What I really love about this somg is that it sounds like Curly and Quote having a discussion about what to do, how to proceed onwards with their endeavor and how uplifting it is.
The way this song is presented is pure genius. You hear the song for the menu throughout the entire game every time you boot it up, and then when you finally hear it at the plantation near the end of the game you get a feeling like "OH SHIT, THIS IS WHERE THE REAL GAME STARTS!" Everything that you've done, everything you've overcome, leads up to this moment, the final preparation before saving the island, and, consequently, the entire world. All your progress is embodied into these next few battles. Do NOT screw it up.
I love how Pixel placed this song in the game. You've just been in this very contemplative state on the outer wall, where you have the choice to stay and fight at impossible odds, or leave and abandon those of your friends that remain. Even if you choose to stay, the climb up the wall with the very peaceful Moonsong playing gives you plenty of time with your thoughts to consider if you're doing the right thing. And then, when you persevere and make it to the top, the game rewards you with the title theme, almost as some sign from Pixel that you made the right choice.
If you know that the game came out in 2004, then it being 8 bit is not a problem at all. Im pretty sure a lot of people reslly loved such graphics back then because of old school feelings since things like 3d models may only been out for maybe 10 years or so where imo most of them were pretty ugly
just because something is in 8 bit doesn't mean it has bad graphics. What matters is the effort put into it. The 8 bit pixel art is very accurate, and the special effects look great.
I heard in my school too much kiddos of 1 grade saying that the 8 bits sucks, but if the 8 bits never existed, his crap of Fortnite will not exist. Cave Story Good, Fortnite Bad.
@@KaiSonicX Cave Story's sprites are art and they look really great, plus they were all made by a single person which is very impressive. Fortnite's graphics are just a bunch of assets thrown together, there's nothing artistic or impressive about them
I think my reply didn't aged well and just looks to something a Redditor will say. Also there is a worse game, and is named free fire, TAKE ME OUT OF MEXICOOOOOOOOO
Sure you've been captured by the villain and shown a plantation where the Mimiga are enslaved and experimented on-- BUT IT'S THE MAIN MENU THEME they played it in the game!
...Oh fucking finally. Whenever I try to find this version there's always this annoying buzz in the background but this one is almost perfect, if a bit off in the background.
Fun fact: I got introduced to Cave Story by a RUclips comment to a remix of the Ducktales Moon Theme (it said to do a remix of this theme). Thank you whoever wrote that comment!
When i found out that the doctor was making the mimiga plant the red flowers i was pretty mad but then seeing that he told them it would help them that pissed me off a lot
One day, I had decided to emulate the Nintendo DSi's home screen in my computer just for the sake of it When I booted up the home screen, there were already some games installed. But the one that caught my interest was Cave Story, the icon animation made me feel like that was some sort of emotional game or something, which made me interested in playing it. Then I found out that the game was free, which gave me no excuse to not play the game. I booted it up, not knowing the immense adventure that was ahead of me. I played it to death, every day waking up and spending the entire time awake playing Cave Story, I was already a fan of platformers and metroidvanias, so I immediately get used to the controls. This game is amazing and I couldn't believe that I didn't play it before.
This game is a masterpiece i wish there would be a timeline where it got way more recognized and there were different parts of it cuz its a genius story
It was one of the primordial Indy games that crawled out of the internet and managed to get a full release and a subpar 3D remake… but definitely deserves more attention
It’s possible to play as curly after a certain item is collected. I know she has some extra dialogue but I’ve only gotten to bush lands as her so I don’t know if it reveals anything.
