Cave Story Music - Pixel - Wind Fortress

[@ryannixon4138]

Kinda wish this level was kept in. One, seeing the bottom of the island was always on my checklist of "awesome places I wish I could go in Cave Story" as a kid, and two from a gameplay and story perspective it's perfect if it went before last cave hidden. Gameplay-wise because it gets the player ready for the insanity of last cave hidden and blood stained sanctuary, and story-wise because its right after the low point of the story and would be a great motivator to have a chance to save curly. Saving curly before last cave hidden is of course still in the game, but its more satisfying to adventure to the bottom of the island than do fetch quests tbh.

[@Tis-I]

I'm really glad it's in Cave Story +

[@faby6515]

I think it had something to do with the game's length. It was supposed to be after Hell, but at that point of the game we've already had 3 dungeons(Laberynth(whatever the fuck is spelled), Last cave and Hell), so it made sense Pixel didn't want to overload the difficult and time of the final course

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

@@faby6515 It was more of that Pixel found the concept and execution of the level as "too dark" if anything.

[@FranticFrog]

​@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero no? He litterally just didn't understand how to incorporate it. It was confirmed BY PIXEL HIMSELF that Balrog would have taken curly there to make clones, but Balrog really doesn't want to hurt curly/quote, he's just having fun. He even HELPS them in labyrinth. It just doesn't have a good spot in game.

[@rubber_mace8707]

This song really does fit the feeling of this level which is... Quote: HOW DARE YOU CLONE MY GIRLFRIEND

[@deadzone4033]

Are we having a party?

[@a-s-greig]

Considering all the Curly clones running around... someone is.

[@uh3what]

@@a-s-greig whoever made them obiously was lonely

[@TheSavior141]

Uh, all that stuff was explained on the game. Ballos corruption was caused by the king of the kingdom where he lived tortured him, because the people there loved him more than their king. The other robots were killed by the mimigas after they ate the red flowers. Misery forced Ballos to create the Demon Crown, and Ballos cursed her to be the servant of whoever owned the Crown. Arthur was killed by the doctor. Qoute and Curly were sent to the island to destroy the Crown.

[@micheal_chairs]

LORE

[@FinnThunder6]

Might be one of the best songs in the game, I can really feel the emotion. Sucks that it was cut from the OG game

[@xX_ChadWardenDisciple_Xx]

real

[@Bluehairedlesbian]

At least Nicalis credited pixel for making the wind fortress challenge

[@Chloroxite]

We all know a sequal is impossible. But ever thought about a prequel? Huh? Huh? Anyone?

[@SamnissArandeen]

In 3D third-person, with some more nonlinearity like an actual Metroidvania. That would be pretty cool.

[@FleeForce]

Samniss Arandeen nah

[@zipzap8302]

Samniss Arandeen you mean like metroid prime?

[@udon8347]

jerelol123 Um, that's first-person.

[@zipzap8302]

Sorry i just confused my self

[@brodiem3328]

Brings a tear to my eye

[@violesense3829]

It actually does make me all teary for some reason... Nostalgia, perhaps?

[@theallknowingsause8940]

Nostalgia? this song goes unused

[@Tis-I]

I didn't know that King cried. You strike me as the tough guy who never shows emotion

[@PseudoImitation]

At first I thought it was Ice Fortress, so I imagined Quote falling through a hole into the island to an underground Fortress of Ice which was used as a base for the Soldiers from the Surface and that there would be robots there still walking around, protecting an area once forgotten.... but if they were underground it wouldn't make sense ehhh? Soldier from the Surface. Now I think of a hidden base up in the mountains, where the wind blows eternally.

[@aras26]

I think it would be better to have a Cave Story prequel than a sequel. Where you could experience Quote and Curly's first mission in the island, trying to destroy the Demon Crown and the fight against Miakid.

[@Bluegamerful]

Oh I would give my all to make this happen

[@Droid18Beta]

Absolute bop, so glad this was added to Cave +

[@Its_SuzieBun]

this, Gestation and Moonsong are my favorite songs in Cave Story. Gimme the 3ds remake and ill be happy because of Wind Fortress making it into the game!

