, instead of killing him (as he was her younger brother), sealed Ballos inside the island to prevent further harm.
Year later, after Quote managed to destroy the Core, the island began to crumble, presumably by all the nagative energy Ballos had.
In my opinion the real antagonist of Cave Story is undoubtedly The Doctor because he wanted to take over the world and not caring about all the lives that would be lost in the process.
It is true that Ballos has a lot more power than The Doctor and killed many more but his power was out of control.