The Cuphead Iceberg Explained

[@Shxdowboy]

So, now that the DLC has been out for a bit, what are your opinions on it? I think Studio MDHR really outdid themselves on this one! 18:58 Also, I found out after posting this video that "the 666 audio file" is actually just an easter egg, and doesn't have anything to do with piracy... Still pretty cool though! Lastly, I want to thank you for the OVERWHELMING support on this video! I'm really glad so many people enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it! (P.S: don't forget to join the discord: discord.gg/EQHWBwQjDj )

[@rowdylicousmovies2413]

Fun fact: there isnt actually any anti-piracy screen in cuphead at all.

[@catalyst539]

flying gentleman and the light are back now as moonshine mob phases 1 and 2 so is wide shot as converge

[@Mynameishassan0]

wish they added coin op bop and instead of converge added a refined ranger

[@PurpuriteRite]

i think the dlc took abit too long and needed to have more content, i mean it had no run and guns so its slightly disappointing

[@rowdylicousmovies2413]

@@PurpuriteRite I mean, they had to draw all of it by hand. I think it's annoying that you say that because that's technically making someone draw 100+ animations with just paper and pencil and then say "meh. Try again." Sooo yeah, you cant blame them for taking a long time to make it

[@ethypoo]

i remember when this game was at its peak in popularity, pretty good times

[@goatsfluffy8254]

yeah miss when there were an ammount of comics and AUs comparible to undertale or something, it was nice having like all the dam casino cups we could ask for.

[@FilthyTea]

It was only like 4 or 5 years ago

[@ethypoo]

@@FilthyTea yes but i’m still very young and that year was one of the best years of my life

[@FilthyTea]

@@ethypoo ah, that’s understandable then.

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Good times indeed

[@AluminumFusion22]

- I think the rowboat on the left of Cuphead's and Mugman's house is what will take you to the DLC. If I recall the DLC will take place on a different island. - The green creature used in Cuphead's prototype is actually the unofficial mascot of the Moldenhauer brothers, and is meant to resemble a kappa, a yokai from ancient Japan that is still referenced today in various pieces of media. - A reference I think a lot of players tend to miss is the locked gate beside Rumor Honeybottom's building, which is a reference to Super Mario Bros. 3 in which defeating a castle boss unlocks the gate like it does in Cuphead.

[@Shxdowboy]

Very interesting facts! Thanks for sharing!

[@StupidShitbag]

Fucker just predicted the dlc

[@djm334-goomodding]

@@Shxdowboy And lo and behold a boat guy takes us there (but he’s by mausoleums and piers and whatever)

[@ΑγγελοςΚοντιζάς-ρ9ρ]

Fun fact: The scrapped weapon you mentioned that shoots three projectiles can be seen in the new trailer for Delicious Last Course (but the projectiles are yellow).

[@dej.v]

The DLC has now released and is named Converge now. (yes I know this comment is 6 months ago)

[@daviddietmueller3]

And the projectiles are made of lightning.

[@Kingfatbear]

a lot of unused stuff appears in the new dlc, flying gentleman is in a boss, the light is also in a boss, and some unused weapons, and the airship octopus thing is kind of like the knight

[@Bengt2509]

also there was an unused devil phase that went unused, and that is the secret devil boss in dlc

[@Bengt2509]

also the light inspired boss phase is in the same boss as the thing that looks like flying gentleman

[@citiwongful]

I like how forest follies and perilous piers have alliterations in the enemy names making them creative while the others are just "literally this".

[@rosykindbunny1313]

That cuphead trailer looks like a fever dream. Yes, it is very much disturbing.

[@quadruple_h]

You either don’t play CupHead, or you’re a CupHead stan

[@didyoujustwhat]

@@Shxdowboy no.

[@s.a.t.a.n6216]

Yeah ig

[@enado7068]

CupHead lol

[@TurkishReeves]

None

[@TheEugenetay]

So true

[@Snavels]

3:44 Sally's husband was also added in this update and he wasn't part of the original launch game. The husband and horace were both scrapped very late into development and later added in this update.

[@AlmondTheGuy]

the unused things that became used in the dlc: wide shot: converge the light: light bug jelly the octopus: the knight the airship: kings challenge

[@ImNotTesting]

How do you only have 700 subscribers? This is amazing

[@Snavels]

8:40 The OST track Rugged Ridge was written for this level before the run n guns were actually going to be in the game. The level got scrapped so they wrote more ragtime tracks for the other levels. The track (rugged ridge) is supposed to sound like an Arcade machine breaking down at the end.

