POPGOES Arcade/Walkthrough

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This article will provide walkthrough of *POPGOES Arcade* from the beginning to the end. Guidance will be provided to the readers through the plot of the game. For clear location of coins, emerald coins, treasure chests and keys, visit The Forests (Arcade).

## Introduction

* The player starts at the bench at the top right corner of the garden, and can control Popgoes the Weasel. Talking to other people in the garden, the player is asked to talk to Sara the Squirrel.
* Enter the inn at the center of the garden. There, the player will find Sara and Manora the Mouse. She told you that something is draining the life of the surrounding forests, and the player needs to prevent the spreading of the effects from the North Forest. To access North Forest, you need to find three keys in the West, South and East Forests to unlock the door.
* The player is then given the mission to "**find a key in the West Forest**". Enter the West Forest and the player starts your journey.

## West Forest

* Throughout your journey towards the key, the player will encounter many different enemies. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#West Forest.
* Once the player reached near the end of the forest, the player encounters Corrupt Chica who is guarding the key with 60 HP and 6 ATK and the ability to jump and avoid player's attack. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by collecting coins and purchase them in the shop in the forest.
* Once the player has successfully beaten her, you are given the access to the treasure chest, with one of the gate keys inside.
* The objective is updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* Sara now asks you to explore the South Forest and find the key in there. Player's newest objective is now "**Find a key in the South Forest**".

## South Forest

* Upon entering the South Forest, the player will encounter a new different set of enemies. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#South Forest.
* Once the player reached near the end of the forest, the player encounters Corrupt Foxy who is guarding the key with 120 HP and 12 ATK and the ability to hook and cause massive damage to the player. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by collecting coins and purchase them in the shop in the forest.
* Once the player has successfully beaten him, you are given the access to the treasure chest, with one of the gate keys inside.
* The objective is updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* Sara now asks you to explore the East Forest and find the key in there. Player's newest objective is now "**Find a key in the East Forest**".

## East Forest

* Upon entering the East Forest, the player will encounter a new different set of enemies. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#East Forest.
* Once the player reached near the end of the forest, the player encounters Corrupt Bonnie who is guarding the key with 180 HP and 18 ATK and the ability to dig and heal himself. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by collecting coins and purchase them in the shop in the forest.
* Once the player has successfully beaten him, you are given the access to the treasure chest, with one of the gate keys inside.
* The objective is updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* With all three keys collected, Sara asks the player to enter the North Forest and find out what had cause the problem. Player's newest objective is now "**Explore the North Forest**".
* Interact with the entrance of the North Forest, and the door will be unlocked with the three keys, allowing the player to access the North Forest.

## North Forest

* Upon entering the North Forest, the player will encounter a new different set of enemies. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#North Forest.
* Near the end of the forest, the player finds themselves at a castle. At the left side of the castle are five mysterious gravestones belonging to those who fell to whatever is destroying the forests. Visiting this area for the first time, the player will meet a mysterious figure moving away through the river.
* At the entrance of the castle, the player encounters Corrupt BB with 240 HP and 24 ATK. He wants to stop the player from flipping the "Killswitch" and bring the others back to life. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by collecting coins and purchase them in the shop in the forest.
* Corrupt BB is defeated with 1 HP remaining, and has eventually fled away. The player is given the objective to "**inspect the castle door**".
* The door is locked and once again needs another three keys to open it. The objective is now updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* Sara mentions that someone has left a note in the inn, and they asks to meet them behind a shop as soon as possible. The player is given a new mission to "**find and talk to the mysterious visitor at the West Forest shop**".

## Revisiting: West Forest

* The enemies in the West Forest have now became much more stronger than they were. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#West Forest.
* Going to the shop in the West Forest, the player will find Balloon Boy from the previous boss battle, now uncorrupted and friendly, standing beside the shop. It turns out that during the battle, BB was knocked to their senses and has returned to his normal self. He said that he had stolen some upgrades from the castle and is willing to give it to the player if you can complete his hit lists by defeating enemies for specific amount of times. **Note that the player can't encounter enemies once the corruption of each forest is stopped, however the player can still purchase the upgrades with large amount of coins.**
* With your new objective "**Defeat Chica again in the West Forest**", the player ventures back to the end of the forest and encounters Dead Chica now with 300 HP and 30 ATK. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by purchasing them in the shop in the forest or completing BB's hit list.
* Upon defeating Dead Chica, the player is given Chica's ability, jump. The player can use this to jump over holes in the overworld, and can upgrade this ability in the inn with Emerald coins. The player's objective is now "**Use Chica's ability to access the machine**".
* With Chica's ability, the player can reach the dead end of the forest with a machine inside shooting beam. Turn off the machine and the corruption in the West Forest will be stopped. The player will no longer encounter enemies in the West Forest. The objective is now updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* Sara asks the player to do the same in the rest of the forests and stop the corruption. Player's newest objective is now "**Defeat Foxy again in the South Forest**".

