A Boy and His Blob - NES - do you need treasure?

[opa]

A quick question about A Boy and His Blob on NES. Do I need to collect these treasures? Or can I still see the ending if I get through it all without them?

There's a lot of snakes around the treasures and they're a pain in the rear to deal with. I'd rather just beat the game if all treasures do is increase an arbitrary score.

[SamuraiMegas]

I remembered the Wii remake when I saw this thread, but couldn't really remember how either game looked so I searched up some videos. Just want to say that the NES blob looks just a little bit fucking terrifying

[opa]

He's cute in the "jabba the hutt monstrosity" kind of way.

[Limewater]

I haven't beaten the game in over a decade, but I believe that you need some of the treasure from the caves to buy vitamins to shoot with the vita blaster before you leave Earth. But you don't need a ton. I don't think you can make it far on planet Bloblonia without having ammo for the vita blaster.

There is treasure all over the cavern system.

[opa]

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I've gotten a lot of treasure but I wasn't sure if I had to go after all of it.