[@Lunaris27]

So, after 6 years, the unused creepy main title screen theme mystery has been solved. It is indeed, in fact, used, but it's hidden. I'm pretty sure you may know by now how to get it, but if you wanna know and try it for yourself, first give in to the devil in order to get the bad ending. Then, once the title screen pops up, proceed to the next menu, then input the Konami code. If done correctly, the creepy audio will play. Creepy.. Kudos to the person who found it, though

[@eNCy.]

Fun fact , the 666 audio file is actually an older version of the main title theme, reversed, distorted, and with other sound effects. The original version can also be found in the files, and talks about Cuphead entering a tournament, instead of gambling away a soul like in the final game.

[@djm334-goomodding]

I have some info on unused bosses: • The Demon Bat has three phases, phase 1 is the flying bat with attacks such as “Bat Bouncer” (idk what it did), phase 2 is the coffin form with attacks such as “Cross Toss” (wtf would that do?), and phase 3 had the bat becoming a wolf with attacks such as “Wolf Soul” (could of been like one of Mortimer Freeze’s phase 3 attacks with the ice cream). • The Spider had pencil test animations of attacks and stuff, but the playable prototype from 2013 is just a simple test.

[@daviddietmueller3]

Also "The Light" was the original Cuphead (I Nickname him Cockhead) character concept in the 2010 (yes Cuphead is 12 years!) prototype, although he didn't shoot because he didn't have an animation FOR shooting probably because Studio MDHR had already did the simple animations OR... yeah I got nothing for a second thought. The horse in "The Kings Leap" is just a clone of "Jelly The Octopus"

[@TuxerTuxar]

4:37 I thought i was the only one to have noticed it....

[@noobtheoof7418]

"Actually the 666 file ISNT an anti piracy only audio file, its simply only in the game as a easter egg." 🤓

[@Shxdowboy]

Yeah, ik ik. Found that out after posting. Still pretty cool tho.

[@TheBobmaker]

@@Shxdowboy misinformation!11!111 mods!!111!1!! mods!!11!1!111 ban him?1!1!1!2!2!3!$

[@Shxdowboy]

*Shxdowboy was banned by Shxdowboy*

[@thephantomexpress4419]

I loved the vid bro keep it up

[@Shxdowboy]

can't believe the phantom express itself loved my video. Great success!

[@Gamingbeaver931]

The file 666 audio isn't for pirating it is used when the player reaches the devil and gives up cup heads soul. When the player would go to the title screen it would play file 666

[@Kosmicant]

Hey! I noticed some misinformation on this iceberg. The anti-piracy is actually fake, there are no anti-piracy measures in the game. someone messaged Ryan Moldenhauer, one of the games devs about it, and he said that there were no anti piracy measures and it could possibly be a fanmade mod of some sort.

[@blobbyboi7173]

"its already a mystery on how a small team could create a game this astonishingly good". Toby fox: Well allow me to introduce myself-

[@Shxdowboy]

Team Cherry: *Laughs* "Amateurs."

[@arirenzi-surprenant3493]

That King Dice from the weird trailer is giving the rats from Coraline that made up Other Mr. Bobinsky.😂😂😂

[@Cm-22000]

Good, video. Hopefully when the dlc is out longer we can get an updated one! Also you should do an The Binding of Isaac Iceberg explained, it has lots of good ones not on youtube

[@Shxdowboy]

It's unlikely that I'll make another one about the DLC for now, as I have a couple of other projects I want to focus on. Great idea for The Binding of Isaac though! Unfortunately, I have yet to play the game, and it requires a TON of grinding, and a lot of knowledge, so probably not anytime soon either :/

[@Cm-22000]

@@Shxdowboy aw, well I highly recommend it, it’s one of my favorite games but to get the best experience you need all the dlcs, which isn’t cheap

[@Shxdowboy]

@@Cm-22000 I'll 100% give it a try!

[@goldyhasspoon8252]

Fun little thing: in the spectrogram it showed the devil bossfight pieces

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Fun fact that everybody knows and nobody asked for!! Wide Shot actually made it into the DLC as a purchasable item from Porkrind, however instead of being called Wide Shot and being blue, it’s actually yellow and referred to as Converge

[@K1ttyGam3r]

Also the DLC did add another way to obtain coins. The King’s Leap. It’s no arcade, but it’s pretty close

[@anijay64]

I nearly got a headache from the secret audio file. It’s the buggy, glitchy, scratchy sound effect played in it that makes it even scarier than lavender town in my opinion.

