How and why Ironhead and Ika are in the Waterway

First off I'll note: spoilers for Ikachan, for anyone who hasn't played it.

Facts:
In Ikachan, many characters lament being cut off from the ocean, meaning they used to live in it (or be able to access it)

At the end of the game, they escape the cave in with a ship that takes them into space.

In Cave Story the medal you get be beating Ironhead with no damage is called the Alien medal.


Theory:
Ikachan does not take place on the same planet the island of Cave Story is floating over. The spaceship left their world and reached the planet of Cave Story, landing (crashing?) on the floating island. and those that were onboard settled there.


Problem:
The puffers didn't get on the ship.


Discuss!

 

Pufferfish= Evolved Chinfish adapted for survival in the island's waterway

 

We'll say for the sake of argument that there's a reason they're there besides that Pixel wanted to put something in from another game of his. And that it isn't just called the Alien medal in the english translation because it's alien to Cave Story.

With that logic, yeah. Maybe they crashlanded. Or maybe all of Ikachan takes place in the waterway....Just in parts that we didn't see in CS! It all makes sense now!

 

Puffers do appear in the ironhead boss I just did it

 

Puffers do appear in the ironhead boss I just did it

:FACE PALM:
>Did You Even Read THE END of OP's Post, Kanpachi?

 

Spoiler

First off I'll note: spoilers for Ikachan, for anyone who hasn't played it. Facts: In Ikachan, many characters lament being cut off from the ocean, meaning they used to live in it (or be able to access it) At the end of the game, they escape the cave in with a ship that takes them into space. In Cave Story the medal you get be beating Ironhead with no damage is called the Alien medal. Theory: Ikachan does not take place on the same planet the island of Cave Story is floating over. The spaceship left their world and reached the planet of Cave Story, landing (crashing?) on the floating island. and those that were onboard settled there. Problem: The puffers didn't get on the ship. Discuss!

I have never played Ikachan before, but my theory is that they lived in an ocean near the kingdom Ballos destroyed, and when Jenka sealed him away, she accidentally sealed the Ikachan too.

 

maybe all of Ikachan takes place in the waterway....Just in parts that we didn't see in CS! It all makes sense now!

That's what I initially thought as I played the game. But the repeated references to the cavern being originally connected to the sea and the ending changed my mind.

my theory is that they lived in an ocean near the kingdom Ballos destroyed, and when Jenka sealed him away, she accidentally sealed the Ikachan too.

How would you conciliate that with fact two?

At the end of the game, they escape the cave in with a ship that takes them into space.

 

As I said, I never played Ikachan before. Maybe the spaceship came to the ocean near that kingdom before Ballos destroyed it. I double-read everything, so the ship part slipped my mind.

 

Ah, so you say they went to live in an ocean next to Ballos' kingdom AFTER the events in Ikachan's game, is that right?

That's a plausible theory, yes.

 

Another theory, if I may. Maybe the planet where Ikachan was was in another dimension? The ship flew through the portal, and crashed in the floating island, causing a quake that broke some of those broken chains in Cave Story. The crash opened a way into the waterway (the waterway has a big part of solid walls, and so does the Labyrinth part before the core) and as they managed to enter the Waterway, Jenka sealed the damage they accidentally caused. Ironhead then vowed that anyone who dares get close to him will receive death if they aren't from their dimension.

 

Does anyone think that the word "cameo" should play a prominent role in this thread?

 

WELL
They might have been set there to guard the waterway, maybe by Jenka, or maybe Misery. The Doctor might have, but i like my main 2 people are who i'm sticking with.

 

try opening the map in during the boss battle... ^^