Ancient Cave mode completely changes how the game is played. Instead of proceeding through the normal storyline of EarthBound, all rooms and doors have been shuffled around into a multi-floor maze. You start with all four party members, and your goal is to proceed through all 9 floors of the maze, with the ends of floors 1 through 8 guarded by a Shiny Spot, and reach and defeat Giygas at the end of floor 9.
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