[@nethowarrior3294]

lol

[@Bluegamerful]

You got what you wanted lol

[@violesense3829]

One of the greatest soundtracks from one of the greatest videogames I have ever played. Cave Story will always be in my heart as one of the most fun games I've ever played...

[@butterbeerbotton8022]

Is anyone still watching this?

[@johnmanreal9786]

I still listen to it.

[@butterbeerbotton8022]

+Bo Bo I Guess It was a good game right?

[@johnmanreal9786]

Yes. Though this wasn't in the original, it's still great. You can only find this in Cave Story+

[@butterbeerbotton8022]

+Bo Bo I Guess yeah

[@federicosaitz5799]

actually, the level where this song is played is only in cave story + but pixel composed it for the 2004 cave story

[@luteus77]

SO GOOD. It does indeed have a windy feel.

[@StormZephyr]

I'd love a sequel if Pixel were making it for the same reason he made the first game, and that's to create a work of art that will be appreciated by gamers worldwide for years to come. But you're right, I wouldn't want it any other way.

[@duskythedergun1654]

[It feels dark.] [Wait... wh-] [...You're buried under a pile of Curly clones.] [...and they're all naked. Gross.]

[@sillykola50]

"Gross"? Yikes.

[@QweRinatrtY]

@@sillykola50 more like, thank god

[@Blargo245]

T

[@Blargo245]

Attic

[@OmarUTG]

i'd want that

[@SN_268]

I can't thank you enough for the link to the unused tracks

[@SamnissArandeen]

This song made me want to graft Wind Fortress into my Cave Story fanfiction, even if it is a crossover and 007 is the only one to set foot in there. In this one, it's the power supply to the island.

[@NullGodGaming]

This really fits the drafty, vast and adventurous feeling of the level.

[@sethkingston1412]

What I hope to see is a prequel. Hopefully the same style, just set earlier. Maybe we could play as Arthur. You know, the hero of Minigma mentioned at the beginning of the game. It would be cool to see the last holder of the crown and Quotes failed mission to destroy it from his perspective. Perhaps Arthur even met Qoute and helped in in his mission. An interesting idea to say the least.

[@SantuXD6]

Challenging map, awesome music, and... NAKED CURLY CLONES! What more can you ask for?

[@axpresso]

My thoughts exactly. There would be no way to make a sequel without changing the timeline or making the story completely different, to the point where he might as well call it something else.

[@SnancyNegative]

This song HONESTLY should have been the "Under 3 Minutes" reward in the original game.

[@a-s-greig]

But then... the King fans...

[@superhc0]

this....is the greatest theme in the game! WHY IS IT UNUSED!!!???

[@matheusmartha7868]

Long time no see, i fell really nostalgic about this song oh my... that's literally from my childhood i can't forget as well, i'm really sure i heard for the first time somewhere in SMW ROMHACK that's absolutely incredible!!!!

[@kitskipp]

the best track from the game and it’s unused

[@YellowpowR]

I was sold on this song from the very first seconds.

[@omega1Face1ultra]

I'm jelous pixel you've became the best in 8-bit music well done

[@MWarrior27]

This is the best of the unused songs. And damn, it is awesome. Shame it couldn't be in the game.

[@ChibiTails]

The key you're looking for is between the comma and slash.

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

, . /

[@MrMega1423]

Of all the song that could've been removed from the game... Why this? And shush with the "Oh, Wind Fortress is a thing in Cave Story +" I KNOW THAT. But still. Also, I think, the idea for Wind Fortress would've been much better if Pixel kept it like he was originally intending it for the game. Dark.

[@ryannixon4138]

idk why he thought it was too dark. like 4 characters die before this level was to be implemented lol

[@ryannixon4138]

@@CKDEV that doesnt seem right 😯 but do you got a link?