[@greengoop]

For 3:05 I have a book that’s filled with info on video games and at one part they had a ranking of boss fights, and they were talking like the flying gentleman was in the game, as well as using goopy’s old background

[@heavenlyhavens]

I can't wait to play this game, as a fan of bullet hell RPG's like Undertale and chaotic third person shooters like Garden Warfare 2, I'm probably gonna live it. I know I'll rage a lot but it's all part of the experience

[@Shxdowboy]

You should play it before watching the video though! Spoilers incoming... :((

[@KaitouKaiju]

The dlc ice boss move is a reference to Hsien Ko from darkstalkers who has a super that makes those exact same spikes

[@Greyboi21]

A ton of Unused content in layers 3-4 have made it into the dlc

[@sonicthehedge]

19:16 really wondering what the person who fooled everyone is thinking right now since he/she convinced everyone this was a thing. Long story short, this has been confirmed to be false by the devs as they confirmed they never installed any anti-piracy.

[@Shxdowboy]

Read my pinned comment.

[@unitedsimon]

Great video keep it up

[@NokdOnYT]

Bro wtf the end said 600 subs THEN BOOM 10 MONTHS LATER HE HAS 1K

[@Shxdowboy]

time surely does move forward :))

[@NokdOnYT]

@@Shxdowboy HI

[@Shxdowboy]

@@NokdOnYT hello

[@Trevo_Wevo]

1:13 THIS BEAT SLAPS

[@Shxdowboy]

YES! It's an electro swing remix of "One Hell Of a Time" (devil's theme) by The Musical Ghost! It's so good!

[@kingkraken3868]

So many scrapped ideas were reworked and put into the dlc

[@eNCy.]

Both the flying gentleman and "the light" boss were reused in the bootlegger boogie stage in Cuphead delicious last course

[@Tum-vester]

I come from the future and I need to say something about 13:22 here they used that one boss fight from the dlc

[@legendori0974]

they actually implemented the laser mechanic from that scrapped green guy boss into the dlc which is really cool

[@HPZman1992]

18:58 actually this is not real because one of the game devs ryan moldenhauer said that there is no anti piracy measures in the game

[@Skibidi_monkey69]

It is real you have to get the bad ending and put the konami cheat code in the main menu

[@daviddietmueller3]

Ranger/Exploder was also the OG Peashooter!

[@Appl3G0d]

The giant spider got added 😳 great video by the way!!!

[@Shxdowboy]

In a way, yeah. Thanks!

[@daviddietmueller3]

Also Rangers/Exploders EX was also... well... the OG Peashooter EX! By the way the was a second type of Ranger/Exploder called Wide-Shot.

[@TheClassicTailsStudio]

Wide shot came back but yellow and with the new name converge the ex attack fof converge is a lightning bolt

[@coralcat5706]

The trailer reminds me of Over the Garden Wall

[@thesebastianshow711]

Fun fact the three pea shooter is the yellow energy gun in the dlc

[@danx8285]

The spiders in the dlc as part of the moonshine mob

[@giedrekymantaite2293]

Happy Halloween 🎃 And welcome back !!!!! Great video as usual and keep up the work

[@samirjasbon1047]

now i am in a good mood

[@Nicolozo]

Nice video!

[@FgyjtIngenieroEuropeo]

I think the 616 also plays when you do the bad ending in the base game.

[@Mr.BummyDiddles]