## Revisiting: South Forest

* The enemies in the South Forest have now became much more stronger than they were. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#South Forest.
* With the new jump ability, the player gains access to a new section with a picnic cloth and a chest where one of the castle keys are kept. Collect the key and proceed through your journey.
* The player ventures back to the end of the forest and encounters Dead Foxy now with 360 HP and 36 ATK. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by purchasing them in the shop in the forest or completing BB's hit list.
* Upon defeating Dead Foxy, the player is given Foxy's ability, hook. The player can use this to travel across ziplines in the overworld, and can upgrade this ability in the inn with Emerald coins. The player's objective is now "**Use Foxy's ability to access the machine**".
* With Foxy's ability, the player can reach the dead end of the forest with a machine inside shooting beam. Turn off the machine and the corruption in the South Forest will be stopped. The player will no longer encounter enemies in the South Forest. The objective is now updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**". Return to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara.
* Sara asks the player to do the same in the East Forest and stop the corruption. Player's newest objective is now "**Defeat Bonnie again in the East Forest**".

## Revisiting: East Forest

* The enemies in the East Forest have now became much more stronger than they were. For specific info on the enemies, see POPGOES Arcade Enemies#East Forest.
* With the new hook ability, the player gains access to a new section with a chest where one of the castle keys are kept. Collect the key and proceed through your journey.
* The player ventures back to the end of the forest and encounters Dead Bonnie now with 380 HP and 42 ATK. Make sure to prepare yourself with items and upgrades by purchasing them in the shop in the forest or completing BB's hit list.
* Upon defeating Dead Bonnie, the player is given Foxy's ability, dig. The player can use this to dig under boulders in the overworld, and can upgrade this ability in the inn with Emerald coins. The player's objective is now "**Use Bonnie's ability to access the machine**".
* With Bonnie's ability, the player can reach the dead end of the forest with a machine inside shooting beam. Turn off the machine and the corruption in the East Forest will be stopped. The player will no longer encounter enemies in the East Forest. The objective is now updated to "**Speak to Sara in the garden inn**".
* Before returning to the inn in the garden and speak to Sara, the player should return to the West Forest and collect the last key with the new dig ability.
* Now that the corruption of every forests has been stopped, Sara asks the player to go to the North Forest as there were strange sightings and it may be another machine. Player is asked to enter the castle with the three keys collected, and their newest objective is now "**Enter the castle**".

## The Castle

* Return to the castle and unlock the entrance door with the three keys collected, and the player now gains access to the inside of the castle. The player now has a mission to "**find and defeat the king of the castle**".
* The end of the castle is where the player meets and fights against Dead King Freddy. He explains his motive, and that being killed by someone else can make you live forever as a dead animal, before the fight starts.
* After defeated, Dead King Freddy claims that Popgoes will regret his choice, and when he dies naturally, he would wish for a second chance.
* Popgoes walk out of the castle, and his friends have came to celebrate the victory with him. With this, the player has reached an ending of the game, however with only 99% completion. Returning to the game brings the player back to where they were before they fight against Freddy.

## Blackrabbit Ending

* In the top left room of the castle, there is a wall at the left side of the room where the player can walk through. Player walking through it will find themselves on a huge empty water area. Continue walking straight, and the player will find a chest with a mysterious key.
	+ This was vaguely hinted by the mysterious figure at the graveyard.
* Return to the garden, and interact with the fountain near the entrance of the North Forest. Immediately, the surrounding turns much darker and all the water turns red while everyone will disappear. New objective was given: "**Save Bonnie**".
* Six Blackrabbit parts are placed all around the map, and the player must find them all and put it at the fountain. For their specific locations, visit The Forests (Arcade)#Collectibles. When collecting the parts, several dialogues were shown, and the player learned that someone is trapped in the game and can't get out.

* After all parts are collected, the player is asked to "**find her**". Return to the South Forest and interact with the well, and the player finds themselves in a pitch black room. Proceeds through the room and the player will discover rooms from the mini-games originated from *Five Nights at Freddy's 3*. Walking through them will lead you to a boss fight, and the player encounters Corrupt Bonnie as he was before when previously defeated.
	+ If the player uses any attack moves including hook, the arcade machine screen turns to white. Not long after, a hand reaches out from the screen and breaks through the window. The Blackrabbit reveals herself, before the game restarts.
* Avoid attacking Corrupt Bonnie, and the arcade game starts to glitch out slowly more and more. Eventually, the background turns to pitch black, and Bonnie is now colored in black and grey. Bonnie claims she is not trying to hurt the player and can't control herself, and asks to not hurt her. She revealed that she was killed and now continues living inside the machine, proving that her researches were true. This lines up with the plot of the actual arcade game. She reveals her name to be Bonnie Glade, the daughter of the person who owns the Popgoes Pizzeria and made this arcade game.
* Bonnie has now calmed herself down, and is trying to leave the machine. She tells the player to go and find their parents, and says "Time to go home" to both the player and herself, before disappeared. The player is brought back to the main menu screen.
* Beat the game again by defeating Dead King Freddy, and the player now achieves a full 100% completion. The arcade machine shuts off later on, and the camera zooms out, facing the whole arcade room. Popgoes the animatronic slowly walks into the game and to the 3D printer, before he turns and faces the camera. The game finishes and the credit is shown.

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