[@jagagagaga]

@@ryannixon4138 idk if he meant like, the destroyed egg corridor but that's what im assuming

[@callmeninaiced]

@@ryannixon4138 not really, i think? i am pretty sure it's position in the track list of old versions of ORGView imply that it was between grasstown and sand zone

[@MimiruAngelousReaver]

Whoa. This music is beautiful.

[@BeingObsessedWithBlueIsMyJob]

Great job you summoned the TBBF fandom

[@xiaomao2]

void: u cant beat me! phasers: nice try noob

[@hog-xu4fb]

Another tower battleser

[@rustymoon4555]

Lol My Commander, Railgunners, Mercenaries, Zeds, and Farm is laughing

[@michelleparisi9442]

lord 4 u dare challenge me ?

[@amogusamogus2591]

we did it boys void is no more

[@PkmnTrainerJohnny1]

This is definetly the BEST song on the game.

[@MetaKiteZX]

wind fortress feels kinda like "thanks for playing, here's some pure fun"

[@bakester42]

oh thank god i'm not the only one who wants quote in SSB4. you know what, high five! *high fives you*

[@GreenTengu97]

Aye, those truly were the days.

[@brannycedeno6823]

I came to know this song by listening to Super Mario World custom music around. So this is an unused song? What a shame, for it sounds amazing.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

The song along with the area it was meant for was included as an extra challenge in Cave Story+! :D

[@YukiSenmatsu]

That's how I was went to this banger too

[@CMSonYT]

damn, this is good. Too bad they can't make the best of these lost tracks play at a random chance.

[@LNgameplayer]

Simply beautiful

[@KainPyrotic]

I figure, anything after Cave Story chronologically would have a completely different setting if using the same characters, some new menace, no Demon Crown, Mimigas are still near extinction, maybe the new story would deal with finding them a new home in some other cave-like area. Before Cave Story there's at least three other Crown bearers, lots of pre-existing plot to rehash what we know, and though it would make a nice story to flesh out in a gaiden, there's better ways to take this game.

[@dudejack5]

I just wonder....Is there going to be a Cave Story 2? 'cause the game's kick ass.

[@littlebilly]

nope

[@watchmp100]

Still my favorite game of all time

[@codysimmons8789]

No doubt!

[@VectorJi]

This song sounds awesome

[@NIC040901]

The nostalgia...

[@KatsuKatsu10000]

Se cumplen 14 años de la salida de este video, genial!

[@Yrrzy]

Source: Various old interviews He used to constantly say he didn't want to make a sequel. He's only considered it since the major releases (Cave Story Wii, Cave Story 3D) and because people ask for it so much, but he's stated that he thinks it'd be impossible and that he doesn't have the time or resources any more. Most people are pretty sure the "thinking of a sequel" was a mistranslation given all the previous times he said he was never going to make one.

[@iblobtouch]

Game starts with quote on a production line somebody shows him how to use his weapons (New ones!). The story is based around a war for the "Demon crown" That the minimigas are protecting. Also after the final boss Quote is destroyed in a suicide explosion. Then "You feel something pulling on you as you black out" ------CREDITS ROLL-------

[@tdark987]

"Wind fortress"? The only place I can think of that might match that description is the final area, where you fight the doctor and the core. Perhaps there was originally meant to be far more to that place than just a series of boss fights? This music has a tone of finality to it, and I can hear references to a couple of other songs from the game, so it'd fit quite nicely.

[@asshatt6908]

I just keep dieing. Thanks knockback.

[@asshatt6908]

It's been 5 months. Still haven't beaten this level.

[@phanto4572]

Looks easier than hell

[@damon571]

I'm stuck on the hell level/final boss :(

[@39gs]

when void gets pwned

[@AwakenedBlurple]

gg we beated void, time for endbringers

[@Kcrackatoa]

Greetings from 2013! Oh and Pixel started working on Cave Story in 1997 so to him its been at least ten years

[@linSP.]

I adore the entire soundtrack, even this song that never got into the original game.

[@DJWaffleston]

Cave Story (Wii version) + Classic Controller + Composite VGA output + headphones = Relaxation.

