Cave Story Hard Mode (wiiware)

If you haven't gotten the wii ware version, or have not tried hard mode yet, it's basically regular Cave Story, except all upgrades have been removed (Life capsules and the Missile Launcher). So, have any of you tried it? I'm currently at Grasstown. I'm sure the later bosses are gonna be an absolute joy.

 

Still stuch on Monster X and always will be...! On mah DS version and Wii version.

And ah tink thread was already created on this!

 

I tried it on halloween, made it to Chaco's house as a zombie and then.. saved...

Maybe i'll pick up from where I left off. The only reason I stopped, was because I find the dialogue from the original to be vastly superior to that of the Wii - and i'm guessing all other consecutive/future ports.

(They replaced the "Doctor Dumb can go screw himself!" line with some lame euphemistic phrase to make it more child-friendly... and that was my favourite!) ;^;

Still stuch on Monster X and always will be...! On mah DS version and Wii version.

Pretty sure i've killed him without taking a hit on normal, but then again it's possible that I used the missile launcher.. I normally use the L3 machine gun on phase 1, and then the L3 sword on phase 2.

 

And ah tink thread was already created on this!

I looked through two pages and couldn't find it if there is one.

 

I got to the Sacred Grounds and have tried hundreds of times to beat it but I JUST CAN'T. Farthest I've gotten is the Heavy Press.

 

I got to the Sacred Grounds and have tried hundreds of times to beat it but I JUST CAN'T. Farthest I've gotten is the Heavy Press.

Pretty much how my Hard Mode Playthrough went.

 

I managed to get to the Sanctuary, both in the Wii version and while testing the CS+ beta. I've pretty much admitted to myself that I'll never be able to beat that level with so little health, no matter how many times I try. If you take your time, it's not that bad for a while after you get past the falling blocks room, but good lord, getting past that is a drain. The farthest I got in there was the room before Heavy Press (where there would be the missile expansion chest), but then I got sniped by an arrow and my motivation was shot.

Before Sanctuary, though, it's really not that hard besides the bosses. It's a test of your patience more than anything else. The hardest bosses, I thought, were Monster X, the Core, and the boss rush before the Sanctuary. With all the bosses though, playing them with so little room for error made me realize that I didn't understand their attack patterns as intricately as I thought I did. In that respect, playing hard mode was a lot of fun.

When I first played hard mode on the Wii, I tried holding out for the Spur, and managed to get to the Core with just the Polar Star. But that fight proved to be a brick wall and I reluctantly went back for the Snake. But that made the battle a piece of cake in comparison.

 

I got to the Sacred Grounds and have tried hundreds of times to beat it but I JUST CAN'T. Farthest I've gotten is the Heavy Press

How did you get that far in the sanctuary? Don't you need 5 hp to pass the first room?

 

How did you get that far in the sanctuary? Don't you need 5 hp to pass the first room?

You can get through Sacred Grounds with 3hp. Some people even speedrun it.

 

This'll sound retarded, but I got up to monster-X and i'm having fairly good results using the Fireball to take out the bottom two green thingers. You just back your ass into the corner, aim up and spam. Then I switch to the sword for the rest.

It's not really that hard, it's more frustrating due to the fact that 90% of your time is spent covering the same ground again and again each time you die.

How did you get that far in the sanctuary? Don't you need 5 hp to pass the first room?

I thought you were supposed to pass through the first room taking zero damage? Whenever I took damage in that room (on normal mode) I would just kill myself and then started over.

 

On Monster X I just played it safe and used the level 3 Bubbler for the first half then the Blade on the second half.

 

This is the hard mode for the 3ds, but On my first try against monster X I got to his second form. About sixth try (Including dying on the way there) I beat it.