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Okay, back from my unfortunate power outage data loss mishap. My stats and inventory might not precisely match what I had, but oh well- as long as I can continue, right?
For the record, that Heart Max was directly above the Uncurse; this is a bit to the left (and not worth using).
And this HP boost is directly below it. Needed to kill a few Fishheads (yes, that's how the game spells it) on my swim here, but they're a non-issue.
Oh, perfect timing! Anyway, I find a throwing weapon (which also dropped from something I forget during my catch-up time) and another Heart Max in the bottom-left water in that corridor.
One change I will note is that I've got a bit of a stockpile of these now (related: I can now confirm that these drop from Flea Men).
Push this thing to spawn DK ancestors (Skeleton Apes, but I prefer my nickname) to barrel-bomb the wooden floors, grab that HP boost, and continue. I'll head back to the other one when I'm done here; that leads to a new area.
Waterfall items.
Not necessarily in the order I picked them up, admittedly.
Quick trip behind the waterfall to pick up another new hat.
Pickups from the shortcut back to the entrance. I'll look at the armor later.
By which I apparently mean "right now, since there's only one consumable in this secret room." It's... actually what it says it is, for a change. (I hate name shuffle...)
Back in the Caverns, I continue left, bypassing the gondolier with my snorkel, and find the Sprite Card (another Japanese-exclusive familiar); she's one of the two that auto-uses items for you, which means those Life Apples are no longer dead weight to me.
Told ya I'd backtrack to here. Only remotely care about the Prism, but hey- new area.
Abandoned Mine time.
And of course what other boss would be here but Cerberus- oh, excuse me, Cerberos? And where else would they be but right at the entrance to the area?
Ol' Nosey opens up a secret area for me immediately afterwards.
After passing through a hallway full of plant monsters, it leads to a couple of consumable full-screen things, one with a random effect...
...and a whole lot of stuff in the room revealed by breaking the rest of the way through that wall: a Medal, a Smart Potion, Takemitsu, and two Aquamarines.
...I'm not quite sure what this thing does, to be honest; I'll admit I'm not the best player, but I do, at least, try to not get hit.
Found Echo of Bat.
Unlock the local warp room before continuing on.
More consumables.
Another Bat Pentagram next to a katana I'll never have occasion to use.
Another new area. The Abandoned Mine is tiny.
A Library Card (teleports you to the Librarian; if you start with this you can keep the rest of your starting gear) and some more armor...
...which was past this save point. It feels a bit early, but I'm calling the update here, since that data loss set me back so far (by which I mean "I lost everything after the first update") and I want you to know that the run's still on.