Look, I'll clear up what MasterKingMage said. He said that both Cave story and Minecraft are both good examples that video games don't have to have really HD graphics (unless you get a TP in Minecraft... Whatever) to be good. They just have to be fun. And it's even better when they have great music like this, so thanks, Pixel, Mojang, AND, C418 (Minecraft's music maker)
I once got all the way through the last cave before realizing i had forgotten to get the last heart capsule from the dog and had to go back through backwards💀
It was approved by pixel. It's official enough. :3 (and it's 10x better than our official releases. It seems to be the only one that actually supported wide screen)
The distinction has to be made between graphics and aesthetics. Graphics are the number of polygons represented on the screen [Apologies if I'm butchering that, I'm by no means an expert], and aesthetics are the overall artistic quality of the game. Games like Wind Waker and Bastion have brilliant aesthetics and decent graphics, whereas games like Medal of Honor Warfighter have incredible graphics and horrible aesthetics. Ask anybody their preference, and Wind Waker/Bastion win every time.
Noooo! My left speaker isn't working which doesn't give this song justice. Still gonna listen to it though ;) Being one of my favorite songs from this game.
@TheMasterKingMage Good answer. I hate everyone who thinks we have to speak english perfectly when its not our home language. Instead of beeing glad cause we r trying to speak a foreign language people insult us like we should. speak it.
That, and for some reason, games with bad graphics are actually more memoriable. I've played Pokemon Leaf Green for 30 Hours so far, and I remember every bit of it. Meanwhile, I've just unlocked everything on Kingdom Hearts Re.Coded, took 70 Hours, and I can't remember a bit of it.
Something tells me bad comparison. KH is a great FF/Disney mashup series (too bad blasted Disney copyrights mean there's little chance for Disney crossovers with other franchises). Also, good graphics and good game is not mutually exclusive. Crysis has great graphics, and the game is quite good. But still, it gets its ass whooped soundly in visuals by Minecraft (which is, like, LIGHTYEARS behind Crysis in graphics).
![Megan Thee Stallion - Roc Steady (feat. Flo Milli) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HozPPyqW0dY/mqdefault.jpg)
"This is where the real game starts"
I think the real game starts at when you get the booster packs
the real game starts after the ballos fight
The real game starts at the moment you press "New game"
Because it's the moment where Quote awakes, where the fallen hero awakes...
nah, the real game starts after the ballos fight
Spice For Spice bu- well... I can't argue with that... It starts to be very hardcore from there
What I really love about this somg is that it sounds like Curly and Quote having a discussion about what to do, how to proceed onwards with their endeavor and how uplifting it is.
I never noticed how the 2 lead instruments could be interpreted as 2 voices
In music terms is a call and response and I totally hear it tbh
I can't fucking un hear it
THAT SCREEN MASHUP!!!AHH! IT'S LIKE A PUN FOR PICTURES! MY MIND! IT HURTS!
+Aryzen Inniriea I have to agree XD That was ingenious!
Wish they did this in the game normally
The way this song is presented is pure genius. You hear the song for the menu throughout the entire game every time you boot it up, and then when you finally hear it at the plantation near the end of the game you get a feeling like "OH SHIT, THIS IS WHERE THE REAL GAME STARTS!" Everything that you've done, everything you've overcome, leads up to this moment, the final preparation before saving the island, and, consequently, the entire world. All your progress is embodied into these next few battles. Do NOT screw it up.
Then you procede to die in the Final Cave
I particularly love how you barely DON'T get to listen to it if you decide to pussy out and get the Bad Ending
*screws it up several times*
@@raulphilipgoco403 yee that sucks. How do you get to the non hidden one?
Well yeah I agree but..
Super Missile Launcher, Fireball, Bubbler: We don't care, we're screwing this shit up!(goes back to level 1)
I love how Pixel placed this song in the game. You've just been in this very contemplative state on the outer wall, where you have the choice to stay and fight at impossible odds, or leave and abandon those of your friends that remain. Even if you choose to stay, the climb up the wall with the very peaceful Moonsong playing gives you plenty of time with your thoughts to consider if you're doing the right thing. And then, when you persevere and make it to the top, the game rewards you with the title theme, almost as some sign from Pixel that you made the right choice.
>walk into the Plantation
>Hears this music
>Fucking biggest smile on my face
>Sings to the beat
this was literally me the first time, I just stopped playing and just listened to the entire song while AFK
I got this theme stuck in my head for 5 months straight.
just a reminder you made this comment 5 years ago
That's a good thing right?