[@Manafii102]

If this song gets into Cave Story 3DS, I will take away any reservations I had about it and buy it on release. God this song is amazing.

[@ScoutNess]

Hey there, i'm 11 years from the future, did you buy it now that it was in the game?

[@ScarletGaming420]

I will forever be reminded of millions of Yasuhiro Hagakure faces whenever I hear this song.

[@SleepyAdam]

Majoraed Why?! ...if there was a reference to cave story in danganronpa I swear to god I will play through that entire game again...

[@ryannixon4138]

Yes please tell me why!!!

[@thechangamire3495]

WE DEMAND ENLIGHTENMENT

[@SB2749]

3 words, not counting the 11 I typed right now or the numbers: A SMWCentral Production.

[@SB2749]

***** oh hi

[@GuppytheCat]

***** I used the song in my hack before :)

[@Antonluisre]

Still here in 2019

[@primarose1286]

Really how about NOW APRIL 12 2020!

[@klehrik]

March 13 2021

[@gid_fps]

Well, It Actually Was Used! IN Cave Story+ This Song Was Remixed, And In Cave Story eShop, It Was Used In The Wind Fortress Challenge.

[@NilsTFK]

I found "Jenka's nightmare" not bad, it's a sequel to the good ending. There are many versions of this mod because it was an unfinished mod but someone finished it and called it "jenka's nightmare revived", but there's also an other guy finishing the original mod (not completed yet). Some other mods are good too but sometimes it doesn't fit too well with the original CS ambiance, or just sometimes the story is too weird.

[@MCSuire]

Well really that wasn't even what I had in mind. I had an idea where you'd play as Arthur and you would indeed use the red flowers but for only once in the game. Basically you would find out how the mimigas disappeared to the surface and what would truly happen to them after eating the flowers.

[@rangerunitnumber4788]

0:56

[@rubber_mace8707]

Best part

[@Generic-Fruit]

Holy peck

[@Gorlokk666]

Yeah, but now that the fanbase has grown, he's probably given the idea of a sequel more thought. Plus, it's been a long time since Cave Story came out, he could have changed his feelings about a sequel by now.

[@MrPwner911]

@dudejack5 Nobody knows. If so, Pixel may have to make another story, location, and character, since either ending after the Undead Core boss fight ends up leaving the island. However, some characters, such as Sue, Itoh, and Misery, can appear in that sequel. And another villian that poses a bigger threat, even bigger than the Doctor or Ballos. Either way, it depends.

[@cozshinya]

Tower Battles!

[@monderjeb7224]

True

[@TheAileZX2]

Studio Pixel. NOT NICALIS.

[@DarkMatterial]

I love pixel music!!!

[@TASTEGROUND]

thank you mariomania642 average plate gaem

[@ryannixon4138]

What if before it was removed, this stage was going to be played after killing the doctor and the island starts falling, and you rescue Curly and head off to Ballos then? Sequence wise it makes no sense I guess, having this be before last cave similar to how you save curly in the canon version makes more sense, however this level was balls hard and I feel like it would be a good buffer of difficulty between the undead core and the last level, much like Last cave hidden was.

[@mariopartylover10]

The song isn't unused anymore! :)

[@Alestance]

@MindH4cker On VGMusic, someone submitted a MIDI, using Anvil Studio or a freeware notation software, you could probably get the sheet music out of the MIDI.

[@YukiSenmatsu]

It should be a crime that it's unused. Reason: It's a friggin' banger!

[@akyumiii]

Well done killing Void!!

[@katsuma859]

came here just for that thanks

[@hog-xu4fb]

Thanks, I'm a noob, I already gave up playing because people bully me

[@BeingOfEvil0]

@@hog-xu4fb what

[@SamnissArandeen]

Wind Fortress is a location visited in my crossover fanfic "You Only Live Forever".

[@DannyFriendbow]

Awesome! I like this more than Moonsong!

