Unless you can find some way to turn the tide, that is. Unlike the Mimiga, who died trying to save each other or themselves, Curly dies trying to save you. Curly gives her air bubble up to Quote, because she didn’t know how else to save someone she considered a friend. For about 100 seconds, you just get to walk around like “Oh crap…I’mma drown now.” Funnily enough, I thought control would shift over to the formerly invincible Curly at that point, and you would watch the character you’ve controlled for over half the game die quick and painlessly like the many Mimiga that went before him. Oh, if I only knew…Īfter your battle with The Core of the island, the place is filled up with water. Hell, she even had an air bubble that prevented her from drowning underwater. Before I knew anything about the Booster 2.0, I kind of figured she was invincible. She helps you through one of the game’s more difficult areas, and definitely one of the hardest bosses you’ve faced up to this point. I tended to look at it like…Curly fought Misery and survived. A lot of people might view her loss to Misery (and the fact that you have to go retrieve medicine so that Curly can be all healed up) as a sign of weakness.
Whenever Curly was around, she always had guns blazing. But…these were Mimiga, creatures portrayed as weak and defenseless (until they consumed the Red Flower, anyway). Sometimes, it’s a death that offers some sense of build-up, and other times, death comes in an instant. Throughout your journey, you’ve watched central characters like Toroko and King die. It wasn’t until she kept appearing later on that I took the hint: surely there’s more to Curly than meets the eye. When I left Curly in the house at Sand Zone for the first time, I wrote her off as ancillary and continued my journey to find and destroy the Red Flowers as before. Depending on how things go, you could even end up with her much stronger weapon (at the time) than your Polar Star, the first gun you obtain in the game. The fight against Curly proves that she won’t go down easily, and is in some ways your equal, attempting to best you with a single weapon when you have easily three or four at your disposal. When the player meets Curly for the first time, they’re forced to battle her pretty much immediately. Despite being similar to Quote in many ways (like being an amnesiac), I shall attest that Curly surpasses Quote in strength, resolve and character. Without Curly Brace, Quote is just a nameless hero who saves a land fated to experience the same tragedy again. But this Building Character isn’t about Quote-it’s about his comrade, the one who gives his journey its true meaning. The story of The Doctor, the floating island, its populace, and the soldier from the surface who winds up saving everyone…it’s all quite impressive, because the hero knows no more than the player does. There are several examples of a narrative whose design opposes this, where you can predict what happens, or even how it ends, just as soon as it begins.Ĭave Story, despite being a tiny tale, is somewhat unpredictable to those experiencing it for the first time, in my opinion. Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers pertaining to the plot and characters of Cave Story.Įxploring the first few areas leading up to Mimiga Village, it dawned on me that Cave Story’s plot would be one that unfolded.
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