Watch with captions for some extra commentary on the run as well as tips!

These S Ranks were extremely daunting to me before I attempted them, particularly Sacred Hell since trying to get it in under 3 minutes on Story Mode was already a struggle for me, considering I had the Life Pot as well as the Super Missiles.
That being said though, once you realize that a big part of Hell is trying not to take too much damage, and trying to get lucky with health drops, it becomes a lot more doable. I didn't get extremely frustrated with neither it or Wind Fortress, though there was some salt for Boss Rush but that's just because my strats weren't quite the best. I'm someone who quite easily gets wrist and hand pain so taking breaks was really important for when I began to get tired from mashing.
That, and I don't consider myself a particularly talented masher or anything, so if you try you can do it too. ^_^

Sacred Hell took me about 2 hours total without including my campaign runs, Wind Fortress took me 20 minutes and Boss Rush took me another 3 hours. That being said, I definitely believe Sacred Hell took me as little as it did due to already being familiar with the run on Story Mode, from trying to get a sub-3 minute run until I realized that the S Rank achievement only counts for the Time Attack challenges.

As for Boss Rush, I most likely could've done riskier strats since I didn't even use my Life Pot, but I guess the only fights you might possibly need it for are Misery to Undead Core or Heavy Press and Ballos, but the run was decent enough I didn't end up needing to use it. So, even more leeway if you want to give it a shot yourself.

Big shoutouts to periwinkle, as well as YoshiPilot for their video on Sacred Hell's S Rank! They gave me the confidence I needed to actually pull through and finish these challenges myself.

I'm not done with Cave Story+ yet, I still need to beat Hard Mode as well as 3HP Hell, I doubt I'll upload those though, so consider this my YouTube completion for this game. I'll probably add an edit when I get those other two achievements.


[EDIT 30/03/2024] Just finished Hard Mode and 3HP Sacred Hell! Was a 9 minute run, so my heart rate is wayyy too high. lmao

Stats for Hard Mode:
Deaths before Monster X [10] - Labyrinth Deaths [6] - Core Deaths [22] - Iron Head Deaths [5] - Deaths Before Last Cave [9] - Last Cave Deaths [6] - Deaths to the Final Boss Rush [11], with 3 of those deaths being to the falling blocks after Undead Core.

Total Hard Mode Deaths: 76
3HP Sacred Hell Deaths: 10

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Chapters
0:00 Sacred Hell
3:48 Wind Fortress
6:17 Boss Attack

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