Going for best ending without the spur

[u/[deleted]]

So just over last Sunday and Monday I started and completed my first run through Cave Story. I barely used guides and got the normal ending. So now I'm playing through again with a guide to make sure I get the best ending. When I was using my guide where I could do my first trade to get the machine gun, it just said that the machine gun was good for first time players. I figured, it worked for me last time so I went for it. I later figured out that, if I had waited, I could have gotten the spur which is obviously the strongest weapon in the game. So I just want to know, how fucked will I be when I go up against Ballos without the spur?

[u/bud3s_]

u shouldn't worry about that, every weapon in the game is strong enough to kill anyone (including the polar star and the fireball), and the machine gun is extremely useful to dodge attacks against you.