Quote's human-like appearance in Hard Mode
Hard Mode is a difficulty mode available in all of the Nicalis ports of Cave Story. In it, Quote must go through the entire game without getting a single Life Capsule to increase his HP (except for the one given to Quote by a dog in the Plantation). The Missile Launcher is also removed.
Quote's appearance changes in the mode too; instead of the normal red outfit, he wears a light blue outfit, and has blonde hair instead of black. His skin is also a peach color, instead of pale white. This gives him a more human-like appearance, but all character dialogue noting that Quote is a surface robot remains unchanged.
The game is the same in every other way. This mode is not available on the original freeware version of Cave Story.
Quote's appearance in Hard Mode, when original graphics are enabled.
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Hard Mode Curly Story (Exclusive from Cave Story eShop)