1 year
that means your a real gamer
Epic
The moment where the tune swaps around to another beat at around 1:50 is really good holy shit
Cave Story,
Play hard, save often.
This is true. I accidentally killed sue in the water zone because my hand slipped. I rage quit.
@@yvonnecooper9541 Sue? You mean Curly?
@@yvonnecooper9541 I don't even know to save Suely lol
I'm really sad that not that many people know cave story
same
best indie game ever
@@klasni2892 one of my favorite as well, it's probably the game I finished the most times
I know right. And good thing I remembered recommending this game to my friend
Also, it's better for it to stay hidden to avoid toxicity
This song is the reason why I’m about to start playing Cave Story for the first time
did you like it?
One year later, was good?
You ok?
was it good?
My favourite game ever. Without a doubt. Great music, story, gameplay, characters, atmosphere, even style!
same
It was the coolest thing ever to enter the plantation and hear the main theme. It's so fitting
Years later, and I still enjoy this song every time I hear it. It's so good.
Aaah, the moving Quote! I love it!
Graphics power-wise aren't important, but graphics style is very much. And Cave Story has a unique style only Pixel could build.
If you know that the game came out in 2004, then it being 8 bit is not a problem at all. Im pretty sure a lot of people reslly loved such graphics back then because of old school feelings since things like 3d models may only been out for maybe 10 years or so where imo most of them were pretty ugly
@@Luwis1337 Funny thing is that in the mid 2000's everyone wanted to make dark and gritty games
@@RPGMaker2003 cave story is a hopeful and positive story wrapped in the coat of dark, disturbing and powerful enemies.
I like the plantation because it feels like a nice “calm before the storm” area. The rocket fetch quest is really chill and enjoyable.
just because something is in 8 bit doesn't mean it has bad graphics. What matters is the effort put into it. The 8 bit pixel art is very accurate, and the special effects look great.
I think technically this isn't 8-bit, that would be much simpler. It's still pixel art, and very nicely animated pixel art at that.
I heard in my school too much kiddos of 1 grade saying that the 8 bits sucks, but if the 8 bits never existed, his crap of Fortnite will not exist.
Cave Story Good, Fortnite Bad.
@@KaiSonicX Cave Story's sprites are art and they look really great, plus they were all made by a single person which is very impressive. Fortnite's graphics are just a bunch of assets thrown together, there's nothing artistic or impressive about them
I think my reply didn't aged well and just looks to something a Redditor will say.
Also there is a worse game, and is named free fire, TAKE ME OUT OF MEXICOOOOOOOOO
@@KaiSonicX Se lo que se siente :/
It's like Christmas morning.
Snipin
What's the password?
"yrotS evaC"
Me: Wait a minute
the game's soundtrack deserves its own hall of fame
This was my first time experiencing the "Theme Song starts playing during an episode" kinda trope.
I love coming back sometimes and hear my childhood, when I didn't know English yet and played this wonderful game
Here because heard this was Etho's ringtone
lolll same
that moment when you do all the steps for perfect ending then forgets to get curly before you finish last cave(hidden).
How you gonna forget bae? XD
x007Hunterx Quote and Curly would make a good couple
I ship them. ^_^
Don't search Curly Brace on Google because there's something...... Fishy
Aahhhh fffuuuu-
its like christmas morning
I still get such nostalgia when I boot this game up
Smooth Mcgroove should do an acapella of this..
n o
@@molotovcockvore y e s
Dude this comment is 8 years old holy fuck
Sure you've been captured by the villain and shown a plantation where the Mimiga are enslaved and experimented on-- BUT IT'S THE MAIN MENU THEME they played it in the game!
The beginning of the end. The Star Of The City equivalent.
"This is where the fun begins"
Hearing this after you leave the file makes you want to play more
I made a pact to this game to play it every 3 months. this is the first game i have ever played and it’s a blessing I experienced it
I feel like dancin'!
I AM DANCING! =D
I love this theme! It gives you a feeling that something big is about to happen. I'm not that far in though. Right now, I'm at Sand Zone.