I found this through the topic page for Cuphead and I think I'll share my thoughts about it. Hope this isn't too badly formatted. 1:49 - That sounds like a really fake reason for a name change to me. But who knows? I wish the beet boss got in. Cuphead could use some more of the dark humor such 1930's cartoons had. The only thing I can think of is Wally's knockout animation. 6:25 - There's really no discernible reason for why something would exactly go unused. Basically, it's just something the developers didn't like or think was good design. For example, I think unused attacks like Werner's pink bullet cannon attack (completely finished by the way) is perfectly fine and that Werner could use some more difficulty. But game design is subjective, and the devs must've thought otherwise. Also, I think the placeholder graphics were supposed to represent some sort of water spiral. 11:24 - In the card fight, the blocks drop where you stand. So it's not pure randomness. Honestly looks better to fight than Mr. Chimes. 12:25 - I would consider "ranger" a different weapon from "exploder", but I guess it is the same weapon, just with a new gimmick (probably was seen to be too similar to peashooter). In early Cuphead images you can see it was indeed called "exploder". 13:36 - One thing that most people probably don't know is that Lucien has dialogue for if you haven't talked to Quadratus (death counter guy) yet. Because most would talk to Quadratus first, considering he's near the start of the Isle with Lucien being all the way at the back. Sliverworth with him and his A-grades seems kinda elitist (AKA based) to me... 14:18 - Wide shot's piercing ability is intentional. The description for the weapon says: "Lock in place to focus the attack. Long range with piercing ability." This weapon's name can be seen in images with an earlier HUD, like with the exploder weapon. 14:40 - I think there's around 3 or 4 unused run n' guns, actually. Not sure. I think they did the better choice choosing quality over quantity. 15:09 - All of the feathers were definitely not supposed to be pink. Just occasionally pink here and there, like other patterns. That's just how Nervatel got it working. He mentions it in the desc. The mods of Cuphead that add it in get it right. 15:47 - Toast boss for DLC when? There is a food theme! 16:29 - Goopy has some unused things I think I should mention. He has an unused intro animation, where he does the cartoon trope of staring at the player in shock, with lines appearing in the direction of his sight. See Sally's starting animation for the second phase if you don't know what I mean. He also has an unused animation for the third phase transition, where he makes a face very similar to Mike Tyson's sprite in Punch-Out!! when you hit him. This is still in the game, but looks a bit janky in comparison to how it looked in early gameplay. 17:54 - Pit saver also increases your invincibility frames. This stat was actually nerfed in 1.1 (I think), so that's weird. 18:58 - This audio file playing if you pirate the game is a urban legend. It is simply not true. It's just a audio file that was added in 1.1. Lil' messing (trolling, if you may) around by the devs. The game does have a "spoopy!!!" easter egg in-game, though. If you edit your save file to have all the bosses beaten without editing the stats for the score, the times default to "6:66". The file is actually called "Intro_DontDealWithDevil_Vocal_666", by the way. 19:50 - Not sure if these are the official names, but I wouldn't know. I wouldn't really trust the Cuphead wiki on such things. Most of those are just simple descriptions of what the enemies are.

[@Mr.BummyDiddles]

@@Shxdowboy Yeah, the blue fish doesn't really add anything and is not that different from the red and yellow one. And with Wally he has enough parry opportunities. The card is just programmed like that, I guess. I wouldn't expect there to be a radius that causes them to spawn, more so a radius that causes them to drop in the appropriate location. I know you didn't make it, but the iceberg itself could be better. Actually, all of the Cuphead icebergs so far could be better. Problem is that a Cuphead iceberg chart would just boil down to the same sort of repetitive stuff. Unused stuff, glitch stuff, stuff from the art book etc., you know?

[@daviddietmueller3]

I also Nickname Pachi Pachi Robo Squidward. By the way the Coin-Op Bop isn't open BUT it has 'smore code and has the OG snake. The Flying Henchmen is also is back in Moonshine Mob, he's in a different cloack and has a normal instead of a Top Hat.

[@MikeDoesStuff_0]

In reality grande in italian means "big" so to get "goopy the great" you should most likely translate it to french

[@Shxdowboy]

Well, I don't really speak either of these languages, so you're gonna have to excuse me :/ This is what's written in the Cuphead Wiki: *His name, Goopy Le Grande, means Goopy The Great in Italian.* *"Le Grande" is also a pun on "El Grande" (Spanish for "The Big") and "Le Grand" (French for "The Big").*

[@MikeDoesStuff_0]

Oh that's weird because i am italian myself and grande is big but eh maybe just an error

[@guestyrobl0x799]

Him:Arcade MDHR:CHESS

[@CosmiTwink]

I just realized Converge was based off of the spread gun-

[@Shxdowboy]

Indeed. But more like the spread gun was a prototype for converge.

[@nemu4677]

take it from me, im not entitely sure if the 666 file is used for pirated cuphead but it definately is used for the intro if you get the bad ending until you actually get the good ending (i know because i did the bad ending first before the good ending)

[@AveragePixolotlFan]

Actually the bad ending only has a reversed version, while 666 has king dice’s laughs and in a spectrogram the devil.

[@nemu4677]

@@AveragePixolotlFan dang i didnt listen to it in full ill see tommorow

[@AaronMcCarthy-Fletcher]

DYK that Cala Marias blue fish is actually used in a mod of the game called Master Quest

[@AaronMcCarthy-Fletcher]

Same with goopys minions

[@regaleminem]

the coin op bop theory didn’t age well

[@Eainai]

Waitwaitwait- You have so few subscribers and your video is THIS FLIPPIN GOOD? TAKE MY SUBSCRIPTION

[@_vuk.]

I know I'm kinda late with this one, but why does the left "pyro head" at the end turn into a face? 20:32

[@Shxdowboy]

It's nothing to do with Cuphead or with anything for that matter. It was just a quick joke I made referencing Pyrocynical, because it randomly came into my head while making the video haha

[@_vuk.]