[@Gorlokk666]

It would actually be a lot easier this time around. First off, time constraint? Well, Nicalis is late with everything anyway. No rush. Imagine him doing the graphics, story and music, and then let a group of people program it. Anything Pixel doesn't like would be known and changed, resulting in a fucking amazing sequel to an amazing game. God I hate it when people say "Oh, sequel will ruin such a great game!". Like there was never a good sequel to a game.

[@GIRakaCHEEZER]

Song's actually called "Stronghold of the wind" or "Wind fortress", which makes a lot more sense if you think about it. Please correct it. (If you don't believe me plug in kaze no toride [かぜのとりで] where kaze is wind into a translator). And if you manage to get your hands on the organya version of this song then you might know it by my favourite title, Gamimimi....[がみみみ・・].

[@link70222]

Tyrone Rodriguez tweeted about playing a new level Pixel made called "Wind Fortress". This an only mean one thing...

[@purplecowadoom]

@SirJamster There's a (possibly sarcastic) remark made at the end of the game (forget by who) that they would definitely not see the Doctor a second and third time. I think this is a pretty obvious allusion to what could be Cave Story 2 and 3 at some point down the line.

[@Th3Skull3r]

@MrPwner911 any new Cave Story game should be a PREQUEL to the original. Otherwise, the satisfaction of this game's ending would be greatly diminished. Think about the rich mythological style history that cave story has. All the characters who did so much before you even got your first gun. Even Quote was part of that, perhaps you could be the Crown bearer that defeated Quote as quote and curly tried to defeat the core their first time. A sequel wouldn't work half as well as a prequel IMO.

[@TheBurrowingHippo]

We need a Fresh Prince of Wind Fortress.

[@bancove]

Thanks for the correction, I only did a quick google translation on the titles.

[@BML42]

all this talk about sequels got me thinking, though like every one else I want to see a cave story sequel I kind of don't as well because to me it would remove a bit of the feel of the game for me, I feel like the game should possibly stay the way it is, but that is just me

[@326J698I37M]

This level is on Cave Story +, now on the Mac App store.

[@CaptainKyen]

How many times can I thumbs up this post?

[@JaxxoonR]

I know right? Video games typically are improved upon every iteration. Just look at Sonic 2, Rayman 2, Mario Galaxy 2...

[@GarveRagnara]

Wow, how did you get this song? Sounds awesome.

[@Happytreefriendsfan3]

Are you serious? Haven't you ever heard of Noill? That artist has great drawings, not to mention around 40% or even more of his work are just Curly (he loves to draw her so much), he even made some gifs about her.

[@clonemace]

Is anyone here from Tower Battles?

[@clonemace]

@BingBobDood A game on Roblox that used this song every time you won.

[@BeingObsessedWithBlueIsMyJob]

Well yes… *battlefront*

[@MCSuire]

Thank you :) Don't know if I'll actually be able to make it but I can try.

[@Mega-fw1vm]

when i beat dead end valley solo with only 1 health be like:

[@mariopartylover10]

@banjotenie lol There's a new level in Cave Story+ that is called Wind Fortress and includes this song.

[@Happytreefriendsfan3]

No problem, glad I helped. ^^

[@Yrrzy]

"... Anything pixel doesn't like ..." Pixel doesn't want to make a sequel. Therefore any sequel at all is what pixel doesn't like.

[@321cheeseman]

@RedBigButton If you buy Humble Indie Bundle 4 for something like $5.50, you get Cave Story+, plus a bunch of other great indie games, and they all come with steam keys.

[@ThePumpkin506]

And the final boss can be the Red Ogre. An event that would save Mimiga Village and prove Arthur as a true warrior. Then, if well executed we could have an unwinnable battle against the Doctor.

[@SarothCyngus]

I'm pretty sure this was to be used for the credits theme.

[@ElliotCarver]

I don't know. Cave Story told a complete story. I'm somewhat with the OP on this. A sequel that was not simply a cash grab would have to add something legitimate to the story to not hurt the integrity of Pixel. Part of Cave Story's charm was that there really is nothing else like it.. which would be defeated by having it done again.