TELL Y'ALL STORY BOUT A CAVE
STORY BOUT A RO-BOT
ROLLIN WITH A WHOLE LOTTA
bravery!
MEETS BUNNY PEOPLE IN A CAVE
THE DOCTOR'S GOTTA WHIM
TO PUT THE PEOPLE INTO
slavery!
no
Da hell? Where does this even come from?!!
Not that I'm gonna listen to it or anything...
@@nicoanony Are you still regretting that one reply you made on the Grasstown video? Just making sure.
@@Hynet1 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I'm so glad I randomly came across this game when I was 8
I have tremendously good memories with this game
Same! Cave Story is one of my favorites.
Same
...Oh fucking finally. Whenever I try to find this version there's always this annoying buzz in the background but this one is almost perfect, if a bit off in the background.
You can actually download these songs directly from the Cave Story site, under the music tab.
this is very close to the top of my list, if not the top, for favorite indie games of all time
Quote on a treadmill
I can't listen to this without hearing brentalfloss's lyrics in my head. :P
I think this is one of my favorite video game themes of all time, right up there with the Zelda theme.
This is a really cool video for the theme. Combining the title screen with the plantation is very creative.
Fun fact: I got introduced to Cave Story by a RUclips comment to a remix of the Ducktales Moon Theme (it said to do a remix of this theme). Thank you whoever wrote that comment!
I got introduced from the robot hat in terraria lol
@@Kittycat7070- that is so cool 😎
One Piece fans: This animanga is great Oda!
Oda: I knew you would enjoy the prologue!
One Piece fans: Wait that was the prologue?
Oda: Yes 0:01
My second favourite video game ever.
When i found out that the doctor was making the mimiga plant the red flowers i was pretty mad but then seeing that he told them it would help them that pissed me off a lot
I REMEMBER I GOT THE DEMO FOR THIS GAME ON MY WII BUT NEVER PLAYED IT AND WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG
You can download the original version of the game for free at cavestory.org
Does anyone else want quote/ Curly Brace in Smash?
Yep
This. This song is the auditory equivalent of the last mission in a game being titled after the game itself.
I got such a big dumb smile in my face when I got to this part of the game and heard this. I love cave story and its OST!
Good job on finding the rest of the island.
Eh, actually Cave Story graphics are really amazing. They capture the retro charm in a very tiny resolution. This is extremely difficult.
One day, I had decided to emulate the Nintendo DSi's home screen in my computer just for the sake of it
When I booted up the home screen, there were already some games installed. But the one that caught my interest was Cave Story, the icon animation made me feel like that was some sort of emotional game or something, which made me interested in playing it. Then I found out that the game was free, which gave me no excuse to not play the game.
I booted it up, not knowing the immense adventure that was ahead of me. I played it to death, every day waking up and spending the entire time awake playing Cave Story, I was already a fan of platformers and metroidvanias, so I immediately get used to the controls. This game is amazing and I couldn't believe that I didn't play it before.
masterpiece
what 2007 taste like
That explains why I get 2007 vibes
One of the most epic games ever made
WAITING FOR A PREQUEL!
There is a sequel
@@ahhhjrene REALLY?
@@ahhhjrene What is it? I NEED TO KNOW!
Same dude. Same.
@@Tis-I jenkas nightmare, much harder
when the title music starts playing in-game, that's when you know something up...
Find the Octagon
how elmo how
oh, MAN!
I TOTALLY FORGOT TO BRING AN OCTAGON
Dark Luri It's inside the "o" in the word "story". You just have to count diagonal pixels as a straight line.
____
/ \
| |
\____/ found a bad looking one :| .
Dark Luri OH MEN ! TIME TO OCTAGON !
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@@j3.199 who
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@@cringeman7169 who
If I may, graphics are unimportant, but aesthetic feel is *crucial* to good game design.
rocking this in my car is always fun XD. my stepbrother knows all the music even though he's never played it due to me playing it so much :B
This game is a masterpiece i wish there would be a timeline where it got way more recognized and there were different parts of it cuz its a genius story
It was one of the primordial Indy games that crawled out of the internet and managed to get a full release and a subpar 3D remake… but definitely deserves more attention
Thankfully, this game inspired some other fantastic games which were more recognised and brought a small wave of attention back onto it.