@@Shxdowboy Oh, I get it ;D, did anyone catch it yet tho? The "easter egg"

[@Shxdowboy]

Nah, not really. You're the first one to point it out.

[@DrGiggleTouch67]

19:03 That’s actually wrong. It’s never used.

[@Shxdowboy]

yep. Found that out after posting the vid :/

[@jonathansdreamland1207]

It’s here out today

[@Pumkint]

The audio file 666 is very creepy tho it can be easily bypassed by game piratiers

[@catalyst539]

Goopy Le Grande is a FRENCH name.

[@Shxdowboy]

Maybe both?

[@catalyst539]

@@Shxdowboy why else would it have “Le” in it if it wasn’t french?

[@Shxdowboy]

@@catalyst539 From the Cuphead Wiki: *His name, Goopy Le Grande, means Goopy The Great in Italian.* *"Le Grande" is also a pun on "El Grande" (Spanish for "The Big") and "Le Grand" (French for "The Big").*

[@Jorsplushworld]

Hey you know the new cuphead dlc is coming out so in 9 days or June 30

[@Shxdowboy]

Of course! I've had it on my wishlist since its very announcement. Totally getting it ;))

[@noobiestepy5053]

@Shxdowbow do you play a dance in fire and ice?

[@Shxdowboy]

A Dance of Fire and Ice? I've heard of the game before but haven't had a chance to give it a try yet. However, I was an active Geometry Dash player a few years ago, so I can say that I'm acquainted with rythm games.

[@09EpicGamerBoi]

16:12 bluetooth toaster

[@Shxdowboy]

bluetooth toaster

[@noobiestepy5053]

I LOVE 0:14

[@foxyboyx2294]

17:28 how can you view that (I mean the hp bar)

[@Shxdowboy]

You need to access the game's debug mode, but I wouldn't know how to do that since I'm not a modder :/

[@alangreen2701]

14:35 thats a dlc item

[@NickAndriadze]

*5:36* This is a big *booo* from me.

[@Shxdowboy]

I had to do it :/

[@NickAndriadze]

@@Shxdowboy Understandable. Still terrible, though. That's still no biggy, because the video itself is great.

[@Shxdowboy]

@@NickAndriadze Thank you!

[@piern1k336]

3:00 it's acually false, nothing changes if you pirate cuphead

[@NotThatAverage]

19:00 this is fake, its the biggest lie you have been told ever

[@Shxdowboy]

Indeed. Found out it was just an Easter egg after posting the video

[@noobiestepy5053]

dude 0:20 is the best part i don't care abot the LoRe

[@Shxdowboy]

without a doubt!

[@SkykiUwU]

What do you mean Goopy is easy, I can’t beat him!

[@shadstheultliform2001]

Cuphead mugman and chalice killed the devil

[@Shxdowboy]

I don't think so, the bad ending scene with her only plays if you unlock Chalice. I think it's just an easter egg. Also, they can't just overwrite the story and add Chalice into it, right? I think that letting you beat the main game bosses with Chalice is just a gameplay feature.

[@Fato4Life]

Shxdowboy 1.16K subscribers

[@Shxdowboy]

yes

[@robertoandrealemanvaldez1507]

0:10 I got caught >:(

[@Shxdowboy]

?

[@schabischabi1177]

the 666 file is scary

[@Shxdowboy]

Agreed. It gives me the creeps.

[@coronacat]

i kew them alll

[@Shxdowboy]

nice!

[@noobiestepy5053]

NAH MAN I'M SUBBING THANKS FOR HEARTING MY COMMENT

[@zalaszente1942]

The 666 audio file is fake sadly :(

[@enzosgame6195]

Yeah

[@ΘαλειαΛαουμτζη]

I am from the future

[@ΘαλειαΛαουμτζη]

i mean when the dlc came out there's no arcade then

[@vid7192]

Danm good

[@theleeboquit1582]

suspence

[@theleeboquit1582]

@@Shxdowboy lol doesn't matter Just found this channel I subbed it seems cool btw

[@ivannnz285]

Video good, me subscribe

[@enzosgame6195]

YeH

[@Shxdowboy]

YeH

[@noobiestepy5053]

+BELL7

[@HELPYNOTCOOL]

No 666 subs

[@theBronzeruby]

out of date

[@Shxdowboy]

Some of it, yeah. But a lot of the secrets and facts are taken from the development of the initial game, and the DLC only ADDED content, instead of replacing it.

[@theBronzeruby]

@@Shxdowboy make another one

[@Shxdowboy]

@@theBronzeruby ​ @fastidioufer These take time to create. I want to focus on other projects for now, so, highly unlikely.

[@theBronzeruby]

@@Shxdowboy I said do it