Always keep top priority of every cave
1:45 my favorite part
Most favourite main menu theme :)
Crazy that this game is free on browser to download
@SinorKirby
You CAN change the music and graphics back to their original formats.
I had never heard the FULL song until now...
For real. I want to know Curly's story. A sequel wouldn't be bad either.
It’s possible to play as curly after a certain item is collected. I know she has some extra dialogue but I’ve only gotten to bush lands as her so I don’t know if it reveals anything.
@@switchboxplays certain item ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
Look, I'll clear up what MasterKingMage said.
He said that both Cave story and Minecraft are both good examples that video games don't have to have really HD graphics (unless you get a TP in Minecraft... Whatever) to be good. They just have to be fun. And it's even better when they have great music like this, so thanks, Pixel, Mojang, AND, C418 (Minecraft's music maker)
I never completed the game but I will say this is the most slept on gaming theme song
@SinorKirby Actually, it's not released in Europe yet. The American version was fixed.
...So here we are again...it's always such a pleasure...(8)
...but when I realized I actually got the bad ending and heard this song in the plantation...
I got chills down my spine!
I can hear the Booster sound in my head!
Slave Story
Searched this game since 3 hours... My life is complete now
Its pretty sweet.
is weird no seeing a big derp bat whit few tiny bats around him at the start of the track
I once got all the way through the last cave before realizing i had forgotten to get the last heart capsule from the dog and had to go back through backwards💀
The Story of the Cave.
Narrative about the sunken place.
The tale about what's under
I love it....!♥
I'm proud of you.
ok
Why?
Every start of a day I put this
i got here by following the "this video is a response to:" since the original ver. of plantation for cave story wii on normal speed
@DMonkey123 that face you made reminds me of the little jumping annoying things
-.-
0.-
0.0
then they come after you
It was approved by pixel. It's official enough. :3 (and it's 10x better than our official releases. It seems to be the only one that actually supported wide screen)
Gah, the beginning... where have I heard it??! I know the beginning tone plays somewhere else and not apart of the game.
The distinction has to be made between graphics and aesthetics. Graphics are the number of polygons represented on the screen [Apologies if I'm butchering that, I'm by no means an expert], and aesthetics are the overall artistic quality of the game. Games like Wind Waker and Bastion have brilliant aesthetics and decent graphics, whereas games like Medal of Honor Warfighter have incredible graphics and horrible aesthetics. Ask anybody their preference, and Wind Waker/Bastion win every time.
The first time in Cave Story that you... Enter a Cave.
the etho theme song
im working on a piano cover for this, not planning to upload tho
Y not?
Noooo! My left speaker isn't working which doesn't give this song justice.
Still gonna listen to it though ;) Being one of my favorite songs from this game.
I can relate dude, my wire seems to be screwed up, and sometimes the left speaker cuts out, it's annoying as hell.
Mine either. What am i missing?
@TheMasterKingMage Good answer. I hate everyone who thinks we have to speak english perfectly when its not our home language. Instead of beeing glad cause we r trying to speak a foreign language people insult us like we should. speak it.
That, and for some reason, games with bad graphics are actually more memoriable.
I've played Pokemon Leaf Green for 30 Hours so far, and I remember every bit of it. Meanwhile, I've just unlocked everything on Kingdom Hearts Re.Coded, took 70 Hours, and I can't remember a bit of it.
Something tells me bad comparison. KH is a great FF/Disney mashup series (too bad blasted Disney copyrights mean there's little chance for Disney crossovers with other franchises).
Also, good graphics and good game is not mutually exclusive. Crysis has great graphics, and the game is quite good. But still, it gets its ass whooped soundly in visuals by Minecraft (which is, like, LIGHTYEARS behind Crysis in graphics).
This sent me looking for whoever the heck Etho was.
SO TRUE!!!